Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-10-25
CITY NEWS.


 announced to take place this afternoon has been postponed.
 EvanEeline circle,C. of F. win pre- sent a handsome silver trumpet to Protector Hose company tonight.
 The Bostonian opera company left for Bridgeport in a special car attached to the 10l5 train this morning.
 Five applications for membership in Waterbury Council, c. R. L., were re- ceived at last nights meeting.
 Captain Fuller of New Haven, In- spector of rifle practice, Second Regi- ment, C. N. G., was in town to-day.
 Anything in Phelan's tea store win dow, in Platts block, given with a pound of tea or baking powder to night.
 The work of building the stone wall at the rear of the church of the lmmuc- ulate Conception, is progressing rapidly.
 The Third Order of St Dominic will hold q regular meeting tomorrow after noon after vespers, at the Sacred Heart church.
 Sergeant Cox predicts cloudy weather with occasional showers, followed by fair weather; nearly stationary temper- ature.
 The r~mains of John J. King. who committed suicide yesterday, were taken to New Britain this afternoon for interment.
 The high wind last evening blew down over fifty feet of the old fence on the Silver street side of St Joseph's | cemetery.
 The Fourth division, X. Q. H., are making preparations for their annnal sociable, which will take place at city hall, Friday evcning, October Si. The celebrated Virginia jubilee sIng CTS will give concert in the opera house to-morrow evening. Admission 10, 20 and 30 cents.
 l Professor Turner of Boston will give grand lecture and stereopticon ex- hibition for the benefit of St Patrick's church, in City hall, next "Wednesday evening.
 John Brown, aged 4s years. died of pneumonia. at his hone on Riverside place to St Patrick's church at o'clock Sunday.
 A meeting of the stockholders of the Mercantile Cooperative bank is called for at o'clock this evening. Business of importance will come up and full attendance is requested.
 l The Daft electric street railway appar- atus having proved . failure in Meriden the street railroad authorities have ordered out the plant, which has been in operation about two years.
 The time for making out tax list ex- pires November 1. Citizens who neg lect this duty find themselves in the hands of the assessors, who are con- pelled by law to add to the lists.
 At New Haven yesterday divorce was granted to Lillie J. Carpenter of Southbury, from Egbert l.. Carpenter of OO1hnrV ance. The plaintiffs name was changed to LIllie J. Strong.
 John Robinson, who has been em- ployed at k. E. Hitchcock & Cos box shop for the past ten years, has resigned his position to accept the foremanship of shop in Winsted. Yesterday Mir Robinson was presented with a hand some antique oak armchair by the em- ployes at Hitchcock's.
 The position of assistant superintend- ent of the Metropolitan Life Insurance company in this town, rendered vacant by the resignation of Roger C. Downey, has been filled by the appointment of Dennis Quinn. who has been connected with .the company for tho past year. Mir Quinn is an enterprising and popular young man and his promotion gives great satisfaction to the local agents of the company and their patrons as well.
 The fall timetable of the New York tS New England road goes into effect to- have been made in the leaving time of trains out of this city. Trains for Hart ford and Boston way will leave at 7:30 and G05 a. m.. 1:00, 4:05 and S:25 b. m For Danbury and the Hudson river, trains will leave at S:00 a. m. and l2:10, s:l0 and 515 D.. m.
 The committee appointed by the su- perior court to hear the case of Homer Twitchell against the town of Nauga- tuck, reported that if the widening of a highway, necessary for the buildin of a bridge in Union City, the removal of Twitchells house was necessary, dam ages of $2,000 should be allowed. The report was approved yesterday by the superior court at New Haven.
 Orders from the adjutant generals office announce that the annual muster and inspection of tho Connecticut Ma tional Guard, required by law, will be made between November and Decem- Der II, by the sdjutant general. If found necessary, officers of the general staff will be called upon to assist the mastering officer. The dates of inspec- tion correspond, as nearly as possible with the regular drill nights of organiza tions. The hour of muster will be $ o'clock on each evening assigned.
 The selectmen and town clerk quietly smoked their cigars yesterday and waited for the coming of the voters to be made but only fifty-siX put in an ap- pearance. This is a remarkably poor showing, only half of the number of ap- Plicants being made up to last night Undoubtedly there will be a rush to-day and some will get left. Clerk D. F. Webster issued naturalization papers to eighty candidates, the majority being from Thomaston. The board adjourned to-day at o'clock until ,. Those to be made must be there before g o'clock this ] evening.
 The New Britain Herald says of John J. King, who committed suicide in this city yesterday John J. King, an old resident of New Britain, committed sui eide in Waterbury to-day, by taking an overdose of laudanum. Some three years ago Mir King carried on the brass foundry business in company with his father-in-law, Thomas Gibbons. One year ago he gave up the business and started a variety store in Wallingford.