Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-10-08
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The police appeared in their new helmets to-day.
 The total number of deaths in this city during the month of September was forty.
 The was no meeting of the common council last evening, none of the mem bers putting in an appearance.
 Shoningers Musical Monthly for Octo- the store, 161 Bank street.
 F. B. Rice is building four new houses on Baldwin street on the Buckingham property north of the Washington street school.
 A fair-sized audience witnessed "A Rag Baby" one of the funniest and best comedies on the road, at the opera house last night.
 Mrs Ellen McMahon died in this city this morning and will be buried to- morrow morning from the residence of her brother, P. J. Donahue, 251 East Main street.
 The police have been unable to locate Miller, the negro who shot Annie Woods. The woman is getting along nicely and the physicians say that she will recover.
 There was no evidence direct against Patrick Coleman of this city, who was tried in the Meriden police court yester- day for the theft of an overcoat, and he was discharged.
 The ladies of the Union City Mission chapel will give fair and festival Mon day afternoon at o'clock. Prof H. H. Johnson and his daughter Bertha will read on the occasion.
 The funeral of Mrs Maria Phelan was largely attended from her late residence in Simonsville, to St Patrick's s church at S:3O this morning, where requiem mass was sung by the Rev Father Dug gan.
 The seventh private sociable of Wash ington conclave, K. $. F., at G. A. k. hall last evening was we'll attended and thoroughly enjoyed by those present. The conclave will give another in about two weeks.
 On Friday evening" J. z. Little and a superb company of ladies and gentlemen will produce the wonderful spectacular melodrama ''The World,'' with all the magnificent scenery which characterizes it's great success in the east.
 The twenty-fourth semi-annual meet ing of the Connecticut Eclectic Medical association was held at the residence of Dr $. B. Mum to-day. Papers were read by Drs Mum and Platt of this city, IilLdDGlIl Sf oI lIuS3CpoAC stLeA Theodore Broadway of New Britain.
 The annual city meeting was held in the police court room shortly after 12 o'clock last night. The only business transacted besides announcing the off port of F. J. Kingsbury, treasurer of the board of agents of the Bronson library.
 e. Wainwright of Boston, manu- featuring corrugated tubing, expansion joints, feed water heaters and con- densers, has made arrangements to locate in this city. It is very probable MT Wainwright will carry on his busi- ness with Randolph 6 Gloves and as- sume the position of superintendent of that part of the business.
 The work of taking the school emu merat1on in compliance with the law passed by the general assembly has been commenced. The officers appointed by the district committee to do the work are: James J. Egan for the first and fourth wards; James F. Donohue for the second. and Kevin Drury for the third ward. The enumerators expect to con- plete their work in about month.
 In some of the Catholic churches in this city Sunday a circular from Bishop McMahon was read. It is an appeal for
  dral in Hartford. The bishop hoped that it would be the last request that he would have to make for this purpose as the cathedral is nearly completed. The amount needed to meet the final expen- ses would be about S4O,00O. There isn't a cent of debt on the new edifice thus far, all the contract money being provi- ded before the contracts were awarded.
 It has been the general impression that Waterbury made no effort to have the International American congress visit here, but such was not the case. The board of trade, through their president, F. B. Rice, have been in correspondence with the state department, William B.. Curtiss, who had charge of the arrange ments, and with Senators Hawley and Platt for six weeks. Senator Platt and MT Curtiss wrote that it would be inn possible to change the arrangements. In his letter Senator Hawley said that the wonderful work of Waterbury and Bridgeport was passed by to his great