Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-23
CITY NEWS.


 Special forecast for Connecticut Gen. | erally fair, stationary temperature. Remember the Knights of Columbus ex- cursion tomorrow to Watch Hill. The eight horse power Bigelow engine and boiler, now in use in the DEMOCRAT office is for sale, It is only four years old and will be sold cheap. z-sl Bids for the bar privilege at the picnic of the Central Labor Union. Labor Day, will be received up to August. .2Sth, by John M. Gill, Hayd n street.
 The Waterbury base ball club is to be reorganized under the management of Roger Connor. \ series of games will be played with the Meridens beginning on Labor day.
 The Washburne Manufacturing company of this city has increased its capitol from st. 900 to $10OOO by adding 160 shares of $25 each. Sixty per cent of the increase has been paid in cash.
 The Knights of Columbus excursion to Watch hill will take place tomorrow and without doubt there will be large at tendance. The committee has worked faithfully and will provide good time for all who attend.
 Edward E Cargill, aged 46 years, died at his residence, 154 East Main street. yes- terday of paralysis. He was at breakfast. but in the forenoon he took a sinking spell from which he never rallied. The fdneral will take place at l0:30 o'clock to morrow morning with interment in Riverside ceme- tery.
 This morning a few new potatoes were placed on exhibition in D. B. Wilson's show window on East Main street. They | were found in patch of land near Shell | Hitchcock's farm and are the finest Speci- mems of the kind ever seen in the city. The smallest weighs pound. and the lar. l gest balances the scales at a pound and | three-quarters.
 At a meeting of the Bricklayers' and Masons' International union, No 16, held Tuesday evening, the following officers were elected for six months: President. William J. Bergen vice president, William ] Bowe; recording secretary, William Forest; l financial secretary. Reuben R. .Teele; Ser geant at arms. William Davis; auditor John Suder. The union is in a fourishing condition.
 The O'Connell Rovers of Baldwin street are making extensive preparations for a hurling match with the Wolf Tones of Brooklyn, N. Y, which is expected to take l place in this city some time Tn the latter part of September. The O'Connell R1vers | never were in better condition for a con- | test of this kind than they are at present and there is every reason to believe that the match will be an exciting one. 1 City Clerk Grady received an official communication to-day in reference to the convention of the International Associs- ton of Fire Engineers, to be held in Au- communication urges that the Waterbury fire department be represented at the con- vention and contains the programme of | exercises, which consists of a number of | essays on the most modern apparatuses for carefully combating fires.
 Charles Naggs, Edward Shea and John Fhnn,a committee representing the Anchor l Social club of Washington street, welt to New Haven to-day for the purpose of pre- sentipg Champion James Corbetta beau tiful aluminium badge on behalf of the club. | The badge was cut by Die Sinker James Donnelly and contains a good picture of the renowned pugilist on one side and the name of the club in raised letters on the other.
 The Hartfords defeated the Merideps yesterday, l5 to 2, being assisted by Roger Connor and the two Donohues. The The Courant says: "Tabasco" Donohue had stockings that matched yesterday and he struck out twice and made one double Roger Connor was a great favorite with the crowd and he was loudly cheered when he ran around the bases after making two base hit in the second inning. He did not do any batting after that. Donohut pitched another excellent game fol Hartford, the Meridens making only SIX | hits.
 Papers in a suit for $10,00O were served last night on the Waterbury Traction Go by Constable Egan. A. NJ. Young was ab sent from the city yesterday afternoon ant Constable Egan served the papers after { o'clock on ]. Richard Smith, one of the di rectors of the company. The suit il brought by Amelia Gumpper for injuries l sustained by being struck by trolley ca while riding iu wagon on June 6 Twt pieces of real estate belonging to the com pany were attached. Ths suit is return able the second Tuesday in September Constable Egan served papers on Attor ney Thomas F. Lawlor. as trustee. yester day in A suit for $5. GOO brought by BAltha SchleGel. The nature of the sui is this: Michael and Ellen Sullivan purchased house and lot from Baltha Schlegel on South Elm street. on Octobe Is, 1893, and gave a note of $4, 800. Ina note is still due. Two months az the Sullivans transferred the propert
 to Attorney Lawlor to hold in trust. Tn case is returpable on tho first Tuesday il September. The suit is brought as fore closure proceedings to recover possession of the property.
 What might have proved serious fir
 was averted by good presence of min
 Wednesday night in Hicks brothers res taurant. About o'clock one of the larg oil lamps fell from it's fastening and eS
 ploded. The burning oil flowed over tn
 floor and set fire to one of tho side walls
 Edward Hicks seized 6 pot of water con
 tainiDg half peck of beans and dashed i
 on the flames, which We're then leaping t
 the ceiling. This stopped the progress 0
 the fire and few pails of water did tn
 rest. Had the fire gained another minute
 headway it would have reached the floor above. As it was it burned the seat of
 chair. scorched one of the tables and pape
 on the wall almost to the ceiling
 The French Canadian institute and tn
 Brass City band entertained their friend
 at the institute hall on Bank street las
 night. The programme of exercises was a
 follows: Address, II Rodier, president c
 the French Canadian int ttitute; address, M
 A. Dulac, president of the Brass City banC
 musical exercises, Pollak Brothers an 0 Gallipeau; song, Louis Chapron; piano solo !, Miss Della Tetraulti recitation, Miss Clar Lawrence: piano duet, the Misses Paradis
 of Grosvenordale; song by the quartett.
 Messrs Adams Brothers, Beaulieu and NJ,
 Carthy; address. L. J. Lavigne. There wei
 over one hundred people present and th Il affair was one of the most enjoyable event
 in the history of those two popular orgar
 izations
 The New England railroad will run e, O cursion trains to Hanover park tomorrow
 from the New England station at $40 a. n h 1:30, 4:30 and p. m. Fare for the roun a trip fifty cents, children thirty-fve cent shore dinner will be served from moo
 until s o'clock in the evening. There wi " be balloon ascension and parachute leaI