Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-14
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CITY NEWS.

A gold bracelet (not handcutf) awaits an owner at the police station. The Concordia society are making elaborate arrangements for their annual Christmas festival Chatfield camp, $. of ", will present the drama of Enlisted for the War at Johnson hall on Friday evening, Decem- Der 21.
 Allie E. Barber, a we'll known brake man on the Naugatuck division, has been appointed assistant station agent at Union City.
 Yesterday was the S1st birthday of Leman W.ICutler of Watertown, and to- day is the 94th birthday of Israel Coe of Waterbury.
 The annual fair and supper of the mis- sion circle of the Second church was held in the armory last evening. There was large attendance.
 Wadhams post gave very pleasant time to their visiting comrades last eve ming entertaining them with songs, recitations and refreshments.
 The Consolidated road contemplates erecting large freight station at Nauga- tuck next spring and the citizens are strongly advocating that new passenger station also be built.
 
 division was delayed short tisets morning by defect to the locom which was sent to Bridgeport for fefssz and another sent to take its place. = ssssA Mrs Bridget Fitzgerald Aaged 69 xEfsf, a widow living on Water street, Nasa- tuck, went to get pail of water< 8iK of the river at the rear of her house=Ea&tass day afternoon and losing her fo6Slng fell in and was drowned.
 Concordia hall was well filled last evening with the friends of the pupils of the German school to witness their third annual entertainment. The fairy specta- cle "Dornroaschen" was presented and it was received with abundant applauce Daniel Hayes, who lived on the Middle bury road, died this morning, aged 51 years. Mir Hayes was well known and was one of the old Irish residents. His funeral will take place from St Patrick S church Sunday afternoon.
 There was a large attendance at the teachers meeting at the high school room this afternoon. Interesting mat ters pertaining to education were dis cussed, after which Prof NJ. $. Crosby read his paper on arithmetic.
 As was expected, the night schools have opened so satisfactorily to the board of education that one of the rooms in the Bank street school building will be utii- ized for the purpose beginning next Monday evening. Miss Katie G. Slater is the teacher appointed.
 There is not much choice between the liquid weather we have been treated to for months and to-day's blizzard. If anything the travelling public prefer the former. The day has been bitterly cold, but the high winds and the almost i'm penetrable clouds of dust have made out door life miserable.
 Pensions have been granted residents of Connecticut as follows: Original Thomas Eccleston, of Noluntown: in crease, Daniel B Hubbard, of Higganum William W. Loomis, of Hebron: Maria widow of John Elkey. of East Granby Hannah, widow of Thomas Kingsley, o Yantic.
 Sleighing is excellent in Morris an( Litchfield and fairly good in Watertown while not vestige of snow is seen in thi city with the exception of a very smal drift in the angle at the northeast corne of St Johns church. And in that corne snow is apt to loiter on the Fourth oi July.
 Johnson, the Hartford weather prophet is at it again. He now predicts a storn from the 18th to the 18th. which may b furious for a few hours. And Rev IT; Hicks, St Louis weather prophet. pre diets severe storms andthe cOldest weathC: of the season in the next forty-eigh hours. He also looks for a blizzard Ol the 2d or Sd of January.
 The state farmers convention at Dan bury closed last evening. During the day Edward Norton of Goshen told how pineapple cheese is made, and Edwar( Norton of Pennington, D. J. EllswOrtl of Windsor and H. w. Sadd of Wap ping spoke concerning creameries ''Farming Possibilities in Alaska wa the subject of the closing address by Mis- Kate Foote.
 A wedding of interest to Waterbur, people was solemuized at New Havel last Wednesday at the residence of th, Rev J. E. Twitchell, pastor of the Dwigh Place church. The contracting partie were Louis l.. Cook of this city, son O Capt E. l.. Cook, and Miss Gertrudt Parmelee of New Haven. They are re siding in this city at the home of thu groom's parents, MT and Mrs E. l.. Cook at 169 South Main street.
 R. T. Brewer, head salesman at w. F, York's furniture store, has for the pas three years been collecting the photo graphs of drImmers from whom th' house purchased goods. His collection includes 100 photographs, 99 being mel and 1 woman, the only lady drummer il the United States. He has had his col lection handsomly framed, the fram being thirteen feet lOngSand six feet wide and placed them on exhibition in the window of the store.