Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-05
CITY NEWS.


 There will be meeting of the Peoples Party club tomorrow evening at o'clock at Labor hall. All members are requested to attend.
 Owing to a delay at Bridgeport. waiting to make connections with the train from New York. the II: :12 train on the Nauga- tuck road was forty minutes late this morning.
 Road Commissioners NJ. J. ColIoty. A. A. Irion and John Henderson, jr. with Street Inspector E. B. Kelley, are in New York to-day inspecting new street sweeper which the city intends purchasing.
 Patrick Scanlan is one of a crowd who have been making the vicinity of the New England station A stamping ground to rush the growler. He was found intoxi- for thirty days.
 Chief Egan has several articles at the police station which are worth the owners time to call and receive. Among them are a timers furnace with a number of heavy soldering irons. black wolf carriage robe and a'padded surcingle.
 Company E. Hibernian rifles, will hold their regular weekly drill meeting this evening, at which it is necessary for every member to be present, as business relating to inspection of the company will be trans acted
 The picture of one of the best known and most beautiful young ladies that ever came to visit our city. but who died very suddenly a short time ago, will be sven to each purchaser of one pound of tea or baking powder at Phelan's. commencing Monday, April 8.
 Frederick J. Goldsmith. the four years old son of Mir and Mrs Frederick Goldsmith died this morning at the residence of his grandfather, James Cluney, 179 Dublin street. The funeral will be held at 8 o'clock tomorrow afternoon with inter- ment in St Joseph's cemetery.
 A horse belonging to F. J. Wood, at tached to a round tank used for the deliv- cry of oil, ran away on the West End bridge yesterday afternoon. The animal faced for the Watertown road where the tank was demolished against an electric light pole and the driver thrown to the ground.
 W. s. Mitchell, a lineman for the Wa terbury Traction Go, met with an accident vest erday afternoon which will lay him up for repairs for a few days. He was on the upper part of the tower wagon repair ing the wires at the East Main street ter minus when he placed his hand on a live wire and received slight shock. He fell backwards striking the wagon in his de- scent to the ground. He was able te go to his home in the DEMOCRAT building on South Main street and Dr Frost was sum- moned. He did not suifer from the shock. but his body was considerably bruised and his right wrist injured.
 At the meeting of the committee on sew age disposal last night the city engineer reported that he had rented a house near Beacon Falls for the use of five or six sur veyers who are making surveys in that sec ton. The men will be there about six weeks. Mir Cairns also stated that Engi- neer Herring recommended the gauging of the outfaIl of the sewers in order to de- termine how much sewage was passing in- to the river. The gauglng will take about seven days with six men employed. The work was ordered done. Bills of Sl7O.75 were approved.
 At meeting of the finance board last night the bill of Mrs Martin Hellmann, ex- ecutrix of the estate of Martin Hellmaun, was referred to the board of aldermen. The sum is $342 fl and is for services rendered by L F. Burpee while Me He'll mann was tax collector. The board recnm- mtnded an abatement of SIS taxes on property of D. J. Rafferty. MT Rafferty claims the exemption AS a veteran of the civil war The city treasurer was author iZed to make a temporary loan of $50 000 for the purposc of paying temporary loans due May l. The treasurer's receipts for March amounted to $1 .266.74. This with a balance in bank of S6, 926 52 makes a trial on hand of $, ,229, ,26.
 City Engineer Cairns said this morning that they were getting ready to make test of the uncompleted portion of section two of the pipe line, the Thatcher contract It will be remembered that one mile of that section was not completed. The cold weather prevented the city from doing any work. since the pipe line has come into it's hands. The snow and ice have now pretty much disappeared and test will be made without delay. If found satisfactory the work of covering that portion will be proceeded with vigorously. Engineer Cairns was asked in reference to the dead sheep, reported found on the watershed. He said that the matter had been thor oughly investigated and the story is utterly without foundation.
 A game of base ball has been arranged for Good Friday between nInes from the I. NJ. c. A. and the Acme club. The Acmes will sendou these players: Timothy J. Carmody p, James T. Fox c. Thomas Nj. Freney If, William T. Keating 2b, Peter Fox 3b Who will man the other positions has not yet been,decided upon, but MT Becton, who is managing the club, thinks there will be couple of out of town men called ID for the first game. The Y NJ. c. A. have not yet filled all the places in their team. but it is understood that 0. H. Everett will pitch. Thomas Donahue will catch for the team until the profess sional season opens. E. P. Conklin has been slated for first base and Finton Phe Ian has bean assigned to second. E. J. Mann wlll play shortstop The positions of right anc left field and third base has not yet been filled, but 1t is we'll known that the association has lots of members that can play good ball and will have no trouble in securing good men for the team. John H. Goss and NJ. H. Warner will be invited 10 play.
 The Waterbury courthouse measure was signed by the governor yesterday and is now reality. The committee will hold a meeting in City hall at II o'clock to-mor- row morning when preliminary steps toward selecting a site and making other preparations for the work will take place The committee is authorized to expend $SO. 900 for the site. building and furni- ture. The county will pay one half and Waterbury the other half. The gentle men appointed to select site and see to all other matters in connection with the proposed new structure are the New Haven county commissioners and S. W. Kellogg. James W. Webster, James E. Russell. F. B. Rice. H. L. Wade D. F. Webster. John ONeil. L. F. Burpee, George E. Terry. George H. Cowen R A. Lowe. John P. Kellogg. The committed will meet at II o'clock tomorrow morning. Mir O'Neill is in New Haven to-day.
 The Waterbury Turverein opened their | new hall In the Deslap < Warand hInnk nr