Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-29
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CITY NEWS.

and fractured his hip.
 Rev J. c. Davenport left this morn ing for drive over Great Burlington. Mass. He will return Saturday.
 Next Monday evening the examining committee of Co G will examine the ap- plicants for corporalships in the com pany.
 The first annual picnic of the Waverly Social club will be held at Hellmann X Kipp's grove "Wednesday evening, June 26.
 The eighth annual picnic of Protector Hose company will be held in Hellmann X kipp's grove tomorrow afternoon and evening.
 The postoffice will be closed to-mor- row from 10 o'clock a. m., to . D. m. The carriers will make their morning trips only.
 There has been large advance sale of tickets for to-nights performance of Patience" by the Amphions, at the opera house.
 Last night closed the regular drill sea- son of Co c although the company will continue drilling in preparation for the Providence trip.
 Ascension day, the last great feast in the Christian year, will be duly observed tomorrow by the Catholic and Episco- pal churches.
 Co G base ball team will play game of ball with nine from Carrollton Council K. of C., at the rifle range to- morrow afternoon at o'clock.
 John King and Miss Lizzie McLinden were married by the Rev Father Elem ing at the church of the Immaculate Conception at $50 this morning.
 The commencement exercises at St Margaret's school will begin June Is. The Rev J. $. Lindsay, of Bridgeport : will deliver the baccalaureate sermon.
 Rev Father Duggan of St Patrick's church attended the funeral of Miss Margaret Kennedy of Birmingham. sis ter of Kev Father Kennedy, yesterday.
 Company E, Hibernian Rifles. will as semble at St Patrick's hall in civilian dress, at a. m. tomorrow to attend the funeral of their deceased brother mem- Der Michael Holian.
 Cards are out for the marriage of John Jackson of this city and Miss Sarah Dwyer of Litchfield. a clerk at E. T. Turner X Co.'S store. The ceremony will take place at Litchtield June 4.
 At a meeting of Co G last evening the following committee was appointed to secure the intield equipments for the re- gently organized base ball nine Lieut. Fitzpatrick, Sergt Keavney and Private Maloney.
 The First division. A. o. H.. will meet in St Patrick's hall this evening to make arrangements for attending the funeral of Michael Holian. All mem- bers of the order are invited to attend the meeting.
 Harmanus NJ. Welch. president of the First National bank, New Haven and wall l-,onx hhr .1I r1<- congestion of the lungs yesterday after noon. MT Welch was the city and town treasurer. He was seventy-siN years of age.
 George Woodland, aged thirty-tive years died at his home in Watertown this afternoon. Mir Woodland was we'll known in this city, having held the posi- tion of general New England agent for the Buckeye Machine company.
 The funeral of the late Michael Holia n will take place from his late residence to St Patricks church at 10 a. m. to-mor TOW. The interment will be in the A. O. H. plot in St Joseph's cemetery, being the first interment to take place there since the purchase of the plot by the division some time ago.
 The item, first published in the Derby Transcript. saying that James Sweeney of Birmingham was expelled from the Ancient Order of Hibernians, for using a society flag for political purposes, was untrue, and MT Sweeney has instructed counsel to proceed against the paper in a civil suit for damages.
 A number of we'll known Waterbury gentlemen met al the Scovill house last evening and formed the nucleus for the organization of council of the Nation al Provident Union. The meeting was ad- dressed by J. L. killgore of New York general secretary of the union. An other meeting will be held next week.
 J. NJ. Bissell, representing the Gang we'll system of water supply Is in town to-day. In explanation of a portion of his proposition to the city that is not generally understood MT Bissen says: If the city adopts his system and it is found unsatisfactory at the end of year or five years or any length of time, dur ing which interest of SIX per cent shall be paid. the contract need not be accept ed.
 Rev Fathers Treanor of this city. Tierney of New Britain, Preston of Danielsonville, Cooney of Grosvernor- dale and Coyle of Stafford Springs, of the diocesan examining board. paid a visit to the St Mary's school yesterday and examined the scholars in all the rooms. They expressed themselves as highly satisfied with the standing ot the school
 Only the regular trains will be run on the Meriden, Waterbury and Connecticut River road from here tomorrow Spec ial trains will be run from Meriden to accommodate those wishing to attend the regatta at Cromwell. A picnic at Laurel grove will also prove an attrac- tion for others. Again the St Elmo Knights Templar of Meriden will come to Waterbury to visit their brethren. Excursion rates of one and one-half fares for the round trip will be sold be- tween any two stations on the road.
 The annual report of the Southern New England Telephone company. which ,has just been issued, shows the earnings of the company for the year ending April to have been S299, ,719.39. The expenses were $222, ,5S9.0S, leaving the net earnings SIT ,13o.31. The number of subscribers in this city is 464. The me tallic circuit system has been almost completed, the central exchange of the