Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-03
CITY NEWS.

sewer on Ward street.
The concert OF the green by the Ameri-
can band last evening was well attended
and the music was of the most enhancing
order.
Special forecast for Connecticut:
Showers, followed by fair tonight and
Saturday; cooler, winds becoming north
westerly.
The Misses Kittie O'Neil and Mary
Lyons of Kendrick avenue have gone on
a months vacation to Block Island, Boston
and other points.
Annie Shea, Mrs Mary Carroll and
Lizzie Carroll of 81 Hickory street. left
to-day for three weeks sojourn at Far
Rockaway.
One of the pumps at the Mad river sta
ton Is out of order and is being repaired.
There Is only one pump running at this
place now and President welton is draw
| ing on the East Mountains reservoir.
E. l.. Bronson. a tool maker at the E. J.
| Manville Machine Co, caught the first finger
of the left hand in planning machine yes
| terday afternoon. DIR Frost found it
necessary to amputate the finger at the
first joint.
George Archambault, an employe of
Plume x Atwood's, caught the end of the
thumb of his right hand under a power
press this morning cutting off small
piece of the member. DIR Benedict at
| ter ded him.
There are advertised letters in the post
office for the following parties: Louis
Bourke. Matt Colligan, L. H. Herrick,
Joseph Lariyiere, Miss Minnie C. Fisk,
Miss Julia A. Moon, William Kelley,
Robert Smith, Joseph Waddington.
Mr. and Mrs Michael Hogan and Mary
B. Kennedy of 145 Washington avenue,
Maria Monahan of Thomaston, left for
New York this morning. Mr. Hogan will
sail for Ireland Tomorrow to be absent
| three months. The rest of the party will
return to this city tomorrow evening.
Counterfeit half dollars and quarter
| dollars are being circulated quite freely.
| They are of the 1892 and 1898 issue, very
well made, hav- a slight ring and appear
t. be made of tin, lead and anthony. 1t
is supposed they are the product of the
counterfeiters' den recently discovered in
| the woods west of Bristol.
The Waterburys will leave for Danbury
tomorrow afternoon on the 2:IO train 20
play with the local team. The nine will
play as follows: Hemlock c. Carmody p,
Common Id. Derwin %. Keaveney 3b, Dill
lane SIS, Delkescamp If, Conroy or Nc
Guinness CT. Klobedanz IF There is
AANSA AhlCAcSl HI game hS the DduDuTyS
have also beaten the Derby team.
The funeral of Martin Havican took
place this morning from the residence of
his daughter, Mrs MorrIssey, G9S South
Main street, to the immaculate Concep
ton church. where mass of requiem was
| celebrated by Rev Father Lynch. The
pallbearers were: Terence Lynch, James
Cahill, Patrick Mcfarland, Timothy
| Flynn, James Donovan and Patrick Trea-
nor. Interment was in Calvary cemetery
The dog poisoner is still at work in the
north end of the town. This morning a
handsome mastiff dog lay dead at the cor
ner of Cooke and Pine streets. A great
many people thought the animal belonged
to Attorney Russell. but this was a mis-
take. for Mr. Russell's dog still lives A
shepherd deg ut the same place was
poisoned, but managed to drag himself
away from his dead companion.
| To-day is tho first day of the Hebrew
month of Aba month commemorative
| the worst national disasters in the history
of the Jewish people. marking the de.
struction of their existence as a nationality
in the holy land, and other terrible
| episodes. On the ninth of this month
| postponed this year to the tenth because
of the sabbath strict fast is observed
| ard lamentations and elegies are recited
| h entire period covered by the ten days
OF this mon h, and even some days before
Is marked by somberness among ortho-
dox lsraelites. who refrain from pleasures
| allowable at otner times and seasons.
The executive committee of the CoDnec.
ticut Fife and Drum Corps association met
| last night in the rooms of Hellmann's Ad.
vance drum corps. F. S. Bunnell of New
Haven presided. 1t was voted to open the
convention in this city on Wednesday
September 10. Thirty drum corps will be-
present. The principal features of the
convention will be a grand parade, contest
for prizes, banquet and ball in the even
ing. The executive committee will begir
at once to manage for the affair The
Waterbury members are John w. lyman
L. A. Wright, J. 4. Phelan, G. l. Hall and
c. S. Miller.
The committee on public lands and
buildings held meeting last night anG
discussed the need of repairs on City hall
The ceiling plastering is in danger of fall
ing OF any time, the settees are almost use
less. the roof needs repairs and the wood
work on the outside should receive coa
of paint. The committee voted to appro
pirate $500 for the repairing of the root
and woodwork. Speaking of the hall Con
tractor Tracy said that it could be put il
good condition for $1,000. This woul1
include everything that is needed As the
city would have to bear half tho expense
of the improvement the members of the
council who are on the committee will
bring the matter up at the council meeting
Monday night.
Mrs Katie Emmett, wife of Frank j.
Emmett. who formerly conducted livery
stable on Scovlll street, di I'd yesterday il
New Britain. where the family moved
h IL. !
stances. She was ill with cholera morbu:
a couple of days ago. and DIR Coholan wa:
called to attend her Tuesday morning
The doctor wrote a prescription in which
iaudanum was one of the ingredients pre-
scrlbed. The medicine was to be giyer
until the patient showed signs of improve
ment; but instead of stopping when tn.
disease was checked, it was still admins
tered, and the consequence was that the
woman fell into a stupor Tuesday evening
and could not be aroused from it. She
leaves husband and two children.
Waterbury people who have had a rid.
on die tr )lley cars to Naugatuck complain
of the condition of things at the end of tbs
route during the evening. Most people
who 60 down there wish to take a wall
through the town and are forced to fee
their way through the darkness for several
hundred feet before reaching a light, anG
then they find themselves on a very pool
substitute for a sidewalk. With the bene-
fit Naugatuck is sure to derive from tn,
large number of visitors from Waterbury
1T would seem that the town could afford
to light up the entrance to the main street
at this point and lay a walk on which visi
tors might travel with less danger to their
limbs than they can on the present walks
Waterbury lights her visitors from down
the road into the heart of the city, lands
them on good, clean. Belgian block streets
with spacious sidewalks, and every other
accommodation that modern ideas can de.
wise. Why not reciprocate?
Town Wiped Out by Fire.
L HnIIANn CRY Mich A r,nnck q III.