Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-11-28


ed that its long felt want was first class
saloon. lie purchased n lot, contracted
with n builder and Monday evening open
ell TIE brunswick. with n brass hand and
n fr,r' lunch. Two weeks aga. his
place was bcing finished up, we called IN
for n look around and told Mr.. Coke what
would happen. There are several saloons
in town with mirrors behind the hars,
but Mr. Coke put up four mirrors, had
brass foot rest along the bar, and the cell
ing was decorated with paintings of flying
angels. In addition hC imported bar
tender from Chicago and had n hard wood
floor put down. Our fathcrly advice fell
on stony ground. Mr. Coke replied that
the court knew her business and IrIw,Sl US
out. On the opening night then, WAS a
great crowd The hny> listened tn the mu-
sic, dcv"up1l tn" lunch and then turned to
and shot the Brunswick full uf holes
that it can never L. used for anything tx
cept straincr. Mr.. Coke and hi~ i'm
ported bartender escaped A. tn" tir>t mir
TOR was shattered and have nut Isv'n ~sTrn
since. The damage will foot up at least
SO, 0n0. and tn" victim has only him~s'lf
To blame, We nr' plain, everyday pro
pie with Lard and lamphlnCk nn our NIw
hide boots The brunswick WAS I"" gilt
edged for tins lncality.
On his return fr,m ~. Louis the other
day. where he had hrn tn bury his old
mother. Mr.. GrnrlsC NJ. swift, our pnpu
lar Apache avenue merchant and president
Of the vigilance committee. brought with
him ~ feet uf r'pc made Of IA plant gr'wn
ON the South Ia islands and just coming
into the market 4 fllcr. The r"pe l.
said to he the h'>t thing rvCr made for
hanging purposes. hcinE very Sn's'ih and
rCQuiTing nn grease ar S,Ip tn make the
hanGman'S knot run easily The Gust i
80 cents per fUnt, hut one rope l. war
rantcd to- last for iiv" years Mr. swift
attention was no >0nncr called tu il 10y a
St Louis hardware merchant than he in
vested $50 and had the honor Of giving the
first order. The rope will probably he
tried some night next week. y chap who
calls himself Grizzly Bill has bCn max
ing himself a nuisance To the public fur
the last fortnight, and II he doesn't tum
BILE TO something and make n change at
climate within tn" next thrcc or four
days hc will doubtless In selected tn test
the virtues OF the new rope. The enter
prise Of Mr.. swift j. Ia hc commended,
In the space Ht ten days hc made tn" trip
TO -. Louis, hurried his mother. bought
SO, 900 worth nf g,Eutl~ discovered the new
brand Of rhIr and reached hnnc again
What this I"vn nerds il n few mHrc hus-
tiers like him
We had a Ir'r>''nal call yesterday fp'm
Alderman Perkins 0f the Second wlrl.
who asked IA tn deny the rumur> ailusIt
that he had Ihpy,trmJi IL >hUot us on
Eight '-uld sur III i"r sin.uOn damages.
J At n m,, avg oT the ,-ommnn council four
! weeks agu alderman Perkins offered a
resolution fer sewer in Cheyenne street.
As there isn't n house ON the street. and
as the sewer was only wanted to help the
alderman dispnse of his vacant lots, we
failed to pass. ChaRrincd and indignant,
he refused to abide by the rules and regu-
lations for tho government of the council
and forced us to do very unpleasant
thing. We had to descend from the plat