Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-07
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CITY NEWS.

 usual story for Monday. The DEMOCRAT collector will make his regular rounds this week.
 The board of relief will adjourn this evening to Thursday, the 10 inst, at o'clock p. m. John w. Gaffney is building eight eel lars for $. P. Williams in the north end of the town near Long hill. Washington conclave, K, S. F., give another of their popular sociables at G. A. R. hall this evening. J. c. Baldwin will don his uniform for the first time this evening and join the ranks as one of the finest.
 The coming legislature will be asked among other things to set standard number of pounds for a bushel of coal. The Rev Father Mulcahy left for New York this afternoon to purchase some interior furnishings for St. Patrick $ hall.
 Mrs John Welsh, mother of Mrs Fred Quintard of this city. died at her home in New Haven yesterday morning from heart disease.
 The concluding arguments in the case of Cowen vs the town of Mlddlebury. were made before Judge Bradstreet this morning.
 The new board of water commissioners met this afternoon for the purpose of organization. N. J. Welton was elected president and J. J. Mcdonald secretary The new court of common council will meet for the first time this evening, at which the oath of office will be ad- ministered and the usual business of the evening transacted.
 The officers of the Second regiment, through Colonel Leavenworth, have been invited to attend the ball of the Governors Foot Guard. in Hartford. Thursday evening.
 Later in the week, probably Thurs day or Friday, the Meriden and Water bury railroad will commence running trains over the entire line of the road to the junction with the New England road.
 Mayor Boughton and Fire Commis- sioner Connolly will shortly visit New York at the solicitation of a firm manu- featuring truck several of which are in use by the fire department of that city.
 Jeremiah Mccarthy, of Waterbury and Julia Enright of Winsted were married at St Joseph's church Saturday morning at 9 o'clock by the Rev Father Leo, and left on the $40 train for wedding tour -Winsted Citizen.
 The Washington express carried the largest number of people out of this city last night since that popular train commenced running over the New Eng land road. Over twenty-five passenners were from this city.
 Two handsomely painted cars. con- taining twenty-two of Prof Bristols trained horses. came into this city at tached to the s o'clock train on the New England road this morning. They went to Ansonia on the 10:54 train.
 Miss Eva Carey, the new organist at S. Patrick's church, has taken up her residence with Mrs Roger Connor, 30I South Main street. and is prepared tC receive limited number of pupils fol instruction upon the piano or organ.
 To-day Constable O'Brien summoned Lawrence Ruth, Patrick Holohan. Davic E. Sprague and Paul R. Hahn to dc ury duty at the court of common pleas criminal term, which opens at New Ha ven on Tuesday, January 15.
 An invitation is extended to all For esters to attend the fourth privat, sociable of Washington conclave. K. $ F., in G. A. R. hall this evening. Visit ing members of the order from New York and Dublin will be the guests O the conclave.
 Dr E. w. Mcdonald. the recent, elected physician of Court Shields, A. O F., will be the host at banquet to b, tandered to the members of Court Shield and their friends, and the officers of al the courts of Forestry, some evening il the near future
 Jeremiah Luddy. aged Il years, forty of which was spent in this city, died O paralysis at his residence on Fuller stree yesterday morning. The funeral vii take place from the house to the churcl of the Immaculate Conception at S:15 to morrow morning.
 Mrs Sarah P. Webb. wife of Walter $ Webb, died of heart disease at her resi- dence on West Main street Saturda, afternoon. She has been sufferer fo some time. Her remains will be take1 to Plymouth tomorrow morning fo interment. Her age was IS years.
 The first services in the new chapel O St Ann, on Dover street. were held yes terday, masses being celebrated at S:3 and 10:30 a. m., at which the pastor. Re J. w. Zones, congratulated the congre gation upon the success of their under taking. In the afternoon at o'clocl veSper services were conducted.
 Some of our esteemed contemporarie are poking fun at Prof Horace Johnson of Haddam, because the storm he pre- dicted for the last days of December di not come. This is foolhardy. Do tn esteemed editors forget the March bliz gard of last year? It is well to keep tn professor in good humor until next sum mer at least.-Ansonia Sentinel.
 The question whether the Unite States law which says letter-carriers shal not be liable to military duty provides a exception to the state law which say that members of the National guard sha be fined S5 for each days absence fro1 campis involved in the case of John , O'Brien, letter-carrier who belongs t the Sarsfeld guard, New Haven.
 James Thompson, the II year old so of Patrick Thompson of Bridge street fell while playing in the yard of tn parochial school this afternoon, strikin upon sharp stone and laying open wound about five inches long in hi head. Dr Hayes was called to dress th wound; which was very painful an jagged cut, requiring dozen stitches
 The annual report of the finances the Immaculate Conception church we read by the pastor at the 10:3O mas yesterday by Rev Father Mulcahy. IT