Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-12-10
CITY NEWS.

Gordon B. Lawrence was approved as trustee on the insolvent estate of Frank Debarde this afternoon.
 A baby daughter has been added to the family of William Bergin, the Washington street barber.
 A number of the Waterbury news paper men will attend the press club banquet in New Haven this evening.
 Barcelona Council, K. of O., will work the second degree upon fifteen candi- dates at..to-morrow night meeting.
 The body of Spencer w. Dikeman, who died Wednesday afternoon, was taken to New Haven this morning for interment.
 The Punch Bowl club will give leap year dance Monday evening in Pythian hall, in return to the one given by the ladies last April.
 Friends of Mrs Andrew Moran will be glad to learn that she has recovered from her recent illness and is enjoying her usual good health.
 A decree of foreclosure was granted to Michael Woods this morning against James Claffey ct ux on note; SIG. 50 with costs was given to the plaintiff.
 Thomas Moran, a New England road brakeman, was run over by a train in the Hartford yard, last evening. His foot will probably have to be amputat- ed.
 A mems sociable will take place next Thursday evening at the First Methodist church. The entertainment will con- sist of music, refreshments and ad- dresses.
 c. A. Peabody of Bridgeport, agent of the Adams Express company and widely known throughout New Eng land, died last night at the age of 35 years.
 The Sunday Dispatch, weekly news paper, will make it's first appearance in Danbury Sunday. Evan Jones, for merly of the Sunday Herald, will be asslstant editor.
 The Litchfield station of the Nauga tuck railroad will be known on and after tomorrow as East Litchfield. The change is to prevent confusion with the Litchfeld station on the Shepaug road. The meeting of the Naugatuck Valley Teachers association, held in the High school to-day, was largely attended. The program as announced was carried out, the addresses being interesting and | instructive.
 William H. Leary, who Is with the "On the Frontier" company, now play | ing in Ireland, continues to make a hit with the Irish people in his character of | an Irish reporter. The Dublin Freeman's Journal and Times speak in high terms of him.
 Arrangements are completed for the trading post of Tunxis and Toantick tribes of Red Men, to be held at City | hall, December 12 to F inclusive. A large number of season tickets have ! r~1I ,S,1 the affair is practically assured. I=Judge of Probate Phelan issued an or der this morning for the commitment of Mrs Reuben c. Hull and Albert H. Campbell to the Hartford insane asy- lum. Constable Rigney took Mrs Hull to Hartford this afternoon. The reason that both are committed to Hartford is that the Middletown asylum is full.
 The course of eight lectures given at the First Baptist church are being largely attended and are of more than ordinary interest. The subject of the course is: "A complete man. The third lecture of the series will be given tomorrow evening at o'clock by the pastor, Rev w. P. Elsdon, who will take up the thought of all-arOund integrity by the treatment of the question, ''Wil a Man Rob God?"
 The sacrament of confirmation will be conferred on a large class at the church of the Immaculate Conception on neXt Wednesday, instead of Tuesday, as be fore announced. The change is made on account of the absence of Rev Father Mulcahy, who left this morning to at tend the funeral of the Rev Father Gately in Baltimore, and will not be home until Wednesday.
 Miss Jarvis, president of the Con necticut Association of Working Girls societies, gave an interesting talk to the girls present in the Friendly league rooms last evening. Miss Jarvis told oi the delightful summer vacation spent at the cooperative homes at Newtowr and SaYbrook. Another home will bt opened next summer, in which it is ex pected the Waterbury club will take ar interest.
 St Mary's church in Norwalk of which the Rev William J. Slocum is permanent rector, will be consecrated tomorrow by the Right Rev Bishop McMahon. The solemn pontifical high mass will be cele brated by Bishop Hawkins of Provi dence and Bishop Bevens of Springfield
 will preach the sermon. Rev Father, Duggan and Treanor of this city vii assist at the exercises. Father Treano
 will be sub-deacon; Father Duggan vii go down in the afternoon.
 By January 1 double track will b
 finished from Black Rock to Plainvill
 on the New York & New England road
 The iron is now laid on all but a fev short stretches. A short distance onl,
 is to be graded at the east end of tn long switch at Plainville to make Q double track to Cooks pond, and thel
 there is a half mile or so through tn pond and two or three places at Blacl
 Rock where some blasting must b
 done. Large gangs of men are at worI 8 on all of these places.
 The St Aloysius Dramatic club are re
 hearsing the drama "The Spy of Gettys , burg" which they will produce early il
 February. The following is the cast
 Gus Meade, John Brennan; Harr
 Lenox, John O'Donnell; Major Timoth
 Tapley, William Ryan; Uncle Nose Mulvey, John Kilduff; Cyril Blackburn k John Costenbader; Solomon Lincolr
 Frank Casey; Captain Warren, Bernar
 Bolan Jenison Waterous, John Nc
 Evoy; Mable Meredith, Miss Nellie Hay t den; Lottie Evans, Miss Maggi : Coughlan; Mrs Moses Mulvey, Nils
 Nellie Quigley.