Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-12
CITY NEWS.

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 Adjourned meeting of the board of fire commissioners tonight.
 Selectman Cunningham of New Haven was in Waterbury to-day, the guest of City Sheriff McDonald.
 4 special meeting of Court Meany's Pride Circle, c. of F. will be held at 8 o'clock this evening.
 A meeting of the Waterbury Bottlers association will be held at o'clock this evening in Hellmann's hall, Grand street.
 T. F. Lawler, trustee, has sold for the James Grant insolvent estate the stock of boots and shoes to Bernat Holczer of 199 South Main street.
 William H. and Emma Pittilla, owners of the Danbury hat store. made an assign ment this morning, naming Thomas F. McGrath as trustee.
 The subject of Rev J. A. Mulcahy's dis course at the Convent of NOtre Dame to- night will be, The Separate Existence of the Soul After Death"
 The finder of a bunch of keys attached to a ring upon which the name $. J.. Meany Is stamped, will receive a reward by returning them to the DEMOCRAT office.
 It is reported that H. $. Scoville, who left here some months ago to establish a spoke and handle factory in North Caro- liDa, lost one of his hands in a machine at the new plant recently.
 Frederick Linburg for drunkenness was fined s without costs. this morning. The cases against Martin, William and John Meara were nolled as two of the accused could not be found.
 The funeral of Mrs Annie kruse took place from her late residence on Pond s street, at ? o'clock yesterday afternoon to Riverside cemetery. The pallbearers were: William Flynn, Philip Gaffney, Edward Curley and John Shanahan.
 The funeral of'Pierre Goulet took place at 3 30 o'clock yesterday afternoon with services in St Anns church. The pail | bearers were Napoleon Dolan, John Blade, John Brennan, John Lafiamme, Louis Fernett and Levy Laplant. Interment was in Calvary cemetery.
 The monthly meeting of the directors oi the Consolidated road was held in New York Saturday. President Clark said tha there was nothing of public interest done No one was elected in place of the late | Ezekiel H. Trowbridge or Hon Nathanie | Wheeler on the board of directors.
 Commissioners John O'Neill and Ed ward G. Kilduff sold the estate of the latt Andrew Moran to-day in the probate court The property is on Cook street and wa: purchased by Attorney D. F. Webster fo S2. 800 It is understood that the property was bought for one of the heirs, living II Massachusetts.
 The Consolidated road has now abou 75O engines on the different systems This represents an immense valuation They cannot be estimated on the cost O. l the big new passenger engines which cos | SIP GOO each but 1t Is nevertheless a grea aggregation of value in motive power. AS | soon aS engines become worn out they art broken up.
 The annual carnival of the Concordil Singing society was held in Concordia hal last night The gathering was confined tC the members of the society and theil friends During the evening the exercise: consisted of music, singing and reciting After l2 o'clock dancing was commenced Most of the ladies and some of the gentle men were in costume and the night was { most enjoyable one to all who attended.
 Real Estate Agent William J. Schlege has sold for George B. Brown his two family house, on the corner of Round Hll and Wood streets, to Mary ]. Schaffieth who will occupy it about March l. Nil Brown moving into his new house or North Main street. Mir Schlegel has also sold for Mary A. Curtis of Washington, D | C., the property known as the WaIrer place at Watertown. to John Taylor ot Thomaston, who will occupy the premise: | about April 1.
 An enthusiastic meeting of the loca labor unions was held in Labor hall yes terday afternoon. and a debating society tc l | .l. I Il. I 1 for the purpose of discussing economic questions each Sunday afternoon. Tn, subjects Organization" and "Does tht Laborer Receive a Just Compensation fol | His Toil?" were debated yesterday after | noon and some of the members showed that they were thoroughly familiar witt l the topics discussed. committee ot three was appointed to select subjects anC leaders and il is proposed in the near flu ture to hold open meetings.
 Most of the ice dealers of this city have harvested their supply and the crop is pro nounced the best they have had in years The Hall & Upson Go have filled all o1 | their houses, having stored about Is O0C tons. It is from ten to twenty inches 1T | thickness, free from snow and clear as crystal. The City Ice Go will proably finish harvesting this week. Some of the | other dealers have not yet filled theil houses. but all are sure of crop of un usual excellence. Owing to the severity of last winter most of the ice cut was twenty inches in thickness and the quality was not as good as that cut this year whie the labor of cutting and handling 1t was greater.
 Ii Is held by those who believe it that al high noon on February 2d the ground hos | ,.l-s,r 4 Il. | | about three times. If he sees his shadow he immediately turns tail, returns into his hole and remains there, snug as bug in g rug for sixty days. If cloud should hap | pen to intervene and no shadow is cast then the ground hog stays out and hunts for provender. an early spring follows and everything Is lovely. Now February Z was a bright sunshiny day and the sur beating upon the snow must have dazzled the eyes of the ground hog Of course ht went back and AS a consequence. or coinci dence. We have had considerable winter weather since, with more promised. IT this latitude where winter usually fingers in the lap of May" it is not quite cleal why the woodchuck should come out at al Tn February. running the risk of contracting pneumonia or the grip.
 Chairman Hart called the meeting of the board of councilmen to order Saturday night All the members were present The board at once proceeded to vote for g member of the road board, with Council men Brewer and McGrath as tellers, Or each ballot but one Councilman Tracy re- ceived ten votes. and Councilman Fruiu ten On the eighteenth ballot one of the republican members of the board voted 8 blank ballot. leaving Councilman Fruin ten votes. Councilman Tracy nine and blank one. The chairman said that this matter had been settled at a previous meeting. that there was no majority. and ordered the meeting to continue the voting | The contest went on until the forty-fourth