Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-07-14
CITY NEWS.

C1I NEWS.
 D.. H. Tierney left this morning for a short business trip to New York.
 Misses Jennie M. O'Neill and Alice NJ. Niver are attending the summer school at Martha's Vineyard.
 M, H. WaAs and M. Fl. Waas, il, left this morning for New York. They will sail tomorrow for Europe to be gone two months.
 Sheridan council will hold its regular meeting this evening at 8 o'clock. This will be the first meeting since the change was made and a full attendance is requested.
 St Cecilia's society and choir will hold meeting at 7:S0 this evening. in the hall on Scovil street, to further ar range for an excursion to be held to Lage Quassapaug next Wednesday.
 Justice Frank P. Brett has decided the case of Jeremiah Keefe vs James Flynn ct ux, which he heard the other day, in favor of the defendant, to re- ceive $l and costs. It was an action to recover $T for rent.
 Constable O'Brien went to the ''branch" this afternoon and attached again the goods of V. Valerie, for a bill of $S0 for groceries, due Frank Pope, a Bank street store keeper. The water works committee was garuisheed.
 According to recent orders by Colonel tDoherty of the Second regiment, Ma jor Callahan of New Haven is given the lcommand of the first battalion, and the newly elected major, Arthur NJ. Dickin- Ison, is given command of the second battalion.
 At 6 meeting of the directors of the American Pin company yesterday, A. | M PloEnalaa Nx-aa E.la,7kaA TNraciAanR Nha office being made vacant by the death of the late T. 1. Drlggs. E. M. Burrall was chosen to fill the vacancy on the board of directors.
 The auditing committee of the Knights of Columbus yesterday audited the books of General Secretary Danie Colwell and Treasurer F. D. Ryan anC found them correct. During the past year the order has paid out in endow ments alone SIS ,606.03.
 Mrs Sherman Chapman, aged S7 years mother of E. L. Chapman of SS7 Wes Main street, died yesterday in Daniel sonville. The funeral services will b, held at o'clock tomorrow afternoon from her sons residence, after whicl interment will be in Riverside cemetery
 The general committee of the A. o F. of A, has elected the following of icers: Chairman, J. s. Hayes; secretary ID. J. Griffin; treasurer, George HuskeT It has been decided that instead of hold ing the usual field day exercises tn Foresters will give festival and enter tainment.
 The Central Labor union will cleo officers at this evenings meeting. : representative of the Meriden Centra Labor union will speak on topics of in terest, and the report of the committe from the Bakers union will be acte upon. The recently elected delegate are requested to be present.
 James A. Hynes went to Watertowl last night and measured the members O the St Johns Drum corps for their neI Uniforms. The suits will be of dar blue cloth, trimmed with silver braid They will be furnished by the Water bury One Price Clothing company an will be ready for the picnic of St John parish, to be held in about two weeks.
 Charles Fl. Parker of Jewelry street for many years baggage master on Con [ ductor Dinsmores train on the NeV England road, has accepted a position a conductor on the New Britain electri street railway of which Mir Dinsmore manager. The New England has lost st faithful and efficient duo in MessI Il Dinsmore and Parker.
 1T Edward Beach, son of Superiutender Beach, writes to his father from Chicag that he was on top of the transportatio building when the fire broke out in th cold storage building, and witnessed tn whole scene. "I cannot understand ? writes Mir Beach, "why I viewed th that experience for the entire exhib tion."
 n, The next concert of the America N band will be given on the green Mor day evening, when the following prt gramme will be rendered: March, "Th Windy City," Mackie; overture, "Morr ing, Noon and Night" Suppe; selection
 Martha" Flotow; romance and boler, ''In Old Madrid" Trotere; paraphras on Jerusalem the Golden:" selection "Wflliam Tell" Rossini; schottisch, White; Star Spangled Banner"
 President Mcleod of the New Tor and New England railroad is in BostoI 1T Mr Mcleod says his official and persons headquarters are now established Boston permanently. The statement i Philadelphia paper that the New EI gland has secured offices in the Euui able building in New York and that N McLeod's headquarters will be in Ne York is erroneous. The New Englan ' company has secured a small offiC | AANAtaOAC TUT lnt - action of such business as of necessit has to be done in New York.
 The trouble at the depot arising froI the locking of the doors of the waitin room continues, and bears down e pecially hard upon old people. On tt arrival of the 2:l0 train yesterday afte noon from Waterbury nearly 100 peopl followed one another down into u trap, only to be obliged to climb tt , stairs again. Several of these passenger ,d were aged persons, and while the tri D down was successfully accomplished tt climb up the twenty-five steps was 1 task that tested their strength to the II most. Officer McElroy warns as man as he can, but his other duties preveI
 him from always being at tha head ( the stairs, and besides, the four fligh of stairs leading down to the waiTin room are too many for one man guard.-Hsrtford Courant.
 John J. Neville, the story of who. escapade was published in yesterday paper, was sorry looking wreck m tt