Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-04-15
CITY NEWS.


 ments for their shoot Fast day.
 The Rev Father O'Donnell assi sted the Rev Father McGivney at the servit es held in Thomaston yesterday morning.
 The Rev E. c. Tullar of St Paul's church will be rendered a reception b. the parishoners and their friends this evening.
 A letter received from Joe Hess, the reformed pugilist, states that it will be impossible for him to open his engage ment in this city until Tuesday, April 23. A meeting of the committee having in charge the arrangements of the bazaar to be given under the auspices of Com panies A and G will be held this eve ming. Conductor A. $. Beers of the Nauga tuck division, who was taken suddenly i'll at Naugatuck several days ago, was removed to-day to his home in Bridge port. A large delegation from Wadhams post will go to Danbury this evening to visit the James E. Moore post of that place. They will return on the 3 a. m. Washington express.
 The committee arranging for the con- ing celebration of the ninety-fourth birthday anniversary of the old instruc- tor, John A Lowell, are trying to raise S4O0 to cover expenses.
 The board of compensation will give a hearing this evening on the proposed layout of Farm street, also the matter of assessments for paving purposes on South Main street.
 Patrick Cook, aged 40 years, died of phthisis at his home on the extension of South Leonard street last night. His funeral will take place to St Patrick's church at 2:3O p. LII. tomorrow.
 Francis Coyle, aged % years, died of consumption at his home on Ayers street yesterday afternoon. The funeral will take place to the church of the Immacu- late Conception at S:30 tomorrow morn ing.
 The committee appointed to go to New York and pick out three judges for the singing contest, which will take place in New Haven on July 3, at the annual sangerfest will make its report this week.
 A special meeting of the officers of the Second regiment will be held at the New Haven armory at 1:30 o'clock next Mon day evening for the purpose of taking final action upon the proposed excursion of the regiment.
 At the church of the Sacred Heart yes 
 spoke of Good Friday, which is also state day of fasting and prayer and de- plored the custom of late years to make the day one of sin and dissipation.
 Thieves broke into the new Platt building sometime between Saturday night and this morning and stole car penter tools to the value of S25, the property of Floyd B. Smith. The rob- bers entered the building by a window in the rear.
 Adjutant General Barbour has issued orders for the annual spring parades by companies during May. The Fourth regi- ment is exempted from parading in May on account of the trip to New York to participate. in the Washington centen- nial celebration.
 The Rev Father O'DonI ell has been notified by the publishers of his book Liturgy for the Laity" that the first edition has been exhausted and that another edition will be printed. The book has met with 8 good sale and has been very favorably received.
 Several large panes Of plate glass, which have been stored away in the Platt building to be placed in the win dows this week were broken, in some unknown manner, yestereay. It is thought that the breakage was due to jar to the large box in which they were placed. The loss is about $500.
 John D. Bassett of Seymour, Marcus E. Baldwin of Woodbridge, and Samuel Bloss of Bethlehem, commissioners of the superior court upon lost boundaries, in the district court room to-day heard witnesses in the case of Mrs Mary Cur tiss ys Thomas FitZsimons, an action to establish a title of two and one-half acres of land situated between Pine and Cook streets.
 Dr Munson, of the Soldiers Home at Noroton has made few statistics lately in regard to the relative ages of the vet erans as follows Of 16S men at the in stitution 21 are between the ages of 70 and S4, average age TAI; 5S between 60 and 70, average age 63.3 ; 34 between 55 and 60, average age 57.7. Most of the old soldiers are at the home incapacitat- ed by old age. Others suffer from sick ness and old wounds. The youngest men at the institution were in the navy during the war.
 Through the efforts of Judge Cowell a commission has been appointed by Judge Fenn to examine into the mental condi- tion of Miss Anna Mccormick of Bridge port, who recently escaped from the Connecticut hospital for the insane at Middletown. The woman was com mitted to the institution ill February, 1888. She is worth $7,000 or SS,00O and claims she was committed to the asylum through the efforts of a sister who wanted to secure possession of her property.
 The services of Holy Week will be appropriately observed in all the Cath olic churches of this city. On Holy Thursday the services will be in honor of the institution of the Blessed Sacra- ment. At the church of the Immacu- late Conception there will be process sion of the school children. Thursday evening the pastors of the churches will go to Hartford to obtain the holy oils blessed by the bishop. On Friday the mass of the presanctified will be said and the office of Tenebra sung ill the Immaculate Conception church. On Friday evening the choir of the church of the Sacred Heart will sing the lamentations" On Saturday the ser ~w:x,x, x,,;ll ro,cict If fba hlaccinO pf tho