Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-12-05
CITY NEWS.

The remAlnS or Ellen Kennedy or Watertown were taken to Thomaston for Interment yesterday afternoon. Burton Adams, who has been in the western country during the past two years, has returned to Waterbury. The Scovill Manufacturing company are building a large addition to their rolling mill and another to their button factory.
 The Waterbury Buckle company's employees intend to make their mas querade ball, which is to be held at Concordia hall on December 21, a great success.
 The members of the Young Women's Friendly league will form chorus class at their rooms this evening at 7:30. The class will be for members of the league only.
 The prospects for large ice crop dur ing the winter are very favorable, judg ing from present indications. Already the ice on Litchfield pond measurers six inches in thickness.
 Superintendent F. H. Humphrey of the Waterbury Lumber and Coal com pany. has purchased from Michael Carroll his block on Bank street, adjoin- ing the White & Wells building. A New England freight train broke in two near Brewster's Saturday and ran down hill and into a freight that was following. The caboose was wrecked and several cars were derailed. The Red Men to-day received four large cases of fancy work from the Penobscot Indians at Indian Island, Maine. The goods will be sold at the Red Mems big fair and the collection IS not only unlque, but vefy beautiful.
 Sheridan council, K. of O., held an enthusiastic meeting yesterday after noon. The semi-annual reports of Treasurer Kennedy and Financial Secre- tary Hynes were read, and shows that the council is in good condition if nancially and numerically.
 The Sperry street school will be opened tonight for evening school The board of education are anxious to establish all the evening schools that are necessary, and will open any of the buildings where evening school is not being held, on the application of thirty pupils.
 Delegates from all the German Catho- | lie societies of the state will meet in convention at Hartford in January or February next. They will represent a membership of between 600 and 700. All the German Catholic societies in the state with the exception of those in Waterbury and Bristol belong to the national bund.
 The anti-saloon convention, under the auspices of the Connecticut Temperance union, will open at the First Metho- dist church this evening. The Rev J B. Hamilton, D. D., of Boston, will lecture on the Saloon, Fountain of Sorrow" The session will continue to- morrow at the First church.
 There is an unconfrmed rumor afloat that the headquarters of the Naugatuck division of the Consolidated road will be transferred to New Haven under a similar arrangement as that of the circles was that the road from Derby to Naugatuck junction would not be used and the trains would run over the Derby road to New Haven.
 The first rehearsal of the Irish drama the "Colleen Bawn", which is to he put on by the Acme Dramatic club, Thurs day evening, February 9,was held at the club rooms yesterday afternoon. It was ) very satisfactory and demonstrated , clearly that there is histrionic talent in the club. Rehearsals will be held twice a week hereafter, on Friday evening and Sunday afternoon.
 The funeral of Mrs Thomas Bowe, aged 26, who died Saturday night at her late residence, 55 Mattatuck street. after an illness of three hours, took place this morning to the church of the Immacu- late Conception, where Rev Father Di- neen celebrated a requiem mass at g o'clock. The pallbearers were Thomas : Tyrrell, James Tyrrell, Thomas Duff heron Brophy, James Carey and Ber- nard Coyle.
 The Rose Hill Social clubs rooms were well filled last evening with the memhprS 0F d. friends, who had gathered to hear A. F. Wilson of Bridgeport play the har. monica. He is a remarkably skilled player on this instrument. The Misses Dunn and Mamie Joyce and little Lillie Delaney rendered several enjoyable selections, and Messrs Robinson, Cullen Brosso and Lynch contributed to the passing of pleasant evening.
 Governor Bulkeley on Saturday slgned the certificates, showing the re turns of votes cast for electors of presi dent and vice-president of the United States, at the November election. Tht great seal of the state was attached anc the certificates were sent to State Score tary k. J. Walsh at Greenwich for hi Islgnature. Seven certificates were filled out, four for the secretary of state O
 the United States at Washington, ant
 three for the electors elect, who wil IS meet at the office of the state secretar,
 in the capitol on Monday, January g
 1863, which is the second Monday il l, January, probably at noon, and cas- their votes for Cleveland and Stevenson
 About o'clock yesterday morning
 young man living on Bunker hill wa
 awakened by a noise in the road. H , went to the window and discovered tw men belaboring a horse, which the
 were leading by rope, with fenc
 rail and stones. The animal finally fel
 in the middle of the road, and the me t walked off. Agent Gillette of the hu
 mane society was notified and yestel
 day on arriving at the scene foun ( the animal with it's skull crushed ir
 but still alive. He dispatched the hors
 with bullet. The horse was a blac
 one and had been newly shod. Agen
 Gillette would give much to know tn
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