Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-03-24
CITY NE WS

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 Ariel Quartette at the opera house this evening.
 S. P. Williams to-day sold the James Spruce place on Cherry street to John E. Kelley.
 Owing to the small attendance the Bank street evening school will close this evening.
 Examine your dimes for 1887 silver plated counterfeits bearing that date are in circulation.
 The Waterbury Baking company claims to sell more pies than all the other bakers in Waterbury combined.
 Rev J. A. Mulcahy will deliver the next lecture before the Young Mems Catholic Literary association.
 The Lyra Singing society entertained large number of friends and visitors last night by a musical entertainment.
 The DEMOCRAT tomorrow will unfold a n, w plan to provide quarters for the city engineer. Watch for it.
 In one week more the Waterbury Furniture company will be occupying their new store on South Main street.
 T. Barrett. the wide awake dry goods dealer at 55 Bank street, to-day publishes a list of prices that will interest every body.
 A full rehearsal of the Sacred Heart choir is called for tonight in the base ment of the church, to prepare for the coming entertainment.
 The annual meeting of the Connecti- cut Press association will be held at the rooms of the Hartford Press club on Friday, April 4, (Fast Day).
 The state officers of the l. o. O. F. will visit Townsend lodge this evening. A large delegation from Centennial lodge of Naugatuck, will also be present. James Dunigan, aged fl years, died yesterday at his home in Watertown. The funeral will take place to St John S Church in that place Wednesday morn ing.
 Thomas Lynch, aged 2S years, died yesterday at his home 13 Ridge street. The funeral will take place to the church of the Immaculate Conception at $50 o'clock to morrow morning. On June 30 the Harug ari lodges of the state will hold a grand festival at Savin Rock. Railroad grove has been secured and it is expected that 2.0O0 people will be present from different parts of the state.
 The second annual sociable given by the Rogers & Brothers Benevolent as- sociation will be held in City hall, Fri day evening, April II. Music by Amphion orchestra: l. Utfendale, promp- ter.
 A. F. Abbott & Son offer for sale a stylish tenement property near the cen- ter. The present rentals will pay eSpen- ses, interest, taxes, etc., and will yield besides 10 per cent interest on the | cash payment.
 A compromise has been made between Messrs kelly, Dwyre and Nickers and the eXecutor of the Philo Brown estate, whereby the former are to receive titles for the property purchased from William II. Brown the former eXeCutor. A correspondent asks the DEMOCRAT to call the attention of Chief of Police Egan to the fact that a number of un- ruly boys congregate nightly on Dublin street and insult ladies who have oc- casion to pass them by.
 The steamer Maryland, the Harlem river transport of the Consolidated road, will begin carrying passenger cars in a week or ten days. The Washington eX- press will then resume trips by the old route, via New Haven. 50 says tine Journal and Courier.
 John Mccarthy, supervisor of the cen sus for this district, says that none of the cnumeratOrs will be appointed until the latter part of April. The district will be sub-divided into 200 parts, for each of which there will be one enumer- atOr.
 The oldest inhabitant" says the win ter of 1916 was warm, very much as has Ueen this one. but it is stated that from the middle of March it was extremely cold through that month and April. and that ice formed every month during the year. and there was great suffering for lacx of food for both humanity and for animals. At any rate there originated the phrase of "eighteen en-hundred-and troZe tO-death.
 At meeting of the Holy Name so- clety, held at the church of the Sacred Heart last evening, the following officers | were elected: President. John Thomp- son: vice president. Jeremiah FitZpat- rick: secretary, Henry R. Byrnes: treas urer. Rev H. Treanor; consultOrs, James Eustice, John McMahon. James Carey: novice masters. John Farrell, Jr., John Altman.
 Mrs Michael Somers. aged 63 years, died Saturday at her home on Burton street. Mrs Somers was the mother of James Somers, who vas formerly en- gagged in the dry goods business on East Main street. She was also the mother of Joseph, Philip, John, Katie and Liz zie Somers, and was very estlmable
 woman. The funeral took place to the church of the Immaculate Conception this morning.
 The house occupied by Thomas Clatfey, | at 33 Cole street, had narrow escape | from destruction by fire Saturday after noon. Mrs Clatfey hung her sealskin sacuue on the back of chair near the parlor stove. The sacque took fire and the chair, carpet and other articles of furniture were burned. With the assis- tance of the neighbors the flames were extinguished without calling out the de- partment. The loss is about S15. POINTS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHS.