Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-14
CITY NEWS.

Openlng Of the Sacred Heart church talr tonight at City hall.
 The police board will hold special meeting this evening.
 Annual muster and inspection of the local battalion this evening.
 The adjourned meeting of the common council last evening was further adjourned until next Monday evening.
 c. Collard Adams is personally conduct ing vigorous fight against yiolators of the dog law at his home in Cromwell.
 As is usual at this time of the year the New York < New England road are burn ing 150 old and useless cars at the yards in East Hartford.
 Dr B. 4. O'Hara was to-day appointed administrator on the estate of his deceased uncle, Rev Mortimer c. Brennan of Brook lyn, New York.
 Water takers are reminded that the water rents for the past six months were due and payable November l, and that to all unpaid bills five per cent must be added after the 18th inst.
 There are advertised letters at the post office for Chas Atwood, J. W. Brown, a Chas Book, Geo Ford, Wm J. Leonard, (Sl. w. W. Reed. Mrs J. W. Reed, Chas I. Shaver and F. D. West
 The 1un6Il O1 LuuSSI NdEHcSau, Nuc four year old son of Joseph Garneau of waterville, was held at o'clock this after noon with services in St Ann's church and interment in Calvary cemetery.
 G, orge E. AIbee of New Haven, I. $. A. P. < O. O., which means, inspector of small arms, practice and ordinance officer, will hold muster and inspection of the two local companies, G and A, at s o'clock this evening.
 \ pleasant surprise party was gwen to Miss Ella Harper, 79 East Clay street. last night by friends numbering twenty couples. Singing and dancing was kept up until o'clock this morning A boun- tiful supper was served.
 The funeral services of Mrs Margaret Quinn, aunt of Rev Father Mulcahy, were held at St Patrick's church at Hartford yesterday. Rev Father Mulcahy cele- brated solemn high mass. Rev Father Tierney acted as deacon, Rev Father Lynch of Hartford acted as sub deacon and Rev Father Leddy of Hartford, as master of ceremonies.
 Officers of the Second regiment are wondering what become of their com missions, or rather they are at loss to know why they are not forthcoming. Way back in July they were examined by the state board and shortly before the last en- campment received notice through general orders that they had passed, yet for some unexplained reason the adjutant general had not sent them their commissions, and although inquiry has been made, they have neither received an explanation nor the coveted commissions.
 Edward Brady, the prize fighter who was arrested at the "Gate House" yesterday for obtaining $500 worth of furniture from the ,F f. oF on false pretenses will be tried Saturday. Brady was arraigned in the New Haven city court this morning but the case went over as the defense requesteda a continuance. Brady claims to have purchased the fur niture outright from stranger and has a receipt to back up this statement. The firm to whom the goods belong however, expect to prove that Brady was the originator of the fraud.
 4 Connecticut Associated Press dispatch from Ansonia to the DEMOCRAT states that while Professor Pole. the dancing master, and friend were driving from this city to Seymour last night, their horse was sud- denly..stopped by a fence rail, which was stretched across the road. They got ont to see what the trouble was about, when three highwaymen sprang out from the bushes and demanded their money, jew elry and overcoatS. Professor Pole and his companion were armed, and instead of giving up their valuables. drew revolvers and the robbers fled.
 Superintendent Smith of the New Haven police force, whose police experience covers thirty years, has theory that cer- tain forms of crime predominate during | certain seasons of the year. This conclu- sion was reached by him from a complete record kept and careful comparison made. January and February are noted for bur glaries; March and April. on account of | the trade for Easter, for shoplfting; May and June, nothing particular; July and August, on account of exodus to mountain and seashore, burglaries; September and October, horse thieving; November, stab bing and shooting; December, on account of Christmas, shoplifting. These are sim ply special times for the detailed crimes. Officers Byrnes and Thomas brought in 1 a stranger this morning, whom they found | lying in a carriage and the horse roaming l about the streets. He was too drunk to give his name. This afternoon he had not yet recovered from his stupor sufficiently to tell his name. He is down on the slate as No 10." Another victim in the tolls is William R. Sliney. Deputy Sheriff Carney came up from New Haven this morning in search of Shney, who had committed an assault a short time ago in Branford. Detective Egan went on a search and this afternoon he was located working in a second hand store on Phoenix