Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-15
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CITY NEWS.

depot III tnlS GUY mas been postponed 10 next Wednesday.
 A daughter was born to Mir and Mrs Timothy Horigan of the Brooklyn dis trict yesterday afternoon.
 Dr Gill returned from his southern trip last night, and can be consulted at his parlors, 155 South Main street to- morrow.
 The Naugatuck Valley Teachers asso- citation will hold a session at the High school room, commencing at 9:30 a. m. to-mo TOW.
 NJ. H. Wass, the South Main street cigar manufacturer is expected home from Europe, where he has spent several weeks, tomorrow.
 The board of finance and the district committee will meet tonight to take ac- ton in regard to the appointment of Jay H. Hart as tax collector.
 Sunday, the feast of St Patrick, will be observed with unusual solemnity at the church of the Sacred Heart. The pastor, Rev Hugh Treanor, will preach the panegyric of the saint, and the music will be of a high order.
 Significant item from the Hartford Courant ''An experienced member of the third house was heard to remark yesterday that any member of the legis- 
 at the close of this session was d-d fool
 The members of the Monitor Hose Co entertained a few friends in their parlors last night. The entertainment consisted of singing, speechmaking, recitations, refreshments being served between the different numbers of the programme.
 Supreme Knight Phelan of the Knights of Columbus came up from Bridgeport to-day and heard several witnesses in the Curley insurance case. A further hearing will be given in few weeks at meeting to be called by the supreme knight.
 Gov Leslie of Montana has appointed Thomas Cruise of Helena, aid e-camp upon his staff with the rank of Col. MT Cruise, with his niece, Miss Cruise, were, when the news was received. en- tertaining large party of friends at progressive euchre. MT Cruise is a brother of Michael Cruise of this city,
 The hearing before the legislative committee on the consolidation of the Oronoke district with the Center school district has been postponed from Tues day afternoon to Wednesday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, when the Town plot dis trict will also be given hearing upon its petition to come into the Center dis trict.
 There was much merrymakihg and a very pleasant time at the opening night of the Methodist church fair at the ar gay one, the interior of the building be- ing beautifully decorated, while the booths over which the ladies of the church presided were also handsomely trimmed. The fair will close this evening.
 Representative O'Neill can seldom ap- pear before the finance committee to ad- vocate his tax bills. Opponents of the bills are always there, and as a result the bills are gong to the wall Hester- day Willard Brown, attorney for the Western Union, was picking flaws in the bill changing the method of taxing telegraph mpanies.-New Haven News.
 Abbott & Son are now comfortably settled in their new quarters at 100 Bank street, and offer on our first page to-day a tempting array of real estate bargains. Mr Aooott SC iior h. $ been engaged in the business for over 50 years, during whic time he has earned an enviablt reputation for fair dealing His son has been associated with his father in tht business as long as he can rene nber.
 Local buyers of coal will do well tc get along without making large pur
 
 for the annual scaling down in prices after the winter trade. Coal ln the me tropolis has already fallen in price abont fifty cents per ton. But as this reduc- ton went into effect Wednesday after the meeting of the six leading coal com panies of the day previous it Is too early to affect prices in this city.
 Wm H. Petrie of Madison and Char les l.. Norton of Waterbury, with the aid of two lawyers and several witnesses contested a SEQ dispute before Judge Deming in the common pleas court to- day. A man named Lynch got up a horse trot in Watertown, Conn, and agreed to pay Norton and Petrie $2C apiece if they would trot their horses on the occasion. He paid the $40 to Nor ton, so the story goes, but the latter did not give Petrie his half and he sued.- New Haven Register.
 The members of Samaritan lodge, O. O. F., who shCrt time ago paid 6 visit to their Waterbury brethren arc preparing for a gala time on the evening of the 29th at which they expect some 600 members of the order to be present The occasion will be an exemplificatior of degree work, and will befollowed I.y supper at either the City hall or opera house. Invitations have been issued te Nosahogan and Townsend lodges of Wa terbury and there will probably be from 250 to 300 responses --Danbury Press.
 The thirteenth anniversary of the or ga 1iza tion of Steuben lodge, D. o. H. WIS appropriately celebrated by the society and their friends, at Concordia hall last evening. The annual report of Secretary Dershater was read and an ad dress of welcome was delivered by Jos eph Zwiebee. Mrs Emil Schoenfeldt read paper on the nblems of the or. der and the Concordia society sang sev. eral choice selections. After the formal exercises were concluded the floor was cleared and drncing was a feature oi the evenings entertainment.
 Homes Wanted for Children.
 The Sisters of Charity of the home of