Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-01-27
CITY NE WS.
A meeting of the board of fire com- missioners is called for this evening.

Sergeant Cox predicts clearing, cold CT weather. The storm is now central near Nantucket.
 A one-year-old son of Mr and Mrs Peter Bennett died this morning and will be buried tomorrow afternoon. The Fourth division A. O. II. have ordered handsome badges from John O'Callaghan X Son of Philadelphia. The Woodtick minstrels will assist at the French band fair tonight and will also participate in the street parade with the band
 Rev Fr Roberge, curate at St Ann's church, has not yet returned from Canada, where he was taken seriously | Ill while on visit.
 A delegation of prominent Waterbury Foresters, will go to Naugatuck early next month to assist in the institution of another court in that place.
 The fair of the French Canadian band | will be continued this evening in the rink. The fair will close Wednesday night. when the drawing of articles will take place.
 Michael Martin, formerly superintend- ent of the Waterbury Malleabls Iron company, but now connected with a l Wilmington. Del. company, spent Sun day in this city.
 It was rumored to-day that Colonel Doherty had received pleasant news from Washington apropos of the postotiice. To | a reporter Colonel Doherty said the re- port was without foundation. The remains of the late George F. Terrell were deposited in the receiving l vault at Riverside cemetery yesterday afternoon. Harmony lodge F. and A. M., attended the funeral in body.
 Sam Pepin had made all arrange
 ments to open his ice rink on the Man | han tonight. but the weather has gone
 back on him and the opening will have to be deferred until some more con- venient day.
 The Waterbury Furniture company | have decided not to take inventory | until they remove to theiI new store on South Main street. In order to reduce their stock prices have been marked down. This is business.
 The funeral of William DeNair took place yesterday afternoon from the resi- dence of his daughter, Mrs Margaret
 Reed, 39 River street, to the church of the Immaculate Conception. lnterment
 was in St Joseph's cemetery. | Joseph Martin. aged 9S years, died
 yesterday at his home on Riverside | street. Mir Martin was one of the olC 0 t
 residents of this city. His funeral will take place to St Patricks church at s;I0 o'clock tomorrow morning.
 The demurrer raised by plaintiff in the case of w. w. Munsell X Co vs George A. Baldwin was sustained by
 Judge Bradstreet of Waterbury, before | whom the case is being tried. This is ono of the New Haven history cases | The committee in charge of the ar engagements for the reception and ball of the Officers association of the Second regiment, are meeting with deserved success in disposing of tickets. The ball
 will be the greatest military event ever held in this city.
 | Arthur Snyder of Vine street. a mem, | Der of Court Wolf Tone, has been sick | for several weeks with typhoid fever. and although receiving substantial aid from the Foresters. his family is not above want. A barrel of flour ordered hy M. H. Waas. found its way to Mir Snyders house to-day, setting an ex- ample for other Foresters to emulate. The Lyra Singing society yesterday elected the following officers President. Jacob Baier: vice president, Charles l5ruehl: treasurer. William Ilubbers financial secretary, William Boehm corresponding secretary, Henry Plauel collector. August Blattmann director, | 'ieorge Faulmdnn finance committee, Messrs Wilke, Gretcebach and Stein metz.
 The prison commissioners of the state of Illinois visited Wethersfield prison last Thursday and were courteouslv re- ceived by Warden Chamberlain. These gentlemen are making q tour of observa- ton of all the prisons of the country. There are at present $50 convicts in the Wetherstield prison, and only eight women among the number. LInrtitut Canadien Francais yester- day elected officers as follows Presi- dent, Louis c. Archambault first vice. president, Horace Bernier: second vice. president. Azarias Lecours secretary. Joseph G. Baril assistant secretary, Wilfrid N. Nallee; treasurer. George Panneton assistant treasurer. Napoleon B. Bernier: corresponding committee, Joseph M. Baril, Dr c. H. Lafontaine, J. B. Nallee.
 The funeral of the late William c. Wenzel was largely attended from his mothers residence, 16 Riverside street. yesterday afternoon, nearly all the prin- ters of the city being present in a body. Services were conducted by the Rev MT Micou, at the Hall memorial chapel. The pallbearers, chosen from among the former fellow-workmen of the deceased were as follows: Frank Parsons, F. K. Perry, C. F. Kaiser, F. w. Ingraham, Lacy Coer and Louis J. Carder.
 Says the Middletown Herald Rosie Higgins, the young girl who made so much trouble for the Waterbury police, did not escape from the industrial school She left that institution eighteen months ago and had been living with Mir and Mrs Perry Hubbard, who thought we'll of her. They allowed Rosie to go to the depot, on the pretense of meeting a trend. Rosie did not return, but she went to Waterbury. Mrs Hubbard was very kind to her and regrets that Rosie ran away.
 special weather bulletin issued Sat urday from Washington gives the fol lowing information. An examination of the dates of the occurrence of three to five day periods of lowest mean tenn perature at number of representative stations in the middle and south Atlantic