Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-04-25
CITY NEWS.

Prof J. E. Bartlett began his duties as ' organist at St Johns church yesterday. Hartford, like Waterbury, has taken the first steps towards having all dogs muzzled.
 Mir and Mrs Alfred BIackman left to- day for a three months trip to Cali fornia. .sgr The condition of the Rev Father Lancaster, who is i'll from pneumonia, is slightly improved. -s The first battalion drill of the season will be held at the armory thls evening. Major Burpee will be in command.
 There will be meeting of the Fourth Ward Regular Democratic club at their rooms on River street this evening at o'clock.
 J. L. Els, agent of the United States Express company, left for New Haven to day to take charge of the office in that city.
 The democratic town committee will meet this evening at 8 o'clock to make arrangements for the coming primaries, and to name the time. p
 James O'Donnell, formerly empolYed as clerk for Conlon Bros, was yesterday removed to the hospital. He is suffer- ing from pneumonia.
 The roof of the casting room at Bene- dict 6 Burnhsm's factory caught fire late Saturday afternoon, but the blaze was promptly extinguished before any damage was done.
 Many Waterbury people will attend the wedding of Patrick Daley and Miss Minnie Brennan of Naugatuck on We'd nesday afternoon. The contracting parties are well known in this city.
 Colonel Doherty left for New Haven this afternoon to meet the board of survey of the Connecticut National Guard, relative to matters connected with the Second regiment.
 A telegram received Saturday evening from Cohoes, N. Y., stated that Mary Whalen had been killed there by the cars. She was a relative of the family of Bernard Tracy of 37 Fuller street.
 Detective Cronin of Bridgeport ar rived in this city on the 1:12 train this afternoon to look up matters concerning Roberts and Robinson, the two sneak thieves arrested at the Earle house a few days ago.
 Sheriff Mcdonald went to Bridgeport Saturday to supoena witnesses for the Hotchkiss- Boylan adultery case, which the superior court, which opens to- morrow.
 The grocery store of Mrs Mary Keenan, at the corner of Scovill and Cole streets, was entered yesterday morning and $4 stolen. The robbers effected an entrance by way of the cellar.
 The Easter collection for the seminari- ans, taken up at the church of the Inn maculate Conception, amounted to $74O. | Next Sunday the annual collection for the hospital will be taken up at the church.
 The annual far of the parish of St Ann will open nthe City hall to-mor- row evening and will continue until May 9 inclusive. A good stage entertain ment and other innocent amusements will be provided each evening.
 The case of Charles T. Corner, whose wife wanted 8 conservator appointed over his estate, was heard in the probate court to-day. Judge Phelan dismissed the case as not involving enough to make the appointment necessity.
 Napoleon Bernier, who was a few days ago appointed as a sub-letteI Isigned. Edward Meyers was to-day appointed to the position made vacant by Mir Bernier's resignation.
 The fair given by the Rose Hill Social club closed Saturday night. It was one of the most successful affairs ever given by the society. The club presented Miss Mamie Meah with a gold watch and Miss B. Hover a handsome ring for their earnest work during the fair.
 The committee on teachers examina. tion, consisting of Messrs Mulcahy Pierce and Hayes, held session at the High school Saturday. Seventy-two young ladies presented themselves fol examination for teachers certificates. The committee will make their report in about a week.
 William Barry of 36 Scovil street, an employe of the Waterbury Farrell Foun injured by a wheel falling on his Jeff foot at the factory this morning. Dl Holmes found the great toe and one oi the smaller ones so badly crushed that amputation was necessary.
 A party of Waterbury people, mum bering twenty.Une, left thIs afternoon for Portland, Oregon, where they will locate. The party included Mir and Mrt James Day and children, Mir and MrE E. M. Warner, Mir Warmers brother wife and mother, Mir and Mrs Miles Oviatt and Mrs Oviatt's mother, Mrs E. H. Oviatt and child.
 Nearly one hundred German Catho lies assembled in St Patrick's hall yesterday afternoon, to organize 8 Ger man Catholic church society. Jacot Daniels presided and J. Sach acted as secretary. It was the sense of the meeting that the Germans needed a German Catholic church in Waterbury The meeting adjourned until next Sun. day afternoon.
 Numbers two and three of COnnecti cut school documents are being sent out by the state board of education, They are lessons m physics and chemistry re spectively. There is a growing demand for the teaching of science in the public schools and these pamphlets are de signed to show what should be taught and the best methods to be pursued The board of education believes that the teacher who conscientiously employs 6 short time every day in work of this kind will be 8 more useful teacher and that among the nupila an increased in.