Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-29
CITY NEWS.

pand and Canadian institute will be held in Concordia hall this evening.
 c. S. Lang, of the office of Lang & Phelan. has gone to Chicago in the interest of the Raymond patent steam trap. James Farley, salesman for the Boston butter house, is lying at his home on Hill side avenue, very ill with the grip. The funeral of Margaret Kennedy of Vine street will take place to the church of the Immaculate Conception at 8:30 to- morrow morning.
 The funeral of Mrs Annie Altman of IT Ayers street will be held at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon with services at the church of the Immaculate Conception.
 Hattie Edmondson, colored. died at her home, 15 Chatfeld avenue, this morning. The funeral will be held tomorrow after noon.
 Benon Lemieux, the seventeen months old child of Mir and Mrs Lemieux off 100 North Main street, died this morning at 8 o'clock. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon.
 Samuel Morris, the South Main street clothier, was called to New Haven to-day | to the bedside of his father who is serious ly ill. Mir Morris father is s2 years of age and for ffty-six years was engaged in the clothing business in New Haven.
 The following are the newly elected off, cers of Tunxis tribe Prophet. O. G. Babe; sachem, D. C. Somers; S. S.. w. D. | Upson; J. S., John F. Holmes; K. of w., H. T. Stedman; c. of w., B. I. Russell; c. of F.. W. H. Bartrom; trustee for three l years, F. O. Peabody.
 | Large quantities of coal are being hauled up the Naugatuck division and as much of it is for factory use it looks as though the l shops in the valley would continue to run for some time. Appearances indicate re- newed activity in the freight business on this division.
 Union No 21O, Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators of America, elected the fol- lowing officers last night: President, William A. Hebert; vice president, J. P. Smith; recording secretary, George H. Woodruff; financial secretary, John Hous- ton; treasurer, Joseph Skerry; conductor, A. Carlson; warden, Charles A. Hanson; trustee, A. P. Sullivan.
 Miss Julia Champion, aged 65, died at the hospital to-day. The remains were re- moved in Undertaker Bergin's ambulance to the residence of her brother, Edward Campion of 446 Dublin street. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon with ser vices at the church of the Immaculate Con- ception. Miss Campion had lived here for number of years and was well known among the Catholic people.
 Mrs Roxanna Potter Root died at her residence. 26k Franklin street, Wednesday night, aged 88 years. The deceased had valid for about thirty years. Friday she experienced shock which ended in her death. Mrs Root was daughter of Elder Samuel Root, at one time pastor of the First Baptist church of this city. The funeral will take place from her late resi- dence to the Baptist church at 1:3Q o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
 Alexander Scott, a carpenter, was ar rested this morning for drunkenness and theft. He had been employed by Bowen Brothers, carpenters, but was recently laid of. He pawned some of his tools in the shop on Grand street, near South Main, and the remainder in the pawn store on South Main street, opposite Grand. His | former employers missed some saws, planes and other tools, and on investiga- ton it was found that Scott had pawned them also. Officer Pagan recovered the tools.
 The committee appointed by the last legislature to take charge of the erection of suitable building at AIiddletown for an insane asylum, met in Hartford yester- day afternoon and informally discussed plans. The committee is composed of
 
 New Haven, Dr Matthew T. Newton of Sufield and Henry Woodruff and Samuel Russell of Middletown. They are au- thorized to expend S100, 900 for the build ing. which Is to accommodate 250 patients.
 The following officers were elected at the annual meeting of the American lodge No fl, A. O. U. w., last night: NJ. W, Hugh W. Bears; foreman, John W. Green; overseer, Frank E. Ball; recorder, James A. Knox; tinancier, James H. Hun; guide, William B. Pond; I. w., David L. Davis; o. w.. John Gillott; trustee, David Hun ter; representative to grand lodge, HGgh W. Byars; alternate, James 4. Knox. Officers will be installed on Thursday evening, January Il, by D. D. G. NJ. w., D. E. Merchant of New Haven.
 An eccentric old woman was the center of attraction at the Naugatuck depot dur ing the noon hour to-day. She occupied a seat on bundle of clothing on the plat form. An employe at the office offered her a seat in the ladies waiting room which she declined. To the astonishment of by islanders she displayed large roll of bills which she took from her pocket and count ing them over carefully sewed them up in | the Things of an old waist which she held in her lap. She said she belonged in Hartford and was on her way to Naugatuck to see some friends. She took the :2S train down the road.
 Dick Guthrie, the pugilist, who had the "go" with Ryan in Naugatuck recently, was given benefit in Hartford-las night. 4 contest between Ryan, who is the cham pion welterweight of the world, and Guthrie, was on the programme but it was announced that Ryan was to fight in Bos- ton January for a s2,OO0 purse and on | that account would not appear. Ike Will Hams took his place and three interesting rounds followed. It was evident from the first that Guthrie was oyer-matched. He made pretty good showing, however, but his opponent took things easy, and did not try greatly to best Guthrie.
 The east bound freight train on the New England road which leaves here at I2: 30 a. m.. met with an accident this morning. The train was an unusually long one with an engine in front and one behind. While drawing out of the freight yard the train parted at the center and the engineer whistled for brakes. The engineer on the engine ahead put on brakes and then backed down meeting the rear section of the train with great force. A drawhead d parted on one of theacars and they crashed into each other damaging them consider ably and throwing two of them of the track. No one was injured.
 Quietude prevailed in the New England freight yards at East Hartford last night. Deputy Sheriff Taussig was in charge. There are now under attachment twenty nine locomotives and 263 freight cars. The company was using the new compound consolidated engines which they leased re- gently from the Baldwin locomotive works, In addition to these, they have a sufficient number of locomotives to run all passenger trains. Yesterday afternoon at 3:30 the regular freight train for Springfield and way stations left the yard The company now has five regular freight engines and is