Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-06
CITY NEWS.

the Sacred Heart tonight.
r. g. Finley, cashier at the Naugatuck |
freight office, is sick with scarlet fever.
A battalion drill of Companies G and
A will be held in the armory this even
ing.
A daughter was born on Saturday to
Mr. and Mrs Patrick Brennan of 207 Hill
street.
Mrs R. A. Cairns left to-day for six
weeks visit to her former home, Center
vile, Md.
Mrs George Millort of New Hartford
is visiting her sister, Mrs John Casey,
100 South Elm street.
Fred w. Cayer has accepted a position
with Lucien Pratte as travelling sales
man in the interest of his new patent
medicine.
The members of the Waterbury Wheel
club have some important matters to
discuss at the regular meeting this even
ing.
Rev ]. A. Mulcahy will deliver his
illustrated lecture on the passion
Play" in Sepple's opera house, Water
town, this evening, for the benefit of st
Johns church.
Patrick Gilmore, son of P. j. Gilmore
of this city, left for New York to-day,
where he will be married on Wednes-
day, February IS. On his return he
will reside at 165 South Main street.
1t is feared that Jay H. Whiteman
will have to submit to the amputation of
one of his legs. He has been troubled
with a varicose vein for some time and
his condition is regarded as serious.
The course of entertainments given
under the auspices of the y. NJ, G. A.,
| will close this evening with j. William
Lacy of New York and the Appleton
quartette of Boston, at Leavenworth
hall.
William Welton, former Waterbury
boy, who has been for some time in Nick
erson, Neh, is visiting friends in this
city with his wife. Mr. Welton will
have charge of all of Forepaugh's circus
stock during the coming season.
Sheridan Council, X. of c. held an in
| teresting meeting yesterday afternoon.
Four propositions for membership were
received. The committee on the recent
ball reported that the event would prove
the greatest financial success thus far
attained by any of the councils en-
| tertainments.
| Owing to the illness of Miss Dorothy
| Dene the engagement of "Our Club"
which was booked for tonight at the
opera house, has been cancelled. Man
ager Jacques has substituted w. w.
| Downing's company of New Orleans
creoles, which will play at popular
prices, IS to so cents.
The funeral of Miss Gertie Emmons.
aged 10 years, who died Saturday even
ing, was attended from the residence of
her mother, Mrs Ann Emmons, III
kingsbury street, at o'clock this after
noon. The funeral services were held
at st Cecilia's church and the interment
in st Joseph's cemetery.
AT the last meeting of w. E. Crane
council, American Order of Stationary
Engineers, the recently elected officers
were installed by Deputy w. J. Blacker.
Business meetings of the council are
held on the first and third Saturdays of
each month, and open meetings, to
which all persons interested in steam
are invited, are held on the second,
fourth and fifth Saturdays.
The district court has been occupied
all day by property owners from East
Main, South Main, Exchange place and
streets in the vicinity of Great brook.
who are testlfying to the amount of
damage done them by the overflow of
the brook. E. L. Frisbie is the commit
tee who is hearing the testimony and
will decide the amount of damages sus-
tanned By each.
A committee consisting of Joseph E.
Bartlett, r. p. Smith and w. L. Mum
son, representing Turks and Toantic
tribes, l. o. r. NJ, marched into Turn
hall Saturday evening and presented the
Waterbury Nerein with a handsome
silver drinking cup in recognition of the
services rendered by the Turner's at the
recent Red Mems fair. The cup, which
is eighteen inches high and suitably in
scribed, was presented by r. p. Smith
and received for the Turner's by Otto
Book in a neat little speech. 1t will be
placed on exhibition at one OF the
Ijewelry stores.
The members of the Immaculate Con
ception parish held a largely attended
meeting in st Patrick'S hall yesterday
evening to further discuss the question
OF parish library, reading rooms and
Gymnasium. Rev Father Mulcahy pre-.
sided. The committee appointed at the
last meeting to choose a committee of
two hundred from the different parts of
the parish to solicit subscriptions
towards the $4,000 which it is proposed
to raise, made their report. This COM
mittee will formulate a plan of action,
and will divide the parish into districts
so that all may be conveniently reached.
1t Is expected that each member of the
committee will be able to raise certain
sum by August 1.
The new soldiers hospital board held
its first meeting Saturday and visited
the Soldiers home at Noroton. Gov
ernor Morris, Adjutant General E. E.
Bradley of New Haven, and Surgeon
General Patrick Cassidy of Norwich,
the new members of the board, arrived
at the home just as the men were going
in to dinner, and Governor Morris made
short speech to them. The members
inspected all departments of the home
and expressed themselves as pleased
with the general good order and eff
cheney. There are 300 inmates at
present, which is very near the high
water mark, 304 being the largest num-
Der at any one time in the home.
General L. A. Dickinson, Judge A. b
Beers Of Bridgeport and Colonel Will
liam E. Morgan of New Haven were
present as the Grand Army representa-.
tIves on the board.
While Edward Mccullough, who has
charge of the signals at the railroad
bridge in East Hartford, was performing
his duty Saturday, be saw a fire a little
west of the bridge in an open lot. Three
men having the aDDaaraOca OF trop,os