Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-05
CITY NEWS.

! Dc a hccIluS IAt oA education to- morrow night. The district committee will meet on Wednesday night. l Examine your ballots and see that they have not been ''doctored." The best way is to secure your ballots at the booths. l At the election ot 1892 over six hun dred electors in Waterbury did not vote This should not be the case tomorrow. Vote early. At the last two elections in Waterbury many democratic votes were lost because of the rush at the ballot boxes during the last hour.
 The first edition of the Sacred Heart church Fair Reporter" will be issued to- | night, with interesting local and political comments. Be sure and read it. The fair | will open at City hall, Wednesday even- | ing. November '.
 All the grocerymen are wondering what Phelan will give with hls tea next. He is now slaughtering the soap market by giv- ing five bars of the best Lenox soap with each pound of tea, or seven bars with one can of baking powder.
 | The members of the Second Consrega- | tional church held their first Sunday ser vice in the Sunday school annex yesterday morning The Rev Dr Davenport was in happy mood and preached a sermon which delighted the congregation.
 Catherine P. Ahearn. az, d 39 years, wife of Morris Ahearn of 3S Stone street, died last night after brief illness. The fu- | neral will take place at $50 o'clock to- | morrow morning with services at St Pat rick's church.
 The managers of the Italian bank on | Grand street wish the public to know that the name of their house is the Russo | Italian bank, not the Sassena & Seneca | bank as the papers term it. MT Russo is the proprietor of the place and Mir Seneca | acts as clerk.
 | Mrs Eunice Kent, aged ninety two years, | died at her residence, g Walnut street, | euly this morning. The decta ed was the | mother of Mrs William H. Coer, and one | of the most respected residents of Water l bury. The remains will be taken to Beth- lehem for interment Wednesday morning.
 The populists have nothing to expect from the republicans. Congressman Sperry, If elected. is pledged to vote for | the repeal of the income tax. In state is- sues surely the populists are in favor of constitutional reform. This being so. every populist can consistently vote the | democratic ticket. Half a loaf is better | than none
 Every democrat should remember that | any deal to defeat one of their candidates is deal to defeat the whole ticket. No l republican cLn guarantee you any vote S | and such promise should be ignored. Be l careful you do not swap candidates, as every possible means is being resorted to to defeat one or two of the democratic | nominees. Vote the straight ticket. The committee appointed by the Tem- perance Reform league to make arrange ments for Thomas E. Murphys visit to | Waterbury met at the residence of E. A. | Moree. 51 Abbott avenue. yesterday after | noon and appointed Mir Moree a commit | tee to engage place for the meeting. It | Is expected that all the local temperance societies will participate in the meetings. The old reliable fourth ward is expected to do great things for the democracy tc- morrow.
 | The master plumbers associations of the state are arranging state association with the view of urging the passage of plumb. CTS law. Several states have already passei sI statutes The journeymen plumbers will be asked to join the Masters association in getting the bill through the | legislature. Preliminary arrangements have been made. Another meeting will be called soon and will be held either al Hartford or Waterbury.
 The Rev John H. McCrackan, assistant rector of St Johns Episcopal church ended his labors there yesterday. The l condition of the Rev MT McCrackan's health calls for retirement and he will | spend the winter in California The reverend gentleman delivered farewell ad | dresses yesterday at St John's church and at St Paul's at Waterville. He was tho recipient of a handsome set of bound vol tunes of a work on christian art, with ( substantial sum of money, from the Sun. day school class at St Johns. The Re, Dr Rowland made the presentation speech
 Indian summer has not arrived vet the, say and We may not get any nearer it thar we are now, because this year has in sever al respects, notably a shortage in the lain fall, been quite abnormal and peculiar Indian summer is the result of a peculiar stagnant condition of the atmoshere Its characteristics are a dry, hany atmosphere and redness of the sky, pro dnced by floating in the air oi large quantities of dust. The best scientists car do in describing the Indian summer condi tion of the atmosphere is to call it a ''dry fog" It generally puts in its app earanc, l Tn November although it has more thar once come in the middle of December.
 The polls will be open at 6 o'clock in tn, morning and close at in the evening.
 John W. Gaffney < Co are the first O
 the contractors to report work finished or their section of the pipe line. Everythins has been completed. the ditch filled. tn, road bed put in good condition for pub lie travel and tests made which have me the approval of the engineer. The dan has now attained an elevation of fort, feet and the contractors expect to raise i five feet more by November 15, which i all the contract calls for during this year With the rain storm of last week tn
 water at the new reservoir raised to a height of eighteen feet, and there i every reason to be believe that the wisdom of Engine eer Cairns in recommending thi s' ction as the best source of water sup Fly, will be fully vindissted at the prope time.
 People from all sections turned toward Anso onia yesterday to witness the havo the fresnet had made in the vicinity of th, reservoir. At $50 yesterday morning substantial trestle bridge had beeI erected. the rails lsid over it and all va ready for a test. The bridge has an ave rage height of twenty feet and i about 150 feet in length. The timber had to be sunk in water eight or ten fee deep and the only way a foundation coul, be secured was by sense of feeling. as tn
 bottom was a muck of mud and sand. Fo the st. several loaded cars, one carrying | Aoi'y tons VI soutntIn pine moefsWererul over the bridge. It was found that tn center timbers settled considerably an, sitter working until 9:30 it was decide, that 1t would be unsafe for trains to pas Sunday night and operations were sus pended, to be taken up again at dayligh this mourning. The passengers on tn, trains leaving Waterbury at 6.05 and 8:1
 were transferred at the scene of the wash out. The bridge had been pianked owe and was perfectly safe and convenient an the passengers only had to walk 150 feet