Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-07
CITY NEWS.

of fun and a big time expected.
 The regular meeting of Rose Hill Hose No , will be held this evening at s o'clock.
 There will be a rehearsal of the St Patrick's church choir this evening. A full attendance is requested.
 Thomas Clancy, who stole horse at Birmingham several days ago, was to- daG captured at Brewsters and held to await acquisition.
 The funeral of Mrs Mary Brick, who died yesterday. will take place from her late residence on Baldwin street to St Patrick's church at P. m. tomorrow.
 Naugatuck has contributed $500 toward the relief of the Johnstown sui ferers. E. B. Goodyear forwarded the amount to the New York Tribune yes terday.
 Billy" Watts and "Hod" Moore tackled the tinny tribe again last night and succeeded ill catching nineteen bull heads ranging in size from threo-quarters to an inch and half. The expense of the trip was S4.9o.
 The first anniversary of Martha Wash ington council. order of Silver Stars, was appropriately observed last night. After the business meeting supper was served m JOnISOn S nall lollOWeu DS i sociable in Bronson's hall.
 Theodore " Meyer of the Chattanooga Transportation company is in town for few days. He came by way of the Shen andoah valley and says that he had chance to view some of the damage done in the flooded district along the route.
 Judgment for'the plaintiff by default to recover SPA was granted to-day in the case of M. A. Doueherty vs Frank P. Lynch ct al. Matthew Kennedy was granted decree of foreclosure against John Shelby and the case was set for the first Tuesday in July.
 A special meeting of Co G will be held this evening to complete arrange ments for the Providence trip. The continuation of the examination for corporals will be resumed and in all probability the appointments will be made Tuesday night.
 Michael Martin of this city, formerly of the Waterbury Malleable Iron com pany, was in Johnstown the night be- fore the great food. He was at the Cambria Iron company's mills and did think of spending the next day there. Fortunately he went to Pittsburg to visit relatives.
 The executive committee of the State dSSoIldlioil llct tiolIt Wednesday and decided on August 13 and II as the dates upon which the con- vention will be held at Hartford. Con- mittees were appointed on topics and ex- hibits and the arrangements for the an nual meeting will be begun at once.
 The barge Hayes is unloading cargo of soft coal for the Meriden. Waterbury and Connecticut River railroad at Crom- well. The barge Volunteer arrived yes terday morning with cargo of eight hundred tons for the same parties. This barge carries the largest cargo of any of the barges running on the river and is veritably floating coal yard.
 The railroad commissioners, Messrs Woodruff, Hayward and Seymour, were in Meriden yesterday looking over a new road to Cheshire over Ill the Tough mills section. Arrangements were made whereby the Meriden. Waterbury & Connecticut River road will build new highway so that 1t will not cross the railroad track at all.
 The funeral of James Moran. who died Wednesday. evening, was largely attended from his late residence on Mill street to St Patrick's church at 9 o'clock this morning, where a requiem mass was sung by the Rev Father Martin. The pallbearers were : John II. Moran, James Moran, Patrick and John Kelly, James McManus and Christopher Don ovan.
 The train on the New England road re2ching here at 12 o'clock struck a man named Thomas Finnegan of Elmwood. who was lying across the track at that place yesterday. The engineer saw the man on the track and had considerably slackened the speed of the train. The man was drunk and strange to say was not injured. He was taken to New Britain and locked up for intoxication
 The keepers with Barnum & Bailey's menagerie made an interesting discovery before the exhibition at keene, N. H., Wednesday. During the night the lioness Nellie had given birth to four cubs, and the other animals were in tlutter over the event all day. Nellie was reared i'll captivity, and this is the first litter of lion cubs Barnum has pos sessed which were not born of forest bred mother.
 Dr A. J. Walsh, who has been located at Torrington since his graduation from the Bellevue hospital medical college some time ago, has taken the place of Dr Fitzgerald at Naugatuck. Dr Walsh is a thoroughly equipped and expert enced physician, and the people of Nau- " W eilseN thS place left vacant by Dr Fitzgerald's re- tirement is to be so worthy fulfilled. We bespeak for Dr Walsh successful career in Naugatuck, and for the people of Naugatuck pleasant experience with their new medical practitioner.
 Fire alarm box 6 was pulled shortly after o'clock last night. The trouble was located in a vacant tenement in the second story of the house occupied by David Delaneyon Scovill street. Citizens Engine company responded to still alarm and had the fire well under con- Gol before the other companies arrived Charles c. Donaldson, fireman of No }, was overcome by the smoke and fell. In falling he was hit by the nozzle of the hose and when taken out was in bad way. He is all right to-day. The loss is not great.
 Walter Thompson, the electrician of the Daft company, received this after noon three old English toll clocks which are marvels of workmanship and in genuity. They stand about seven feet high and are handsomely finished. The face denotes the time, date of month, age of moon and its size and position toI the planets. One is the property of