Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-06

"@-~ N~ kS~So~~ row afternoon with interment in S Joseph's cemetery.
 Lieutenant Colonel Burpee told a re porter to-day that directly after the meet ing for the election of a colonel of tht second regiment, he would call another meeting of the officers to decide on tht matter of catering and other camp affairs
 The number and amount of deposits d the Dime Savings bank, during tie past year were much larger than they have beer for the past three years This is perhaps the best indication that could be shown oi the improved condition of business in the factories.
 There was lively game of ball on tho West End grounds this morning between hines from the St Thomas cadets and the St Joseph's T. A. scciety. The attendance was large and great excitement prevailed At the close the score stood, St Thomas cadets. IS; St Joseph's, 17.
 The kind of procession that will inevita ply prove like red rag to bull is not 6 proper kind to allow in any American city It makes no difference which party is right, or whether both are wrong. Public peace comes before any factional demon stration.-Hartford Times.
 This noon Sheriff Rigney went to Naug atuck and in company with Sheriff Swee. ney of that place skirmished the town and very soon succeeded in arresting Lizzie Quirk charged with being the mother of the infant found in the woods near Smith & Griggs The sheriff also claims to have proof that the mother of this infant was the per. son who placed it where it was found
 The equipments for the new postofice have xuil h.a setting them in position Monday The quarterly report of Postmaster Fitzpatrick tor the quarter ending June 30, 1895 shows the gross receipts to be $I4, 1869 lc and expenses $7,046 S5 leaving a net profit of $7 S22 27. The gross receipts of this quarter are $1 .305. .65 in excess of those fol the corresponding three months of 1894.
 Dr LaFontaine who is attending Louisa Rascicott called at the DEMOCRAT office this afternoon and left the folio wing state ment. The condition of the woman has not changed She is however no worse The nee bni jaw are swollen, which i, natural in such case. She still has diff culty in swallowing. She never has fell much pain and the symptoms have beer de cidedly favorable from the beginning There is scarcely any fever. but there is still danger of blood poisoning. Dr Graves has been called into consultation and he thinks the patient is doing well. No effor will be made at present to extract ths bullet
 Daniel Sullivan, age l2, son of MT. Jeremiah Sullivan of Baldwin street, was taken to the hospital to-day by the select men. The boy has probably the worst looking face and all caused by fireworks that physician has ever examined. It is possible the sight of the eyes may also be gone. As the boy sat in the hack this morning in front of the City hall, while hls mother was getting a permit from the the selectmen. he was gaXed at by hun. dreds who crowded around. It was the most pitiable sight the reporter ever witnessed His eyes were c'osed. his face was swollen to twice its natural size and the eyebrows and eyelashes were missing.
 The committee on teachers held meet. ing yesterday afternoon and considered the subject of the increase of wages nske d for by several teachers. It seemed to be the opihion of all that the salaries of the different teachers of the center school dis trict of Waterbury are as high as they are Tn any city in the state, and this coupled with the expense of the new high school building led the mem.
 
 make the expense any more at present than was absolutely necessary. It was de. cided however to grant an increase to Prin. ciPals Devine and Madigan whose salaries were not considered in proportion to their labors.
 William Gumpfer, who conducts bo- logna sausage factory il. the rear or 69l South Main street, called at the DEMOCRAT office last night and desired to enter a complaint against the members of the po- lice fore. He said himself and his wife were cn their Way to the hospital on the Fourth to visit one of their children who IS being treated there for an accident re- celVed at Union City few weeks ago, and when boarding a West Main street car some one threw ''cannon" fire cracker at him which exploded under his feet. tearing his trousers and burning his left leg from the instep to the knee. My wife" said MT Gumpfer, ''spsnt an hour looking for an officer, and after she found one what do you suppose he said to her? Go home and send for a doctor I kept nv eye on the fellow who fired the package of powder, that's what call these big cannon crackers, and showed him to the officer. but it was no use, he did not want to both CT with him. should like to know what the city IS paying those men for anyway" " MT Guml fer exhibited his leg which W. 6 badly burned about the instep.
 Elmer A. Blackwell, for the past four years chief engineer at the electric lighting station, who leaves next week to accent a position in New York, was tendered fare well banquet by number of friends and associates at the New England hotel last night. musical and literary programme was rendered and a menu that daliphted the meeting was served. When all were seated around the festive board, William M. Shepherd. president of the Chowder club, arose and in a neat addless present. ed to Mir Blackwell beautiful gold mount cd ebony cane, inscribed "Presented to Elmer A Black we'll July 5, 1895, by the mem bers of tic Chowder club" The recipient was overcome by the manifestation of es- teem on the part of his friends, but man. aged to get on his feet and delighted the meeting in @ speech of acceptance and con- cluded with an excellent rendition of an original poem entitled "Reminiscences of the Chowder Club." The cane was the best that could be found in the store of Lake. Strobel < Go and is a present which any gentleman might be proud of
 In Brooklyn last Wednesday McCartby was hissed by the spectators because he did not run out an infield hit, when by doing so he would have been safe at first, This is an old habit of McCarthy's: and he should be cured of 1t.