Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-02-28
CITY NE WS.


''Me and Jack" at the opera house this
evening.
The list of contributors to the Irish
famine fund is published on the hrst
page.
Opening of the forty hours devotion
in the church of the Sacred Heart, to-
morrow ut the 1890 o'clock mass.
The work of grading the road between
East Main street and Mill Plain, for the
proposed electric road, will begin Mon
day.
Sergeant Cox predicts fair weather,
followed by rain or snow; on Sunday,
rain or snow, followed by fair, colder
weather.
Co Z, Hibernian rifles, will hold their
regular meeting to morrow afternoon at
2 o'clock, in G. A. II. hall. The meeting
will be held in the main hall.
Another meeting of those interested
in the formation of new brass band
will be held in st Patrick's hall this
evening.
Mr. and Mrs G. w. Beach will tender a
reception this evening, at their home on
Meadow street, to Mr. and Mrs Hugh
Reed Griffen of London, England.
The funeral of Mrs Winifred Dunn,
who died yesterday, will take place from
her late residence on Walnut street, at
$50 o'clock tomorrow afternoon to the
church of the Immaculate Conception.
Sheriff Mcdonald took Michael Hub
bard to Middletown yesterday, where
he will be cared for in the insane re-
treat. Hubbard was fully aware of
where he was being taken and seemed
perfectly satisfied.
Last nights meeting of the board OF
trade was attended by so few OF the
members that action upon the propos'
ition of the bicycle firm who wish to
establish plant here, was deferred until
next Friday evenings
Among the many songs sung in the
Horseshoe" on st Patrick's night, will
be: Taking in the Town; give Come
Home to Stay: maggie Murphy's
Home" and the "Great Four Hundred,
all new and sparkling.
Manager Jean Jacques said this morn.
ing that he would break ground for his
new auditorium, March Is. The work
will be in charge of A. A. Arion. The
and will be the finest of the kind in
New England.
In the superior court at New Haven,
yesterday, before Judge ,Thayer, a
divorce was granted to Mary Ann At
kins of this city from Henry s. Atkins,
ON the ground of habitual intemperance.
The custody of the minor children was
given the petitioner.
One of a valuable team of draught
horses owned by Hall & Epson, had to
be shot yesterday, owing to injuries II
received Thursday night. The horses
mates in the team broke loose in the
stable and kicked big pieces of flesh
from the others sides and TANKS. The
/ ,S0Nw.s
At the bar meeting this morning the
following cases were assigned for trial
| in the district court Tuesday, March 8,
Stephen Boughton VS. Benoit Rape.
Wednesday, March 4, Julia E. Ives ct al
VS. Felix Chillingworth ct al. Thursday,
March 8, Robert Brownlee VS. Joseph
Brownlee. Friday, March 6, James
Sutton VS. John Donovan.
A local branch of the Merchants Retail
Commercial agency was organized last
night at the Scovill house, with the fol-
lowing officers: President, Imri A.
Spencer; vice-president, III. A. Skidmore;
secretary, John S. Deacon: treasurer, p.
j. Bolan; executive board,J. N. Clifford,
ID. H. Hayes, Christian Hauser, T. L..
Sanford, w. c. Hall.
Tickets for the st Patrick's night
entertainment at Jacques opera house
will go on sale tomorrow. The admis-
sion tickets are 30 cents and the reserved
seat tickets, so cents. Besides these
prices, limited number, including box
| seats. will be reserved at IS cents. The
exchange for coupons and the sale of
the rs cent tickets will begin at Bossidy' s
drug store, March -.
The board of selectmen Messrs Sake
and Coughlan, the town committee l..
+. Burpee, representing the city, and A.
NJ. Young and George E. Terry, the
tramway company, are holding meet
ing this afternoon to take action upon
the layout of the proposed road. The
report of the committee sent to Hart
ford to look up the records in regard to
Chapel street, who reported that the
| street had never been dedicated, but
was simply opened as highway, was
| accepted.