Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-27
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CITY NEWS.

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 THE LARGEST LINE of fireworks in the city at Martin Bergin's.
 A special meeting of the directors of the Consolidated road will be held in New Haven July 16 to take action on the charter amendment.
 Henry Welsh and Miss Katie Brennan were married by the Rev Father Null cahy at the church of the Immaculate Conception this morning.
 Milkman John Arnold lost about fifty quarts of the lacteal fluid yesterday, a large can slipping from his wagon, while ascending Baldwin hill.
 Mrs Margaret Holahan, aged A years, wife of James Holahan, died at her home No Al South Riverside street this morning.
 The summer school for teachers will open promptly at Niantic next Tuesday morning. Superintendent M. s. Crosby of this city will give instructions in ped agogy.
 Henry Jessell shipped three carrier the 8:26 train with the request that the birds be released from the Grand Central station upon the arrival of the train.
 The marriage of Miss Sarah Foy of Naugatuck and Michael McMahon, of this city, took place at St Francis church Naugatuck at 3:3O this afternoon. The ceremony was performed by the Rev Father Pagan.
 S. w. H. Hunt, Dr Gill and Peter Kelly quietly stole away yesterday afternoon for few hours sport with the rod. They returned about midnight with a string of 151 bullheads, caught in Cedar pond.
 A meeting of the sales agents of the great coal companies decided to advance the price of coal as follows to take effect July |: Crate, 5 cents; egg, 15 cents; stove, 1Q cents; chestnut, 15 cents; mak- ing the price respectively, $500, $4.15, $40 and $4.5O.
 Tomorrow, the feast of the Sacred Heart, will be observed with extra de- votion in the church of the Sacred Heart. Masses will be said at 5:3O and 7:30 in the morning. In the evening at 7:3O the church choir will sing grand mu- of the most Blessed Sacrament will be given.
 The regular weekly meeting of the board of trade was not held last night for lack of quorum. A few of the members of the board gathered in the meeting room and talked over many mat ters of interest to Waterbury. Pictures of the factories of the Benedict & Burn ham company and Waterbury Brass company were presented to be hung i'll the rooms of the organization.
 The lecture to be given by Thomas Besolow, the African prince, will be held in the First Congregational church Friday evening. The scripture will be read in the African language, and all questions in reference to that land will be answered. MT Besolow is a student at Wilbraham, Mass. His father was great chief and was killed in battle with a hostile tribe.
 Thomas H. Hayes has secured long lease of the Daniel l.. Chipman property on East Main street, corner of Brook, and will proceed at once to erect three or four story brick block. The small wooden building occupied by P.J. Strain, Jeweler, will be removed, and new front will be built to the building at present occupied by Mir Hayes. Plans for the proposed new structure are be- ing prepared.
 When Brian Foley name was called i'll the police court this morning there was no answer. A second time Clerk Webster asked him to stand up and plead guilty or not guilty to a charge of drunk enness without receiving a reply. All at once it dawned upon Chief Eagan that Foley had not been brought over to the court room with the other prisoners. An officer was hastily dispatched to the door leading to the cell room had been carelessly left open and Foley, who had hid i'll dark corner of his dungeon when the prisoners were ordered out, skipped as soon as the officers were out of sight. There were five other pris- oners and hls absence was not noticed until his name was called in the court room.
 Edward G. Blake, commercial trav- eler, well known in this city and Miss Mary T. Pillion were married at St Peters church, Hartford, yesterday. A nuptial high mass was sung by the Rev Dr Maher, celebrant, who also perform cd the ceremony; Rev J. Fitzgerald, New Haven, sub-deacon. w. J. Blake, 8 seminarian and brother of the groom acted as master of ceremonies. T. N. Murray, T. Tanning and R. w. Fielding, aii coliegians, acted as acobytes. J. F. Blake brother of the groom, and Miss Louise Pillion sister of the bride acted as grOomsman and bridesmaid respecti- vely. After the ceremony reception was held at the house of the bride at 9 Jefferson street at which only the inn mediate friends and relatives of the young couple assisted. It required the use of two of the largest rooms to con- tain all the presents. Mir and Mrs Blake left on the ? o'clock train for a weeks trip through New York, Boston and Providence.
 BEFORE HIS HONOR'S THRONE. The Busiest Day of the Week in the
 Police Court.
 Fred J. Wood, against whom a case for keeping an unregistered dog was continued from yesterday morning, was to-day found guilty and fined $5 and costs by Judge Bradstreet. The case was complicated one. The first wit ness for the state said the dog was white