Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-06-21
CITY NEWS.

Sergeant Cox predicts cloudy weather and rain higher temperature. A meeting of the Third Order to-mor- row after vespers at the Sacred Heart church. Special sale of copper kettles next week at the store of Frank E. Fenner, 151 Bank street. Small dealers can buy firewor ks at wholesale prices at the Boston ninety nine cent store.
 The Rev Father Schadwell, who ha 8 been visiting in this city, left for Att lanta, Ga, last evening.
 Milliner I. Chase invites the ladies to look in the corner window of his store at the display of trimmed hats.
 The rooms of the Boys club next sea- son will be in Browns block in the rear of Rametti's shoe store.
 Ticket No 320 won the Japanese quilt that has been on exhibition in Hunts furniture store. The drawing took place this afternoon.
 In the early days of July all the odd sizes in the New York store of Upson, Singleton & Co, will be shipped here and disposed of at whatever they will bring.
 Elaborate preparations are being made for the fourth annual picnic and Irish games of the Second division A. o. H., at the West End grounds, July and 5.
 Frank J. Rametti will place on sale, next Wednesday,, at his East Main street store, the entire stock of boots and shoes recently purchased from John J. Splain.
 Burton l.. Norton, aged IS years, died at the home of his mother, 169 South Main street, yesterday afternoon. Ills funeral will take place at o'clock to- morrow afternoon.
 Colored Hamburg edging from five to fifteen cents yard, are among the bar gains announced by Reid & Hughes to- day. Embroidered Swiss tlouncings twenty-five cents yard.
 Forepaugh's advertising car, No 1, ar rived on the o'clock Naugatuck train yesterday afternoon. To-day gang of twenty men are billing the city and neighboring towns.
 In few days the first floor of E. T. Turner X Cos store will be closed for al terations. Until then everything will be offered at reduced rates to cut down the stock.
 Says the Meriden Journal Mir Thomp- son of Waterbury, visited yesterday. with his daughter, Mrs J. D. Proudman of Crown street. Four generations were represented-M Proudman, son and baby grandson being present.
 The funeral of Miss Louisa Caroline will take place to St Patrick's church at 7:30 Monday morning, where a requiem mass will be celebrated. The remains will be taken on the 9 o'clock train for Canada where the interment will take place.
 In the superior court at New Haven ,, yesterday, Judge Robinson granted a divorce to Rose Ahl from Henry Ahl, both of this city, upon the grounds of intemperance and cruelty. This is the second time these people have been di- vorced from each other.
 The directors of the Knights of Columbus have decided to hold the an nual convention in New Haven June 24. During the last quarter the receipts have been S20,641.61 and the disburse- ments s, 2,55S.24. The cash on hand is S6.Sl2.46. Since February 27O candi dates for admission have been examined. From New Haven comes the announce ment that A. w. Robinson of that city received on Tuesday his appointment from Colonel Doherty as regimental bar Der for the Second regiment at the an- nual fall encampment, which will be held the third week in August at Mantle,
 There were IA failures in the United States, reported to Bradstreet's during the week. against l49 in the preceding week, and 234, IT, Al and 16l in the corresponding weeks of 1889, 1888, 1887 and 1886 respectively. The total num- Der of failures in the United States, January to date, is 5,235, against 5,614 in 1889.
 A union excursion to Savin Rock will be given by the French Canadian socie- ties and the Canadian banu, Tuesday The train will leave the Naugatuck station at 8 a. m. sharp, and if the weather is agreeable a large party will go. Monday evening the band will give a concert on the green, and will render carefully selected programme of six numbers.
 Court Stephen J. Meany A. O. F. of A., last evening elected officers as fol- lows: Chief Ranger, Charles Kane sub chief ranger, John Stapleton treasurer, John Clohessy financial secretary William B. Halloran recording secre- . tary, John M. Joy; senior woodward, James Knox junior woodward, Patrick Campbell senior beadle, John McEvoy; junior beadle, Michael Ryan.
 Orders have been issued by Major General J. R. Carnahen, commanding the uniform rank K. of F., for the field, staff and division officers of the First regiment to assemble at New Haven, Wednesday evening, June %, for the purpose of organizing the Second regi- ment and for the election of a brigade commander a sufficient number of di- visions having been instituted to make two regiments in the state.
 The Meriden, Waterbury & Connecti- cut river railroad is doing big business. The month of May was the best in the roads history. When the road was frs t talked up some of the business men of Southington declined to put any money into it and consequently the original scheme of building the road through Southington to Bristol was abandoned, but a branch road may yet be built Bristol Press.
 There was lively scene near the Apothecaries hall this morning created by large white bulldog and a small black and tan. The bulldog was mug. zled but managed to get hold of the smaller dog, who, trying to escape rushed into Hart's dry goods store, and inside the tussle was renewed. The lad y clerks made their escape and the fight was kept up until some spectators sanarafed the hruteS A little girl WhO