Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-02-08
CITY AND SUBURBS.

Der over 1900.
 Trinity parish will give it's annual sup per at the Armory this evening.
 The rejuvenated Republican Club will meet by adjournment this evening.
 The American Band will give concert and sociable at Concordia Hall this even- ing.
 w. F. Dillon, the undertaken, is con- fined to the house suffering with eye troubles.
 The funeral of Mrs Anna M. Carter was attended from her residence on West Side Hill at 3 p. m. to-day.
 D. w. Thompson of Watertown, who is we'll known in this city, has returned from Illinois with carload of 22 horses.
 large number of the delegates to the G. A. R. encampment this morning paid visit to the Waterbury watch factory.
 The funeral of Thomas Lyons, who was killed by the cars yesterday, will take place from St Patrick's Church tomorrow morn ing.
 The members of Monitor Hose Company will celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the organization with banquet at their parlors this evening.
 Frank G. Booth and his sister led the grand march at the annual reception and ball given by the Ramblers' Bicycle Club at City Hall last night.
 In the District Court case of Henry Fra sier of Boston vs H. I. Wolcott, action to recover for debt, this morning the jury re- turned a verdict for the plaintiff to recover $111.10.
 The Board of Education last evening accepted the resignation of Mrs E. Martin, nee Miss Gibson, as teacher in the Bishop street school, and appointed Mrs M. J. Nell ligan to succeed her.
 The funeral of Miss Bridget Neville was attended this morning from her late resi- dence on Scovill street to the Church of the Immaculate Conception. The inter ment was in St Joseph's Cemetery.
 The jury in the case of John DeWard against Joseph Emmond, the trial of which was begun in the District Court yesterday, returned verdict late in the afternoon, awarding $150 damages to the plaintiff.
 The funeral of James B. Perkins was at tended from his late residence on Kings bury street this afternoon. Wadham's Post of which he was a member, attended in body.
 The Board of Road and Sewer Com missioners will meet this evening. The Sewer Commissioners will give a hearing on sewer connections in Meadow lane, old Waterville road Phoenix avenue and Brook street.
 The committee having in charge the con- cert and sociable to be given at the Armory Friday evening by Second Division, A. O. | H., are making extensive arrangements for the occasion and will undoubtedly be @ grand success.
 Invitations are out for sociable to be given by the Acme Social Club at Music Hall next Monday evening. A cordial in vitation is extended to all who attended their sociable year ago to be present Mon day evening.
 Waterbury has four chiefs of fire depart ments in town to-day. They are Soule of New Milford, Hendrick of New Haven. Bradstreet of Thomaston and Hyatt of Meriden. They are all delegates to the G.. A. R. encampment
 Ex-Chaplin J. N. Foster of Meriden, who is delegate to the G. A. R. encampment, is the guest of the Rev Dr Bowdish. MT Foster is a fine speaker and will shortly deliver lecture at the M. B. Church on his experience in Andersonville Prison.
 Mrs James O'Brien, wife of James O'Brien of Washington street, died of quick consumption yesterday afternoon. Mrs O'Brien was we'll known in this city | lodFoS UuI0c 11OI luuCIdl will be. attended from her late residence to St Patrick's Church tomorrow morning.
 R. J. Patrick of Birmingham and Miss Emma F. Dyson of this city will be mar ried by the Rev MT Micou at the residence of the brides mother 162 North Main street tomorrow afternoon. The happy couple will leave for Washington, D. C., immediately after the ceremony. l of+ lo of ia Hickey vs. Wilson Clark, action to recover $2, ,500 was heard by the jury in the Dis trict Court. MT. Clark last July married a Massachusetts woman, Miss Hickey al- leges tha he promised to marry her and brings this suit Both parties live in Nan- gatuck and are very respectfully connected. It is probable that the case will not be given to the jury to-day.
 | James P. Platt, attorney for the Meriden and Waterbury road, has made applica- tion to the Railroad Commissioners for a change in the layout of the Meriden and Waterbury railroad through the land of the American Mills Company and the Ben edict 6 Burnham land These parties have already agreed to the change so that the hearing on the application will be but a matter of form. l Homer F. Bassett and Supt of Schools | CrOSDy laSC nlSnC TepOTCeu to the DoaTu or Education recommending the appointment of Edmund Otis Hovey principal of the High school at a salary of S1,0OO year. He was highly recommended and the board voted to appoint MT Hovey principal for the remainder of the school year. MI Hovey is graduate of Yale '84 and is al present taking post graduate course in that college.
 There were in Waterbury in the month of January AT deaths from the following causes diptheria Il, congestion of the lungs 4,cerebral congestion 3,consumptior } ,, cancer 3, cerebral apoplexy, mas mus congestion of the brain, pneumonia , cyonoses, hydrocephabus, old age arc
 bronchitis one case, ,other causes 10. They
 were distributed by wards as follows
 First 8, second 6. third Il, fourth p
 Deaths for January 1887, 80; rate per ,000
 17.6O.
 As Conductor OBrien's freight train wa leaving Seymour at 4:45 this morning M >ses Harriss, one of the brakemen, com p aimed that he hurt his head, but how h. coul not tell As he did not complain