Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-16
OrTY NEWS.


 at the opeIa house this evening.
 The Ida Klein Operatic Concert com | pany at Leavenworth hall this evening, The German National band will hold l it's second grand concert and ball at Concordia hall this evening.
 Another local assembly of the Knights of Labor will be organized this evening at the armory. There will be about 100 charter members.
 Finn, the East Main street shoe dealer, wants parents to call and see his school shoes, the best made. There is a great saving made by using them.
 The funeral of Maggie Cassidy will be held from the residence Of her parents on Cassidy avenue at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon, to the church of the 1mmac- ulate Conception.
 Dr J. J. McEvoy of this city, who located a short time since in Bristol, has removed his office to this city, and will occupy the quarters formerly occupied by Dr Gill.
 The case of Fitzpatrick vs J. w. Mcdonald is being heard before Judge Bradstreet in the district court this afternoon. It is an action to recover eGods attached by defendant. There is a rumor about Bridgeport that the Wilmot & Hobbs Manufactur- ing company of that city have recently closed contracts for 30,000 tons of roll ing. The contract aggregates half million of dollars.
 | Mir an Mrs N. J. Welton left thIs morning for New York to join party, which leaves this evening en route for the City of Mexico. While in the latter city the party will be the guests of President Diaz.
 Special services will be held in the Catholic churches tomorrow, the feast of St Patrick. High mass will be cele- brated in the Sacred Heart church at o'clock and in the Immaculate Concep- tion church at 9 o'clock.
 The annual meeting of delegates to the Connecticut Fife and Drum Corps association was held in Hartford, March 15, and the following officers elected President, T. s. Bunnell of New Haveni wee president, P. H. Cremmins oi Hartford; secretary and treasurer, William Morris, jr, of New Haven. It was voted to hold the next convention in New Haven.
 A pretty necktie and apron sociable was held last night in Concordia hal under the auspices of the Ladies Con cordia society. Seventy-five couple: participated in the grand march, led by | ciety and Mrs E. Stops, president of thu ladies' branch. The music was by Faulmau's orchestra, and Leo Her prompted.
 At special meeting of Co A held il the armorY last night to elect a captain @ vice John P. Kellogg, resigned, Firs y Lieutenant James Geddes was elected t( 8 the vacant position; Second Lieutenant S Henry B. Carter was promoted to tn, q first lieutenancy by the unanimous votI s of the members present, and Corpora l W. Fl. Sandland was chosen second lieutenant.
 :, Weather Prophet Vaughn, of Nor walk, is out with another prediction il 3 which he says that there will be storm ' on the 17th, 18th, 24th, 27th and 31st O this month, the one on Thursday nex
 being a regular drummer" Horac
 Johnson rises to remark that he pre- , dicted our late blizzard. He now pre- diets another "great disturbance" iron March IS to 23.
 Mrs Margaret Weir, wife of Patricl
 Weir, died at her residence, IT Fulle street, at 10:30 this morning. She leave
 one son, Thomas Owens, and thre daughters, Miss Kate Weir, Mrs Thoma
 Finnegan of Wall street, and Mrs Johl
 Kelly of Stone street. The funeral vii
 take place at 1:30 Sunday afternoon t.
 the church of the Immaculate Concep
 tion, with interment in Calvary ceme
 tery.
 A change was made in the rules O
 the Consolidated road Monday. It wa directed to station agents and crossing tenders. It instructs these parties t,
 keep red flag, or red light, on tn
 track i've minutes after the passin, . of train. After the five minutes shal UhQUn hn so toly sV, and a green one substituted. This
 kept in position for five minutes. Tn
 red flag is the signal for an approaching train to stop, and the green flag notifie the engineer that caution is required.
 The Knights of Columbus is meeting some difficulty because of the stringen 0 insurance laws of Massachusetts. Tn order has recently been extended t. that state, and it now finds it neces sary to make some alterations in the law of the order to conform with the re quirements of Massachusetts law. 4 special meeting of the diaectors wa , held in New Haven, for the purpose O giving power of attorney to Insuranc, Commissioner Merrill of Massachusetts and to transact other business of tn order.
 James Turnell, aged thirty five, ha disappeared in a peculiar manner. H B has been in the butchering bushes four of five months in Thomaston. H r came to Waterbury Monday to get ! supply of meat and has not been seer since. Some of his friends were her yesterday and succeeded in finding hi
 team, which had been abandoned, bu
 all efforts to locate him proved futile
 Turnell has been one of the most eccen
 tric characters of Thomaston for tn
 past ten years. The theory is advance
 by some that he must have been robbe
 on his way to Waterbury after tn
 meat, as he had quite a sum of none , with him. Every effort is being mad
 by his relatives to locate him. A new hack owned by F. E. Shit
 was badly wrecked at the corner c . Bank and Grand streets this afternoo st shortly before 2 o'clock. The driver go
 down from his seat in front of Beaulac
 saloon to close the door of the carriage
 when the horses started up Gran street on the run. As the
 crossed Bank street the hin
 wheel struck an iron post on the corne