Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-06
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CITY NEWS.

Little Lord Fauntleroy'' at the opera house this evening.
 The board of educat ion met last eve ming but did not transact any impor- tant business.
 The board of road and sewer commits sioners will hold their regular monthly l meeting this evening. In the Catholic churches services will be held at 80 this evening and every Wednesday and Friday evening during Lent. Several Waterbury Odd Fellows went to Naugatuck last evening to attend dance given at the Gem opera house last night. To-day being Ash Wednesday appro- priate services were held in all the Catho- lie churches and in St John Episcopal church.
 Officer Noonan found another tramp soliciting aims on Bank street this morn ing and brought him to the police station.
 The a. m Washington express on the New England road was in several sections this morning in order to accom- modate tourists returning from Wash lngton.
 A cablegram received in New York ye sterday announces that the Catholic pilgrims arrived safely at CherbOurg Monday. Patrick Coyle of this city is one of the party.
 At Hartford to-day an amendment was made to the bill giving criminal jurisdiction to the district court of Wa terbury, making the salary of the prose cutting attorney 1000 per annum.
 The Postal Telegraph company are making arrangements to have new quarters possibly with the United States Express company, which is across the street from their present quarters in the rink building.
 Another large audience attended the entertainment given by the pupils of St evening. David Noon gave several choice selections and Captain Casey put his squad. through several new figures.
 The eighth bi-monthly meeting of the Connecticut Press association will be held at Norwalk Monday March IS. Out of respect for the new president Se- cretary Taylor asks the members to make this the''fullest" meeting yet held.
 William Webb, formerly an engineer on the New England road and more re- gently on the C. B. & O., has sued the latter road for S5,000 damages to his rep utation arising from his recent discharge. He udu Ie moved HIS Ianlly to LlnCOln, Neb, to take the place of a striker.
 The retailers of meat in Ansonia are engaged in struggle. The fight began three weeks ago when one man dispensed with peddling wagons and reduced the prices of all kinds of meat. His reduc- tions were met at the time by most of the other merchants. Yesterday another cut was made ill prices. this time by the men who were the last to reduce prices before
 John Mersenbocker, aged 35, Dan bury barber, has been missing since Sunday and there is not much doubt but that he has eloped with a woman named Crofut, leaving his wife and three chil- dren. Since his flight it has been learn ed that Mersenbocker had arranged to meet the Crofut woman in this city and proceed to Hartford. Nothing can be learned of his whereabouts.
 V. F. Valdes, who has been assistant engineer both in the construction of the Meriden, Waterbury and Connecticut River road and since the road was built. contemplates returning to Pennsylvania and rejoining his former employer, Chief Engineer J. U. Crawford. It may be a week or two weeks before MT Naldes will be able to finish his work on the new road, but when he does leave it will be to accept a position under Engineer
 
 holds on either the Youghieney Valley or the Youghieney River road, both of which connect with the Baltimore and Ohio.
 The entries for the Yale-Second regi- ment games, March 15 and 16, oloced last night. They number nearly 300. The best men from the regiment are Lane, 'ox and Downey, Go K Conover Go B. Budd, Co I, and Young, Go D.. Har- mar, Robinson, Lloyd, Shearman and other Yale men will hold up the blue New York will send crowd from the N. Y. A. c. and M. A. c. Among the most prominent New Workers are Con- neff, Schraeder, Lee, Cochrane, Stevens. Nesting. Dodmun, George, Lloyd ,Dohm, Long, Webster, Lambrecht and others. The tug of-war between Yale and Col umbia, the first night, will be exciting; for the open tug-of war on the second night there are six entries. The referee and the starter will be same as last year Curtis and Goldie, both of the N. Y. A. c.