Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-09-04
CITY NEWS.

Regular meeting of the common | council this evening.
 Miss Annie Bannon of Hartford is vis- iting the family of John H. Moran, 221 | Cherry street.
 A pair of child's shoes, new. were picked up on East Main street, Saturday | night. They can be found at the police station.
 The following announcement regard | ing Seery's grand contest was made Saturday evening: First, 24 ,S10; second, 1,7s7; third, 2.023.
 At the regular meeting of Concordia ment for the season was appointed, con sisting of Charles Schmidt, Fred Pettik and F. Deborde.
 The |. P. s, c. E. of the Second Con- gregational church will give an outing at Lake Quassapaug next Thursday af ternoon. Young people desiring to at tend will leave their names at the Y. NJ. c. A. rooms.
 The barbers of the city held meeting in Johnson hall yesterday, for the pur- pose of forming barbers' union. Will liam H. Bergin was appointed temporary chairman and George E. Lambert, Do- to draw up set of rules.
 4uc HUI c4CuISlOu LII tue NC" l OIh 6 New England railroad to New York will be given on Thursday of this week. Excursionists will have'an opportunity of visiting the Fl Dorado great spectac- ular show, now open daily.
 Clarence E. filling, who says he be- longs in Waterbury, IS under arrest in Albany, for obtaining money under false pretences by fraudulent advertise ments in which young men were offered lucrative positions, but requiring pay ment of certain sum in advance.
 It is not generally known that mid wives as we'll as physicians are com pelled to have their names registered in the office of the state board of health in New Haven. Those midwives who ne- glect to get their names registered before October 1 must stand an examination before they can practice.
 The funeral of Mrs Elizabeth Behan took place at o'clock yesterday after noon, from the family residence, 76 Mill street, to the Immaculate Concep- tion church. The pallbearers were: Martin Baldwin, Patrick Gagain, Thom- | as Baldwin, Thomas Shearon, Bernard Gagain and John White. Interment was in Calvary.
 The room of the Democratic associa- tion in the Platt building is open every | evening, with a man in attendance who can give information to all desiring to become voters or members of the club This central body is composed of repre- sentative men from all parts of the town and should receive the encouragement of all good democrats.
 Next year there will be an agitation | for a grand reunion of all surviving Connecticut veterans, to be held during the summer of 1895. There are nearly 1000 members of the regimental asso- citations throughout the state, and at least 5000 more unconnected with any veteran society. It is believed that nearly all of these might be drawn to a Igeneral gathering.
 According to the monthly meteoro- logical summary for August, prepared Iby Sergeant Cox, the mean temperature was Fl degrees; highest, So; lowest, 52; mean temperature for this month for twenty-one years, 70 degrees. The total movement of the wind was 133 miles; maximum velocity, fifty-seven miles an hour. The total precipitation was I SC linches; average precipitation for this month for twenty-one years, 5.34 inches. There were sixteen clear days, seven Ipartly cloudy and eight cloudy.
 The employees of the, timing room gof Randolph X Cloves factory, with friends, to the number of twenty five held clambake in the fields at the lower part of Brooklyn this morning. IEverything passed off pleasantly. Fore, Nman Mccarthy of the timing room re- cited "The Downfall of Poland" and Foreman Reilly of the buffing room fgave "The Vanity of Human Wishes. ' There was singing by John Gowland and others.
 An important amendment to the sani- tary code of the health board of New Work has been made, thus avoiding the Idelay, inconvenience and expense here tofore suffered in the transfer of dis leased persons into and through the city An amendment of the code provides that the same effect shall be given to a transit permit issued under the laws Of the state of Connecticut as to a permit issued from the New York department lsubject to all the care, precaution and diligence prescribed by the rules and Regulations of the latter.
 \ Patrick Coughlan, for drunkenness was gwen 30 days in jail this morning Arthur Beach and Floyd Eckler were charged with assault on little Noethel boy. Some twenty-five or thirty boys of all sizes and ages, were shooting duck shot from small alr-guns Saturday, wher one of the shot struck young Noethel under the eye. The boys father hac Eyoung Beach and Eckler arrested. Thi. morning Judge Root gave the boys s warning and adjourned their cases fol 30 days. After court Mayor Webstei said there ought to be city ordinanc, enacted prohibiting the use of these air guns.
 The convent and parochial school 0 St Francis parish in Torrington, O
 which the Rev Patrick Duggan, for
 msrly of this city, is pastor, were blessed yesterday, by the Very Rev lame
 Hughes, administrator of the diocese
 The solemn high mass was celebrated a
 Il o'clock by the Rev Father Leo O
 Winsted, Father Duggan of this cit,
 acting as deacon and Father Daley O
 Thomaston, sub-deacon. The sermon
 was delivered by the Rev Father Slo
 cum of Norwalk. Many other priest from the towns of the Naugatuck valle,
 assisted in the ceremony, among whom were Fathers Mulcahv, Treanor an, Bourret of this city. The new conven
 is in charge of the Sisters of Mercy iron
 Meriden.
 The local renresantatiye of the Ney