Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-03-14
CITY WEI WS.

Tickets for s'The Horseshoe" are hav- ing a large sale.
 Sergeant Cox predicts fair weather, lower temperature; fair on Sunday.
 Mrs and Mrs George H. Parsons leave Monday for Michigan where they will reside.
 The Waterbury Typographical union will hold meeting tomorrow after noon.
 The Old Homestead Social club will give a masquerade ball and clam chow der supper in Music hall, April 9. The work of removing the old part of the Farrell foundry, to make way for the new addition, is progressing rapidly. No reason has ever yet been conceived why every housekeeper in the land doesn't use lavine for cleansing and scrubbing.
 The Choral society have engaged City hall for the evening of May go, when they will produce aportion of Gounod's Redemption" & -- John Altman died at his home on River street at 9:30 o'clock this morn- ing. The funeral will take place to the Immaculate Conception church Monday.
 Mrs Virginia T. Smith of Hartford, delivered an interesting address upon "Incurable Dependent Children of Con- necticut," in the conference room of the First church, last evening.
 The first rehearsal of the dramatic club, that will present "Colleen Bawn'' April 18th at City hall, will be heldEto- | morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock in room IA, American building.
 The postoffice officials request that people use their old numbers as we'll as the new ones in ordering mail matter addressed to them. This for a short time will give the officials an opportu- nifty to deliver matter promptly. | The civil engineers appointed by the county commissioners to examine tn e plans submitted for the new Hunting day. The Fairfield and New Haven commissioners will probably announce the successful bidder Monday.
 William J. HyIand of Forestville, who has acted as trainer for the Wesleyan college athletic team for the past seven years, has been engaged by Go G to act as coacher and trainer for the company tug -of-war team. Mir Hyland will com mence his duties Monday night. @
 At last nights meeting of the board of trade it was voted that the board of directors appoint a committee of five to revise the present articles of association and make out set of bylaws. The directors will appoint the committee at their meeting next Friday night. ! The committee having in charge the arrangements for the banquet to be given on St Patrick's night by Co E, Hibernian Rifles, will meet tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock in the company equipment room. All the members who signified their intentions of attending the entertainment on that night can pro- cure their tickets at the same hour and place. .--- ,et sr.
 The case against Thomas Malley for selling to miners was again continued | this morning, owing to the Hines of the accused. It will be heard Monday morn- ing. Patrick. .Dillane, one of the witt nesses against Malley was charged with keeping an unregistered dog Dillane said he gave the dog away, but he came back. He did not want to go to jail as he was going to leave town after the Malley trlal. His case was continued until Monday.
 There will be four eclipses this year two of the sun and two of the moon also a transit of Mercury across the disc of the sun. May 9th at 6.49 p. m., transit of mercury across the disc of the sun, partly visible here. May 22d, total eclipse of the moon, invisible here. June 9th, annual eclipse of the sun in- visible here. November 10th at { p. m., total eclipse of the moon visible here. December 1st partial eclipse of the sun, invisible here.
 John w. Stancliff, many years ago a telegraph operator and manager in Ken lucky, and for years past a painter of marine views, died at Hartford, yester- day, aged seventy-one. He was born in Portland. He leaves a wife and two sons, Paymaster H. T. Stancliff of the navy and Charles Stancliff, manager of the Waterbury office of the Western Union Telegraph company. Deceased was long a director in the Brainard Quarry company at Portland and had l just been reelected.
 City Attorney Burpee to-day began | the foreclosure of the liens on property around in the city for the payment of assessments for paving. For the past few years the city has been compelled to borrow money at 5 per cent in order to meet the running expenses. Now At torney Burpee proposes to put a stop to some of that work by compelling property owners to meet their assess ments. For the present only fore closures will be taken out on those whose account is over year outstand- ing. ' All ONeICOdI Lnd6 was SIOLSu lTOH Jones, Morgan & Co.'S store on the night of January II, 1888, was discovered coming down the street, yesterday {, upon the back of certain young man. Officer Dodds arrested the fellow and after considerable work obtained from him a confession that he bought the coat from ''Tobacco Jack" Connolly for $5. As the young man has been be- having himself lately he was allowed to go upon promising to settle with the owners of the coat. Tobacco Jack'' Connolly, it will be remembered, was sentenced to four years in state's prison for burglary.
 Photos of the late Rev Father Rush can be obtained as the book store of Martin Bergin, postoffice block, South Main street.
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