Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-01-11
CITY NEWS.

The Concordia society and friends en- joyed a concert in Concordia hall last night.
 Judge of Probate Phelan is confined to his home with a bad attack of the grip.
 The cape of boys overcoat, found in the street, awaits an owner at this office.
 Owing to a slight accident in the pre5sroom, Saturday, part of the edition of the DEMOCRAT was an hour late.
 A new ambulance, having all the modern improvements, has just been re- ceived by the Waterbury Furniture Go.
 Mir and Mrs Frank L. Martin of 39 West Clay street are the happy parents of ten pound boy, born yesterday.
 The new officers of Waterbury coun- cil, c. B. L., will be installed this even- ing by Deputy Supreme Chancellor Desmond of Norwich.
 Ansonia has one resident who will never get into trouble with the officers of the Humane society. He owns pig which he blankets every cold night.
 By the collapse of the National Three Year Endowment order of Boston mem- bers of the organization living in New Haven will probably lose between $2 800 and S3 ,000.
 Carrollton council, K. of C.. which gives a grand concert and ball at the auditorium, January 9, is making great preparations for the event. Severn's orchestra of Hartford and the American band of this city will furnish music.
 The county convocation of the Episcopal clergy will be opened in New Haven this afternoon, by the Rev R. w. Micou of this city. This evening an address will be made on Missionary Work of the Church" by the Rev Dr Rowland of St Johns church.
 John P. Stack, leader of the Second regiment band. has been offered the leadership of the Hopkins & Aliens armory band of Norwich. He has also received an offer from the Pope mill tary band of Hartford asking him to accept the leadership of that organiZa- tion.
 The recent decision of the supreme court in regard to the gOvernorship has changed Adjutant General A. II. Elm bler's intention not to appoint a success sor to the late Assistant Adiutant Gene ral George M. Whites position, but Gen eral Embler has not yet decided who will be the appointee.
 The many Waterbury friends of John H. Roper will be pleased to learn that he is to return to Waterbury, having ac- cepted the superintendency of the Bene- dict X Burnham wire mill. MT Roper left here three years ago to accept a re- sponsible position with the Aluminium Brass and Bronze Co of Bridgeport.
 Three boys named respectively James Sweeney, William Murphy and John Carroll, broke through the ice while skating on the Manhan yesterday Murphy and Carroll easily climbed out upon the ice, but Sweeney narrowly escaped being drowned. He was all most exhausted before plank was se- cured.
 The fire department was called out Saturday evening at 6 o'clock, by an alarm rung iron box b, corner of trouble was in the house of Jeremiah Galvih, 167 Walnut street. where a lamp had been overturned. The blaze was eXtineuished with few paiIs of water Loss $50.
 The eighteen months old child of Mir and Mrs Rosenfeld of S94 East Main street found a piece of bread upon which quantity of rat poison had been spread, Saturday, and had eaten a DOT tlon of it before being discovered. Dr Hayes was called and used the stomach pump with good result. The little one will probably recover.
 Arrangements are about completed for the annual meeting of the Connecti- cut state grange, to be held in Rockville on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week. It is expected that there will be 400 or 300 grangers present. There are seven Pomono granges and 11O subordinate granges with about 10000 members in the state of Connecticut.
 The following are the newly elected officers of the junior society of the Children of Mary connected with the church of the Immaculate Conception: :: President, Anna Grady; president, Irene Reilly, recording secretary, Maggie Dunn; financial secretary, Maggie Coughlan; corresponding secre- tary, Maggie Mcdonald: treasurer, Sister Claudine.
 The annual financial report of the Sacred Heart parish was read at the 10:30 o'clock service yesterday, by the Rev Father Treanor. The receipts from all sources during 1891 were S11 ,495. "A and the expenditures $11, ,446 10, includ- ing $500 paid on the church debt. The report was complete in all its de- tails and pastor and people may feel proud of the showing for tLe year. One or the prlnclpal items of expense the coming year will be 1000 for the pur- chase of a new organ.
 H. A. Hall, saxophone soloist and leader of the Old Guard orchestra of New York, which furnished music for the tiremen's ball, remained in Water bury over Sunday, the guest of Chris Nolan. During the offertory at the high mass in the Immaculate Concen- tion church yesterday, MT Hall rendered a beautiful saxophone solo. "Priere la Madonne," accompanied by Mir Bonn. A reception in Mir Halls honor was given at the residence of the Misses Nolan, 32 Abbott avenue, last evening.
 Architect Cady of New York, who was called into consultation by the building committee of the Bronson library on the Church street site, some time since, was again in the city, Satur. day, at the invitation of the commit tee. He was shown >the Grand street cemetery site and expressed himself