Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-04
CITY NEWS.

ue new center VIII meet in the High school room this evening for the purpose of organizing.
 The St Aloysius drum corps serenaded the democratic members of the board of education last evening.
 Secretary of State John J. Phelan is suffering from intermittent fever, at his home in Bridgeport.
 Superintendent George w Beach of the Naugatuck division and Mrs Beach left this morning to visit the Worlds fair.
 The funeral of William A. Cooney. who died yesterday morning, was held from his late home. 24 Brook street, at 3:30 this afternoon with services at the Immaculate Conception church.
 The following committee has been ap- pointed by the Rose Hill Social club to make arrangements for its Thanksgiving ball: J. J. Cronin, J. F. Ogden, D. ], Murphy and NJ. 4. Smith.
 1 A meeting of the democratic candidates 1 elect will be held at s o'clock this evening at the headquarters in Platt's block, room 9. Important business will be transacted 1 and all are requested to be present.
 Frank Armstrong of Bridgeport. a wealthy manufacturer, died last night, ! aged 63 years. He was we'll known in this i city, and until recently owned the land on 1 which the American building stands.
 The brigade shoot of the Connecticut ! National Guard will take place Thursday . The Second regiment will send four mem hcrS. They expect to make as good an average as the other four regiments.
 The members of the Rose Hill Hose Co, | No ,. are requested to be at their hose house at 6: 30 to-morrow morning to make ready for their trip to Middletown where they will take part in the tiremens parade | exercises.
 Dennis Bowling. for drunkenness was fined S10 ond costs this morning James Mcfarland was fined S5 and the five boys who were up for breach of the peace yes terdav, were reprimanded and had judG- ment suspended.
 Real Estate Agent William J. Schlegel has sold for Mrs Sarah J. Bassford heI farm of sixty acres, lying in the towns of Thomaston and Plymouth. C. B. Davis of this city is the purchaser and will take possession immediately.
 The Misses Jane and Lizzie Ward of | Denver. Colorado. have been visiting 1 friends in town for day or two. They | leave Bristol, their former home, for Den yer next week, stopping at the Worlds fair for several days on the way.
 1 The postmaster general has in considerl- | tioc the question of using the bicycle fol the use of letter carriers and postal mes sengerS. Postmasters are receiving circu. lar letters asking them to what extent the use of bicycles would benefit the service of their respective offices.
 The Hospital Aid society held its an. nual meeting yesterday. The officers elected are President, Mrs E. L. Frisbie vice president, Mrs T. Hobart Bronson second vice president. Mrs C. F. Chapin secretary. Miss Helen Merriman: treas urer. Mrs George E. Terry. Mrs Mount ford, who lectured for the society las | winter will lecture again in the early par ] of December.
 The funeral of Ms Kate Gaghen Wa largely attended from her late residence 223 Hill street. at S:30 this morning. The funeral services were held in the lmmacu late Conception church where d mass Q requiem Was celebrated by the Rev Fathe Mulcahy. The pallbearers were: Jame ODonuell. William Stank, Bart Collins an, Martin Cooney. Interment was in x Joseph'S cemetery.
 At the annual meeting of Brass City Hos company last evening. officers were electe' as follows: Foreman, Michael Shaw: frs assistant. Ed Gagan; second assistant Daniel T. Hackett; secretary, T.. <. Cullen treasurer Henry R. Byrnes: stewart Charles McEvoy. Two life sized cravon of Ex-Forenl0n B. F. Bvrnes and Georg H. Byrnes were hung in the company par!or. The crayonS are the work of th Crane Art company.
 The fair of Court Meanys Pride circle (. of F.. which opened in City hall las evening will close tonight. The fair wa to have been held n month ago. but Wa postponed, The poStponement woul have been indefinite. but for the fact tha many combination tickets had been dis posed of. The door prize last night wa won hy No 2.744. Those who have ha tickets and books for sale are requested t make their returns this evening.
 The reported changes on the New Eng land road are still the subject of discuSSio along the line. NJ. E. Blaine, formerly C the Reading load, k reported to be ulrrad in the employ of the New England rOa . at Boston, with a view of soon hrcomin the superintendent of the eastern division and the new superintendent of the Reat ing road Is understood to have been al pointed to the place in order to relieve M , Bailey, who is booked for the western d | vision of the New England road . The dull times have by no means m, terially affected the output of work the chair factory in the county jail. Ol of 212 prisoners. 205 are busily engaged carpentry and caning and painting chair Of the prisoners about forty-one haN been bound over. and. of course. no wol can be given them until they are sentence, Jnllor Okeefe says there are about twent men employed about the halls in clelniI and running errands about the jail.
 (. Collard Adams has served legal noti,
 on Mrs Henry W. Stocking his neighbo at Cromwell, that since her hired man Il;
 maimed and killed his fowls and the r
 maining ones have been shut up, her flow
 have been at large and daily trcspass C l. his premises, and that as she is not ev e dently disposed to regard the golden rul . he has determined to prosecute her cVcl 0 time she allows her fowls to trespass |, s him, and that any money accruing to hi q from any such prosecution will be plnc, l. on the collection plate of the church sl
 attends.
 Joseph Corr called at the DEMoCR.
 office last night and requested the public
 ton of statement with regard to u
 charges preferred against him by Offic IL Allen. II neither committed an aSSau y nor violated any city ordinance" he sal
 II shall bring the case before the poll
 commissioners and shall also bring su
 against Allen before the court of comm, 5 pleas at New Haven. The attack on Il
 was unprovoked. I was on my way hon after paying plumbers bill and was wi
 no crowd. Respectable people to whom
 spoke in passing can bear me out in th
 statement"
 The board of education met in the Hi, '4 school room last evening and was called Ie order by Clerk Thomas J. Moran. TT a first business was the election of chai If man. The Rev J. A Mulcahy receiv
 four votes onsthe first ballot, and on m ton of Judge Cowell the nomination W C declared unanimous. Chairman Mulcal e made pleasant speech in accepting. (
 motion of Judge Webster each member
 the board was made an acting school visitc |, The following is the list of the committee
 On teachers, Chairman Mulcahv, Dr NJ