Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-30
CITY NEWS.

The Rev w. P. Elsdon breaches at the Union City Mission chapel tomorrow at 3p. m.
 Arguments ill the Selectmen-Sutton injunction case was heard before the supreme court at Hartford yesterday.
 A petition from the G. M. R. Shoe Go and 600 hundred res idents of Naugatuck favoring the petition of the Housatonic road was received by the senate yester- day.
 The committee on interpretations of the general assembly yesterday reported favorably upon resolutions incorporat ing Court Stephen J. Meany. and Court Wolf Tone. A. O. F., and the St Casimir society, all of this city.
 Mrs Ellen Delaney, wife of John De laney, died at har home on Bridge street yesterday afternoon aged 45 years The funeral will take place to the church of the Immaculate Conception at ? P. m. tomorrow.
 For sixteen months of life the Water bury DEMOCRAT has done remarkably we'll. It is now to move into larger quarters and will doubtless under its efficient management, reach more read CTS than ever before.-N. H. Palladium. At school meeting held at Nauga- tuck last evening 1000 was appropri- ated for the building of a schoolhouse on the East side. This makes S22 900 that the town has appropriated within a few months for the building of addition al schools.
 A handsome banner, the work of John Cluney ,On exhibition at Lake Strobel & Cos store, is to be voted for and given to the most popular court of Foresters at the coming fair of Evangeline circle, u.birb pril 3O and will cpDtinnp until May 3.
 N K. Carpenter returned this morn ing after an absence of five months in Montgomery, Alabama, where he was employed as a sewer inspector. That city has laid $500 feet of sewerage and promises to have thorough system of drainage introduced.
 Up to press hour to-day there have been 33 deaths recorded for the month of March against 49 for the same month last year. Of the number recorded 19 are females and If males. This is a mo- ticeable decrease in the mortality, par ticularly i'll consumption cases.
 Ella Dalton of Naugatuck was divorced from John Dalton of South Deertield, Mass, by Judge Ftnn at New Haven yes terday on the ground of intemperance. They were married December 10, 1884 The custody of one child was given to the plaintiff whose maiden name was Ella Buzzee.
 The New York conference, which opens at New York next week, will re- tain the Rev w. w. Bowdish as pastor of the old John street church. During his first year as pastor the church has met with an increase of membership, which is due to the revival meeting held last fall.
 Manager Morris for the Singer Sewing Machine company says the reason that Tift whose dishonest transactions were reported recently, was not prosecuted, was that the company recovered the ma chine he had embedded and also forced the return of the horse he had traded it for. "We were willing to let the matter drop when things were settled to the satisfaction of all parties concerned, but would have prosecuted had it not been, " said Mir Morris.
 The second anniversary of Friendship lodge, Sons of Herman, was appropri- ately celebrated by the society and their friends at Turn hall last evening. Pres ident Leue made an address and was fol lowed by several selections by the Either quartette. Faulman's orchestra furnish ed the music and Abe Holman prompt ed. Dancing was an enjoyable feature of the entertainment. which was suc- cessfully carried out.
 It is left to Dr Lafontaine of this city. secretary of the executive committee, to appoint the exact time for the prelimi- nary meeting of French Canadians to be held in Meriden next week, when ar engagements will be completed for the French convention at New Haven next July or August. The second convention was held in Meriden two years ago David. A. Dolbec is now first vice-presi dent, and J. O. U. Dubord, treasurer o1 the state organization, which comprises about all the French Canadian Catholic societies of Connecticut.
 During Thursdays debate i'll the ho ust upon the Swift matter many eyes were cast upon Mary Swift, the sister of th' condemned man. She occupied sea in the rear of the house. Once only dur ing the discussion she gave away to hel feelings, and that was during Represen tative O'Neill's speech. Than she brok' down and wept. Often during the dis lssion she bowed her head upon tn, table and reclaimed immovable while listening to words that either sounded harshly upon her ear or encouraged he to hope for the best.
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