Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-04-16
CITY NEWS.


 Many of the factories are cloeed to- day and will resume work Monday.
 Collections for the hospital will be taken up in the Protestant churches to- \ morrow.
 Sheriff Tomlinson was in town to-day. He was on his way to Wolcott, to serve some papers. ....
 Thomas Breen of River street is about to locate in Toledo, O. He will leave for the west on Monday.
 Bergen's orchestra will assist at both the morning and evening services in the Sacred Heart church tomorrow.
 The New York 6 New England Rail- road company's bond blll passed the house at Providence yesterday.
 Tomorrow being Easter Sunday a special musical programme will be rendered in all the churches. Contractor Edward McManus of 179 South Elm street says he has five hun dred loads of quarried building stones for sale.
 The three degrees will be worked up- on a number of candidates at the meet ing of Sheridan council, K. of 0, tO-mor- row afternoon.
 Miss Julia Fitzpatrick, the popular stamp clerk at the postoffice, left this afternoon to spend Easter with relatives in New Jersey.
 Charles Pulley, aged go years, of 215 South Main street, died Thursday even- ing. The funeral will take place Sun- day afternoon at o'clock.
 The time in which claims may be filed against the Naugatuck Granite company, has been heightened to the first Tue sday of next month.
 Reserved seats for s'Priscilla'' went on sale at the Park drug store this morning and were in great demand. The opera promises to be big success.
 The Waterbury term of the superior court will open on Tuesday, at the dis journ to New Haven.
 John c. Clark, J. B. Vallee and Joseph Munger were supoenaed to-day as jurors for the term of the court of common pleas being held in New Haven.
 The annual sociable of the Young Mems Catholic Literary association will be given in Music hall on Friday evening, April 29. William Bergen'e orchestra will furnish music.
 The trustees of the state reform school have voted to engage a telegraph opera tor to instruct class of fifty boys, to establish a printing office at the school, and to teach stenography and type. | writing.
 The work of filling in around the tracks in the New England yards near the freight station is nearly completed and shippers having occasion to drive through that way will appreciate the improvement.
 Meany. A. O. F. of A. will be held in C. A. R. hall at o'clock tomorrow after noon to make arrangements for attend ing the funeral of the late Charles Tul ley.
 William Hellmann is having a circu lar prepared to send to delinquent tax payers, who still owe the taxes due when his late father, Martin Hellmann was tax collector, They will be sent out in few days.
 An unusually brilliant meteor ap peared this morning at 1:27 o'clock. Il appeared in view almost due west about forty degrees above the horizon and fell northerly. The heavens were lighted with an almost monday glare.
 Joseph O'NeilI is spending his vaca tion at his home in this city. Nil O'Neill attends Georgetown university and is frequent contributor of poetry to the college journal. Two of hi poems have been reprinted in severa papers.
 Postmaster Doherty has received word from the pOstoffice authorities that his request for an extra mai pouch to Naugatuck has been granted The pouch will leave on the :25 D. m train. This will make three daily mail between Waterbury and Naugatuck.
 A history of New Haven county, il two volumes of 200 pages each, hai been issued by Preston & Go, of New York. Nearly fifty pages is devoted tC Waterbury. The book contains stee engravings of General Kellogg, H. H Peck, E. c. Lewis, Senator Twitchell o Naugatuck and other we'll known men. . Lieutenant Bowen, in charge of th' ? United States recruiting station at New Haven, is in Washington. He went or to take examinations for promotion to captaincy. The lieutenant has proved f an efficient officer, and his promotion ii practically assured. He will rejoin hi regiment, the Fifth infantry, now ir Florida, next October.
 The following are the jury assign ments in the district court during thu next week: Tuesday, April 19, Long B worth vs Meriden, Waterbury & Con necticut River Railroad Go; Healy VI Dwyer. Thursday, April 2l, Egan VI - Kingsbury; Delane vs Matthew & Willard Manufacturing Go The following special court assignmen is made: Tuesday, April 26, May VI McCabe.
 The county commissioners on Thurs day investigated the charges that hay, been made against the jail officials re garding the food furnished prisoners The board is of the opinion that tn, complaints have been made withou warrant, but at the same time the mem bers will investigate further befor, satisfied that Jailer O'Keefe is con l ducting the institution on busines principles.
 The new time card on the New Eng land road will go into effect tomorrow There are several important changes The Long Island Boston express trains lanvi hnra nh 2.An O m hnun hoo,