Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-04-05
CTTY NEWS.


 The monthly meeting of the police board will be held this evening.
 The board of health will hold its-regu- lar meeting tomorrow afternoon.
 Postmaster Doherty Is confident that mail for Naugatuck.
 Attorney Thomas Donahue, who is very sick, is reported as showing slight signs of improvement.
 An anniversary high mass was cele- brated at the Sacred Heart church to- day for K. A. Egan.
 Officer George Arnold of Bridgeport returned home yesterday from a few days visit with friends in this city. Alderman Thomas Martin is seriously sick at his home, with neuralgia of the heart. His condition last evening show ed no signs of improvement.
 Officer King shot mad dog on North Elm street this morning. The brute was tearing about and biting at every thing in his way.
 c. s. Mellen has assumed his duties as general manager of the New York & New England railroad, and iEhas ap- pointed J. D. Barton superintendent.
 Mrs Edward Doucy of Central avenue, was painfully scalded by the overturn- ing of cup of boiling tea Ton her arm last evening. The arm was burned from the elbow to the wrist.
 Secretary Downey of the Connecticut Press association has received a letter from Colonel Cockrell of the New York Advertiser, accepting theS invitation to be present at the press banquet in Hart ford on April 23.
 The final board of the Knights of InInn1 in afternoon and passed upon seventy ap- plications for membership of the order. This IS the largest number of applica- tions ever considered at one time.
 In the case of M. J. Russell vs Shupack & Nitkih, action to recover for rent, which was tried before Justice Griggs, judgment was given for the plaintiff to recover $34.1O, and the defendants have appealed to the court of common pleas.
 Cornelius H. Gables, a real estate man, of Thomaston, is having new street opened on the land lately purchased from F. J. Kingsbury, which will ex- tend from Willow to Waterville streets. Several men and teams are at work there to-day.
 The case of William Roberts vs the Waterbury Manufacturing company. which was to be tried before the iury this morning, was settled out of court. There being no other case ready to be tried Judge Bradstreet excused the iurv until 10 o'clock tomorrow. The weather must be rather humili- ating to Horace Johnson of Middle Haddam. It will be remembered that he predicted heavy storms between the 28th of March and the second of the present month. In fact that period has | ma FL rnh hWyk ktnnh h.N,k Al year.
 Attorney Charles H. Sawyer of Meri- den, yesterday drew papers in a suit for criminal libel against the Waterbury Sunday Herald. The damages claimed are $1O,OOO. The suit is brought bv A. J.. Tucker on account of an article which appeared in the Herald on Sun day.
 Annie Irwin, of Simonsville, while playing with some children about her house, fell down an enbankment, yester- day afternoon, striking on some sharp stone or other substance and received a dangerous cut on the wrist. Dr Hayes was called and dressed the wound, Six stitches was required to close up the gash.
 Mrs Maria T. Richards of Providence delivered an interesting lecture upon | "George Eliot" at the First church par Tors yesterday afternoon. The lecturer treated in an entertaining way the life and works of 8 woman whose "Adam Bede," "Mill on the Floss" and other books will live in the memory of the many thousand admirers of the famous novelist.
 The Berlin Bridge company, at East Berlin, are running their factories but hVe days week for the present, It is not Tor lack of orders that the men are put on short time, but to give the nat tern makers a chance to catchYup with the -yardmen. The company has re- gently taken an order to erect an iron building 400 feet long to weigh 500 tons. TOT the Waterbury Brass company.
 The devotion of the forty hours closed with solemn high mass at the church or the Immaculate Conception at 9 o'clock this morning. GSb The officers were celebrant, Rev Father Walsh of IariHviile; deacon, Father Anthony of Winsted; sub-deacon, Father Schneider or New Britain; master of ceremonies, Father O.Donnell. Among the priests who assisted was the Rev Father McKeon of New Haven.
 The annual meeting of the Second Ecclesiastical society was held last eva,,- ing and the following officers were elected: Treasurer, A. M. Blakeslev: :: treasurer of the building fund, George E. Judd; society's committee, H. W. Scovin, A. A. Blackman, John A. Bovd Five thousand dollars has already been collected for the building fund. W. B. Brooks, George E, Judd and the SD. cleSys committee were appointed to gather ideas for the plans for the new church. e"
 The remains of Conductor Brewer were accompanied to Hopewell Satur- gay aiternoon @ by A. J. Smith, George Pythias, of Danbury. The train on which the body was taken was the one on which the dead conductor worked as fagman for several years, and Con ductor Morris and the trainmen placed handsome floral pillow upon the Gasket. Upon it was the name "WilI.S The funeral was held in Hopeweii yes