Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-12
CITY NEWS.

The funeral of Arthur, son of MIR and
Mrs w. A. Bigelow, who died yesterday,
was held this afternoon.
The S:15 train from Danbury over the
New England road was an hour and
forty minutes late last night.
The new officers of Court Fruitful
Vine, A. o. +. of A, were installed last
evening by District Deputy Martin
Geraghty.
The choir of St Cecilia's parish has
begun rehearsals upon the German ora
torio, Paulus The date for its presenta-
ton has not yet been decided upon.
On account of the absence of some
members of the board of education the
teachers meeting announced for to-
! morrow afternoon will not be held
until next week.
Colonel McGovern of the First regi-
ment, Hibernian rifles, has promised to
do all he can to get the regiment to
take part in the st Patrick's day parade
| in New Haven.
The Waterbury Nationalist club at its
meeting in Bronson hall last evening
decided that the council could best
serve the people by purchasing the
away further franchises of the people.
which has visited Curran lately on bar
gain day, the sale will be continued this
week rain or shine till Saturday. Bar
| gain day sale and underwear opening is
| a great attraction for one week at Cur
rams.
The funeral of Katie Meehan was at
tended this morning to st Patrick's
church, where Rev Father Lawless sang
mass of requiem. The pallbearers
were: James Thurman, John Thurman.
James Brady and Henry McGuinness.
Interment was in st Josephs cemetery.
The Rev Father Mulcahy was much
pleased with the Paulist fathers Ii nrary
in New York, which he visited on Tues
day, with a view of establishing a
parish library in st Patrick's block. 1t
is his intention to provide reading
room in connection with the library.
The Waterbury DEMOCRAT received
ten cents of conscience money the other
day. Someone thought they owed that
amount for papers bought a few years
ago. Waterbury is such a quiet town
that man would hear his conscience
talking about ten cents. We don't
know of another town where such a
trifle would be thought of.-Bridgeport
Post.
The newest thing in footgear is
aluminium soles which come in sections
and are to be screwed to any shoe, old
or new. Great things are claimed for
them and the few now in use seem to
be very satisfactory. If their use
should become general it would serI-
ouslv injure the cobbling business, as
any one can apply them and they wear
much longer than leather.
Peter Joseph Bolan, aged nine
| l. 4 E
BOlan of 374 North Main street, died last
evening. The little one had been sick
two weeks and yesterday afternoon DR.
Sanford of New Haven was called in
consultation with Doctors AXtelle and
Castle. The funeral was held at 2:3C
this afternoon to Calvary cemetery The
pallhearers were Peter II. Seerv. Frank
J. Seerv, Edward L. Seery and Frank ]
Kilduff.
The annual meeting of the trustees OF
the dime savings bank was held at their
banking house yesterday. TIE
following were elected officers for the
wear ensuing: President, Henry Fl.
Peck; vice presidents, Theodore 7
briggs. Fred A. Spencer. Edward NJ
Burial: directors, Norman d. Cram iss
Charles w. Gillette, Loman w. Cutler
Edward G, Lewis, Buel Heminwav;
secretary and treasurer, Guernsey S
Parsons.
Frank Melia. who was run over in the
Naugatuck yard last Friday afternoon.
died at the hospital last night about / /
o'clock. An effort was made to save
the in iured member but it was soon evi
dent that it could not he done and
amputation was found necessary, as
soon as the mans condition would
allow. Yesterday evening Drs Bene.
dict and Castle performed the operation
after which the man sank rapidly until
his death. The remains were taken tc
New Haven this afternoon by Under
taker Bergin.
The fifth concert and reception OF
Carrolton council, X. of c.. at City hall
tomorrow evening, promises to be one
of the most interesting events of the
season. An excellent concert will be
given by two full Orchpstras and the
music will he incessant throughout the
evening. The committee of arrange.
ments are working hard and many
tickets have been sold. There will also
he visiting delegations from Hartford
New Haven and Bird export. The con.
cert program is as follows: Overture
"Poet and Peasant" selection, 'Fan
chon;" selection, opera airs: potpourri
"Reminiscences of New York." piccolC
= solo, selected, by ]. w. Parsons.
The annual meeting of the state board
of trade takes place in Bridgeport mex
Wednesday. The president of the
board has appointed fifteen members a,
chairmen of the committees 1t is ex
pected that fifteen towns will send from
three to five delegates each, and one
chairman will be detailed to care for the
delegates of each town. He will have
under him one member of the board tC
each delegate, who will remain will
that delegate during his entire stay
The business meeting will be held a.
the rooms of the board and a dinner
will be served at the Atlantic hotel
Each member of the reception com
l. mittee will bear the expenses of hi
A own and his guests entertainment.
Sergeant Cox says that the cold wav,
now surrounding the city and taking
within its embrace the entire New Eng
land states was the coolest which haC
= visited these parts since 1899, when tn,
thermometer went to three degree
below the zero mark. The year pre-
ceding the one mentioned was alsC
memorable for such wave which wen
notch or two below even that of 1889