Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-05-13
CITY NEWS.


 If you are in need of a hat call at | Brett & Co.'S. They are selling out.
 Mir and Mrs John Lynch are receiving the congratulations of their friends over | the arrival of baby girl.
 Long before the dawn of the twentieth century American women will be sing | ing the praises of lavine for easy wash ing.
 Walter Costello has been on the sick list for several days with a sore throat. He is not suffering from typhoid fever as reported.
 The second annual meeting of the Connecticut Detective association will be held at the sheritf's office, Hartford, next Saturday.
 Charter Oak lodge, I. O. O. F., of Hartford, have accepted the invitation of Nosahogan lodge to visit them next Friday evening.
 The funeral of Mrs John J. Tyrrell took place to St Patrick's church this morning, where a requiem mass was celebrated by Rev Father Brown.
 Ed Crosby returned from Long Mead ows yesterday ;, bringing in over so pick erel. He in company with Naugatuck party captured 179 fish.
 Dr s. B. Mum of this city was elected
  of the Connecticut Eclectic Medical as- sociation held in Hartford yesterday.
 William Gillette, who went west, writes Sheriff Mcdonald, from Montana, that he is enjoying his trip immensly and practices broncho riding every day.
 The funeral of Henry c. Buerger will take place at ? o'clock tomorrow after noon from his late residence, 17 West Porter street. Friends of the family are invited.
 John F. Charters has handsomely deco rated City hall for the Foresters' socia ble, to be given this evening. Potted plants and trees have turned the in terior into a miniature forest.
 J. $. Fay has received his official ap- pointment as deputy sheriff from County Sheriff Tomlinson. His duties begin June and bond of $10,O0O is re- quired to be filed on or before that day.
 Judge Cowell's refusal to dissolve the injunction brought by First Selectman Pinney against Selectmen Carmody and Brown leaves the whole matter as be- fore, as the injunction was made re- turnable on June 2.
 Rumors of new express trains on the Naugatuck railroad are without founda- tion. Superintendent Beach says that the scheme is not feasible at present and that the only new train to be put on this summer will be the New London and Waterbury express.
 The members of the entertainment committee, and the officers and execu- tive of the Connecticut Press associa- tion are holding a meeting in Meriden to-day to prepare plans for a grand ban quet, to be given soon, in place of the regular summer meeting.
 The annual meeting of the Southern New England Telephone company was held at New Haven yesterday afternoon. Among other business done was a rati- fication of the recent action of the di- rectors in bonding the company to the amount of $500, ,O00 to secure its indebt- edness. The old board of officers was reelected.
 Mrs Eunetia L. Mansfield, an old and well known resident of Waterbury, died late yesterday afternoon at the home of her son-in-law, John G. Jones on Pros pect street. The deceased was the widow of William H. Mansfield, who Waterbury for several terms. She was 76 years of age. The funeral will be held at 3:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon from IS Prospect street.
 A meeting was held at the High school room yesterday afternoon and an organ ization formed to be known as the Waterbury High School Athletic asso- citation. The officers elected are: w. H. Wilcox, president {; Joseph Tracy, vice president; J. M. Burrell jr, secretary and treasurer; E. A. Beach, captain of tain of the nine.
 A Bristol correspondent writes: The new timetable which went into effect Sunday breaks up home life for the train men who have homes here. En- gineer Beebe, who built a house on Jacobs street finds himself in Waterbury one night and in East Hartford the other. Baggagemaster Curtis is in Wa terbury every night. Conductor Jacobs has not yet gone on that run.
 Thirty-two dead horses from fire in Bridgeport were cremated Sunday, in Plumb & Winton's abbatoir. The work ing up of dead animals has become science. A large horse when reduced to powder will weigh about 150 pounds and is sold on analysis of ammonia, phosphoric acid and moisture. The oil is used for tanning certain kinds of leather; the hide is tanned for shoes, pocketbooks and bags.
 While the driver of a North Main street car was changing his horses at Center Square last night, the animals swung around and became entangled in the team of Jared Shaw of Oakville, in which were Mir Shaw, his wife and two boys. The horses began to kick and sue ceeded in wrecking MT Shaw's wagon. Mrs Shaw's foot was bruised The rest of the occupants of the wagon escaped without injury.
 Another case of scarlet fever which developed at the jail yesterday makes a total of seven. In order to avoid ex- posture of any more prisoners to the con- tagion, the New Haven county commis- sioners were yesterday engaged in mak- ing arrangements with the commis- sioners of Fairfield and Hartford counties for receiving prisoners from this county at the Bridgeport and Hart ford jails. Every morning prisoners are released from the jail, the average