Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-08-03
CITY NEWS.

evening will be very important one.
 Walter Heating has been made chief operator at the local telephone office. Leonard Remington of Birmingham succeeds MT Heating as night operator,
 The Ansonia man who asserted that July 25 is invariably a rainy day is proved to be "way off" records showing that there is no foundation in fact for the story.
 The will of the late Bridget Dunn was admitted to probate this morning. T. P. Hutchinson was named as executor. The estate is left to a sister of deceased, Rosa Hutchinson.
 Dr Axtelle said this morning that he had completed the analysis of the stomach of Katie Sheridan, the woman who died suddenly last week. No trace of poison was found.
 Rev M. B. Chapman of New Haven occupied the pulpit at the First church yesterday. In St Johns church the Rev c. E. Woodcock of Ansonia delivered the sermon at the morning service.
 The Rev Fathers Mulcahy, Bourret, Treanor and Duggan will attend the quarterly conference of Catholic pastors at Hartford tomorrow. The assistant pastors will hold their conference Thurs day.
 Very Rev Father Hughes of Hartford to-day received his appointment as chaplain of all the Catholic members of the state militia. Mass will be celebrated at Camp Watson, in tent, at 10 o'clock Sunday morning August 16.
 Captain Charles Hervey Townshend, who is the author of bill, awaiting action by the Connecticut legislature, for establishment of a naval reserve in this state, favors an organization of 250 members, fifty of them to be residents of New Haven.
 About fifty prominent citizens enjoyed their annual clambake at Dave Thomp- sons in Bethlehem yesterday. Of the many sports the ball game between the fat and lean men was the most interest ing, and resulted in victory for the fat men by the score of 6 to D. The orders for the salaries of the clerks in the different departments of the capitol, and for the salaries of the superintendent and assistant superin- tendent, were drawn at the comp troller's office on Saturday and were cashed without delay in the treasurer's department.
 The rosary procession was held in the church of the Sacred Heart at the vespers services yesterday at 3:30 p. m. The pretty ceremony consists of pro- cession through the aisles of the church by society of young girls dressed in white, singing the Litany of the Blessed Virgin.
 James N. Coe, the new superintendent of the Noroton Soldiers home, will as- sume his new duties to-day. He has visited the home once since his appoint ment and has in a measure chosen the men who will remain under him. The superintendent's house is separate and at some distance from the buildings of the home.
 Rehearsals Of Marie Hubert Froh- mans play, "The Wltch," have begun at Stamford, where the season opens August 20. On September il Miss Frohman will produce the famous play in Waterbury. "The Witch" requires scenery and costumes.
 At meeting of the Central Fedora tion of Labor in New York, yesterday, the secretaries of the Central Labor Unions of Danbury, Meriden, Water bury and South Norwalk, complaining that non-union sausages were made and extensively eaten in these centers of civilization.
 About three months ago John Burns, the year old son of Nicholas Burns of No 780 Baldwin street, dislocated his arm at the elbow by fall. The injury was treated in the usual manner, but ] the child did not recover the free use of | the arm. To-day another operation was performed by Doctors Axtelle, Ander- son and Holmes.
 The estate of the late Samuel Atwater | was settled up to-day in the probate court. The widow of the deceased re- ceives her dover rights, which will probably bring her $2 500 annually in rents. She also receives the collateral inheritance of $2,928.65, as well as her distributlve portion. Mrs Nettleton, a sister of the deceased, receives the bulk of the estate, some $5S, S,573.64.
 Frank Williams, of the Seventh Con necticut, Company F, was taken pris- oner before Richmond, October 1, 1864, and was in Libby prison and in Sails bury. He writes: q am disabled, and a poor man with large family. If can find any comrade that knows was prisoner, I can get a pension. I cannot remember any of the boys that were captured with me-" MT Williams asks any of his companions in that trouble to write him at Hermon, N. Y. Two horses owned by the band of gypsies now encamped near Simons- vile, were killed on the Naugatuck railroad near Platts mills Saturday night One of the animals was struck by north bound freight train and the other fell into a cattle guard and it's back was broken in the struggle to get out Engineers on the road have been annoyed all summer by horses and other animals getting on the track at this point.
 Some time ago Robert Brown and Will liam Murphy, employed on the Nauga- tuck division of the Consolidated road, were discharged. They laid the cause of their dismissal to Conductor Phelps, and meeting him in the Bridgeport yard commenced to quarrel which resulted in Phelps getting severely assaulted. Then the men fled the town. Saturday night they were arrested in New Haven and brought back to Bridgeport.
 Sunday school day and Temperance day will be observed at the PlainVille | n mn oT.OI1nd On IA opd Oo