Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-02-02
CITY NEWS.

The quarterly meeting of Sheridan council will be held tomorrow afternoon at four o'clock.
 Vespers at the Sacred Heart church tomorrow afternoon will be at 330 in stead of 4 o'clock.
 The ladies of the Concordia society will give their first anniversary SOclable at Concordia hall, Tuesday evening, Feb ruary5
 All the stores in the new Platt building have been rented. J. H. Guernsey, J. F. Phalen and Fred Nuhn have secured them.
 The battalion drill by Co.'S A and G will take place at the armory Tuesday evening, instead of Monday, as many have been led to believe.
 Mary B, the 3 year old daughter of MT and Mrs Edward Cullen of 226 East Main street. died of dipththeria this morning and was buried this afternoon. Ice dealers from Bridgeport and Wa terbury, in company with Smith Beers, visited Umpawaug pond yesterday. and found ice eight inches thick.-Danbury News.
 Weeds military band of Hartford will furnish music for the annual concert and reception of Sheridan council. which will take place at City hall Friday evening, Feb 22.
 A handsome new passenger car passed through this city attached to one of the freight trains on the Naugatuck division to-day. It is one of a series of new pas senger cars to be used by the Connecticut Western road.
 The representatives of the several manufacturers of aerial trucks have f1,nr >lt ar it is expected that the board of fire com missioners will make a choice at their meeting Monday evening.
 The funeral of Mrs Edessie Lapalme, who died Wednesday afternoon, was at tended from her late residence at the corner of Riverside and Green streets to St Ann's chapel this morning, where a requiem mass was sung by the Rev Fa- ther Zones.
 Lawyer Greene Kendrick. counsel fo1 Mrs Mary Ford, niece of old Mrs Hepple who was burned to death in New Haven New Years day, has appealed from the the will to be probated, and will contest the ca n the supreme court.
 Walter J. Pierce, aged Is years, wei kno VII as a former office boy for the Ev ening American, died at the home of hi: mother on Cole street last night. Ht had been sick with consumption for some time. The funeral will take place from the house at 80 tomorrow afternoon.
 Mrs Thomas Bulger, of 72 Orange street, met with a painful accident las evening. While going down Caml street, and when almost opposite Chie1 of Police Egans residence. she fell back wards. breaking her left forearm neal the wrist, and received other injuries o the body. Dr Hayes was called in ano set the broken limb.
 Mir Albert Hubbard, well known il Waterbury and other towns up the Nau gatuck valley as an expert aSsayist has been employed in that capacity at tho factory of the Bridgeport Copper com pany. He takes the place of Miles A French who was discharged for stealing upwards of 5000 worth of silver or, from the Copper ompany.-Bridgepor Farmer.
 Candlemas, in its ecclesiastical mean ing, is the feast of the puritication O the Virgin Mary and is observed by tn Catholic church on the second of Febrll ary. Appropriate services were held il all the local Catholic churches this morn ing. the candles required for the service of the ensuing year being consecrated.
 The feast of Irelands patron, St Pa trick, falls on Sunday this year, but it transferred celebration will be mad doubly interesting. The Sacred Hear church choir, in connection with Pro Turner, of Boston, will celebrate by grand musical and stereopticon enter tainment at City hall. Many local tines plans have also volunteered their servi ces, and the entertainment will be on worthy of patronage. Further notic will be given.
 One of the most enjoyable sociable given in City hall was the Acme club first, last night. The music was furnish ed by the Amphion orchestra with Uffendale as master of ceremonies. On hundred couples participated in tn grand march, which was led by Gran Conductor J. F. Duncan and Miss Lizzi Igo. The Acme club, although compal atively young organization, demonstra ted the fact last night that the member are all enthusiastic and endeavored t make an evening of enjoyment an pleasure for their visitors. It was in tn early hours of the morning when tn hsppy party dispersed.
 The annual election of officers of tn Connecticut Humane society was ahel in Hartford yesterday Rodney Dennis was elected president and vice president were chosen from all the cities of tn state, those from Waterbury being: F J. Kingsbury, Rev Francis T. Russe and Rev Joseph Anderson, D. D. Tn other officers elected are !: Secretary Henry w. Taylor; assistant secretary Dr .Pierpont Davis; treasurer, Ralp w Cutler; executive committee, Rod ney Dennis, G. Pierpont Davis stephen A. Hubbard, James A. Smith Francis Goodwin, John D. Browne Henry w. Taylor.