Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-12-01
CITY NEWS.

S. c. Adams of Hartford is visiting friends in town.
 An important meeting of the Hibern- ian rifles will be held this evening.
 Officers and delegates will be elected at the meeting of Wadhams post, G. A. R., this evening.
 Edward, aged 2 years, son of Mir and Mrs Patrick Sugrue of Tracey avenue, died this morning.
 Miss Emma Bishop of 73 Field street, who has been very sick with inflamma- tory rheumatism, is slowly recovering.
 The Fourth division, A. o. H., have voted to send a check for a substantial amount to their brother members at Homestead, Pa.
 Michael Donovan, who has been living in the west for the past seven years, is visiting his parents on Wash ington street.
 The first annual sociable of the Bakers and Confectioners' International union will be held in Concordia hall on Saturday evening, December F. Boys skates given away with three pounds of tea or baking powder, at the New York & China Tea Go, 1S1 South Main. Come and get your blanks. Joseph McGrath has leased the first IlOOT OI Jn6 MCGTdJn DlOCk on 0OuCn Main street, and Will open one of the handsomest sample rooms in the state. There was a very large party at the leap year sociable given at Music hall last evening. Over fifty couples partici- pated in the festivities, which were thoroughly enjoyed.
 The sociable committee of Go G are requested to meet at the armory Sun day afternoon to make final arrange ments for their sociable on Friday even ing, December 30.
 Hartford, New Haven, Waterbury and other of Meriden's suburban towns are experiencing a great deal of trouble over missing children. Why don't they take better care of their youngsters = Meriden Record.
 Joseph Bird, aged IS, disappeared from home in Branford on Monday. His family believe that he wandered away while slightly demented and the police in all the neighboring towns have been notified to watch for him.
 The board of health held it's monthly meeting at o'clock yesterday after noon. The bills for the month were read and ordered paid. Health Officer Frost reported the health condition of the city up to the average.
 The hospital visitors from December 1 to 15 will be Mrs George E. Terry of Stocking of Holmes avenue. All per sons wishing to send X &delicacies or articles for use may leave them with these ladies.
 One peculiar feature of the late liberal snow storm is that the further back you go in the state the less snow there is to be found. In New Haven and Bridge port there is more snow than in Water bury, while on the hills at Winste d there is less than half the amount that | fell here.
 D. Ward Northrop of Middletown and Senator Ben amin P. Mead of Canaan, acting as a board of state auditors, yesterday began the examination of the quartermaster generals books. They have completed the examination of the books of the school fund commissioner and the state treasurer.
 Mrs Bridget Collins died last night al her late residence, 61 Pleasant street after an illness of two days The de- ceased was the mother of John H., M J., P. w. and Miss Lizzie Collins, and of the late Mrs Joseph McEvoy. The funeral will take place Friday at S:3O with services in the church of the I'm maculate Conception.
 General orders issued to-day from the adjutant generals office in Hartford an nounce the honorable discharge ot First Lieutenant Putnam of Company H of Middletown, and Second Lieuten ant Twining of New Haven. By tn, discharge of these men Lieutenant Fitz patrick becomes senior first lieutenan and Lieutenant Halpin senior second lieutenant of the regiment Messr Fitzpatrick and Halpin completed fiv, years of service on the fifteenth of las month. Captain Wolff is third in ranl in the regiment.
 Senators Pierce of Bristol, Root O Waterbury, Holden of Ansonia, Gran dall of Norwich, Morgan of Bridgeport Houlihan of Newtown, Ensign of Sails bury and Fox of New Haven, all demo crats, Lieutenant Governor Cady anc Chairman Davis of the state centra committee, held secret executive ses sion, yesterday at New Haven The, declare, though, that they were simply in social session with little dash O business. Last night they went to New town and enjoyed the hospitality O Senator Houlihan in the form of a gam, supper.
 The annual supper and fair of the s Johns parish, held at the parish hous, last evening, was we'll attended anC proved a financial success. The dolls drill by sixteen prettily attired littl misses and their dolls, was performed twice during the evening. The Cali fornia exhibit, which came directly from Los Angeles, was eagerly sough and all of the numerous articles O which it was comprised were sold early The six supper tables were liberally patronized. The dance was led by NJ Judd and Miss Pretat and Mrs Georg, } Allerton was the capable accompanist. The Meriden Record says Jame Boyle of Waterbury has entered com plaint with the police that trunk O goods stored by him in Lanagan's block on State street, this city, has beer stolen. Boyle's entire household furni ture is stored in the block. He visited the place Sunday and discovered tha his goods had been ransacked. Tn, contents of the missing trunk wer clothing. Suspicion fastened itself ol William M. Valentine, who worked fo the Meriden Buckle company, who's plants adjoins Lanagan's building. Tn police visited Valentines house ol