Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-21
The ler,ncrat.
CITY NEWS.

son will spend the summer in the Jerome Bissell cottage at Litchfield. Dennis J. Gaynor, Waterbury's ex-city treasurer, now located in Bridgeport has been in town for few days.
 Cornelius F. Mahoney, grocer, No 10 Scovill street. has made an assignment for the benefit of his creditors.
 Dennis F. Bowling stamped his hand under press at the Waterbury Manu featuring company yesterday evening.
 Percey J. Cooper of Boston, will assist the Amphion club in their presentation of the opera of Patience" next week.
 Henry G. Dearth, the artist, is here for few days. He will sail for France to resume his studies in about two weeks.
 Welton's large ice wagon collapsed in front of Downs & Sanford's store on North Main street this morning, blocking the horse railroad for time.
 The democratic state committee will meet in New Haven May 20 to elect a successor to the late w. H. Barnum on the national democratic committee.
 Along the country roads can be seen large fields of clover in blossom. A gentleman who has kept record says it is forty years since the clover blossomed so early in the season.
 Patrick Mack, the stakeholder on the re ecent fake dog fight has not as yet given up the forfeit money and says the only way to settle it is to return each party his money.
 The Banjo club have had neat banios, made by Henry Pincus and suitably in scribed by Frank Young, placed ill the different windows in town advertising the coming concert.
 George A. Haines, formerly in the service of the Southern New England Telephone company, and recently book keeper in the Chicago store of B. Shon- finger & Co.,, is dying from an abscess.
 The members of the Sacred Heart church choir are requested to attend re- hearsal this evening. Music for next Sunday evening will be rehearsed and every member is requested to be present.
 B. c. Wilcox has removed his steam saw mill from the Boughton farm in Middlebury to the land of J. E. Parme- lee in Wallingford. Over 150,00O feet of hard wood were sawed upon the Boughton farm.
 Kate Claxton is one of the few actress es, who grow old gracefully. Her per formance last evening was attended by a large and we'll pleased audience. The play is an old-fashioned melodrama, and all the parts were well sustained.
 Mir and Mrs Manuel Ciavasco, the old couple who have for the past few years conducted fruit and candy business on South Main street, will leave for Italy tomorrow, having purchased a farm there on which they will reside.
 Rev Father Treanor is with the dioces- an board examining the pupils in the par ochial school in South Norwalk to-day. The examination of the pupils of St. Mary's school in this city win probably be conducted some day next week.
 A number of sports collected at re- sort on the Abrigador last night to wit ness a fight between a bull dog and a rabbit dog, but were disappointed as the owner of the former animal backed down at the last minute.
 The chiefs of labor bureaus who are to meet in annual convention in Hartford beginning June 25 have all been heard from by Labor Commissioner Hotchkiss. With one or two exceptions they will all be present. The use of the senate cham Der has been extended them and an ex- cellent programme will be arranged.
 Judge Shipman has rendered de- cision in the case of Judson l.. Thomson & Go. against the Smith & Griggs man. ufacturing company of this city in the suit to restrain the defendants from the alleged infringement of patent on an improved spring clasp or buckle for arctic overshoes The bill is dismissed. The funeral of Mrs John McMahon {, who died yesterday morning, will take {, place from her late residence, 21 Wolcott street, at S:30 o'clock tomorrow morn ing to the church of the Sacred Heart where a mass of requiem will be sung. lnterment will be in St Joseph's cemetery.
 At a meeting of Co A held last even ing the following promotions were an. nounced: U. A. Warner to be first ser geant, vice fist Sergeant Keaveney re. signed: Corporal Fitzpatrick to be ser geant; Private James Geddes, corporal Private c. w. Burpee, corporal, vice Corporal Hoadley, whose term of service has expired.
 The society of the Cincinnati of the state of Connecticut will hold its annual meeting on the 4th day of July, 1889, al 12 m., at the capitol in Hartford. The officers are: Dwight Morris, president Nathaniel G. Pond, vice president; Johr Coddington Kinney, secretary; John M Montgomery, assistant secretary; Johr Fitch, Broadway, N. Y. John Benja min, William Bissell and others, stand ing committee.
 Friday nights production of Faust will be the last dramatic entertainment of the season at the opera house. The season will close with the opera of Pa tience" by the Amphions next week Wednesday and Thursday. The past season has proved the most successful since the opening of the opera house Manager Jacques Birmingham venture has also been a success beyond his most sanguine expectations.
 The new Preston hook and ladder truck was installed in its new quarters in the Scovill street engine house to-day and is being polished up. The boys pro nounce the truck beauty and are anx ious for public exhibition. With the machine there is 65 foot aerial ladder one thirty and one twenty-five foo single ladder, forty foot extension ladder and two smaller roof ladders The estimated weight of the truck is G., 900 pounds. Charles E. Jenkins and E. H. Alcott, representing the Preston com pany, are here and will publicly show what the machine is capable of doing 1T day or two.