Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-18
CITY NEWS.

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 Mir and Mrs F.W Traver of Johnson ave- nue are receiving congratulations over the birth of son. Over two hundred members of the Metho- dist church, mostly children, are picnIcking at Hanover park to-day.
 Commissioners on the estate of Charles l.. Hicks and Wardle & Merrill filed their reports to-day in the probate court.
 Mir and Mrs J. M. Daily of 622 Baldwin ! street are receiving the congratulations of their friends. A baby girl arrived at their home Tuesday night.
 Governor Coffin has issued an order to admit Emma H. Scott of Waterbury, a deaf mute and the daughter of John B. Scott, to the American school at Hartford for the deaf. l An examination of the qualifications of applicants for certificates to teach in the town schools of Waterbury. will be held in the High school room on Friday, July 26, beginning &t 9 a. m.
 The Connecticut summer school for teachers at Norwich appears to be popular | Six hundred and eight teachers have reg istered at the meetings so far, all but l thirty-two of whom are teaching in this | state.
 The committee on public lands and buildings will hold a meeting tonight when a scheme will be thought out for a successful onslaught on the elm tree beetles which are doing considerable dam age to the trees on the green.
 c. H. W. Berbecker, treasurer of the Tucker Manufacturing Go at Waterville, has purchased the strip of land on Willow street, just north of lhe residence of Attor- n ~ 36 Prospect street.
 The excursion 10 Boston to-day on the New England road, took 26S persons from Waterbury. When the train pulled out of the station at New Britain there were eleven cars attached, all filled and some of the passengers found it impossible to se- cure seating accommodation.
 A dispatch from St Louis to the Sun states: "The great Roger Connor has an- nounced his determination to quit the diamond. In an interview with President Won der Abe to-day Roger said he was sat- l isfied that his days as a useful man were over and that he would retire. He will play ball until the gap at first base is filled, but as Won der Ahe signed Sheehan of Little Rock Ark, to-day, Roger may never play again." Connor made a three bagger in yesterdays game and has been batting | Strongly hLI sedson'
 Willie Fleming of 336 Walnut street was sitting in a grocery wagon this morning near the junction of Cooke and Bronson streets when the rumbling noise of an ap- pro aching truck scared the horse and he dashed of with all possible speed throwing the boy out of the wagon and landing him on his head in the roadway. His teeth came together with such force that four of them were twisted out of the gums and were hanging out of his mouth when he called on Dr Benedict. who extracted them and rendered all necessary medical aid. He was a gritty little fellow and went through the painful operation with out murmur.
 The district committee held a meeting last night and voted to employ Henry F. Gulliver of New Haven as principal of the High school at a salary of $l, 700, as rec- commended by the board of education. Chairman A. J. Wolff was instructed to procure new seats for the addition to the Washington school. Bids for the addition to the ISank street school were re. ceived, but the lowest presented was $5,- 900 in excess of the appropriation made for this purpose at the district meeting. The amount appropriated was S10, 900, but the committee could do nothing with this sum and the matter was indefinitely postponed This is serious affair. The Bank street school is crowded and it was expected that the services of the old Webster annex which is disgrace to the district, could be dispensed with after the addition was ready for occupancy and now it looks a' though we are not going to have any ad ditional accommodation and tNe childreI may swelter in the Webster annex fol another year.