Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-01-23
CITY NEWS.

Miss Olive Rose of New Haven is | visiting Miss Beratine Andrews of this | city. Panier of Brooklyn, N. Y, has been selected as the official costumer for the | annual masquerade ball of the Concor- dia society. George Balkeslee, who has been at. tending the Boston school of tech nology, is spending few days at. his home in this city. Grand Knight T. F. Barrett of Bar celona Council, K. of c. has receivsd the $1 ,000 death benefit due the heirs of the late Richard F. Phelan.
 ssThe new local union of Carpenters and Joiners' will hold an adjourned meeting in Foresters' hall this evening at which the organization will be completed.
 An exhibition drill will be given by Company E, Hibernian rifles, at the concert and ball of the Hibernian rifles of Naugatuck, on the evening of Feb ruary 3.
 The rehearsal by the Acme Dramatic club of the "Colleen Bawn" yesterday, at Music hall, was the best one yet held by the club. Tonight another rehearsal will be held at the Acme rooms.
 At the meeting of Barcelona council, K. of O., last evening, it was voted to hold a grand concert and ball on Easter Monday night. A large delegation will attend the annual ball of Ojeda council, in Naugatuck Friday evening.
 The dramatic section of the Watcr- bury Turn Nerein presented the ,.A"s. ing farce, "The Foundation of a I.rLer Society,"" at Turn hall last night. The performance was creditably staged. Faulmann's orchestra furnished the music.
 Returns from fifty-three lodges of Knights of Pythias in Connecticut, show that Speedwell and Comstock of Waterbury lead the state in the largest percentage of increase in membership and the least number of losses. l James Powers, a brakeman on the New England road, while running to make a coupling at Fishkill, Saturday night, slipped and fell under the cars, which passed over his right foot. He is in critical condition at Fishkill.
 The annual concert and ball of the Waterbury Burns club will be held Wednesday evening in the Jacques auditorium. George Bulk, a comlc present in Waterbury, will sing some of the latest London music hall ditties.
 The one cent stamp of the Columbian
 
 The word Columbus is spelled and print'd q "Columrus'" Postoffice em- Iploycs complain of the similarity of the special delivery stamp and the fuur cent Columbian stamp. causing one tU be mistaken for the other.
 The ladies and gentlemen who are tC take part in the St Patrick's night en. tertainment will meet for rehearsal to. night at the church of the Sacred Heart The managers have decided to put or the stage New England drama in three acts and seven scenes. and have secured an admirable and competent cast of characters. N feature of the play vii be the elaborate scenery and mechanical effects, together with the incidenta music.
 Deputy Sheriff Richard B. Hethertor went to Boston on Saturday, armed with requisition from Governor Nor ris for the eXtradition of Charles F Waterman, one of the New York & New England railroad men wanted ir Hartford to answer to the charge ol theft of property from freight trains Waterman was arrested and held 1T Boston, as he refused to return to Con necticut without reQuisition. Deputy Hetherton expects to return to Hartford with his prisoner to-day.
 The Foresters' union fair opened aus , piciously in City hall Saturday evening , The large audience filled the main hal and galleries. The Jeffersonian uuar , tette of SOuthington were enthusiast ] cally applauded. as were also the efforts ] of the Ideal Banjo club. The Fai, Journal made it's first appearance anC contained an interesting account of the growth of Forestry in this city. The little paper will appear every second night during the fair. Bergen's or chestra furnishes the music for dancing and Miller prompts. This evening the ethiopian comedian, Bob Hart. will ap pear in his specialties, and Ladon vii give an exhibition of balancing anC Juggling. The St Aloysius drum corps made short street parade before the opening.
 The Confectioners' and Bakers unior Of Waterbury, met in FOresters hal Saturday evening and elected the fol lowing officers: President, James Stout vice president, Thomas Wolf; core spending and recording secretary, Ed mund Hoban; financial and addres: secretary, Peter HOban; treasurer Matthew Smith; sergeant at arms Alexander Hoar; trustees, Peter Con nelly, Thomas A. Mulvaney; delegates to state convention to be held in Hart ford next Saturday, James Stout anC Edmund Hoban. The executive boarc of the state union met in New Haver last Saturday. James Stout of Water bury was elected state organizer, as was also Jacob Refs of Meriden.
 An alarm of fire from box 14, corner of East Main street and Wolcott road at 9:3O Saturday night, called out the lire department to find large barn owned by James Sutton, SS4 East Main street, in flames. The fire had made such headway that the work of the de- partment could not accomplish any thing. except the saving of the sur rounding buildings. The live stock were all got out safely, but a large quantity of hay, oats and other feed with three sets of harness was de stroyed. The cause of the fire is un known. One of the men looked in the barn about 9 o'clock, when everything was all right. Mir Sutton places his los at S9OO to $1,000, on which there ii $1 900 insurance on barn, live stock anc vehicles.
 Mayor Webster has received a letter from Mayor Marigold of Bridgeport ir which he says: q have been instructed