Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-10-12
CITY NEWS.


 The town board of school visitors will meet this evening and organize. Dr H. A Gill with gun and dog, left | for the Adirondack mountains yesterday | afternoon. He will be absent week.
 The a. m. train out of Bridgeport was twenty-five minutes late to-day, | being delayed by the New York train.
 Thomas Donahue, who went to Chica- go with the Meeker Manufacturing Go, lost all his belongings in a fire a few days ago.
 An anniversary high mass for the late Eliza Egan will be celebrated in St Patricks church at o'clock tomorrow morning.
 William Walls, said to be from Wa terbury, went to sleep on truck at the Bridgeport depot the other night. When he awoke an hour later his hat and fall overcOat were missing.
 Attorney Porter L. Wood has been appointed deputy game warden for New Haven county. He will prosecute all complaints for violation of the game laws and Sunday shooting.
 The annual school enumeration has been commenced. Joseph Smith has charge of the work in the first district; George Chapman in the second: James
  Dohahue in the fourth.
 The state board of veterinary surgeons says the symptoms of the disease with which cattle in Monroe, Trumbull and Long Hill are afflicted resembles Texas fever, and the farmers of Huntington | think the same disease is aff1icting their cattle.
 The funeral of the late Mrs Frank Grouden was largely attended Saturday | to the Immaculate Conception church, | where Rev Father O'Donnell sung a mass of requiem. The pallbearers were, Edward O'Brien. Stephen O'Brien, Michael Phelan, Richard Brown, Mat thew Shea and Joseph Phelan.
 The Arion socIal club has elected the following officers: President, J. Smith: vice president, A. Carey; recording sec retary, c. Crowley; financial secretary, M. Noonan; treasurer, J. Egan; n;executive committee, A. Carey, T. Cruiss, T. O'Gorman; room committee, J. Driscoll, T. Tierney, B. Keefe.
 Court Meany's Pride Circle fair closed Saturday evening in the City hall, when the gifts were distributed. Miss Me Cam and Miss Crean were each present. ed with a gold watch and Miss Halpin with handsome ring, they being the most successful canvassers. A hand some sum was netted by the circle.
 Letters received from the boys who enlisted in the United States army from this city, go to show that most of them are already sick of their bargain. One of the lads, captured while attempting to escape, was tried for assertion and sentenced to two years at hard labor. The 25 men who were chosen last week to compete for place on the rifle team which will represent the Second regiment at the brigade shoot in Hart | ford, Wednesday, are shooting at the Quinnipiac range to-day. The fifteen men making the best scores will be chosen, twelve regulars and three sub- stitutes.
 The two boys of Henry Burns, aged and years, named Herbert William and William H., were sent to the county home, Friday. It will be remembered that the mother of these children was some time ago removed to Waterbury, but later came to Ansonia again, where she has remained since.-Ansonia Senti- | nel | The autumnal excursion of the New | York & New England railroad to Bos- ton will take place tomorrow, the | special train leaving Waterbury at a. m. Tickets for the round trip have been placed at S1.75 and include admis- sion to the Boston food and health ex- position or the cyclorama "Jerusalem." :" This will be the last excursion of the season to Boston.
 A committee, consisting of Brig Gen Andrew H. Embler, Adjt Gen delegate and Brig Gen Thomas l.. Watson, con- manding brigade, c. N. C., has been ap- pointed to canvass the military features of the worlds fair, and to consider the subject of a grand encampment of the National Guard, to be held during the summer of 1893, and the representation of this state at the same.
 A most important ceremony of the Jewish religion, the the day of atone ment, commenced last evening at 6 To clock ,and will continue until the same time this evening. During the 24 hours intervening, devout Hebrews are not permitted to work touch food, or handle fire in any way. The ceremony is ob- served to the letter, even to this day, 4.900 years and more since it's instltu ton.
 Conductor Warren A. Marsh, the old dest official on the New York SC New England road, severed his connection with the company Saturday, after thirty years service. Of late years he has run between Hartford and Boston and is widely acquainted with the travelling puOllC. lie TeSlSneu IO dCCepI pOSlLlOL with T. $. Major of Brooklyn, and vii have charge of important property in terests.
 Returns, nearly all official, in tht : office of the Connecticut Temperance union, show that eighty three towns stand for and eighty-tive against license Of those in favor thirty-two did no vote. Of the fifty-one voting, ter changed from against to for. Of thos' opposed sixty eight did not vote. or tht 7 seventeen voting, nine changed iron for to against. The vote was unusually heavy and shows gains on the anti license side, especially in towns where much effort was made in this direction
 The postal card factory at Shelton Ii
 turning out 2,500,000 cards per day This includes all three kinds that are be ing made. The number of cards requir ed to be in the vaults before the issuanc
 of the new series is 90,000, ,000-40, ,000, 900 of which will be kept at Shelton ant