Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-06-18
The public schools were closed this after

The public schools were closed this after
noon on account of the heat.
John Wilson died at his home, Is Or
chard street, to-day.
Administration was granted on the estate
of Mary Hitchcock to-day.
DIR Axtelle was called to Middlebury
to-day to attend to L. Abbott the wood
dealer, who was injured while at work in
his sawmill this morning.
T. NJ. Hannafin has accepted a position
as tImekeeper for the Trumbold & Co,
lumber and coal dealers of Boston. He
left for Boston this afternoon.
Rev ]. II O'Donnell writes to the DEMO
GRAFT that the published statement that he
is to be the editor of the Valley Catholic
was made without his knowledge or con-
sent. He is only helper.
Lincoln Camp, Sons of Veterans, expect
to have large demands on their stock of
ice cream this evening. A programme,
literary and musical has been prepared and
d good time may be counted on.
Thomas Conner was arrested this after
noon charged with assaulting William
Daily. Conner was recently bound over
TO superior court for the theft of money
from Daily, who refused to pay his board
bill.
John E. McCandless of the firm of
McCandless & Dempsey, blacksmiths on
jefferson street, was painfully injured this
morning while at work. A piece of a
horse shoe flew and stuck in the corner of
the left eye lady burning it. DR. Frost
attended the man.
John O'Connor of So River street en-
ployed by the Hall Il Epson Co. inflicted
a terrible cash in his forearm this morning
while cutting ice, severing a number of
veins. He tried to stop the flow of b God
by binding above the wound, of course
without success, and had lost a consider
able quantity of blood before DR. Donahue
arrived and dressed the injured member.
Street Inspector Kelley had narrow es-
cape from serious injury this morning
He was driving over Benedict street,
which is being repaired. when noise from
the steam roller caused the horse to shy.
Mr. Kelley was thIoTn from the wagon
against telegraph pole. His head and
side were hurt, but after consulting ply
stefan he found that he was not badly in
jured.
The funeral of William Hall took place
from his late residence, % Leavenworth
street, at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The
pallbearers were: F. L. Curtiss, H. II.
Peck, ]. II. Bronson. w. j. Schlegel,
George Partree, p. B. Norton. John Lines
and Z. w. Haywood. Among the promi-
nent out of town horsemen were George B.
Hunt of New Haven, L. Frost of Southing-
ton and George Henchett of Bridgeport.
Many persons were fooled by the change
in railroad time on the Naugatuck road
this morning. The S:26 train started
in this morning on a new schedule
leaving here at S:13. Two who were
disappointed were Alonzo Boyden and L.
L Raymond, who had been summoed as
jurymen in the court of common pleas,
New Haven. They telephoned to New
Haven and were ordered down on the next
train.
The case of Henry O'Neill VS. Louis
Spiro, pawn broker on South Main street,
which was to be tried before the the dis
trict court to-day, was settled out of court
O'Neill bought a watch from Michael
Doran. who was arrested in Naugatuck
Saturday. Ho pawned the watch with
Spiro. The latter refused to give it up
when the ticket was presented. He was
sued by Attorney Russo II and Justice Erett
decided against Spiro. Then an appeal
was taken and now Spiro settles all the
costs.
The case of John Wall ct al VS. the estate
of Patrick Wall occupied all day IN the
police court room before Commissioners
James Z. Russell and Thomas Kane
Patrick Wall died April IS, 1898, at the
home of his nephew, John WALL on Stone
street. He left property on Silver street,
which was to be sold by the administrator,
Martin Bergin, and the proceeds sent to
niece in Ireland. John Wall protested and
brought a bill against the estate for 1913,
for board, medicine, time and trouble.
Attorneys Cole and Cowell for plaintiff,
O'Neill for the administrator
Judge Hammersley of Hartford will open
the superior court here tomorrow morning
at ii o'clock. There are quite number
of cases and some important ones. Thir-
teen prisoners are now confined in New
Haven jail and will lbe brought up in the
morning. The following is the docket
William c. Sheehy, perjury; John Reilly.
assault with knife; Thomas Conner, theft
from prerson; Edward SIason, assault
with intent to commit rape; William and
David Halleck, assault; William F Church
Naugatuck, assault; Frank Tracy, bur
glary; Peter Rivers, highway robbery;
David Ray, William Flanagan, Bernard
Comerford, Martin Dwyer and John Shan
nahan, highway robbery; James Corr,
theft; james Grennan, burglary; Patrick
Breen. Naugatuck, robbery. assault and
battery, breach of the peace and abusive
language; Michael Dillon, highway rob- |
berry; Alfred Smith, highway robbery.