Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-29
CITY NEWS.

St Margaret's school closed yesterday for the Easter vacation.
 American band concert at City hall this evening; admission free.
 The will of Mary M. Shearon was filed for probate this afternoon. E. F. Durand division, No ii, U. R. K. F., will give a sociable in Leaven- worth hall Thursday, April 6. J.F. Phelan Is suffering with a severe | attack of the grip and his customers may | not expect him on his usual trips this I week. The Waterbury Photographic society ! will exhibit the slides of the Boston and | Pawtucket societies of Amateur Pho | ! tography ot their rooms this evening.
 The remains of Colonel Frederick A. | Mason of Bridgeport were brought to \ this city on the 1:12 a. m. train to-day, for interment in Riverside cemetery.
 The annual concert and reception of Barcelona Council, K. of c, will be held | in City hall on Monday evening. Der gems orchestra will furnish music; Uf- fendale will be prompter.
 The Cooperative clothing store is now located in its new quarters in Holohans block, the new store just toners with full line of spring stock.
 I. Chase's millinery emporium is all hurry and hustle to-day and no doubt will be this evening and tomorrow also, as these are the days of hls annual mil linery opening. Many new novelties and styles are shown.
 Tomorrow is Curran's bargain day and you can get all your Easter furnish lings at the usual Thursday reduction Store will be open until p. m. Good Friday and bargain day prices will con- Itinue good till then.
 The celebrated trio of Tyrolean war blers will be among the attractions at the fair of the Concordia society next Iweek. There will be display and sale Iof fancy articles each evening, supper will be served and dancing also, is on the program.
 Miss Mary Duffy had the bodies of her mother, Mrs Bridget Duffy, who died about two months ago, and of her two sisters, the Misses Maggie and Rose Duffy, who died some time ago, re- moved to TameQua, Pa, yesterday after noon for final interment at that place.
 The following will comprise the Acme base ball team, who will compete against the Yale Law school team next Friday at the West End grounds: James Wv. Keavney End b, William Fox 3rd b, P. Phelan ss, P. Conroy If, H. Crane of, E. Futile If, J. Hahn substitute.
 The New Haven Palladium says that the controlling interest in the New Haven Morning News is about to be purchased by a stock company com- posed of several prominent Elm City democrats and that the paper will be made the organ of their party, John J. Splain, formerly of this city, to become oI its editor under the new regime. I Weather Prophet Horace Johnson confides this prediction to the Hartford !. Post: "There will be an intermittent @ storm put in an appearance from the |. Ithirty-first of the present month to the Isecond of April. Indications are that it may be binding snow storm, possibly + rain. A storm we shall have, after }, which some very fine weather"
 The members of the Painters union land few of the boss painters held 6 meeting last night and tried to adjust . their differences on the nine hour ques tion. Arguments pro and con were Igiven, but no understanding was Ireached. Tonight the boss painters will hold a meeting and try to arrange matters.
 The New Haven News says that or April 4, at the stockholders meeting tC
 be held in New Haven to ratify nnm
 Der of railroad leases, the corporate
 
 Hartford system will be changed to the
 "New Haven & Old Colony Railway.
 The News says it makes this announce
 ment on the authority of those in {
 position to speak definitely.
 Officer Claffey while passing through
 John Byron's coal yard on Dublin street
 about Il o'clock last night, found
 youth in the yard filling a bag witt
 coal. He was brought to the station = and this morning said he was James
 Sayles, 23 years of age and that hi
 him for the coal. He appeared to b,
 half witted. Judge Bradstreet finet
 him $5 and costs.
 At the regular drill of Go G last even ing Captain Wolff appointed Senio Sergeant Thomas F. Hallinan, first ser '' geant, to fill the vacancy caused by tho = expiration of term of service of Firs
 Sergeant William T. Keavney. Private
 Jobn Dillane was appointed corporal a The company was put through another v new guard manual, just issued by tn, " state. It is simpler than any of thu 'r prior ones and it is hoped will be tht e last one.
 " The chart of the City hall, for the ex !, change of tickets for the graduation exercises of the High school class of '93 will not be placed in Cones drug stor, u6Ab 4uSSANy InOSt
 desiring tickets for the exercises car
 procure them as usual by applying per ), sonally or by letter to Superintendent
 Crosby, any of the High school teacher
 or the members of the graduating class = Applications by letter should enclose al
 envelope and stamp.
 The down Naugatuck express, whel
 near Naugatuck junction Monda,
 morning, was a few minutes late, bu
 slackened speed as usual when ap
 proaching the drawbridge over tn
 Housatonic river. While crossing , switch, one of the springs broke on tn |, forward truck of the engine. Tn , heavy machinery settled so that tn ,d point of the pilot stuck into the groun D. and doubled under the engine, rippin Iup the ties four or five rods. Tn sa9 drivers were not affected and the trail
 was stopped without any more seriou
 damage than the wrecking of the pilo
 and several score of ties. The pilot wa