Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-02
The 1enncrat,
CITY NEWS.

A Dittdlion tlFlll or lptnleS tr ana A will be held in the armory Thursday evening.
 The Rev L. F. Baker. of this city, will preach at the Union City mission chapel at p. m. next Sunday.
 A Waterbury family owns a cat which eats tobacco and is not particular as tC it's brand.-Danbury Press.
 Prof J. F. Bedard has returned from Providence and will resume his duties as music teacher at once in Holohan's block on South Main street.
 The annual banquet of the New Lon- don board of trade takes place this eve ming. Mayor Boughton will be present and respond to the toast of the Brass city.
 Tickets are selling rapidly for the sev- enteenth annual concert and ball of the Waterbury fire department. to be held at City hall, Friday evening. January II.
 Solomon Minor. principal of the Nor wlch High school. is in town to-day. Mir Minor to former Waterbury boy and takes great interest in the doings of the Brass city.
 Daniel Lynch, aged B years. died at his residence, No Franklin street, last night. His funeral will take place at tiiS lluiCIl ol tIit iIllnltlcul;tUc AOnCPD- ton at S a. m. tomorrow.
 The report recently published that the next summer school for Connecticut teachers will be held at Redding. Fair field county, was erroneous. This school Is to be held at Mantle next summer as usual.
 The Washington express is gaining in favor every day. Last night the train was few minutes late and had over a dozen passengers for this city. Fred erlck Cross of Cross X SpeirS left on the train for business trip to Baltimore.
 The board of road commissioners will hold very important meeting this even- ing. The board will give a hearing to those parties who live on the proposed layout of d new street. at the west side of the New England track in the Brooklyn district
 \ big man wearing hat without a rim and a black eye was around last night looking for the man who struck him. He had been making New Years calls and was enjoying all the concomi- tant pleasures. The man was d stranger in town, but from fiendish leer in his left eye it was plainly evident that he came from Bridgeport.
 The reception to be rendered the young ladies who assisted at the recent fair of Co G. will be held at the armory Friday night and promises to be one ol the interesting events of the season Sixty couples are expected to participate in the exercises, which will consist ol dancing, singing and banqueting witt all the tiNin's
 Rents are too high in this city in pro portion to the money paid in wages. said an intelligent looking mechanic il conversation day or two ago. ''In the central part of the city you cant fine anything sultablefor an ordinary family for less than S15 to SIS a month, and tha don't leave much for food, clothing. spending money and other ncccssaries
 The Young German American associa tion rooms were crowded all day ycster day with the many friends of the associa ton, and right royalty did the boys en certain their guests, At times the rooms were so overcrowded that it was impos- sibleto receive and welcome the visitors as the members much desired. The best of good cheer and feelings were inter changed and everyone present wished the association many returns of the happy new year.
 This morning the church of the lmmac ulate Conception was almost filled witt friends to witness the marriage of James F. SomerS to Miss Christine Donahue The ceremony was performed at 9 o'clock by the Rev Father Walsh after which a nuptial high lnasS was sung. Philip Somers, a brother of the groom. acted as best man, and Lena Corcoran. a personal friend of the bride, was bridesmaid. A wedding breakfast was served at the home of the brides sister, 65 Baldwin street The happy couple were the re- cipients of of many presents The couple left on the 2:42 train for trip to Wash. ington.
 The dealers report an unusually large sale of revOlvers during the past few days. Residents of Simonsville in partic- ular are supplying themselves with shooters in anticipation of visit from the mysterious person who is running amuck in that section of the town. The man who 'gave chase to the fellow Christmas night says he was a large man with a beard and that he wore a derby hat Nick Nerzier, who was attacked by the fellow Saturday night says he was a small man with smooth face and wear. ing cap.
 Louis Burlington, aged 13 years. died at the residence of his father Louis Burlington on Bishop street last night Monday evening the boy was found lying in the gutter on Abbott avenue suffering HUH IOIlN ilSlolS. llt DtN naS peer subject to such a disease. and was walk. ing along the street when he was seized with an attack from which he never re- covered. This morning post-mortem examination was made by Drs Castle and Munger, who returned death certificate giving as the primary cause of deatl cerebro-spinal meningitis and the secondary cause convulsiOnS.
 What weather we had yesterday for a New Years. Who could have told from the balmy air, soft winds and smil ing skies what time of the year it was If the guesser did not know he would probably look around him and imagine it was Oclober or April. Certainly it die not feel or look like the old time January That appears to have gone and perhaps for good and all. The seasons are grad ually changing. The falls are growing later, more mild and more open. Fol several years past genuine cold weather has not set in until after Jan. 1. Thi. makes the winters shorter and more endurable. It was novelty to see cal lers dressed almost as lightly as they would in early autumn.
 The second annual sociable of Cour