Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-03-07
CITY NEWS.

Miss Dora Egan asSlstantreglstrar OF births,
marriages and deaths.
The funeral of Sarah Roberts took place
at O'clock this afternoon, with services
in the Hall Memorial chapel.
Special forecast for Connecticut:-Fa
weather, followed by rain Thursday night,
colder winds becoming variable.
The Benz Tuthin company in The
Factory Girl Mt o'clock and Love Will
Find Way mt 10 o'clock tonight at the
opera house.
The funeral of Mrs Suan Bell was held
this afternoon to the A. NJ. E. Zion church
on Pearl street. The remains were taken
to Hartford for burial.
Joseph Stump of Brooklyn, y. y, has
purchased the die sinking business of the
late Charles Reinsch. Mr. Stump took
charge OF the place this morning.
Flocks of 'crow blackbirds" the pur-
pie grakle-came into Connecticut on the
| wind Monday night. aid their sociable
voices. CHEEKY. though not musical, were
heard in various places in the state yester-
day.
George \. HES of Norwich has resigned
the presidency of the Connecticut Music
Teachers association. and Alexander S.
Gibson of this city has been elected by
the executive committee to fill the expired
term.
Jeremiah Brosnan of Franklin street,
an employee of Steele Il Johnson's. had his
thumb and index finger crushed in n
stamping press to-day. DIR Benedict
dressed the wounds, which required ave
stitches.
H. II. Peck who is sojourning in
Florida. Is receiving the thanks of many
| Waterbury citizens to-day The post
master and postotfice clerks are among the
thankful ones. The oranges are thoroughly
enjoyed and were grown on Mr. Peck's
plantation.
On Saturday, March 10. at 1872 Bank
street, will be opened one of the greatest
sales of boots. shoes and rubbers ever seen
| in the state. This large stock of goods is
! the product of the best manufacturers in
/ the country, and will be disposed of at
/ fifty cents on the dollar.
About sixty male and female clerks at
| tended the clerks meeting in Labor hall
| last night, Temporary officers were
/ chosen follows: Chairman, b. Dough-
| erty; secretary, Charles G.. Hampson;
treasurer. James H. Ellerby. They will
hold another meeting next Wednesday
night.
| Right Rev Bishop Tierney will be in
]
! Rev J. A. Mulcahv. Extensive prepara-
/ tons for the entertainment of the bishop
are being made ut the Convent of Notre
! Dame and st Marys school. Rev Father
! Leo o. :. F. of WinSted, is visiting
Father Mulcahy to-day.
Now that spring is near at hand annual
moving appears to have commenced.
People are moving not singly, but in bat
tahOns. The occasion appears to be hard
times The majority of working people
are not able to pay high a rent as for
merly and If their landlords do not reduce
their figures they must go somewhere else.
The results of this are visible in the large
number OF tenements standing vacant.
Thieves broke into Stapleton's saloon,
opposite the New England depot, last
night, and stole two bottles of whiskey.
two boxes of cigars, a revolver and ST in
money. Mr. Stapleton knows the men, but
does not care to say anything about it.
/ Tins morning Officer Noonan found the
cigars and whiskey near the New England
division ice house. The proprietor was
ont Of the place less than half an hour
when the robbery was committed.
Receivers Plat and Perry, Superintend-
ents Dewey and Quigg and several direct
ors OF the New York Il New England rail
road went to Poughkeepsie last night.
! Their visit is said to be for the purpose of
making arrangements whereby the freight
| which Is now received from the New York,
| Lake Erie Il Western at Fishkill on the
Hudson will be diverted via Campbell
Hail. thereby doing away with the present
transfer system and resulting in an i'm
menSe saving.
There are good many folks who think
| spring has come. 1t has been very like it
for five days. The mercury went up to
| hfty-nine degrees yesterday afternoon, and
| all trace of snow is almost gone. The re-
ports received last evening by the weather
bureau show warm and clear weather over
/ the country to the west and northwest.
! There is a smell of rain in the air, and
cornS are painful. The weather prophets
say. however, that there is plenty of
winter yet to come.
The case of William McGrath VS. Norah
! Cavanaugh is before the jury to-day in the
district court. 1t is the old case of a cellar
being dug for the defendant and the
latter claiming that the city used the dirt
and that no money is due the plaintiff for
doing the work; because he
spectors foremen. There will be no
more cases this week before the jury. Next
week the criminal side comes in.
Dennis Sullivan of Baldwin street, an
employee of Randolph Il Cloves. was to-
! day bitten in the leg by vicious bulldog
which Frank H. Hoffman keeps chained
in the office off the storeroom of the ship
ping room of the copper department.
! Sullivan cut his thumb this morning and
was taken into the office by the shipping
clerk The dog did not like the appear
ance of the stranger and bounded for him
and seized him by the leg causing four or
five ugly flesh wounds. DIR Frost attended
him, but does not think the man will be
idle any length of time on account of the
| accident
The county tealth officers through the
state making preparations to secure a
more rigid observance of the health laws
/ At the suggestion of the state board of
health the county officials will endeavor to
obtain a more vigorous observance of the
laws In relation to the registering of vital
statistics. The county officers are also in
vestigating the matter of sewerage through
out the state. There is not much trouble
in this matter in this county. Bad sewer
age exists more in the tier of towns along
the Massachusetts, border in fact, almost
all the northern counties. Vigorous mea-
sures are to be taken which it is believed,
will greatly decrease the death rate through
out the state
The story is published by the New Ha-
ven Register that eight Shore Line towns
have to pay about s.. 900 for lobbying done
at the last general assembly. The story is
that the bill refunding about $50, 600 to
these towns for expenses which they had
incurred in grade crossing improvements,
was not opposed by any member of the
| assembly. An opposition, however, was
formed in the third house Tor lobbymen)
and the towns were told they must release
20 per cent of their shares of the amount
in order to insure the passage of the bill.
This amount was in each case taken ont
before the money was sent to the towns.