Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-03-12
CITY NE WS.

Co E, Hibernian rifles, hold their | regular drlll at the armory this evening.
 The diocesan board will visit St Mary's parochial school on Friday of next week.
 Charles Egan leaves to-day for New where he will remain far some time for the benefit of his health.
 If you want a good bargain in fine you can find it at Brett & Cos clearing out sale.
 Sergeant Cox predicts rain, stationary followed on Friday by fair, colder weather.
 Jeremiah Dwyer, the plumber, who was seriously injured, yesterday, Is resting much easier to-day.
 The funeral of the late William Egan will take place to St Patrick's church at S:30 o'clock tomorrow morning.
 Necessity is the mother of invention. And lavine is fast becoming a necessity to the mothers and daughters of Amerl- ca.
 Mir and Mrs I. A. Spencer left this morning for Aiken, s. c. B. c. Lewis left this afternoon for St Augustine. Fla.
 The Rev Father Bourret will assist at the forty hours devotion, which will be held at St Laurent's church, Meriden, next Monday.
 The delegates to the Connecticut Fife and Drum Corps association will meet at the headquarters of the Allen drum band in Hartford, Wednesday, March IS.
 George N. Miller, director of the New York, New Haven & Hartford New York on Tuesday evening.
 c.. Na,,nrok,,nGr this evening at the conclusion of the Dixey performance at the opera house. The train will be in charge of Conductor Mcfarland.
 The regular meeting of Waterbury council, c. B. L., will be held in Carroll ton council hall this evening, when a number of candidates will be initiated. Every member is requested to be present.
 The New York 6 New England rail road company have bought of J. D. Seymour the land in front of his dwell- ing at Newington for passenger sta tion. It is to be located directly oppo, site the station on the Consolidated road.
 Tickets for the tug. of-war match be- tween Co G and the Kling brothers, on Fast day were put on sale this morning. Over 200 were sold before noon. Should there be a ball game on that afternoon arrangements will be made so as not to conflict.
 Thomas J. Moran, for the past nine years foreman of the polishing depart ment of the Waterbury Watch com .pany, has resigned his position on account of poor health, and will open a real estate and insurance office in the center, April 1.
 The case of John Erwin Ys James English was heard before Judge Rora- back of New Canaan, in the district court room to-day. The case has been on the boundary line of a small piece of land on Cook street.
 The funeral of the late Charles Rick took place at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon. Services were conducted at Hall Memo rial chapel and the interment was in Riverside cemetery. Delegations from Frederick Wilhelm lodge, K. of F., and the German lodge of Red Men, attended the funeral.
 P. H. Reynolds of New Haven has issued another challenge to drill any member of the National Guard in the manual of arms according. to. Upton's s revised tactics. Both men are to drill together, the judges to select man to
 
 drill for $25 or a larger amount. The new council of the Knights of Columbus, instituted in Providence, is named La Salle and it's number is 5S. Some of the leading business men of that city are associated in it. The board of directors of the order will meet in New Haven to-day to pass upon a question of appeal brought by members of Tyler council of that city.
 Chief of Police Egan says he knows nothing about the three fugitives from justice, who are wanted in Waterbury and who have fled to New York and the protection of Governor Hill, as publish ed under a scare head and in double-leads in to-day's Republican. The story may not be a fake. but it is very near it, as the song goes.
 E. F. Durand division, Uniformed rank, Knights of Pythias, gave a very pleasant sociable in Pythian hall last night. The grand march of 125 couples was led by Captain White and lady. A pleasant feature of the evenings enter tainment was the presentation to each member of the division of a K. of F. medal, the gift of Camille E. Chapelle, a member of the division. Rev Hugh Treanor received a letter last night announcing the death, in Philadelphia, last Monday, of Rev Father Rush, of the Dominican order, who conducted the mission in the Sacred Heart church last December. Death was caused by brain fever, after short illness. Father Rush was an eloquent preacher and conducted a great many missions. principally in the far west. A year ago he was called 70 the eastern states and made his head uuarters in New Haven. For some time he suffered with an ear trouble, which finally developed into brain fever aud caused his death.