Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-07-24
CITY NEWS.

on the green.
James II. Bolan, clerk at Curran's, is
spending two weeks at WoodmOnt.
Mrs L. S. Bronson ard daughter left
to-day to visit the Worlds fair.
The members of the Jewish Sunday
school are picnicking at Lake Quassa-
paug to-day.
Daniel T. Hart was this morning ap-
pointed trustee on the insolvent estate
of D. ]. Farrell.
Miss Eliza Shaughnessy of New York
is visiting Mrs Thomas J. Moran of 81
South Main street.
Miss NJ. A. Moran, of 500 South Main
street, left here to-day for q visit to
friends at New Britain.
The Valley Catholic has enlarged to
an eight column folio and shows other
evidences of prosperity.
At New Haven, on Saturday, William
| W. Dayton of this city was bound over
to the superior court for the theft of
books from Hopkins grammar school.
Dayton claims that it is a case of mis-
taken identity.
Baggagemaeter Parkinson, who was
| njurei in the wreck on the New Eng
land road near Bristol about a month
ago, is slowly recovering. He was re-
moved from the Hartford hospital to
his home in Plainville Saturday.
| For over fifty years Roman Catholics
in Germany have celebrated German
Catholic day July 80 and 81, and the
German Catholic benefit societies in this
state, of which there are nine, will cele-
brate the occasion, their fifth annual.
next Sunday and Monday at Hartford.
EAt q meeting of the local Christian
Endeavor societies, held in the Second
Congregational church yesterday after
no IN, a report of the recent convention
made by the local Endeavorers to have
b. Fay Mills, the evangelist, coma to
Waterbury.
The union Foresters' committee have
finally decided to hold the annual field
day exercises, instead of a festival, and
the date has been fixed for Saturday.
August 70. The exercises will consist
of picnic ard games at the West End
grounds and an excellent programme
will be prepared and announced later.
The editorial staff and correspondents
in the various towns throughout the
state of the Connecticut Catholic are
arranging for their annual outing to
occur on Saturday. August 10. The
places suggested for the meeting are
New London, New Haven and Bridge
port, with the prospects in favor of the
latter.
The Central Labor Union will recog-
nize labor day, the first Monday in Sep
TENDER, as legal holiday, and elaborate
arrangements are being made for its
observance. There will be a street
at the West End grounds. An address
upon the objects of the union will be de-
livered by prominent speaker.
At a meeting of the Young Mems
Catholic Literary association yesterday
afternoon the following officers were
chosen for the ensuing term: President
: Martin Scully; vice-president, Peter
! Luddy; secretary, c. P. Bannon; assist
] ant secretary, John Shea; treasurer
William c. keenan,: librarian. William
b. Lynch: assistant librarian, John
l.. Kelly; standing committee, Thomas
t Finnegan, Henry Kennaugh and VIII
j liam Der win.
I The Bakers & Confectioners' unior
met Saturday evening and elected off
GERS as follows: President, Peter Conley
vice president, Robert Grace: recording
secretary, Henry F. Joslin; fiuancia
secretary, Edward HOban; treasurer
2 NJ. ]. Smith; trustees, James Stout, w
: Luby, Patrick Cummings: sergean:-at
arms, Joseph Drew. NJ J. Smith anC
j. Stout were elected delegates to the
OAN CAIAOA W DS u0lO III NE" hdNSus
The proposition of Commissary. Gen
eral Jameson to deduct one-half of the
cost Of feeding the troops at Mantle
from the pay of the men, is meeting
with considerable criticism and opposi
ton from not only the privates but the
line officers. At the conference held a
the capitol Thursday it was stated tina
the officers present aCquiesced in the
arrangement as one satisfactory to the
men. An inquiry among military mer
shows this to be far from a statement O.
fact.
4 A comparison of the population of tn,
four leading cities of the state, baseC
upon the number of names in thei
directories for 1898, is interesting. Thu
New Haven directory contains Il. IA,
names, an increase of 3,0S9, including
975 West Haven names. HARTFORD
boasts of a directory containing 2917
, names, an increase of , 262 Bridge
ports directory for 1898 gives 25. ~
year of 1,S46 Waterbury has
directory of 1921 names, showing al
incoease of l, 1923 over 1892.
The occultation of the bright sta
Antares occurred last evening about s:3
and was an interesting phenomenon
When the star first became visible
was short distance to the eastward o
the moon. A few minutes watchin,
showed that the interval of space be
"A tween the two bodies was growing les
D and the observer was watching for tn
actual contact when the star suddenl,
= disappeared. He had forgotten tina
the illuminated, visible portion of tn
moon, is not the whole of it, that Their
Is dark part required to complete tn
moons circular figure. 1t was the inter
vention OF this invisible object that 81
suddenly blotted out the stars light.
Prof Gentry's equine and canine para
dox will appear at West Mai
street, under a tent, Thursday, Frida
and Saturday of this week, with matine
Saturday. The performances OF tn
little ponies and dogs defy adverse crit
b cism; their every action Is simply wor
derful and not to be expected Tn
manner in which the ponies perforr
their drill speaks volumes for their il
telligence, at the same time provin
y that Prof Gentry is a master in the al
Of training animals. Every dog an
pony performs Its part to perfection
and . few of them are worthy of pal