Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-02-10
CITY NEWS.

Arthur Boullet of Holyoke, Mass, is visiting relatives in this city.
 The funeral of Freddie, the three year old son of Fred Dondero, of East Main street, who died Monday, was held yesterday.
 George Robbins 6 Go, crockery dealers, of East Main street, made an assignment yesterday, naming E. L. Bolster as trustee.
 The Second division, A. o. H., at their meeting last evening, voted Tn favor of holding the state parade of the order in Waterbury.
 The members of the@ Acme Social club, over fifty in number, were re. gently photographed and a set of pictures handsomely framed will adorn the clubs parloIs.
 Anthony Hines, charged with theft and intoXication, was the only prisoner before the police court this morning. Hines stole an overcoat. He was fined $10 and costs for theft and $1 and costs for drunkenness.
 William McGrath and Street Inspector Wright brought in the handsomest string of pickerel of the season, yesterday. The catch weighed seventy-five pounds and averaged nearly a pound piece. The first were taken from Bantam lake.
 The Hall & Upson Ice Go will have a large gang of men cutting ice on the "out east" pond tonight. It is so warm that 1t was found impracticable to do the work in the day time. The ice is from nine to twelve inches thick and of excellent quality.
 At the German Lutheran church on LeaveDworth street, Monday afternoon, Rev William Brend, pastor of the Ger man Lutheran'church at Seymour and Ansonia, and Miss Augusta Geith, of Buffala, N. Y., were married by Rev Mir Jentsch. Mir and Mrs Charles Pfuderer Brend left on the 3:25 train for Sey- mour.
 A meeting of representatives of the driving associations of Connecticut was held in Norwalk Monday. A circuit for the coming season was arranged as fol- lows: New Britain May 24 to 27 inclu- sive; Waterbury May 30, 31, June and ?; Derby June to 10 inclusive; Nor walk June II to F inclusive. The purses given will average about S2 ,000 for each meeting,
 Joseph c. McEvoy and Miss Mary A. Collins were married by the Rev Father Kennedy at the church of the Immaculate Conception, at s:8O thls
 
 man and Miss Lizzie Collins was brides. maid. Mir and Mrs McEvoy left for Boston and other places on the o'clock train.
 Jean B. Ledoux of Union street, buffer at the Ring shop, narrowly es- capped being seriously injured on Mon day. While adjusting a belt his clothing became entangled in the shafting and was torn into ribbons. His right leg was sprained and painfully lacerated, but no bones were broken. He will be unable to walk without the aid of a cane fol some time.
 At the beginning of the season it was supposed that the 1891 tobacco crop would be one of the best ever raised in Connecticut. A white veil has, how ever, been discovered in some stock, the extent of which cannot be determined as yet. One dealer, who has invested heavily, says he is not alarmed and thinks that, as a whole, the crop will be satisfactory.
 The following officers were chosen by the Master Plumbers Association of Connecticut, in annual convention yesterday at New Haven. President l.. H. Mills, Bridgeport; first vice-presi dent, s. E. Dibble, New Haven; second vice-president, James Aherp. Hartford; ; secretary, Q. S. Eames, Bridgeport treasurer, Thomas D. Barlow. Water bury. It was voted to hold the next convention in New Britain.
 Freight traffic has been light on the New England road west of Hartford for the past few days. All the sidings be- tween Waterbury and HawleYviIle which are usually filled with cars are now empty. A train of empty coal cars went through to Hawleyville esterdav for the first time in two years, so the trainmen say, the engine came back light" i. e. without picking up cars on the way.
 While Mrs George Sheehan and her seven-year-old daughter were driving down Niagara street yesterday after noon the horse became unmanageable and ran away, overturning the carriage and throwing out the occupants. Mrs Sheehan was dragged several yards and sustained a fracture of the left arm and other injuries. Her daughter received a severe scalp wound. Dr Hayes was summoned and attended to their iniu- ries. The horse did not stop until the carriage. was badly wrecked.
 The state council of the American Mechanics will convene in New Haven on March 9, for the purpose of in struction in the third degree of the | order. Charter Oak of Hartford, Leeds of Stamford and Ledyard of New Lon don will exemplify the work. Every council in this jurisdiction will be re- quested to send their officers so that they may be thoroughly instructed in the unwritten language of the ritual Visitors will be present from many states and take in the first council of in | struction held since the organiZationsof the order.
 Still another of those seven year en- dowment and sick benefit orders is in trouble. The American Fraternal circle, which has two lodges in New Haven, with a membership of about 25O, is in critical condition, and the meeting held in Baltimore, Md, last week, was called for the purpose of re. vising the constitution and by Jaws so as to enable the order to pay the premiums that will become due this year. Another well known order of the kind, known as T