Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-30
CITY AND SUBURBS.

meet this ey ening.
 There were five burials at St Josephs Cemetery yesterday.
 Company A will elect successor to Second Lieut. Bronson this evening.
 Gilmore's band arrived in this city from Boston the } p. m. train on the New England road.
 The semi-annual meeting of the Junior Department of the Y. M. c. A. will be held this evening.
 The New York & Eastern News Con- pany, took charge of the sale of the papers on the Naugatuck road to-day.
 The Fisk University Jubilee singers gave very fine entertainment at the Meth odist church Saturday evening.
 The Rev Dr Platt repeated his address on ''Rum, its Effect and Cure" at the Opera House yesterday afternoon.
 Harry Featherplace of 24 Maple street has been engaged as newsboy on the Naug- atuck road to succeed John Sullivan.
 The funeral of Mrs Julia Hines of Wash ington street was largely attended from her late residence yesterday afternoon.
 The Consolidated road had a large gang of men at work clearing the snow away at the tracks near the station this morning.
 Auditor James E. Birrell rode down to the City Hall this afternoon and was in his office for the first time in several weeks.
 Dr Pitkin removed his office to-day from Holohan's building to more convenient quarters over Woodruff's drug store on Bank street.
 The funeral of Mrs Catherine McCann, who died Saturday morning, was attended from the Church of the Immaculate Con- ception yesterday afternoon.
 The employees of William Grilley have contributed S1125, and those of Tracy Bros $11650 to the Republicans popular fund for the Waterbury Hospital.
 Court Fruitful Vine, A. o. F., will give a private sociable at Music Hall Wednes- day evening. The Knights of Sherwood Forest will attend in full uniform.
 The arrival of Mir and Mrs H. L. Welch, their niece, Miss French, and Dr Martha Dunn at Piney Woods Hotel, Thompson vile, Ga, is announced by letters to friends in this city.
 Judge E. E. Morrison of New Haven will deliver the third lecture in the Y. Nj. c. A. course tomorrow evening. His subject Montana as it was, and as it is,' will be of special interest.
 Next Thursday is known in the Catholic Church as the Feast of the Ratification, commonly known as Candlemas day. It is the day on which the wax candles are blessed and distributed.
 The Rose Hill social club enjoyed sleigh ride to Bethany Saturday evening. Dane ing and supper were the leading features and the merry party arrived home at an early hour Sunday morning.
 We have received the first number of the ''Key Note," the new monthly paper pub lished by the Young Mems Christian Asso- citation. It is we'll gotten up and reflects much credit on the editors Mrssrs Willis and Carter.
 The work of laying the rails for the Meriden and Waterbury Railroad is rapidly advancing toward this city, and the work men expect to have the work completed as far as the East Brass mill pond this even- ing.
 An extra wire will probably be strung alongside the Western Union throughout the Naugatuck Valley and around Connec. ticut soon to accommodate newspapers re ceiving dispatches from the Press News Association.
 Preparations for the G. \. R. encamp ment are progressing. The citizens com mittee at their meeting Saturday evening appointed L. Platt, T. R. Martin, Danie Kiefer and F. A. Spencer a subcommittee to perfect arrangements.
 Mrs Mary M, Do lald Cied of pneumonia at her residence on South street. Saturday afternoon. Her funeral was largely at tended from St i'atricl1's Church this morning, a requiem mass being celebrated by the Rev Father Duggan.
 Conductor Benedict who is an eXper electrician, is at work to-day putting in tho telegraph switch boards in Superintend ent Beach's new office in the Naugatucl station. MT Beach expects that his office will be ready for occupancy the latter par of this week.
 There was slight fire at 1:15 this after noon in the residence of MT Carroll, owned by James Kelley. The fire started in cradle, and how it originated is mystery It consumed the cradle and burned thu sheeting before it was put out. No 5. boys were called out but were not needed
 Bailey & Baldwin's horse created little excitement on Bucks Hill yesterday. While MT Baldwin was making call on some o1 his acquaintances the animal started home without the driver and ran as far as the residenc of Gopher Pearsall where he was stopped by James Delaney of Burnt Hill MT Baldwin rewarded the Burnt Hill young man with dollar.
 A number of energetic young ladies vii open a bazaar in Music Hall on Thursday Friday and Saturday evenings, February 9, 10 and IT, for the benefit of the Water bury Hospital Fund. Season tickets ar. 50 cents, entitling the holder to @ chanc, on 100 useful and valuable articles. Ther, will be musical, literary and dramatic at fractions each evening. A good orchestr. will furnish music for dancing and Jor dan will prompt. Articles donated can b' sent to the hall on Thursday morning.
 Conductor Gregory's train, which leaves this city at 2:42 p. m., met with an acci dent near High Rock Grove Saturday afternoon, the first and rear passenger car leaving the track. The accident was caused by the spreading of the rails, due probabl, to the frost. Fortunately no one was in jured. A wrecking train was immediatel, dispatched from Bridgeport, but it wa several hours before the track was cleared The o'clock train from Bridgeport die not arrive in this city until 8 o'clock, ant the T:10 and o'clock trains were late.
 Fire broke out in the press room of tn, Bridgeport News about o'clock last even ing. The loss is estimated at $500, whicl is covered by insurance The origin of tn, fire is mystery Through the kindness of the Farmer, in placing their press at tht