Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-02-17
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ValS neaTly staIlonaEy temperature
The new billiard parlor in the Lilley |
block has the finest tables in town.
Sequses council, D. of p, entertained
twenty members of Waumpishuh coun-
Gil of New Haven last night.
Miss Maggie Farrell and James Strong
will sing a duet at the American band
concert.
The Rev Father Treanor is attending a
meeting of the diocesan board at Bridge
port to-day.
All the members of the Sacred Heart
church choir are requested to meet for
rehearsal tonight at 8.
There was no meeting of the board of
alderman last evening, for want of a
quorum. An adjournment was taken
for one week.
A party from this city will attend the
lecture to be given by Daniel Dougherty
at Naugatuck, March 4. If enough
names can be secured a special train
will run from Naugatuck to this city
after the lecture.
Charles Crane, one of the best known
of the railroad newsboys, who has been
off duty for some time on account of
severe attack of pneumonia, is again at
his post on the New York and New Eng
land trains.
| postmaster DOnerCy IO-udy ISCSINeu
letter from Redmund Cavanaugh, of the
New York Soldiers and Sailors Home,
Bath, N. Y, asking for information re-
garding an uncle named William Cava-
naugh, who came to this city about 1850.
Mrs Ann Conlon, aged 90 years, died
yesterday at her home, II Jefferson
street. TIE funeral will take place at Z
o'clock tomorrow morning to the
church of the Immaculate Conception.
The remains will be taken to Mystic for
burial.
The funeral of Edward Keegan took
place from his late residence on Malta
tuck street to the church of the I'M
maculate Conception at $3.50 o'clock this
morning, where a requiem mass was
celebrated by the Rev Father O'Donnen
Peter Carroll got drunk this afternoon
and called on Lieutenant Bowen at his
room in the Warner building and asked
that he be enlisted in the army. He be-
came so boisterous that he was arrested
and at press hour he was singing war
songs for the amusement of Chief Egan.
Lieutenant Bowen of the recruiting
| station was in town to-day examining
applicants who wished to join the army.
Twelve candidates were examined and
one was rejected. Lieutenant Bowen
says that out of the eleven examined he
ill probably accept ten.
William Quinn, who fell from the
new building of Blake & johnson, on
North Elm street, Saturday, striking on
a staging and falling from thence to the
ground, is improving slowly. DIR Hayes
is attending him. Two ribs were broken,
one ankle sprained and several other
minor injuries sustained.
| General Fanton, Commander of the
| G. A. r., department of Connecticut,
issued an order to day announcing that
a place in line will be reserved for
members of the G. A. r.. of Connecti-
cut who will attend the funeral of
| join the procession are requested to
meet at the Grand Union hotel at 1890
o'clock Thursday afternoon.
The funeral of the late Miles Mccarthy
was largely attended to the church
of the immaculate Conception this
morning, where a requiem mass was
celebrated by the Rev Father Flem-
ing, Willie Mccarthy, a grandson of
the deceased serving the celebrant. The
pail bearers were: Mathew D. White,
| William Neville, Patrick Ward, William
Egan, Thomas Callahan and John Carp
mills. The interment was in st Joseph's
cemetery.
The prisoners at the county Jail, who
have been debarred from work for some
time while the shop was being enlarged,
went to work to-day. The roof of the
workshop has been raised thirteen feet,
thus adding another story. The work
shop is on the first floor, while the
second floor will be fitted up for a
prisoners were glad to go to work
again, but there are a few who would
rather remain in their cells than work.
Louis Schoch, of New Haven, Ger
man, 26 years old, has been missing
since January II and his friends believe
that he has become insane and is wan
dering about. When he disappeared it
is supposed he wore a dark suit, black
or blue chinchilla overcoat and black
derby hat. He is of medium height,
with brown hair, small moustache and
blue eyes. His friends are anxiously
awaiting any information they can OBJ
tain from him.
The Connecticut department of the
Woman's Relief corps auxiliary to the
Grand Army of the Republic, was organ
lied in New Haven, April l, 1884, with
five corps and a total membership of
about 200. 1t now numbers forty two
corps and total membership of 2 1856.
After the lapse of seven years the de-
partment will assemble in New Haven,
to hold their eighth convention. The
sessions will be held in Sassacus armory,
Wednesday and Thursday, February Is
and 10.
1t is expected that before long it will
be found absolutely necessary to put up
more buildings at Fitch's home, Moro
ton, or to enlarge some already built.
When the chapel was built General
Franklin said, in the course of his ad-
dress, that the soldiers were getting
older and more feeble and that all the
1 hOnNnc RI no
larged, as for some years to come the
number of invalids would keep on in
creasing. There are now over 800 in
mates on the roll of Fitch's home,
present and absent.
The board of government of the Con-
necticut branch of the C. T. A. u, met
In New Haven yesterday. Delegates