Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-02-18
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CITY NEWS.

The Yale Apollo club at the opera house this evening.
 Ouida's best production will be com menced in these columns shortly.
 "Beebe, or Two Little Wooden Shoes will be one of the good things the DEM ocRAT will produce shortly.
 Henry Hull, aged s3, died at his resi- dence of his son, o. T. Hull, on High street yesterday The funeral will take place at p. m. tomorrow.
 Edward Heffrin ST, father of Edward Heffrin, the ice dealer, died at his resi- dence on Cook street this morning. His funeral will be held at s o'clock Wednes- day morning.
 The Wilbur opera company spent sev- eral hours in this city to-day, leaving on the 3:5S D. m. train for Thomaston, where they play two nights engage ment.
 Nearly every evening, when it is clear, the reflection of the electric lights in Meriden, Waterbury and New Haven can be plainly noticed in Wallingford, says the Witness.
 Invitations have been received here to a large party to be given at the Scovill house, Waterbury, by MT and Mrs George w. Cowles and H. H. Peck Meriden Journal.
 The work of weighing the mails in the psstal cars of the main line of the ConsOll- dated road that has been going on during the last three months is almost completed. Work will begun on the branch lines to- morrow.
 The Waterbury DEMOCRAT is waging a vigorous war against policy playing in that town. Newspaper agitation in Meriden few years ago put a stop to the game here by having a city bylaw passed prohibiting it.--Meriden Journal.
 Treat l.. Sanford returned Saturday night from a fishing trip in the vicinity of Cape Cod, bringing about 200 pounds of pickerel as the result of two days labor. The DEMOCRAT returns thanks for a handsome three pound specimen.
 Colonel Leavenworth will probably ap- pear before the committee of the legisla- ture tomorrow in the hearing on chang ing for this year the annual field day from May to June, so as to cover the Washington trip of the Second regiment in June.
 The February term of the United States district court for the state of Con- necticut will be opened in New Haven on the 26th. Clerk E. E. Marvin will draw twenty-seven names from jury-box at his office to-day to act as grand jurors for this term of court.
 The funeral of Mrs Julia Doran was attended from her late residence on East Main street to the church of the Immac- ulate Conception at 2:30 yesterday after noon. The pall-bearers were: Michael Wallace, Matthew Wallace, Michael Guilfoile. Michael Brennan, John Bergin and James Reid.
 Judge Cowell this morning gave his decision in the seduction case brought
 
 finding the accused not guilty. Papers in case of bastardy were served upon Moshier and hearing was set for Sat urday morning, bonds being placed al $500.
 Mrs Mary McGlynn, aged 60, years died at her home on Dublin street last eve ming. Mrs McGlynn was the mother of Mrs Patrick Slavin and was a very esti- mable lady. Her funeral will take place from her late residence to the church of the Sacred Heart at 11:45 tomorrow. The remains will be taken to Bristol for interment.
 Among the passengers on the sos down train on the Naugatuck division Saturday was Miss Jennie Dutton, who obtained newspaper notoriety some months since by her connection with Chief of Police Adams, of Winsted. in an elopement case. She has been seen but very few times by Winsted parties since the scandal cropped out.
 Ex-Commissioner L. P. Mitchell beat the crowd at pickerel fishing in East Mountain reservoir, Waterbury, last week. Also Frank Fenton caught seven pickerel there Friday weighing nine teen and one-half pounds. A New Ha- ven gentleman caught seventeen fine pickerel through the ice in Branford last week in two or three hours fishing.
 The supreme court sent along decision Saturday in the case of B. Shoninger & Go of New Haven in that company's suit against Fred O. Peabody of this city. The district court gave judgment for the plaintiff to recover a balance due on a piano sold to the defendant. The defend ant appealed, alleging six errors in the courts ruling. The supreme court finds error and reverses also the judgment of the Waterbury court given to Shoninger & Go. Henry R. Day, the defaulting ex- manager of the local warerooms of Shon- finger & Co.,, sold the piano to Peabody and represented to the company that the instrument was only rented. Day gam bled in stock through the agency of Pea body and when he fled to Canada the latter claimed he had paid for the piano except small balance which he paid be- fore suit was brought.