Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-12
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CITY NEWS.

Read the ''War Syndicate" tomorrow. Miss Carrie Kaiser is visiting relatives in New Haven.
 Straw berries are in the market selling for thirty-five cents a quart.
 The will of the late Matthew Corrigan was admitted to probate this mornlng.
 Mrs Mary Cairns, accompanied by her mother, left for Aiken, Soutn Carolina this morning.
 The new state officers of the Knights O, Pythias will pay Comstock lodge a visit tnlS evening.
 H. w. Lake Is in Tennessee attending the meeting ot the Tennessee Iranspor- t,tlon co4npany.
 Margaret Mather passed through this city to-day on her way to Iholnaston where she plays this evening.
 The district committee have notified the several stationers that they win re ceIve bids tor supplying stationery tor lhe schools.
 Maria E., the infant daughter of Mrs and Dr J. 5. Cnagnon, dled last evening The funeral will taKe place tomorrow afternoon.
 General Superintendent Jackson, ac- companled by Division Superintendent Platt, made the annual inspection of the New England road to-day.
 At the Lenten devotions at the church of the Sacred Heart tomorrow evening the Rev F. J. Murphy will preach on the sacrament Of penance.'
 Besides the evening entertainment of the 18th and 2Oth at City hall, Professor Turner will give a children's matinee on Wednesday afternoon at o'clock.
 James Burns, aged 61, years died at his home, No ,12 Washington street, last evening. The funeral will take place ThurSuay morning from St Patrick's church.
 The funeral of Mrs Minnaugh was largely attended to the church of the Immaculate Conception this morning. The lnterment was in St Joseph ceme- tery.
 Mrs Mary Kelly, aged 56 years, died at her home on Fuller street last night. Her funeral will take place to the church of the Immaculate Conception at S:3O a. m. Wednesday.
 The four divisions of the A. O. H. are making arrangements to observe St Patrick's anniversary with appropriate exercises on the evening of March Is. The Naugatuck division will attend the exercises.
 The Ladies Aid society of the M. E. church are making active preparations for thelr fair at the armory on Thursday and Friday evenings of this week. The armory will be handsomely decorated the occasion.
 The third annual entertainment and sociable of Court Shields, A. O. F., will be held at City hall, Friday evening May 10. Every person purchasing d tIoEat will hQ pntifnH tO rhannn lady's or gents gold watch.
 E. $. Quintard of this city, father of Fred Qulntard, was presented with a handsome set of resolutions at the meet ing of the Masonic Mutual Benevolent association at New Haven last night. MT Quintard was for thirteen years president of the association.
 Maggie Carroll, claiming to hail from New London, and Lizzie Valentine, of Waterbury, werehwarned off the streets Saturday night. They r fused to heed the warning and will be occupants of the county Jail for the next 3o days Bridgeport Post.
 Under the present state law railroad corporations must pay employees weekly. The Consolidated road deSireS to be eX- empted from the provisions of the law |. and al serts that it costs S25 ,OUO more a year to pay weekly than monthly, in ex- tra help in running the pay car, and in balancing books, etc.
 Fred Storz a fifteen year old Scoyill street boy, amused himself last night by throwing stones at pedestrians. One of the rocks hit John Burke on the head and he caused the boys arrest. In court this morning Storz said he was the chief support of his mother. Tho case was continued until tomorrow in order t) have the police learn something about the boys habits.
 Seth Pratt the veteran horse dealer of Litchfield, will unload two carloads of horses in Waterbury tomorrow (Wednes- day) at noon. They have been selected by MT Pratt personally and range all the way from heavy draught horses to hand some gentlemen's drivers. AS MT Pratt will remain one or two days only those who wish to purchase must be lively.
 The question of managing Blrming- hams new opera house is exciting the people of that borough even more than the matter of town division. At their meeting last night the warden and bur- gesses were served with notice restrain ing them from leasing the house by one of the unsuccessful bidders, Jean Jacques made bid for the management of this. house and also the New Britain opera house.
 The directory and report of Secretary John c. Geary of the atholic Total Ab- stinence Union of Connecticut for the year ending January 31, 1888, has just been printed. The secretary urges the necessity of active, energetic work, and regrets that the pledges of the delegates made at the last convention have not been fulfilled. The work, he says, can, however, be done and upon the young mems societies the task most fittingly falls. The actual membership of the union up to the present year was 3,116, a gain of only forty y-seven from the last semi-annual report.
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