Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-12-21
CITY WE WS.

St Paul's M. E. benefit entertainment at the opera house this evening.
 Seven couples were divorced in Bridgeport yesterday and five in New Haven.
 Sergeant Cox of the New Haven signal station predicts fair weather, followed tomorrow by ram.
 Conductor Tolles and Engineer Able of the Naugatuck division, are confined to their homes by illness.
 Edith L., the 12-year-old daughter of Mir ond Mrs George N. Downs of Mill Plains, died yesterday from diphtheria
 No vespers at the church of the Sacred Heart tomorrow. A meeting of the
 Third Order of St Dominic will be held at 3:3O o'clock.
 The Bridgeport Post to-day published {. twenty page Christmas edition, the largest paper for one cent ever published in New England.
 Mrs William McGinnis, aged 56 years, died this morning at her home on Ridge street. The funeral will take place Monday morning.
 John F. Charters has been awarded the contract of decorating the Gem opera house at Naugatuck, for the Knights of Columbus ball. But one criminal was before the court this morning, Thomsa Lean, for assault on his mother. Thirty days with costs,
 was his Christmas present.
 Hon Carlos French of Seymour has
 found it necessary to decline the posi-
 tion of treasurer of the democratic state
 committee. owing to press of business. The special train for the accommoda- tion of Naugatuck people, who wish to
 do their shopping in this city, will leave the Naugatuck station at 9:15 this even ing.
 The funeral of the late Finton Lawlor, who died Thursday, was attended from his late residence on Dublin street to the church of the Sacred Heart this morn ing.
 B. Shoninger & Go to-day sold to F. J. McGrath of East Main street, one of | their handsomest pianos, as Christmas present for MT McGrath's little daugh- ter sa- .e.s@
 Commencing Monday Martin He'll | mann will deliver to his customers a new grade of lager, which is pronounced the best ever produced at the Brooklyn
 brewery.
 R. c. Forbes, recently with J. M
 Kellogg, has secured the agency for
 Waterbury and vicinity, of the cele.
 bratad Mason & Hamlin pianos and
 organs.
 The Washington express going west l last evening, was over an hour late 1 owing to the heavy passenger traffic. The train was made up of two baggage l cars, six Pullman sleepers and one pas senger coach.
 A pocketbook containing a large sum of money was lost on Baldwin street | between Scovilrs bridge and Liberty street, last night. The finder will be very literally rewarded by leaving the
 same at this office. ,o .a The junior and primary department o1 Hillside avenue school gave public ex. hibition yesterday afternoon. An inter was successfully carried out, the exer. cises being attended by. the parents of
 the pupils and many friends, who great
 ly enjoyed the entertainment. Our letter carriers are heavily laden with parcels of every description that l arrive by every mail, and which will be increasing for some days to come. Many are the valuable Christmas presents that they will leave at the homes of our l readers, and how many will remember them with a slight token of thankful ness.
 The pupils of the High school class of
 go, yesterday afternoon presented one of
 their teachers, Miss E. J. Whiton, with a gold napkin ring. The presentation was
 made by Rev E. c. Tullar, and Miss Whiton feelingly responded. After the school session closed the scholars and teachers adjourned to Grand army hall, where ''cobweb party" was held. The An for rtaiv, tod
 and was thoroughly enjoyed. Miss Carrie Miller who for several years has acted as forelady and designer l surprised by the ladies under her charge, this afternoon, and presented with a silver water service and beautiful plush case of silver containing thirty four peices. Mrs Kate Delaney, in be- half of the employees, made an appropri-
 ate speech of presentation. Miss Miller
 was taken most con pletely by surprise,
 but accepted the gift with a few feeling remarks. A meeting of thirty eight charter sign CTS of the Iron Hall, was held last evening at Johnson's hall, and branch was instituted by Deputy Supreme Jus
 tice w. A, Rice of Boston, assisted by
 Past Chief Justice $. M. Cashman of
 Springfield. The following officers
 were installed:-Junior Past Justice, T..
 H. Hewitt; Chief Justice, F. A. Warner; Vice Justice, J. E. Dickermen; Accou-
 tant, A. H. Tyrrell; Cashier, E. R. Davis; Herald, c. A. Squires; Adjuster, William E. Quigley: Prelate, w. H. Richardson; Watchman, A. H. Williams: Vedette, Andrew J. Slater; Medical ex-
 aminer, Dr J. M. Benedict; Trustees,
 Chauncey Seeley, George Gross, R. J. Shipley.