Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-18
CITY NEWS.

Conlon Brothers have opened branch
store in New Britain.
Mrs F. P. Clough, who has been visiting
friends in Brooks. Me, for six weeks, has
returned home.
Mrs F. B. Rice has sent to the Boys club
eight bushels of potatoes, two bushels of
onions and twenty-five cabbages.
Patrick Shea of Hickory street left this
morning to resume his studies at the Bur-
ington medical college.
Three horses belonging to expressman
Michael Harry, were sold at auction, on
the green to-day, for SIP.
Special forecast for Connecticut: Fog
and light snow or rain to-day, followed on
Friday by fair and colder weather.
The meeting of the road and sewer board
which was to be held tonight has been
postponed until Monday night.
Mr. and Mrs NJ Dwyer of Toronto,
Canada, are visiting the family of Nj. H.
Was. Mr. Dwyer is Mrs Was uncle.
The meeting of the democratic town
committee which was to have been held to-
night has been postponed until Saturday
night.
Kate DAILY and William Gilbert were
married yesterday afternoon by John
O'Neill. justice of the peace. They will
reside in Waterbury.
An anniversary requiem mass will be
celebrated in the church of the Immacu-
late Conception at s o'clock tomorrow
morning for the late Mrs Mary McAvoy.
\ carnival meeting will be held in Con-
cordia hall on February II for members
may be secured from F. Deborde, J. Faller
and E. Stops.
The twenty-seventh annual masquerade
ball of the Concordia Singing society will
be held in Concordia hall on Wednesday
will be given for the most comical costume
and the best lady costume. Children
under twelve years will not be admitted.
A subscriber called at the DEMOCRAT
Office last evening and complained that he
least paid for pound, and received only
thirteen ounces. He says it is hard enough
for poor man to get along in these times
without being cheated.
NJ. C. Kelly of Scovill street had his
hand injured very severely, and he will
probably be laid up for some time. While
working about his house he had occasion
to use a bar and in striking with this i'm
plement a window blind catch ripped'open
the back of his hand making very pain
full wound.
Frank Mckay. son of Contractor Charles
Mckay of GA Wall street, slipped and fell
on the sidewalk near his home last Satur-
day night. He was taken to his home and
though one of his legs felt sore he did not
think much of it at the time. Tuesday
DR. Donahue was called and found the leg
broken above the ankle.
W. E Quigley and Street Inspector
Wright had narrow escape from injury
to-day. They were driving out to where
the pipe for the water main is being
dumped, when the horse took fright and
dashed away on a run. Mattoons milk
wagon was coming into the city and the
teams came together with a crash.
The milk wagon was upset and the oc
cupants of the other team were thrown
out. Street Inspector Wright was some
what hurt.
The local police have been notified of
the disappearance of Miss Minnie l..
Porter, forty years old, of Norfolk, Conn,
who is heiress to a big property. and who
is supposed to be temporarily insane.
The sum of 5000 is offered for her dis
covery. For several years she has been
afflicted with a mental trouble. Report
locates her in the Orange, n. j., noun
tains. She was seen in a Canaan restau-
rant on Monday, and searching parties are
ont. Her property is valued at $40, 900.
On an average twelve men call at the
New Haven recruiting station daily to en-
list in the United States army. The hard
times has caused hundreds throughout the
country to attempt to escape from pow
erty's grip by joining the army, who in
good times would never dream of enlist
ing. But this avenue, like many others, is
closed against them. Three months ago
orders were issued forbidding the enlist
ment of any more recruits. Exceptions
are made to this rule in cases of re-enlist-
ment of discharged soldiers of good char
acter.
Sanitary Inspector Moses nipped a
smallpox scare in the bud this morning
Yesterday John Trip of Winsted, came to
this city and engaged room at Mrs For
rests boarding house, 321 South Main
street. He is reported to have said that he
came from Winsted to avoid being quaran-
tined, smallpox having broken out in block
where he lived. Mrs Forrest notified SAM
tary Inspector Moses, who telephoned to
Wlnsted and Learned that he was needleSsly
alarmed as Mr. Trip did not live within
two hundred yards of an infected house.
The sociable and entertainment held in
Concordia hall last night by the members
of st Cecilia'S parish was largely attended
and was one of the most interesting affairs
ever given under the auspices of the men,
beers of the parish. Dotte Simpson won
her audience at once with her attractive
dancing. Miss Christine Smith was the
recipient of handsome box of flowers in
of the beautiful soprano
solo which she rendered. The singing by
the church choir and the baritone solo by
F. Herr were well rendered and received
merited applause. After the entertain
ment dancing was commenced and kept up
through the evening. Professor Herr
prompted.
1t does not appear from the monthly
bulletin of the state board of health that
the grip is seriously increasing the mortal
ity of the state. Only twenty-one deaths
from that cause were reported during the
month of December IN the state Diph-
liberia and Group claimed more victims,
sixty-two persons seccumbing to those dis
eases. The bulletin says that it is now
generally conceded that diagnosis of
diphtheria is not to be trusted unless the
specific germ called the "Kleba-Loffler
bacillus" can be detected. This can be
done only by means of the appliances
found in a meteorological laboratory and
such examinations will be made at the
laboratory of the medical department of