Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-01-05
CTTY NEWS.

The board of police commissioners will meet this evening.
 The New England road train from the east was over an hour late this after noon.
 Go to the museum, at 80 South Main street, and see the biggest snake on record.
 Frank G. Grogan of Hartford, a member of the Democrat State commit tee, is quite i'll with pneumonia.
 The Southern New England Telephone Co, has issued very handsome calen dar for 1899.
 Johu P. Stack, leader of the Second regiment band, was in the city this af ternoon and held a consultation with Colonel Doherty.
 The board of water commissioners or ganized last night. N. J. Welton was reelected president, and James A. Hynes was chosen secretary.
 Fred Harvey of this city, will meet an unknown on next Friday evening at the Ashwood house Ansonia, for match game of pool for $100 side.
 Martin Quigley, we'll known resi- dent of Thomaston, dropped dead in the street in that place this morning. Death was due to apoplexy and heart trouble,
 Prof J. E. Bartlett has been appointed musical director of the Concordia Sing ing society. The music committee for 1892 will consist of Louis Ave, Louis Strobel, Frank Herr and Charles Zoenble.
 The weather still continues mild, but our counters are loaded down with garments of every description. The Upson, Singleton & Go carry clothing for everybody.
 It is understood that quite an event is soon to take place in this town in the place, and w. J. Finnegan of Water bury.-Naugatuck Enterprise.
 The following officers have been elected by the American band. Presi- dent, John w. Parsons; vice president, John Austin; secretary, Charles E. Young; treasurer, Thomas Bernard; business manager and leader, F. H. Blake; librarian, William $. French.
 Under the auspices of the church of the Sacred Heart, the new romantic Irish drama, "The Shamrock and Rose" will be presented at Jacques opera house on St Patrick's night, March F. The new play abounds in music, mirth and pathos, and is in four acts and eight scenes.
 Acting Governor Bulkeley has ap-
 
 member of the soldiers hospital board m place of the late Colonel G. NJ. White. The appointment is made upon the recommendation of Department Commander H. N. Fanton of the G. A. R.
 A bad rock slide occurred on the Meri- den, Waterbury 6 Connecticut River road at Hanover yesterday afternoon. The tracks were buried many feet under a pile of rock and dirt and it was found necessary to transfer passengers until noon to-day, when the tracks were cleared. All trains over the road since last night were late.
 The general committee on admission to the Connecticut bar yesterday after noon passed upon the candidates who took the January examinations held last week. All the candidates in law were rejected but one. Several of those talk ing the preliminary literary eXamina- These examinations are held semi annually, in Hartford in January, at New Haven in June.
 Thomas H. Hayes, Richard F. Phelan. P. w. Connor and Registrar of Voters Henry J. Flanagan left for New York to-day. and to morrow will sail for Europe on the City of Paris, to be ab- sent about two months. A reception was rendered to Mir Hayes last night by a few of his friends, at David David's Among those present were: F. J. Rametti, Thomas Bland, Thomas Con lon of Conlon Bros, City Clerk Kilduff, NJ. Woods, Dr Axtelle, Robert Me Grath, w. A. Sawyer, P. J. Bolan, Chris Strobel, Edward Williams and others. A pleasant feature of the evenings en- tertainment was the presentation to Mir some bric-a-brac. A very pleasant even ing was spent. Many friends of the party were at the depot this morning to see them off.