Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-06-21
CITY NEWS.

Phelan, the tea man, has good wagon for sale, cheap.
 J. J. Casey of New York is viisting friends in this city.
 J. w. Smith and wife left this morn ing for an extended stay at Nantucket.
 O. O. Chambers and family went to their cottage at Southport to-day for the summer months.
 Michael Hart, formerly of this city, | died in Jersey City on Monday, and was buried this afternoon.
 The committee on water supply will | meet tomorrow evening at o'clock in the mayors office, city hall.
 Local union, No BIO, Painters and Decorators of America, will meet Thurs | day evening at 8 o'clock in Bronson's hall. One of the Waterbury Furniture Co.'S wagons, heavily loaded with furniture, broke down on South Man street this afternoon.
 The road board will hold an ad- journed meeting this evening to con- slider the submitted plans of the Water bury Traction company.
 In the case of Thatcher against Gerrish, tried yesterday in the district court, the jury returned verdict for the plaintiff to recover $400. A committee from the Central Labor Union will call on the boss bakers this evening with view of having the bake shops employ none but union men. 4 W. J. McElligott, son of Selectman McElligott, is home to see his sister graduate from the convent of Notre Dame and visit his parents. He will re- main until after the Fourth.
 The case of Booth vs Dougherty, an action to recover for work done, is oc- cupying the attention of the district court today. The jury will probably be dismissed when this case is finished.
 John Ryan had the index finger of his right hand caught in a shearing ma chine at Randolph 6 Gloves factory last night and so badly smashed that Dr Frost had to amputate it at the second joint.
 Conductor Henry Ashton has severed his connection with the Merider 6 Wa. terbury branch of the New England road. Mir Ashton has held the position for some time and was one of the most Inexperienced men in the employ of the company.
 The fourteenth annual picnic of the St Jean Baptiste society will be held Saturday afternoon and evening on the West End grounds. An interesting programme of sports has been arranged for the afternoon. Bergen's orchestra will furnish music for dancing.
 (lMartin Bergin, as usual, has laid in a big stock of firecrackers, comprising all of the seasons novelties. He can SUD- ply any quantity on short notice and at very low prices. Call and see him be- fore you purchase for the glorious Fourth of July.
 | The First division, A, O. H., held its annual meeting last night and chose the following list of officers for the ensuing } year: President, John E. Finley; vice. president, Thomas Lynch; recording secretary, Hugh Feely; financial secre- tary, Peter Murphy; treasurer, James Meagher. The minor offices will be filled at the next meeting.
 The newsboy on the s o'clock train from Hartford this morning was dressed in his best suit of clothes and did not have his usual wares with him
 When asked what the trouble was, he vouchsafed the information: "We are on a strike for more pay and if we don't get it there won't be no more papers lpeddled on this train. Seer
 The funeral of Nathan w. Tomlinsor
 was held at 9 o'clock this afternoon
 from the family residence, 35 Crane
 street. The funeral services were helC
 
 [. Rev Dr Rowland. The pallbearers were ' members of Wadhams' post, G. A. R . of which the deceased was an esteemed
 member. Interment was at Riverside ]. cemetery.
 t The following officers were elected a Il the meeting of Alex Won HumboI f lodge, N. E. O. F., last evening: War
 den, John Kirschbaum; vice-warden
 Joseph Zwibel; recording secretary
 Louis Strobel; financial secretary, E. R
 Kersten; treasurer, Henry Doerr; chap D Reif; inside guard, Henry Honeger 2 outside guard, Joseph Busslinger
 trustees, Dr Joseph Werner, Johr
 Wiehn and J. Kirschbaum.
 James Farley, aged 70 years, died las N night at the residence of his daughter Mrs w. s. Russell, 135 Hillside avenue
 The deceased was a resident of New
 Haven and came to this city two week.
 ago to visit his daughter. The funera . will be held tomorrow morning with {
 requiem mass at the Immaculate Con
 the remains will be taken to Bridgepor
 for interment.
 In the police court this morning Johl ! Kelly, charged with being drunk, wa ) fined $5 and costs by Judge Bradstreet
 Bernard Dressell had two charges t. II answer, being drunk and throwing ' stones at street car. He protested
 that he had taken only two glasses O
 beer, and that it was not a stone that h. A threw at the car, but piece of ice tha he was holding on sore finger, whicl
 slipped. As the conductor testified tha
 1t had left large dent in the side of tn = car, Dressell's testimony did not seen to amount to much, and the iudg k made the penaltu S5 and cnsts in eacl