Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-01-13
CITY NE WS.

Rebecca Hutchinson of Woodbury, left | to-day for Florida.
 Shoninger's musical monthly for January is an interesting number. It can be obtained free at the store.
 Marriage is not e failure, but grand success, in every family where lavine lightens labor and drives away dirt.
 Patrick Ahern, aged 40 years, died last night at hls home on Baldwin street. The funeral will take place tomorrow morning.
 William Roller, aged 51 years, died yesterday at his home, 230 South River street. The funeral will take place to st Patrick's church tomorrow.
 The aldermen lacked a quorum last night and the meeting of the court of common council was postponed one week.
 A brakeman named Ryan, employed on Conductor McFarland's train on the Naugatuck division, had his fingers crushed while coupling cars this morn ing.
 All but five members of the Danbury fire department have resigned, because the board of aldermen refused to concur with the committee in increasing their salaries.
 Secretary w. A. Beers of the Masonic Protective society has just paid to the widow of the late John J. Skinner of Waterbury three hundred and fifty dol lars. the amount of his benefit in the l society.
 l A number of members of the board of trade assembled in their room last sven- | ing and held an informal discussion of many matters. Another meeting will be held Friday evening wien the annual elaction of officers will be held.
 At a meeting of the directors of the Waterbury Driving association held last night directors were elected as follows :: E. F. Cole, Thomas Bland, Stephen Lowe, Samuel Lowe, F. J. Rametti, lG. s. Parsons and \. w. Heater.
 The funeral of the late Mrs John Mo IKennerney was largely attended this morning from the family residence on
 Hayden street, to the church of the Immaculate Conception, where re- quIem mass was celebrated at S:3O o'clock.
 There was no police court this morn-
 ing. The only case on the docket was a triple headed charge against Frank
 Richito of Brook street, for selling liquor to minors, two charges, and al
 lowing minors to loiter. He settled the
 matter out of court for $45.
 The injunction of Charles Oschner, proprietor of the meat market at the corner of Grand and South Main streets,
 restraining Patrick MnMahon, owner of the building, from serving . writ of eiectment, was heard before Judge
 Bradstreet to-day, who decided against
 Mir McMahon.
 A new firm, adopting the name of
 Waterbury Drug Co, will in future con- duct the business so long and success | n Nrfh N Dikeman, at 40 Bank street. William Dikeman, who has had five years practi- cal experience in the business, and Charles H. Adams, who has been drug
 gist for the past fourteen years, will
 nave charge of the store. Both are
 popular young men and are sure to be successful.
 At their meeting last Sunday LInsti- tut Canadien FrancAis elected the fol lowing officers for the ensuing six
 months: President, R. GuilbSrt; first
 vice president, George Panncton second
 vice president, Eugene Nadsau; score tarv. J. G. Baril assistant secretary,
 w. N. Vallee; treasurer, Napoleon
 Bernier; assistant treasurer, F. A } Lecour: librarian, Napoleon Dursault
 correspondents, J. B. Vallee and Joseph l Archambault.
 Lady Trumbull Council, D. of L., last
 night elected and installed the following officers: Councillor, William Minor vice councillor, I. w. Morse, associate
 councillor, Mrs Doro Munson; associate
 vice-councillor, Lucy Scott; recording secretary, Nellie Porter; financial secrs tary Fred Squires; treasurer, Chauncey Seeley: guide, Mrs Stella Johnson; l. G. Miss Nellis Shepard; O. G., r. A: Henry junior ex-councillor, Charles H. Francis; . Junior ex-associate councillor, Mis-
 Abbio Willis; trustees, A. E. Burkitt, Mrs S. M. Burns, Mrs \. E.. Burkitt.
 Mrs Johanna Fruin, mother of Robert
 James, William and John H. Fruin |, lied at her home, No 24 French street, a o'clock this morning, from injuries re , ceived from falling on an icy walk ol , , East Main street, Friday, January 20 Mrs Fruin was one of the best knowI Irish residents of this oity, having ivet here nearly forty years, and was an estl
 unable and highly esteemed lady. Sh l was so years of age. Her funeral wll q take place at S:30 o'clock Thursda. ' morning to the church of the Immacu 8 late Conception, where requiem higl 2 mass will be celebrated.
 One of the recently discharged con u ductors on the New England road is
 very mad man, not only from the fac l. of his sudden discharge, but on aceoun a of notice he received in the paper put . lished in the town where he lives. Tn
 editor was a friend of the conductor
 but when he wrote that the discharges Iemploye twas an old and faithful al Q tache, having worked for the compan z ter twelve years" the intelligent com ' positor made it read ''an attache wh y had worked the company for twelv
 years"