Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-05-24
Miss Antoinette Feron has recovered er1,,,a Q rnxxo,ao ot4oal, c,f 1ale11ricxr

Massachusetts to see hlS daughter who IS dangerously ill
 The case of Mrs Frank Perkins vs Car | roll, administrator, is on at the district court this afternoon.
 Dr Axtelle is in attendance again to-day | at the session of the Connecticut Medical society in New Haven.
 Five cars well filled with stockholders of the Meriden & Waterbury railroad left for Meriden at 1880 this afternoon.
 Henry Dunbar, aged 63 years, died at his residence on Gilbert street last even ing. His funeral will take place at p. m. tomorrow afternoon.
 The work of laying the underpining of the new business block to be erected by the parishioners of the Church of the I'm maculate Conception has been begun.
 Slippery Dan" Porter, who finished his term in jail too day, arrived in the custody of Officer McAuliff on the 3:43 train this afternoon, being wanted on another charge
 As D. B. Hamilton was driving up North Main street this morning the axle on his carriage broke, opposite the Fremont house, throwing him out. Fortunately he sustained no injuries.
 Workmen are engaged in erecting large bookcase, similar to the one in the select men s office, in Town Clerk Whites office The books have been piled upon the floor and the case was a necessity. New Haven coal dealers have reduced the price of coal from $6.50 to $5.50 per ton, and beginning June 1 the Meriden dealers will reduce the price from S7 to $6.5O. Waterbury dealers say the price will not be reduced here just yet. The festival of Nosahogan lodge, I. O. | fr,11 1u af bo if1y hall last evening, and will continue this evening, closing Friday evening. The l tableaux were very fine and the costumes elaborate. The voting for the gold-headed | cane between the married and single men of the lodge promises to be very exciting, | and several candidates are already in the | field.
 Peter J. McNerney, financial secretary of the Court Andrew Jackson, A. o. F., of | New Haven, has been suspended, on sus- picion of having appropriated money of l the court for his own use. District Sec retary O'Brien has been appointed secre- tary pro tenn in his place. According to the rules of the Foresters, McNerney will have to be tried by the court arbitration committee which is appointed for the pur- pose of hearing all questions and disputes that may come up. If McNerney disikes | the decision of the committee he can ap- l peal to Luo ulSLTlcU aTD1CTaUlOn cOmmlGUeo and come to the supreme court. The trial cannot take place until week after next, as McNerney will have to given IA days notice.
 Mrs Lena M Barry general investigator of women's work in the K. of L., who was to have lectured at the rink last evening, but who was detained by illness, came up from Birmingham this morning. Mrs Barry was accompanied by District Master Workman Kehoe of New Britain, and left for that city on the 1 o'clock train this afternoon. Mrs Barry was 8 factory mill operative four years ago in Amsterdam N Y., supporting herself and three children and barely gaining livelihood. She be- came interested in the efforts of the work ing people to better their condition and discovered by an accident that she possess ed powers as platform speaker. She is now devoting her life to the organization of the working woman for their own advancement. Mrs Barry is tall and we'll formed, with soft brown hair and eyes, and is an attractive looking lady. She ex- friends in this city and will cancel all her engagements and go on a trip to Wisconsin, She will return to this city in October.
 SCHOOL MATTERS.
 Relief For the Sperry Street School
 Land at the Brooklyn School to Be
 Sold.
 There was @ very poor attendance at the school meeting called last night, for the purpose of buying land on which to build an addition to the Sperry street school, ,and of selling worthless triangular strip of land from the Meadow Lane property F. B. Rice, one of the district committee, said that land south of the Sperry street school could be purchased. which would