Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-04-17
CITY NEWS.
"Our Irish Visitors at the opera hous

Our Irish Visitors" at the opera house this evening.
 The James E. Moore post of Danbury will pay Wadhams post a visit on the evening of April 25
 Shoninger's Musical Monthly for April is now ready for free distribution at the store on Bank street.
 Mrs Bridget Kenney, sister of Patrick Conlon of II Welton street, died at her home in Brooklyn, N. I., yesterday.
 Martin Bergin has received a nice line of Easter cards at prices that are right. An elegant line of prayer books and Catholic articles.
 Prosecuting Agent ColIey has brought three cases for selling liquor on Sunday against Mrs Philomela Boisvert The trial is set for Saturday,
 Supreme Knight John J. Phelan of the Knights of Columbus has been elected Bridgeport city attorney. Supreme Ad- vocate P. J. Markley is prosecuting at torney in New Britain.
 The board of trade will hold their regular weekly meeting this evening, at which they will examine a new cash register which has been invented by Messrs Griswold and Fuller of this city.
 In the police court Monday, Edward Bailey of Simonsville was fined S5 for assaulting Mrs Richard Powers. In re- taliation Bailey entered complaint against Powers and the latter was this morning fined $5 and costs for breach of the peace.
 The Holy Week services in the St Ann's French Catholic church will be as follows Thursday at 645 a. m. and 7:- 30 D. m. Good Friday and Holy Satur- day at 8 a. m. Easter Sunday masses at 8 and 1O:30 a. m. and vespers at p.-m.
 The case against w. c. Robinson for obtaining goods under false pretences, brought by Austin l.. Peck, was nolled this morning. A misunderstanding be- tween the parties as to who should pay for some lumber ordered by Robinson was the cause of the trouble.
 The committee which was appointed to go to New York and select three judges for the German singing contest, which will take place in New Haven July 3, made its report last evening. They refuse to make public the names of the judges selected until the evening of the competition, though it is said they are leaders of prominent singing soci- cities in New York.
 Capt Phelan, 1st, Lieut. Corden and 2nd Lieut. Hurley are in Middletown to-day acGisting in the election of colonel for the Hibernian Rifles of Connecticut. Capt P. F. Ramon of this city was men, toned for the position, but business would not allow him to accept if elected and in all probability Lieut. Ed Donahue of Hartford will be called to the col onelcy.
 At last nights meeting of Company G, badges for the seasons shooting were distributed as follows: First class bad ges to Captain Wolff, Lieutenant Fitz- ,.a1~ ID,,.x- Adams, Overton, J.Phelan and Sullivan; marksmen's badges to Lieutenant Hal pin, Corporal Clarkin, Musicians Nolan and Flaherty and Privates Hudner, Ma Honey and Shannahan.
 St Ann's Eastertide bazaar to open next Wednesday evening at the rink will owe a debt of gratitude to some body for free advertising. Since Sun day last it has ''boomed'' through the city, and if straws indicate the direction of the wind it may also be said that town talk would indicate an extraordi- nary interest of the people in making the bazaar a success of more than usual magnitude.
 The directors of the West Side Savings bank held a meeting last evening and heard the report of the committee ap- pointed to secure site. The committee reported several sites and after discus sing the subject it was decided to select the Daley lot, opposite the factory of Holmes. Booth 6 Haydens. Sufficient money having been subscribed among the corporators, the committee was in- sstructed to go ahead and erect suitable building.
 Treasurer George Saucier of the St Jean Baptiste society has presented the society with a handsome carved oak frame containing the portraits of the ex- ecutive committee of the French -Canadi- an convention which was held at Nashua N. H., last summer. The society voted at their meeting last evening to turn out in a body with their insignia and beautiful silk flag, and headed by the French-Canadian band on the first night of the bazaar to be given by St Ann's parish which opens Wednesday, April 24.