Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-03-16
CITY NEWS.

meeLlnB GhlS evening"
 Sergeant Cox predicts fair, colder | weather fair on Tuesday.
 A stage rehearsal of "The Horseshoe" was held in the opera house yesterday | afternoon.
 Miss Rose Reilly of New York will on Thursday open millinery parlors at No 123 South Main street.
 Members of Co E. Hibernian Rifles, will assemble in the equiment room at o'clock tomorrow evening.
 w. c. Bannon, who has been spend ing the past month visiting in the south, is expected home this evening.
 The Young German American club have decided to disband and sell out their handsome furniture, pictures, etc.
 Alphonso Caparin, aged 5s years, died yesterday morning at his home on Bridge street. The funeral took place this afternoon.
 The Rev J. H. O'Donnellawill lecture before the Y. M. c. L. A. Thursday evening. The subject will be What the Church Has Done for Science"
 Literary women, pretty women, mar ried women and those that would like to be, use lavine for the toilet, the bath, the kitchen and the laundry.
 Mrs Catherine Cullum, aged 57 years, died this morning at her home in Seery place. The funeral will take place Wednesday morning.
 In Hartford, Saturday, marriage license was issued to Albert H. Hinck- ley, who until recently was employed by l.. F. Hasse, and Miss Della Scagel of this city.
 Mrs Louisa J. Johnson of Hartford has been given $475 damages in suit against the New England road, by req son of a fall on poorly lighted plat form at South Windsor.
 The hospital physicians found it | necessary to amputate the hand Of Edward Williams, who was injured by . press at Wilcox X Howe's factory in Birmingham about two weeks ago. The Consolidated road directors Sat | day met and adopted resolutions of l sympathy and respect on the death of Director George N. Miller, W ho was a I member of the board for thirty years.
 A fire in Naugatuck Saturday morn ing damaged the lumber yard of Robert | Lanouette to the extent of $1 500 and destroyed the saloon and barn of John ! Mcdonald, valued at S3, 500. Friction of bully started the fire.
 J. q. Twining has promised the boys an hours talk on Tuesday evening at the Boys club room, on the National Park and points of interest seen in his seven weeks western trip last summer. Friends and public are invited. l Lieutenant Bowen of the New Haven recruiting station stands first on the list of recruiting officers in the Uniled States for the past month, having ob- tained more recruits for the army than were sent from any other station II n I Mulcahy, John Henderson, jr, and Dr E. w. Mcdonald of the board of educa- ton. and Superintendent Crosby, went to New Haven to-day to inspect the 1 New Haven school of manual training. l A solemn high mass will be celebrated m St Patrick's church tomorrow morn ing, it being the anniversary of the church's patron saint. In the evening vespers will be sung. Special music programme will be rendered at each service.
 E. F. Murfee, agent for D. Appleton x Co, and well known in this city, died of heart disease in Philadelphia Satur- day. Mir Murfee was in this oIty few days ago, in apparently good health. The remains were taken to Plainville to-day for interment.
 Charles Brooks, Winsted milkman, I tuck railroad Saturday morning just as the train came along, and he was obliged to whirl quickly to keep from getting struck. He escaped with a broken axletree and a damaged wheel.
 The funeral of the late John Altman took place this morning at o'clock to the church of the Immaculate Concep- tion, where Rev Father O'Donnell cele- brated a requiem high mass. The pall- bearers were: Eugene Harrington, John Healey, Thomas Barrett, John Laden, Brian Laden, ST., Brian Laden, Jr.
 Reports say the toothsome shad has just struck on in the Delaware, and in consequence will put in an early ap- pearance in these waters. All along the shore the pound fishermen are putting thelr apparatus for its capture in order, but this season it is under stood they will obey the statutes re- lating to Sunday fishing to the letter ,as they don't care to defend suits similar to those brought against them last year.
 James G. Potter, a veteran of the civil war, was charged in the Hartford police court Saturday with being a va grant and with being drunk. In answer to the charge, Potter said "Nagrant be-; that's all right about the drunk but I'm no vagrant v Potter was in Go B, First cavalry, and since sun- stroke on the field at Petersburg he has been more or less indisposed. He has spent good deal of his time in hospi- tals and soldiers homes, but he wont stay in the one and he invariably is fired out of the other. He was found guilty of the charge preferred and sentenced tC one month for drunkenness and two months for vagrancy. Potter was be- fore the police court in this city not long Iago.
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