Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-14
CITY NEWS.

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 FL. Donahue, who has been playing ball with the Rochesters. is home and will not play any more with that club.
 Mir and Mrs James Barnes, formerly of this city and now of West Granville, Mass, are the happy parents of baby boy.
 The large elms on the Newton property are being cut down preparatory to building the new court house on Leavenworth street.
 Dr Goodwin will hereafter be at the Scovill house every Saturday from to 7:30 p. m. Sundays by special appoint ment.
 The Traction Go has vacated it's office in Exchange place and all business formerly transacted there will be attended to at the office on West Main street.
 The Sacred Heart church Sunday school will enjoy an outing at Hanover park to- morrow. The train will leave New Eng land depot at S:45 and Dublin street at 9:15. Tickets secured at the depot.
 Patrick Connell and Miss Gertrude Moran were married this morning at the church of tho Immaculate Conception. The ceremony was performed by Vicar General Mulcahy and was followed by a nuptial mass.
 James Rankin of Hartford and Miss Nellie Reynolds were mar ried at o'clock this morning at the Immaculate Conception church by the Rev Father Downey. John Key holds was best man and Miss Margaret Connor was maid of honor.
 The backbone of the lot wave is broken, and cooler weather is predicted for quite @ spell now. There are cool northerly breezes on the way which will bring northeast storm, due here in about three days. There is a marked decrease in the hu- midity, and the air. while still heated up to the seventies. is more bearable on &C., count of the decrease.
 M. Kaiser is now successor to the pioneer firm. M. Kaiser & Go. having bought out his partners interest in the business. which will be conducted at the old stand on Bank street. J. M. Hayes of New Haven, who has had an experience of many years. has been secured as manager by MT Kaiser. An announcement of the dissolution sale W i'll be found on the third page.
 The Lafayette club has decided to re- solve itself into an independent military company and has elected the following of- icers: Captain c. l.. Chappelle; first lieutenant, August Breux; second lieuten- ant Edward Mathon. The company will hold a drill meeting every Thursday even- ing in Moriarty hall. It is the intention of the company to give fair in City hall next February the proceeds to be used for the purchase of uniforms and muskets.
 Judge Thayer has given judgment for the appellee in the appeal from pI obate by the New England Railroad company against the insolvent estate of George M. Bartholomew. The action was brought tc recover $200. .000 alleged to be due the rail. road company through MT Bartholomew connection with the Hartford X Erie rail road and the Hartford, Providence & Fish kill railroad, which lines were absorbed by the New England company.
 Great preparations are being made by the drum corps of this city for the annual convention to be held in Meriden, August 2S. All the corps from this place will | enter the contests in their respective classes and several of the members vii contest for the individual prizes feature | will be the drum majors contest for golC medal. It is expected that some twenty five or thirty majors will compete. Int Shea brothers will enter for the prize, Petel representing Hellmann's Advance Drum | corps and Michael the Sacred Heart Drum l corps.
 Colonel S. B. Horne, labor commis soner, yesterday appointed his specia | agents, by virtue of the act concerning Italian and other alien laborers Tht duties of these agents shall be to inform the laborers as to their rights of contract and to prevent, as far as possible. an! illegal advantages being taken of them, by reason of their ignorance or want O knowledge of the English language. Tn, agents are: Hartford, Giovanni Matta Waterbury. Luigi Bartoli; New Haven Antoni Verdi; Meriden. N Giorgio & George: Middletown, Dominica Pettanato The Waterbury agent. Luigi Bartoli, live on Bank street He received official noti fcation of his appointment to-day.
 The indications D. int to big time A the union picnic of the A. O F. of A oI t1e West End grounds Saturday afternoon and evening, One of the principal fea lures of the programme fer the afternoon i a game of base ball between the St Thoms cadets and nine from the American PiI Go. which is sure to attract large crowd In the evening Morrissey's grand Hlberni cln and Irish Comedy Co will give an ex hibltion showing several of the principa lakes, river and other interesting scenes 0 Ireland including number of rural view never before seen on canvas in this city There will also be dancing by Thomas an Kathleen Morrissey. Dillane's orchestr will furnish music and Professor Pole wi prompt during the afternoon and evening
 About thirty persons attended tn special town meeting called for last nigh to correct the mistake made at a forme meeting in reference to the appropriatio of money for roads. Town Clerk Belde called the meeting to order and Thoma F. Bolger was elected chairman. Ca mo ton of Selectman Brooks it was voted tha the resolution passed at the special tow meeting of July 31, appropriatiDg $1 ,00 for repairs on the town roads be rescindeG and that the sum of $3,000 be voted fo this purpose, ssid money to be spent o the road from the bridge at the Tucke Manufacturing Go, in Waterville nortt
 ward as far as the appropriation will gc This brings the matter within the pro vision of the act by which the state an the county will pay over $l GOO each to th selectmeD, so that in reality all the tow will be out on the job is $l, ,000. Shortly before o'clock last night a alarm of fire was rung in from box 31: corner of Bank and Meadow streets. Tn department responded promptly and lC
 cated the fire in the brick building owne
 by Alderman Daniel Kiefer at 10 Cstherin
 lane. The house was occupied by N Willlnger, who occupies the first floor an
 keers 8 meat market in the basemen
 The upper part of the building was tel
 anted by Sam Caplan. 8 peddler, an
 Louis Osarvwich. baker in the emplc
 of Mir Kaufmann. The fire made col siderable havoc on the inside before it WI
 brought under control. The damage
 the building which is fully covered by il
 surance will amount to about $l, ,0OO. IT
 tenants carried no insurance, most of the
 furniture being destroyed. The fam
 started in the Willinger apartments, wht
 the woman after lighting a kerosene Q
 stove threw the match from her har
 in careless manner and it happened
 fall on pile of old clothing and in a fe
 seconds the whole room was enveloped
 flames.