Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-06
The 9et,1ncrat.
CITY NEWS.


 officers this evening.
 Conductor A. s. Beers, fully recovered from his late illness, resumed his position on. the Naugatuck division to- day.
 The Connecticut Electric Light con- pany to-day received a new Corliss en- zine which they will place in the new station on Bank street.
 Mrs Susan R. Brooks, aged 53 years, died of dropsy at her home on Cherry street yesterday morning. Her funeral will take place at 2p. m. tomorrow.
 Maurice, the year old son of James Wallace of East Main street, died of diphtheria yesterday. The remains were taken to Bristol for interment this morning.
 The celebrated sculptor Dunbar is making life size statue in marble of Robert Downing as Spartacus the Glad iator to be placed in the Corcoran art gallery at Washington.
 Mrs Jennie Mead was thrown from a store this; morning while riding with her husband, Frank Mead. Her in juries, while painful, are not serious.
 Misses Mamie. Costigan, Sarah Cullen, Mary Fitzpatrick and Mary Kelly will sail Wednesday morning on the steamer City of Berlin for a trip to the old coun- try. They will be absent about four months.
 Co E, Hibernian Rifles, will give pic mic on the West End grounds, circus day Thursday June 13 Prof Moore, the Winsted aeronaut has been engaged to make balloon ascension in the after noon.
 Leonard's mass was rendered at the Immaculate Conception church yester- day by the choir under direction of the new organist, Prof J. l.. Bonn. The choir will have three rehearsals week for the present.
 There will be a meeting tonight at 7:30 at G. A. R. hall of the young ladies who took part in the drill of Evangeline circle. All are requested to be present as there is business of importance to be transacted.
 Miss Eva Carey, organist at St Pat riage and painfully injured at Branford Friday, but was able to preside at the organ as usual yesterday Her sister was more seriously injured.
 William Hearn, for the past four years fireman on the engine of the 1O:54 train on the Naugatuck road has resign ed and entered the employ of the Con- necticut Western road. George Clark of this city has taken his place.
 Among the list of winners at the Knights of Sherwood forest fair at New Britain, published by the Independent of that city, were w. c. Cleat, Water bury, lady's silk umbrella, and James Longwood, Waterbury, pair of lady slippers.
 Daniel Hackett, Bernard Byrnes, I Dennis Slavln constitute committee of arrangements for the picnic of Brass City Hose Co No 6, which will be held in Concordia grove Wednesday evening, June 12.
 The regular monthly meeting of the court of common council will be held this evening. Among the measures to be brought before the meeting is the re- numbering of the streets and the report of the committee on a fire company for the North end.
 Respectfully referred to the Hop brook enthusiasts, if any of them can be found Drinking city water in the dark is more or less an experimental per formance in Norwich. A Norwich town man drew a two inch red Hazard out of his house pipe the other day.
 There was another large attendance at St Ann's fair Saturday evening. The fair promises to be grand success. The entertainment committee have arranged a fine programme for this evening" The fair will close tomorrow night when the remainder of the valuable articles will be drawn.
 The Nameaug officers have received an invitation to attend the fortieth anniver- sary of Phoenix engine company of Wa terbury, which will be celebrated to- night. A delegation will leave for there to-day and keep alive the fraternal spirit which exists between the two or ganizations.-New London Telegram.
 The first annual picnic of Court Ste- phen J. Meaney, A. O. F., will be held at noon and evening, June 1. The follow ing committee are in charge of the ar engagements: Robert Taylor, Thomas Pryor, John Coleman, Patrick Campbell, John McEvoy.
 Farrell Herman. aged 72, died at his home, 242 South Main street, last night, from fractured spine, the result of an accidental fall down stairs Saturday. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning when requiem mass will be celebrated at St Patricks church. The body will be taken to Thompsonville for interment.
 John Buckley, the tramp who was struck by a locomotive on the Nauga- tuck road near Thomaston Saturday morning, died at the hospital in New Haven Saturday night. A telegram was sent to the relatives of the unfortunate man at Millerton, N. Y.. but up to il a, m. to-day no reply had been received.
 Down in Waterbury they appear to have had a most unique mode of cele- brating the Washington centennial on Tuesday. 1t is said that nearly half the town turned out to take special look . at an old tree where Washington on one occasion hitched his horse S,It is just possible that that cherry tree which George hacked would not have gained so much notoriety had this old Water bury tree been known of earlier in the history of his country.-Hartford Jour nal.
 The funeral of the late Edward D. Mccarthy, who died Friday morning took place from his late residence on South Main street to the church of the