Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-01-08
CTTY NEWS.

Frank A. Henry and Miss Viola P. | Mills were married yesterday, by the | Rev L. w. Holmes.
 The board of fire commissioners will | meet tonight to award the contract for supplying feed for the horses for the next six months.
 The eighth annual concert and soci- able of Division No 2, A. o. H., will be held in City hall, on Friday evening. February 26.
 The board of health will meet at o'clock this afternoon to open bids and award the contract for the collecting of garbage for the next year.
 A man named Graber was brought into the police station at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon on charge of breach of the peace committed last night in D. Whalon'S saloon.
 Attorney O'Neil was in New Haven to-day arranging for the assignment for trial of the Camp vs Pearsall suit. The case will come up before the superior court at New Haven next Friday.
 Thomas Dillane has brought suit for S5,00O against the Matthews & Willard company, to recover for the loss of three fingers cut off by power press last June. He alleges that the press was defective.
 In the case of Bernard Matthews of Southbury, charged with cruelty to horse, a S20O bond furnished by James North was declared forfeited in the superior court at New Haven, yester- day.
 The Saturday class in methods of teaching will not meet at the High school tomorrow morning, as Superin- tendent Crosby has special engagements which will prevent him from taking charge of it.
 The twentieth annual promenade, concert and ball of the Waterbury fire department will be held this evening in the City hall. The music will be by the Old Guard military band of New York. The concert will begin at s: dancing at II.
 Rev Edmund Senasac, successor to Rev Joseph A. Cadotte, curate at the church of St Ann, arrived here to-day. He comes from Maryville seminary, Canada Father Cadotte left here re- gently to take charge of a mission in the Trinidad Islands, West Indies
 Loyal Legion, 0. U. A. M., elected the following officers last night: Captain, E. J. Schuyler; first lieutenant, A. J. Scott; second lieutenant, w. H. Force; first sergeant, l. w. Morse: thild ser geant, C. A. Greer; fourth sergeant, F. C. Clark; first corporal, J. A. Greer: second corporal, F. A. Squires.
 Dennis Lyons, employed at Wallace x Sons mills, in AnSonia, was struck by the 6:1O train on the Naugatuck road last night and received injuries from which he died an hour later. He had just received his pay and was crossing the track when he was struck. His head was badly crushed. He resided on Sixth street and leaves a wife and four children.
 Many of the engineers on the Consoli- dated railroad have been suffering with the grip. The road has been put to con siderable trouble to get men to run the engines. In many cases firemen had to take out the trains. Considering that inexperienced men were brought into the service it is remarkable that no acci- dents occurred.
 At 6:45 this morning a freight train going east on the New York &, New England road broke in two while pass ing Newington. The two sections came together with a crash which west bound track was partially ob structed and travel was delayed until 0 o'clock. The train due in this city at $ o'clock was two hours late.
 The German Lutheran society elected the following officers last evening Sec retary, Oscar kaluse; treasurer, Chris tan Pfuderer; tithing men, R. Roeske and John Reder: auditing committee. Otto Haude, William Boehm and VII liam Gerhardt. William Hubbers was elected new member of the church committee, P. Meerlander and Albert A. Stahmer holding over.
 
 Monday will be a great holiday during the present year. Washington's birth. day comes on Monday and so does Me mOrial day. The Fourth of July is also billed for Monday and Labor day will be celebrated on Monday. Christmas is down on the calendar for Sunday and will therefore be celebrated on Monday. Thanksgiving day is the only holiday during the year that will be celebrated on any other day but Monday. People who believe in luck and are supersti tious may decide upon Monday as lucky day during 1899.
 The Employees Aid society of the Wa terbury Clock Co, has elected the fol lowing officers: President, James Den nison; vice president, Joshua Mahoney: secretary, M. F. McKennerney; treas urer, A. Schureman; directors, Michael Fleming, John GillOt, John c. Altman, Ernest Miller, Edward Barrett, Daniel Flaherty; sick visiting committee. Bessie Berkeley, Peter Sanford Michael Fleming, Ernest Miller, Wallace Roberts, William Segerdof and John Hogan.
 Senators Platt and Hawley, says the Washington correspondent of the Hart ford Post, are waiting for all those de- sirlng to make recommendations for United States district judge to do so be- fore taking up the matter for their own recommendation to the president. They desire, however, to take action soon and unless occasion requires further delay will probably consider the matter soon and try to agree on some recommendation. Thus far Hunger ford of New Britain and Townsend of New Haven are the chief candidates and seem to be about equally supported.
 At the meeting of the sewer board yesterday, 100 feet of property owned'l by R. f. Phelan on South street was ex- empted; property owners on Hillside