Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-01
CITY NEWS.

The road and sewer boards will meet to- night.
 The Ideal Banjo club will be at wallaess lake house on Sunday, August D.
 Special forecast for Conn:-Fair, toi- lowed by showers Thursday night; warmer winds becoming southerly. Mrs Hugh Crean, James Crean and Miss Maria Perkinson are going to sall Saturday, August I. on pleasure trip to IrelAud- There will be a full rehearsal of the soloists and chorus of the opera. "Chimes of Normandy" tonight. in Lilley block. Tn. cast of characters will be announced this evening and it Is expected all will be present
 The United States secret service has sent out warning that dangerous counterfeit is being circulated by Italians. It is S2 silver certificate of 1891, series c, bearing portrait of windom and signed by Rose crars and Uebeker.
 ChinamG n in this city are not greatly agitated over the war between their cour- try and Japan. They want their brethen | to win, but they are not so earnest as 10 | give up the washboard and the iron and | start in to help do it. The Chinamen here are earning good hviDgs and will net bother to fight for an emperor who never I shows 1lElSelL IO SuOlcSNS-
 The funeral of the late Mrs Ferdinand Martel took place at s:30 o'clock this morn- | ing to the church of St Ann, where re- uuiem high mass was celebrated by the Rev Father Papillon. The pallbearers were Dr G. Dubuc. George Panneton, A. P. Blanchette. Joseph Archambault, l.. Rodier and NJ. Laurence. Interment was in Calvary cemetery.
 It was a happy crowd of City hall mag mates who left in front of that building at II o'clock this morning. They received great send of from a crowd of friends and if they don't carry back victory from Meriden it will not be for lack of good wi>hes. Each of the nine was attired in white duck trousers, In London style. They will whoop up things over in Merl- den and make that city look very red be- fore they return. Austin's bus carried the Lase ball enthusiasts and their friends. That some action may be taken to pre- vent the unnecessary fiagging of passenger trains Superintendent F-nnen of the New York X New England railroad has issued an order requesting conductors to report | on the back of their time slips all stops other than those authorized by time tables and rules for trains, giving such lntor- m ltion in each case as will enable an in- vestigation without further reference. In case a train Is Jagged and it Is found the track is clear and the train can proceed without coming to a full stop the fact of the train being Jagged must be reported.
 The Waterbury base ball team left to. day for Derby where they will battle with the St Aloysius T. A B. nine this after noCn. It is the first game of the new team and the boys are anxious to distin guish themselves. They will line up as follows: Hemlock c, Carmody p. CoDnol 1b, Derwin 2b, Keaveney 3b. Dillane ss , Delkescamp If, Corroy of, klobedanz If Contractors are now figuring on the new grand stand for the West End grounds anC it Is expected that it will be ready wheI , the Waterbury team opens here next week The team will go to Danbury Saturday t meet the local team there.
 There is bogus Oddfellow about tn state, and from all accounts he has beel quite successful in procuring financial ai' and substantial assistance from the mem bers of the order in Connecticut He Is very sleek young man and almost sue ceeded in beguiling So astute a person a Grand Master De Leeuw. This bogu Oddfellow gives his name as E.. B. Gross and says he iS a member of Nanniheir lodge of Canton, O. He dresses neatl and talks glihly and persuasively. He I }. about 3S years old. Is of medium height | uA@ IlHIt n1lF a1u Dlue eyes anu NclSn about 15O pounds.
 The number of people taking advantag ! of the cheap rate to Europe Is astonishing J One local agent, John Ryan, ca mot fin ucct mmo lat:on 10 ali who wish to secur tickets. The same condition of thing s exists in Saugatuck where Agent Beard l V Is besieged every day in the wee with people who want to purchase ticket but cannot find accommodation in outgc ing steamers. Mir Beardsley said la night that the Cunard, American an '' White Star lines have all they can carry u to August 15 Miss Maria Parkinson. Joh and James Crean secured tickets from \ Id Ryan last night for passage n the stear slip Umbria ot the Cunard line which sai from New York for Queenstown Saturda S IT pdore Oliver narrowly escaped SGT ous injury last night. He was driyiI down South Main street when his hor beca ae scared at the noise of a troll' Car and rushed down the street at fu speed. At the corner of Liberty ar south Main streets one of the shafts
 the little sulky snapped. letting tl carriage come against the horse. The ar mal made a sudden plunge and upset hII $elt and driver in the road bed in fro of the residence of H. I. BougLton. ! OlIver held onto the reins and was dragg
 
 engaged in putting down the paving bloc
 assisted iu holding the affrighted anim'
 IT.d man and horse came of with little
 jury. The sulsy was badly damaged. S there was a wild runaway on Cole strt xs thls morning. which resulted in the dpa of handsome horse belonging to Edwa
 Bronson. a milk peddler who lives at E.
 Farms. Mir Bronson left the amin
 standing on East Main street and enter
 Il store 10 transact some business. T . horse became restless and started up G
 street and over onto Uuion street At t
 corner of Franklin and Union streets |
 animal stumbled ard fell in the middle
 the road. It was noticed that the hol
 did not attempt to rise and people " witnessed the collapse thought he b
 broken his neck. A crowd gather
 around and freed him from the wage
 when it was noticed that blood was issui
 in streams from his mouth and nostri
 Dr Bland was called, but was not at hon
 The ani7ual made several unsuccessful
 tempts to regain his feet and died af
 about half an hours struggle. The sig
 of the bleeding animal a he looked arou ing at the crowd in pleading manner W not very touching.
 'u! In the absence of Mayor Kilduff, W
 was presiding at the water supply comm
 tee meeting Commissioner Goodrich V
 chosen chairman of the meeting of
 board of police commissioners E t mig
 The monthly bills and the payroll amou
 ing to g. .346 42 were approved. On T at ton of Commissioner Kelley Off at Michael NcAuliffe was restored to his of mer grade. Commissioner McDon silly asked If anyone had been put in Off