Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-04-02
CITY NEWS.

evening.
 Thomas Kelly, the baker. is on the sick list.
 Regular drill of Co E, Hibernian rifles, tonight.
 Sergeant Cox predicts cloudy weather, probably rain higher temperature.
 Women of Conn: Men and brethren, what would you have us do?
 The body of the late Charles H. Adams will arrive from Aiken, 5. C., on the f o'clock train to-day
 brought in a string of forSy-nine trout last night, the largest weighing three quarters of pound.
 Great sale at Brett X Co.'S. They have placed in their north window mems suits which formerly cost from SIS to SIS. Price now $l0. Laura, aged six months, infant daughter of Mir and Mrs William Ward of Long Hill. died last night. The funeral will take place at p. m. to- | morrow.
 The funeral of Johanna Healey will 1 take place at S:30 o'clock tomorrow morning from her fathers residence, No Pemberton street, to the church of the Immaculate Conception. Miss Lizzie German, aged 52 years, died last evening at her home on Cole street. The funeral will take place to the church of the Immaculate Concep- tion at 10 o'clock to morrow morning. The regular meeting of the board of health was held yesterday afternoon. Sanitary Inspector Moses reported that during the past month he had not re ceived a single complaint against the new garbage collectors.
 Barcelona council, K. of C., will hold I II .L s., | Patrick's hall, at s o'clock, to com plete arrangements for their concert and sociable which will be held in the City hall, Friday evening.
 Democrats as follows was nominated in Bridgeport last evening: For mayor, Zalmon Goodsell; for town clerk George l Watrous; for city clerk, Fred c. Mullen: l for tax collector, w. E. Grant; for city treasurer, k. N. Houston.
 | A private masquerade ball was given by the ladies of the Wednesday night club in Concordia hall last evening. It was one of the most successful events given this season by the club. The music was by Severn'S orchestra of Hartford.
 l Benefits of $1 ,OOO each were voted yesterday by the directors of the Knights of Columbus to the heirs of the late Rev Timothy F. Crowley of Winsted, Benjamin F. Hayes of Winsted, Stephen s. Hennessy of Middletown aud John w. Reilley of Bridgeport.
 X woman who has a good husband and children, but who is addicted to drink, was before the court this morn ing. Judge Cowell sentenced her to | thirty days in the town house, with costs, for drunkenness, and imposed a | fine of $5 and costs for breach of the | peace James Leary was fined $5 and costs for drunkenness.
 The funeral of the late James Mccoy took place to St Patrick's church this morning, where a requiem mass was celebrated by the Rev Father Brown. The floral offerings included a pillow from the employees of Davis steam laundry. The pallbearers were Law renee Cronin, Michael Shea, Joseph Hardy, Maurice Joyce, Michael Dono- van and Patrick Keleher.
 The men who took the place of the strikers at the New England freight yards in this city, with the exception of one, threw up the job last night at 6 o'clock leaving three days local freight on the platform. The men were paid at the rate of fifteen cents an hour with overtime thrown in. They say that every night.
 William Rocket of Canal street, who has been drinking heavily of late, , drank a glassful of benzine yesterday in
 mistake for gin and immediately began
 to suffer excruciating agony. Dr Don ahue was summoned ana after consider able work relieved the sufferer. Rocket
 was removed to the town house last
 night. It will be many days before he
 recovers from the effects of the dose he
 took.
 The Star Social club gave a very en
 ioyable sociable in City hall last even
 ing. Hallam's orchestra furnished the . music and I. Uffendale prompted. The committees were as follows: Arrange
 ments T. J. Shannahan, $. J. Stearns
 J. J. Kelly, J. F. Gatfney, J. R. Arrol Floor, J. F. Gaffney, T. J. Shannahan J. k. Arrol, S. J. Stearns, T. McGlynn
 J. J. Kelly,P. H. Danaher,T. F. Carney
 Reception, J. M. Welch, 1T. J. Mccarthy
 D. F. Killoughy, NJ. J. Fitzgerald, T. J
 Corroll, T. H. Carroll, J. J. Scanlan.
 Notwithstanding the announcement of Birmingham and Shelton board oi s trade that the two towns would pay the ' difference of $11,0O0 if the Dean & Westbrook bridge was adopted, the contract for the Berlin company's . $54 1000 bridge was signed yesterday by Commissioners Jacobs, Dunham and
 Burleigh of New Haven county and
 Commissioner Olmstead of Fairfield
 The other commissioners, Messrs Page
 aud Johnson, who favor the more ex'
 pensive bridge, did not sign.
 John Dowd of this city, who was run
 over by the cars in Derby last fall and lost an arm, complains that he cannot rest nights and that he feels a numbnes< 7 in the arm that is gone that is decidedly
 unpleasant. The member was cut off al the shoulder and was buried on the rivel
 bank in front of the Naugatuck depo in Derby. Whether it is his imagina
 tion or not he thinks the arm was buried in cramped position, and he proposes . to go there, dig it up and rebury it. Il At the annual meeting of the Firs Baptist church last night the following a officers were elected: Clerk, H. F. San , ford; treasurer. J.. T: Trott; churcl