Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-14
The 9e,,nnerat,
CITY NEWS.

idence on Porter street last night.
 William, the infant son of T. J. Rich ards of Baldwin avenue, died of diphthe- ria yesterday, and was buried to-day.
 Shoninger's Musical Monthly for May | is an interesting number. Free copies can be obtained at the warerOoms 161 | Bank street. Frank P. Hayes, aged 37 years, died at his home on Camp street this morn ing. The remains will probably be taken | to Granby for burial. The stable men employed by the horse car company have asked the company to | restore to them the 10c per day reduc- l tion which they made some time ago.
 The funeral of Mrs Nancy Warner, who died in Holland Saturday, was at tended from the Hall Memorial chapel at 2:30 this afternoon. The will of Mrs. Marcia Spencer who died in 1887. wife of WillaN Spencer and mother of the late Joseph B. Spen- cer, was lodged for probate to-day. Judge Bradstreet to-day granted a foreclosure of a judgment lien upon a bond amounting to S200, in the case of the town of Waterbury vs. Hensbury. Court Stephen J. Meany will give their picnic at the West End grounds, June 1. Lake, Strobel & Co. have presented the court with handsome clock, which WILL De COnUeSlGu LOT OH llldb At the special meeting of St. Johns church held last evening, N. J. Welton was elected senior warden of the parish, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of $. M. Buckingham.
 The new time table on the Consolidated road will probably go into effect this month. Among the changes on the Nau~ gatuck division will be a new train from this city to New London. The train will leave here daily at 4;4O p. m.
 Mrs Bridget Pagan, wife of Michael Fa gan and well known resident of this city, died at her home on Canal street this morning. Her funeral will take place to St Patricks church at S:30 Thursday morning. Her age was 69 years.
 The Meriden, Waterbury and Connec- ticut River railroad is rapidly increasing its business since its connection with the New England road was effected. Since January 1 it has been booming at a big rate and the amount of its freight traffic is continually increasing.
 The attachment on the Postal Tele graph company has been withdrawn. at least so said dispatch received at 7 o'clock last evening. This attachment was placed on all the property of the company throughout the state a little over month ago.
 E. E. F. McMahon, Dr H. J. Gill and WILL Hunt yesterday afternoon brought in one of the biggest strings of trout of the season. There were 454 in the catch, the largest one, which was hooked by the doctor, weighing nearly a pound. The local dealers are becoming alarmed lest the market should be glutted.
 The eighteenth annual meeting of the New Haven branch of the Woman's Missionary association IS being held at the Second Congregational church to- day. There were devotional exercises in the lecture room of the First Congre- gational church at 9:45 and basket lun- ches were served at noon. A large num- Der of delegates were present.
 A motion was made before Judge Bradstreet this morning asking him to appoint Gideon H. Walsh of Torrington, as auditor, in the case of William Goth ern vs. Roderick Atwood. Cothern, who is an attorney at Woodbury, sues Mir. Atwood for S1 ,0OO for legal services which Atwood claims he paid by fur nishing goods to the plaintiff.
 The remains of Mrs J. NJ. Roberts, nee Miss Minnie Keenan, formerly of this city, will probably be inferred in Fl Paso, Tex, where she died Saturday from lung fever and where her husbands home is. The lady was once a teacher in the public schools here and had a large circle of friends. She had been absent from the city nearly five years. She leaves an infant child.
 The New England railroad company to-day began the work of filling the Hop brook trestle. The dirt is being loaded into flat cars by steam shovel. The filling is that in the bank near the june tion of the Meriden and New England railroads and belonging to the Meriden road. It will require more than 100000 cubic yards of material
 The anthracite coal trade is in better condition. This week there will be a meeting of sales agents in New York, and the price will probably be advanced in accordance with the programme ar ranged at the commencement of the season. The price that will probably be made will add fifteen cents per ton to and chestnut. The prospect of this ad- vance has stiffened the market and bet ter prices are being obtained.
 Another weather prophet heard from. This one is De Voc and he forecasts after this fashion This hot spell we are hav- ing now will last one week more, and there will be pretty heavy thunder showers on May r and IS. That will be the wind up of this present warm spell. On the 20th of this month it will be very cool, enough so to make frost quite a likelihood A heavy, cold northwest storm will begin on May 22 and last for three days. On the 27th of this month it will clear off and be warm.
 The annual convention of the order of High Priesthood in Royal Arch Masonry was held in the Masonic rooms in New Haven last evening. A large number were present. many of whom were from out of town. After an excellent ban quet the election of the following off, cers took place: President, James H, Welsh of Danbury vice president, A. B. Shumway of Litchfield chaplain, H. HI. Green of Danielsonville treasurer and recorder, Charles w. SkiH, Danbury M. of O., John S. Castle, Waterbury