Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-12-31
CITY NE ITS.

yard of No State street this afternoon. John and Mrs Moriarty are rejoicing over the arrival of little girl in their family.
 NJ. H. Waas, the South Main street cigar manufacturer, is suffering from the prevailing complaint.
 | The admission to Court Wolf Tones entertainment and sociable tomorrow afternoon and evening will be twenty five cents person.
 The third annual concert and sociable of the Third Division, A. o. H., will be held in City hall, Friday evening, January 10.
 Sergeant Cox of the New Haven sis nal station predicts slightly warmer, fair weather, followed Wednesday after noon by rain or snow.
 About forty members of Washington Conclave, K. S. F., will go to Danbury this evening to attend the ball of Court Paquioque. A. o. F. of A.
 Sergeant w. T. Keavney has long since thrown off the corporal stripes. The floor will be under his charge this evening at Co G's sociable and bayonet drill.
 | Waterbury has a Pongoquahemook club. The name IS about as satisfactory as the main spring of a Waterbury 1 watch-and nearly as hard to handle.- AnsOnia Sentinel.
 A gentleman who had a severe attack of ''la grippe was asked by friend a day or so since how it felt The answer came promptly: "It feels as if 1 had the toothache in my legs"
 Thomas Barrett. 55 Bank street, has boug Tt the entire bankrupt stock of J. II. Peyton & Go, dry goods dealers of New York, and will place the same on sale Thursday morning at about one-tifth of the regular prices.
 Ruben G. Snagg complained to the police last night that his horse had been stolen from the stable near Pearl Lakes. The animal was found later in neigh I,or's barn having been found running loose in the road.
 The New England supper, given under the auspices of the Women's Relief corps at Grand Army hall last evening, was largely attended and snug sum was realized. The proceeds will be used for benevolent purposes.
 The horses of the Horse Railroad con- pany are sutf ering from the influenza. The schedule has been rearranged so that during the forenoon the cars only run half the usual number of trips. Several of the drivers are also laid up with the disease.
 The republican members of the in coming court of common council held a caucus last evening for the purpose of sele cting candidates for president and clerk of the board of councilmen. John Kellogg is mentioned as a candidate for president and George Barnes for clerk.
 Two hundred boys were entertained at the rooms of the Boys club, 15l South Main street last night. The evening was spent in singing speaking and having a rnnI tiInn p.AnnrallV X the clnSn porl l, boy was presented with a bag containing cake, candy and fruit.
 New Years day being observed as a holy day of obligation in the Catholic church. masses will be celebrated in the Immaculate Conception, St Patrick's, Sacred He;.rt and St Ann's churches to- morrow morning at intervals from 80 until o'clock.
 The Company I men for the tugof- war contest with Company G of Water bury in that city Tuesday evening are w. Cook, anchor. Corporal Jones and Privates Sutterlin and Hopson rope men. MT Cook is suffering from a bad cold, and may not be able to take part in the contest.-Meriden Republican.
 As a result of the recent collision on the Derby railroad. Superintendent Hop son has issued orders that no train shall SltIt lTOlll ally SldtloIl NlllllIl ten lnln- utes after another had left, unless gpeci- ally ordered otherwise, and engineers and conductors are warned to be particu- larly careful when approaching sta tionS.
 Michael McKenna. aged 26, died at his home, 319 Bank street, last evening. The deceased was a member of the First division, A. o. H., and of Court Stephen J. Meany, A. 0. F. of A., both of which organizations will attend the funeral in l body. The funeral will take place from the late residence of the deceased, at 2:3O o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
 Rev J. H. O'Donnell will lecture upon the subject Striking Traits of the Irish People, ill St Patrick's hall, Wednesday evening. January s, under the auspices of the Fourth division, A. O. H. The Choral society, under the direction of Prof Bonn will render few choice selections.
 It is said that the Colchester Rubber company could be induced to move to some other town. A dispatch from there to-day says The assessors of this town have just laid an extra assessment of S0O, ,OO0 on the Colchester Rubber com pany. Some time ago the town voted to place the property of the company at 915.OOO fer ten years. The increased taxation and the other troubles the com pany has had to contend with lately are greatly hindering it's prosperity.
 In the past ole of the days of the year for the young men, has been the recep- ion on New Years day at the rooms of the Young Mems Christian association. Though the old and pleasant general custom of receiving has been largel, discontinued, the ladies' committee who made their eceptlon one of social delight will receive at the association rooms to- morrow evening from to 10 o'clock, Refreshments will be served and good time assured. A special invitation is extended to every man in Waterbury to visit the rooms on this occasion.
 The supreme court yesterday handed down decision in the case of Franklin Farrell and others against the town of Derby. The court decides that the de fendant town had power to employ counsel and pay them from the town fund, to resist before the legislature the petition of the people of Ansonia for a division of the town. The supreme court of Massachusetts had held in similar case that town had no power