Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-06-02
CITY NE US

yesterday was unable to celebrate mass
The picnic of Protector hose company,
Saturday evening, in Hellmann's grove,
was largely attended.
A border story, full of plot and sensa-
ton, "Ariel, The Half Breed" Watch
forthe opening chapters.
The Young Mems Catholic Literary
association are removing to their new
quarters in the Lilley block.
Editor John f. Scanlon of the Connec-
ticut Catholic was in this city yesterday,
the guest of John j. Splain.
Arthur Blush, travelling salesman for
G. w. Van Slyke 4 Horton, cigars and
tobacco, is in the city to-day.
The board Of fire commissioners will
meet at 1870 and the court Of common
council at 8 o'clock this evening.
Rev Father Mahoney, one of the
Dominican fathers who recently con-
Quoted mission at st Patrick's church,
will sail for Europe this week.
A portion of the bad piece of walk on
Bank street near Grand has been relaid
IN accordance with orders. The road
commissioners should step around and
inspect the job.
Mrs Rosanna Kelly, wife of Cornelius
Kelly of Ridge street, died last evening,
aged 81 years. The funeral will take
place from the house to st Patrick's
church at 2:15 tomorrow afternoon.
The state convention of the A. o. Fl.
will be held in this city Thursday. The
members of the four divisions will meet
Wednesday evening and march to the
railroad stations to receive the visiting
delegates.
Among the attractions to be arranged
for the union picnic of the fire depart
ment, will be n race between the fire
companies of the Benedict Il Burnham
and Scovill Manufacturing companies.
The prize will be silver trumpet.
The appraisers on the estate Of the late
Samuel Atwater have completed their
inventory and handed in their report to
the probate court this morning. The
real estate inventories $65, 450 and per-
sonal property ST. ,O22.37.
The funeral Of the late Patrick Coyle
took place from the residence of his
sister, Mrs Michael Donohue, on Spring
street, to the church of the Immaculate
Conception, ut ga. IN. to-day, where
requiem mass was celebrated by Rev
Father Walsh. The pallbearers were !:
John Ryan, Andrew Moran, Charles
jackson. p. Mcmahon, John Stanley
and p. Holohan.
In the supreme court at Providence,
Saturday, final decree was entered
ordering the city of Providence to sur
render to the New York Il New Eng
land railroad company upon demand
the six bonds of the Hartford, Provi-
dence and Fishkill railroad company,
numbered S75 to $50 inclusive, denying
all other relief prayed in said bill of
complaint and denying both complain
ants and respondents the right to re-
cover costs.
The funeral of Michael A. Balfe was
largely attended from his late residence
on South Elm street, to the church of
the immaculate Conception yesterday
afternoon. The funeral services were
conducted by the Rev Father Fleming.
The pallbearers We're Andrew Moran,
Patrick WEIGH, ii. Herringer and John
II. Moran. The employees of the Bene-
dict & Burnham Manufacturing COM
pany attended the funeral in a body.
The burial was in st Josephs cemetery.
Wallace's Quassapaug lake house is
open for the season. The grounds and
other attractions are in first rate condi-
ton, and many delighted visitors have
already tested them. 1t is a pleasant
drive from Waterbury, and parties need
not go to the trouble of Eurdening them
selves with provision baskets unless
they desire to. as everything may be had
at the lake house, except intoXicants,
and all at moderate prices. Mr. and Mrs
Wallace are pleasant, painstaking hosts,
as all can testify who know them.
Speaking of l.. f. Burpee's Memorial
day address, the New Britain Herald
says: MIR Burpee's Grafton at the opera
house was an able one. He handled a
much worn theme in happy manner
and many of his sentences were as clean
cut as canoes. Particularly impressive
and powerful were his illusions to the
necessity of regulating immigration
He said in brief that the mechanic and
self respecting laborer was always well
come, and should be, but that the class
of men who form the majority of re-
cent immigrants are not what we want.
w. o. Guilford, who for number of
years has conducted a news and station
cry store on Bank street, made an as
signment this morning for the benefit of
his creditors. Postmaster John B.
Doherty was named as trustee. The
liabilities amount to $4,000 and assets
are about 5000. Mr. Guilford was the
originator of the business now conduct
ed by the Waterbury Blank Book COM
pany. He attributes his failure to the
fact that dry goods stores are handling
more or less Of his line of goods and the
number of newsdealers is SO great that
the competition ruined his business.
Says the New Haven Registers Wash
ington correspondent: Congressman
Wilcox has exhausted every effort to
have the bill providing for the erection
of public building at Waterbury con-
sidered specially and out of its regular
turn. He found it impossible, however,
as the pressure had become SO great that
no more favors can be granted by either
the committee on public buildings or the
speaker in the way of recognition. The
bill will have to wait it's turn on the cal
ender, and as their are eighty bills
ahead of it some time will elapse before
it will be reached
The annual field day of the uniformed
rank knights of Pythias, will be held in
Middletown, Wednesday, June II.
Divisions will be present from all over
the state. The triennial session and an
nual encampment of the supreme lodge