Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-04-11
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CITY NEWS.

Dixey at the opera house this evening. William E. Norris, of this city, has se- cured patent upon an electric valve controller.
 Thomas M Farrell, of Washington street left for California to-day where he will in future reside.
 Edward Ford, formerly of this city but now connected with the telephone office at New London, was in town yes terday.
 Daniel Cassidy, jr son of Daniel Gas sidy of Bank street, left this morning to pursue course of study at St Johns college, Fordham.
 Carrolton council, K. of O., have or ganiZed base ball nine, and would like to hear from Sheridan council or any council in the order.
 The Rev Father Finnegan, of Litch- field, preached very impressive sermon on ''The Rosary at the church of the Sacred Heart last evening. Attorney Root will shortly remove his office to the room over the Park drug store on West Main street. Constable Riguey will also have an office in the same building.
 The New York Sunday newspapers, with the exception of the Press, have ad- vanced the price to the wholesale deal- CTS. Next Sunday the retail price will be cents per copy. George R. Byington, of the firm of Byington & Byington. patent attorneys of Washington, D. C., will be at the Scovill house, Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week.
 The funeral of Patrick McKeon was attended from his late residence on Sco- vii street to the church of the Immacu- late Conception at a. m. to-day, where a requiem mass was sung by the Rev Father Fleming.
 Henry Pinkus, a faultlessly attired stranger, was arrested by Officer Dean for obstructing the walk near Lake, Strobel & Co.'S store about 10:3O o'clock last night. In court this morning sen tence was suspended.
 William Hungerford, who spent the winter travelling in the south, returned yesterday on the 3:5S train. His sister, Miss Roda Hungerford, who accompan- jed him on his tour, did not return, hay ing decided to remain south for some time yet.
 The state decorations or badges for craftsmanship will be distributed 10 those qualified at the meeting of Co to- morrow evening. Go has 25 qualified, the largest number it ever turned out, and the company stands second in the regiment Co A of Waterbury standing first.-Meriden Republican.
 An interesting programme has been arranged for the concert in aid of the German school, to be held in Concordia hall, Thursday evening, April %. One of the principal features of the entertain ment will be the solos and recitations of little Alice Miller, of New York. a for : mer Waterbury child She is only twelve years old, but is the fortunate posSeSSor of a wonderful voice.
 An extensive forest fire started Mon day noon at Southbury on the farm of Curtis B. Downes, and ragged for almost twenty-four hours before the neighbors who had turned out en masse were able to extinguish it. The fire burned over 800 acres of meadow and timber land, the loss from the latter being especially heavy. By the most strenuous efforts the house and barn were saved. The loss will amount to several thousand dol lars.
 United States Marshal Preston yester- day attached and placed keepers in charge of a number of the offices of the Postal Telegraph company in this state. The suit is the outgrowth of some trans actions with the Bankers and Merchants telegraph company, which preceded the other company. The attachment does not interfere with the business of the company, the keeper simply having charge of the property without the right to prevent operations. At the Wat erbury office Mrs Churchill, the mana ger, was as busy as usual, no keeper having been placed in charge of tho office.
 At last nights meeting of the board O. trade the matter of renumbering tn, houses of the city was discussed and the president and secretary were instructed to sign the petition which is to be pre- sented at the next common counci meeting urging the necessity of sys tematic method of street numbering 4 committee consisting of President Rice Secretary Doherty, H. F. Baker, V. l. Sawyer and George l.. Lilley were ap pointed to investigate the merits of new cash register, the invention o Messrs Griswold and Fuller, and urge the gentlemen to exhibit the machine a ameeting of the organization.
 A number of New Haven county mem bers of the legislature tried to transac county business yesterday afternoon Mir O'Neill spoke zealously in favor of g $500 appropriation for court accommoda tions in Waterbury, and vote to tha effect had been passed when it was dis covered that there was no quorum pres ent. After Representative Wolfe hal hunted in vain through the corridors fo members enough to fill in, the meeting was abandoned. MT ONeill though Waterbury should have a court hous and jail, but he would be satisfied t, take what he could get. There was nt desire, he said, for new county, pro vided fair treatment was received. Com missioner Jacobs said that the origina plan proposed by Mir O'Neill would make Waterbury acounty seat.
 ANOTHER BRAKEMAN KILLED. He Forgot That There Was an Over