Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-05-08
CITY NEWS.

Martin Keefe, who is i'll with pneu- monia, is rapidly improving.
 Sergeant Cox predicts fair, warmer weather; fair on Saturday.
 Waterbury Lumber & Coal company are making preparations to put in new elevator.
 A meeting of the Fourth Ward Demo l cratic club will be held tonight at their | rooms on River street.
 Superintendent Beach went to the | Naugatuck junction this morning to l investigate the forest fires in the vlcln- | ity of the tracks.
 The north window in Brett & Co.'S store is filled with odd coats, worth | from $S to $11, which are being closed out at $4.50.
 The New London Waterbury shore line train will probably be placed on the summer schedule of the Naugatuck division, commencing June 1.
 Olive branches don't seem to satisfy the peoples representatives. But the people are all becoming satisfied that iavine is the best remedy for dirt. council, k. of C.. will be installed this evening. A collation. will be served after the meeting. Every member is invited to be present.
 The first of Barnum & Bailey's ad- vance cars arrived at the New England station this morning, and by noon to- day nearly every billboard in the city was covered with Autographs.
 A much amused crowd of spectators watched a dog and rat fight this morn ing, the green being used as pit. The rat was a bold one and fought a hard fight, but was vanquished at the end of fifteen minutes.
 A little girl named Mary Ryan was bitten by dog near her home on Third street last night. The wound was a called at the police station and Officer Reid was detailed to kill the animal. Judge Prentice has decided to refuse to hear motion for production of books 1 in the suit of Sarah Camp vs Edwin A. Camp of this city for divorce and ali mony, on the ground that Judge F. B. Hall had previously denied similar motion.
 The dwelling house adjoining the Clock company's property on Maple avenue, which was purchased to make room for the large addition to the com pany's works, is being removed to Vel. ton street by the parties who purchased | it from the company.
 | ladies of the First Methodist church last evening in the church parlors. The supper was followed by an interesting musical and literary entertainment under the auspices of the Junior Christian Endeavor society of the church.
 James Bahan, who formerly resided on Mill street, received a dispatch this
 morning that his brother John, who was head cook on a steamer plying between Savannah and New York, died suddenly in the former city yesterday. Mir Bahan left for New York this afternoon and if possible will have the remains brought to Waterbury for burial.
 John Loomis. farm hand employed by John Crandel of Middlebury. is in town to-day searching for his wife who ran away last night. Loomis said that his wife eloped but he was unable to say | who her companion was. He notified | the police. The woman wore a calico wrapper, had gray eyes and is about 35 years old. She had about five dollars in her possession.
 The wife of George Butler, an em- ploy of the Horse Railroad company, l living on Highland avenue, attempted to | drown herself in the river short dis tance from her home about II o'clock last night. She was dragged from the water by neighbors and was finally in- duced to go home by Officer Dean and Thomas. Dome trouble Is given as the cause of the womanS attempt to end her life.
 Clark Commandery Knights Templer,
 observed Ascension day, yesterday, by Inappropriate services at Hall memorial chapel, and the decoration of the graves of deceased members of the order. An address was made by Sir Knight Rev
 William H. Lewis of Bridgeport, who is
 a member of the commandery. Fifteen
 graves in Waterbury and twelve in out
 side cemeteries were decorated.
 The executive committee having in
 charge the arrangements for the an
 nual convention of the French Cana.
 dians of Connecticut, W hi :h will be held
 in this city in August, met here yester-
 day. The members present were: J. B Vallee and $. $. Lapointe of Waterbury
 Dr Baribeault of New Haven and a com
 mittee of Bridgeport. A local commit tee of thirty members has been appoint ed to supervise the local arrangements. Neat invitations have been issued tc
 all the members of the Concordia Sing
 ing society to participate in banquet
 to be given exclusively for the members of the society. to celebrate their twenty.
 fifth anniversary. The banquet will bt
 held in the Concordia hall unless the
 number of tickets purchased will neceS
 sitate a larger hall. The tickets will be fifty cents each and can be procured from c. Hauser at the Waterbury One Price Clothing store.
 Within short time Horace Johnson the weather prophet, who lives in Mid dle Haddam, has suffered several losse.
 by the burning of his buildings. whIcl
 were set on fire by the hoodlums who II have been making so much trouble il
 that village. Last Friday night he wa
 again victim. A fire was started il
 his 107-acre tract of fine woodland al
 High Rock, Cn the west side of tht . river, a short distance below the Middle
 town insane asylum, and sixty acre, were burned over.
 Mrs Julia Fitzpatrick. aged O., diet