Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-19
CITY NEWS.


 Hitchcock, the auditorium carriage dealer, died yesterday at New Haven.
 John T. Burn, superintendent of the | Metropolitan Life Insurance Go, returned | home Saturday after visit to friends in | England. meeting of the ladies of the Sacred | Heart church choir will be held this even- | ing at g Laurel street. All members are | requested to be present. The eight horse power Bigelow engine I and boiler, now in use in the DEMOCRAT 1 office is for sale. It is only four years old | and will be sold cheap. The St Joseph's society base ball club | will play at Litchfeld tomorrow. All members of the club are requested to meet in the rooms at o'clock this evening. Thomas M Judd of 39s Grove street split the palm of his left hand this morn- ing on a lathe in one of the factories. His injuries were dressed at Dr Frosts office.
 Rev Father Treanor announced yester- day that two weeks mission, by the Pau | list fathers, would be held in the church of the Sacred Heart, beginning on Sunday, | September s.
 Nora Fuller, the infant child of MT and Mrs William Fuller of Bishop street, died this morning The funeral will take place at 3 o'clock this afternoon with interment in St Joseph's cemetery.
 Michael P Brick, the six months old son | of Mrs and Michael Brick, 342 Baldwin | street, died yesterday. The funeral took | place at o'clock this afternoon with inter- ment in Calvary cemetery.
 List of letters advertised at the post office: Robt Colbert, Bridget Foley. Miss Barbard Fleming (4), Wm Loranger, c. l EaDDy MrS Gao NJ T,auohlin ir MrS Bridget Murphy, Lucy Hanenly. Michail Shea. Lr Standish Ware.
 The Acme club held an enthusiastic meeting yesterday afternoon and appointed a committee to secure more spacious quarters. It is quite probable that the ] club will rent u suit of rooms in the Platt block.
 Division No l, A o H, will hold an important meeting in G. A. R. hall at o'clock tonight Every member of the division is requested to be present. Here after the meeting will be held on the first and third Mondays in each month.
 The officers of the Catholic Literary association were installed yesterday There was full meeting present and the indications point to bright future under the new management. Addresses were made by J. H. Moran, w. c. Keenan, P. MChhuOu, M lAynC0 ana l., Smith,
 Three handsome marble slabs have been set in the sidewalk in front of the new Conlon block on South Main street with the name of the proprietors neatly chiseled thereon so that it is now practically im- possible for people to walk up or down on that side of the street and not be reminded of the fact that they are opposite Conlol Brothers store.
 The union Foresters picnic on the West End grounds Saturday afternoon and even- ing was great success from every stand point. Morrissey's views of Irish scenery contributed much to the success to the at- fair and were highly interesting and in structive. The game of ball between the St Thomas cadets and nine from the Ame ican Pin Co resulted in victory for the former by score of 23 to1 4 } The dog law, passed recently by the leg islature, provides that every dog must be registered on or before the first day of May in each year; also that each dog so regis tered must wear a collar containing not only it's license number but the name of its owner as we'll. Another clause iu the law makes it obligatory upon selectmen to or ) der the killing of any dog that injures or kills any sheep, chicken or other animal The raying for the damage by the owner will not save the the life of the dog
 William l. McDougall, the swindler brought to Hartford by Sergeant Walter l Smith early Saturday morning, was taken to Mantle in the afternoon by Sergeant 5 Smith and given hearing before Justic e Carlos $ Davis. The warrant upon which McDou2all was arrested was issued July 2O in Mantle by grand juror upon complaint of Charles J. Luce Of the National Wool Cleaning company, one of the many con. l cerns that had been swindled by McDoug. all. He was bound over to the superior coult under $500 bonds and taken to the county jail at New London.
 mere wllI be another meeting on the driving park Thursday and good bill has been prel ared There will be a half mile race, best three in five, for local horses and the following will compete: P B < Norton's Go7ernor Page. Slm Lowe's Sophie Jefferson, N. W. Heaters N. w. IL w II RubeY's Greystone, Oliver Camps No Nam, and Thomas Buffers Ocher There will also be a running race, foot race and bicycle race. An admission fee tc the ground of twenty-five cents will b. ! charged and the proceeds will be RdevoteC 1 to putting the track in shape for the bis race during the first week of September
 The pipes are ordered for the new water nam in Lounsbury place are expected tC arrive here almost at any time so that th, residents of the street will soon be re lieved of the laborious task of Juggling wate up three flights of stairs. The only thinG the resid nts of that section need now t( make the place one of the most desirable residential portions of the city is the open ing of South street to Lounsbury avenue The cut is not over seventy-five feet 1T length, all good digging, and the who'll Job could be completed in a couple of days . The residents are hopeful that the roa, board will order this done before the baC weather sets in.
 Patrick Coughlan, aged 6S years, wa found dead in bed at his home, l33 Bald win street, at ID o'clock yesterday morn ing. He had not been in good health fo some time and on retiring Saturday nigh Il complained of feeling little worse thai usual. In the morning when one of th e family called into the bedroom he wa a found Tn heavy slumber as the famil supposed, but when Dr Donahue wa e called he found the man dead Medica if Examiner Axtelle pronounced death du to heart failure. The deceased leaves
 wife and two daughters, Mrs John Fitz ger Id of Bridgeport and Miss Kate Cough l. Ian of this city The funeral will talk place at o'clock tomorrow afternoon t D St Joseph's cemetery.
 e The NeW II ork New Haven snd Hartfor o Railroad company announces one more and probably the last of the season, excul d sion from Naugatuck division to Sayi
 Rock and return on Friday, at the rate o
 $1 50 from Winsted or TorriDgton, $1 3
 from Thomaston, $1 % form Waterbury $ ninety cents from Union City, eighty-fiv
 cents from Naugatuck, sixty cents fror
 Seymour and fifty cents from Ansonia c
 Derby. The manner in which these po1 IS ular excursions have been conducted b
 this company has encouraged the patronap
 of the best class of the community. ri lt known by our readers to require any e,
 tended description of it's attraction
 which are SO varied as to finnish nlaasn,