Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-03-24
CITY AND SUBURBS.

The high school senior class has chosen Fred Partridge president.
 The Meriden Journal says it has been demonstrated that street railway tracks will keep we'll when packed in ice and snow
 The 7:15 a. m. train out of Bridgeport, due in this city at 8:49, was 20 minutes late to-day owing to delay on the New York division
 Mrs Elva A. Tyler, for over fifty years resident of Middlebury, died in that town Thursday afternoon. Her funeral will be held at 2 p. m. Monday
 The case against Martin Bergin for bury ing body without permit, was nolled this morning upon the payment of $15. The minimum penalty is $1O.
 Vespers will be sung at the Church of the Sacred Heart at 3:30 p. m. tomorrow. A meeting of the Third Order of St Dom mick will be held after the services.
 The Wilbur Opera company close their engagement in this city this evening and will leave for Springfield, Mass, Monday morning. They will play weeks en- gagement in that city.
 The Forty hours devotion will be held at the Church of the Immaculate Concep- tion, commencing with high mass Easter Sunday and closing with a high mass the following Tuesday morning.
 Deputy sheriff Futile to-day placed an attachment on property of Mrs Margaret A. Dougherty in suit brought by Edward T. Root, executor of the will of the late Bridget Neville, to recover &, 900.
 The Hibernian Rifles, A. O. H. of this city is one of the finest organized divisions of the A. O. H. in this state. They went through their drill under the direction of D IT ok al A. R. hall last evening.
 Prize lists sent into the Globe are very numerous; they are being examined as rap idly as possible and at the earliest mo- ment the prizes will be awarded and the names of the successful competitors will be announced in the daily paperss
 This weeks issue of the Connecticut Catholic contains three column report of the lecture entitled "The love of the Irish people for their land and country, delivered by the Rev.J. H. O'Donnell of this city at St Mary's church, Portland, last Sunday evening.
 Tomorrow will be Palm Sunday, the last Sunday of Lent, so called from the custom in the Catholic church of blessing branches of the palm tree in commemora- tion of the triumphal entry of our Lord into Jerusalem. Tomorrow will be com morated as the feast of Annunciation in the Catholic church.
 There was very pleasant party a, the private masquerade sociable given by the Turn verein at Turn hall last evening. The affair was in charge of George Houser, Philip Garich and Philip Swartz, who, as a committee made it a success socially and financially. The Turn verein contem- plates giving another of their popular so- ciables very soon.
 The St PauPs Methodist Episcopal church, whose chapel is located on Farms street, and for the benefit of which Sam Small gave lecture in this city short time ago, was organized last evening with o. c. Ables, James Lancaster, William H. Holgate, A. E. Wetmore, Charles Welch, H. A. Matthews, A. F. Taylor, Rev w. c. McKinly and George H. Woodruff trustees. The chapel will be dedicated by Bishop Foss of Minneapolis Tuesday evening.
 The store of Timothy O'Rourke was this for the sum of $5,OOO. The suit is brought by Maurice Moriarty, a liquor dealer on Washington street, for islander, it being alleged that the defendant on March 15 and on divers other days, stated that the plaintiff had substituted water for beer and pretended that the water was sent tc him instead of beer, and calling him fraud and thief. The suit grows out o1 representations alleged to have been made by the defendant to collector Troup in re gard to casks of beer which he sold to tn, plaintiff as agent of the Meriden Brewing company.
 The quartermaster generals report whic1 has just been issued shows that fifty-si1 soldiers were buried at the expense of thu state during the year ending July 1, 1887 Since that date there have been 108 burial of soldiers and sailors, the expense being defrayed by the state. In no case is tn. expense allowed to exceed $35. The tota number of marble head stones ordered by the state since the change in the statute directing the use of marble instead of iro1 head boards is 475. The number erected during the year ending July 1, 1887, wa 2S5. The number of head stones ordered since last July is 80. The Grand Army posts throughout the state have take1 special pains to ascertain the unmarked graves of soldiers and sailors, and tht names of the deceased have been reported to the quartermaster general