Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-12-09
CITY NE WS.

meet tnlS evening.
 "The World Against Her. at the opera house this evening.
 Hartfords street commissioners are waging war against swinging signs.
 The Waterbury Field club will hold a very important meeting this evening.
 The U NO Social club will give soci- able at Music hall Wednesday evening. l.
 F. A. Granniss is agent for the National Accident Insurance company of New York.
 A thirteen pound son was born to MT and Mrs Daniel J. Altman, S6 East Main street, to-day.
 Sergeant Cox of the New Haven signal station, predicts cooler, cloudy weather for the next twenty-four hours.
 Roger Connor is in New York to-day attending a meeting of the stockholders of the New York brotherhood club.
 The divorce case of Cora A. Cole vs Alanson s. Cole, is being continued be- fore Attorney Gillette in the district court room to-day.
 The funeral of the late Thomas Flana- gan was largely attended yesterday afternoon. Court Meany, A. of F. of A. attended the funeral in a body.
 Matthew w. Maher was arrested by Officers Reid and Blakelee yesterday for being drunk and disorderly. This morn ing he was fined $1 and costs.
 Miss Katie Dempsey, age 16 years, died of consumption at her home on Merry street Saturday evening. The funeral took place this afternoon.
 The funeral of Mrs Martin Fitzpatrick, who died Saturday, was largely attended from her late residence on Pearl street, to the church of the Immaculate Con- ception, this morning.
 Norwich has gone policy mad. Two dens are t1ourishing and it is estimated take in $125 day. A dispatch from Norwich to-day says there may be some
 E. R. Davis & Go, 5 Canal street. are who patronize the Chinese and out of town laundries keep at least fifty honest Waterbury girls out of work. Everything that the market can pro- duce in the line of dry goods, novelties and furnishings, can be found on T. Barrett's counters, 55 Bank street. Prices guaranteed to be lower than the lowest.
 The Boston Globe thinks that the Wa | terbury man who has invented an l electrical pen-holder should now bend his energies to getting up an electrical umbrella holder, one of at least two- horse power.
 l Tho will of the late Thomas Flana gan | was offered for probate to-day. Mrs Mulcahy, sister of the deceased, is named as eXecutrix. The deceased wills all his property to his only child, James Flanagan.
 The remains of Mrs Catherine Madden. l 4 xx-1,H inl Nf l>-,. .l,%, disease at her home on 10th avenue, New York city, Saturday were brought to this city for burial, on the 11:17 train l to-day.
 The Danbury Register says there is point in the highway in Brookfield where, on dark night, electric lights can be seen in Danbury, New Milford, Waterbury, Bridgeport and New Ha- ven.
 The new St Johns Catholic church at | Noroton was dedicated yesterday with imposing ceremonies by the Rt Rev l Bishop Lawrence $. McMahon, of Hart ford assisted by a number of priests from the Connecticut diocese. | One of the prominent directors of the New York, New Haven & Hartford rail road is authority for the statement that l Charles P. Clark will be reelected presi- ! lSs and that there was never any intention of having MT Clark enter the manage ment of the New England.
 A quiet wedding took place at the residence of Gustave Zibell, No John street, Saturday evening at 6 o'clock. the Rev C. A. Daniels officiating. The con- tracting parties were Louis Ane and Amelia -Hochtritt MT Ane is promi- nent member of the Concordia Singing society and is employed at the Water bury Blank Book company as a book t1nisher.
 The funeral of the late Robert William Culbert was held yesterday afternoon, funeral services being conducted at St Ann's church by the Rev Father Roberge. The funeral was a very large one, the St Jean Baptist society, of which the deceased was leading member, attend ing i'll a body. The pallbearers were |: Henry Grenier, Henry Berard, James Blondin, D. Lebrun, F. X. Laplante, A. F. Belanger.
 The Connecticut Home, the state pro- hibition weekly newspaper, which was started in Willimantic in September, 1886. is to be removed to Hartford, January list, where its publication will be contin ued by a joint stock company which has been organized with capitol of $15 ,OOO, l SOme OA Cle uOSt prominent pfOnlDltlOn- ists in various marts of the state being stockholders. Allen B. Lincoln will continue as editor.
 An old fisherman on the sound pre- diets a warm winter because he has oticed that all the storms of the past fall have cleared off warm. On the other hand there is legend that eels never make their appearance in the Connecticut rivers early in November unless there is to be a cold winter, and it is said they are coming up the streams in cold armies. Nothing approaching them ill numbers has been seen for years" says another old fisherman.
 A crowd of men and boys engaged in a game of shinny on the field on Bald. win street, known as the frye lots" yes- terday afternoon. The game waged warm and in the excitement sTimothy Shannahan. spectator, was struck full in the eye with a hockey, receiving in juries which will probably result in the