Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-06-15
CITY NEW Vs3

The Wadhams' post,f G. A. R., have concluded arrangements for an excur- sion to Boston on June 27. The fare will probably be $2.
 "Pinafore" at the City hall last yht drew only a small audience. The opera was we'll rendered, but the warm weather prevented many from attending.
 Architect Joseph A. Jackson has com pleted plans for two houses in Union City for Homer Twitchell. They will be built opposite Mir Twitchell's resi- dence.
 The funeral of Mary Driscoll was held | from the residence of her parents, IA | street, at 3 o'clock this after | noon to the Sacred Heart church. h. | was in St Joseph's cemetery, |
 Dr McAvoy was called to-day to at | tend Patrick Leary, 4SS Baldwin street. | He found the patient suffering from ty- phoid fever and as he has no immediate | relatives he will be removed to the hos pital tomorrow morning,
 Engineer Futile of the Meriden branch of the New England road has been rendered the position of engineer of the steam road roller which the city officials of Meriden contemplate pur- and will probably accept.
 The name of the camp of c. N. G. has not yet been selected. It is generally supposed that it will be called Camp Morris, but it is the custom to name the first camp under an administration after the brigadier-general, and if that custom is observed the camp will be named Camp Haven.
 Engine No 3 of the New York X New England road was disabled yesterday morning at New Britain, by the giving Nf ito hOilar ThiS hoaT1 in use for twenty-five years and has seen hard service. It is believed that the boiler cannot be repaired. A United States inspector will probably look it over before long.
 The arguments in the case of Heffernan vs the city were concluded at 10:40 to- day and the jury returned at 1915 with a judgment for the plaintiff to recover $1, ,250. The case of the Charles Thatcher Go vs Walter F. Gerrish ct uX was com menced this afternoon. It is an action to recover for the putting in of a hot water apparatus. The defendants allege & Lowe for plaintiff, Baldwin & Weary for defendants.
 The annual session of the Grand Lodge of Connecticut, Knights of Pythias, opened in Danbury to-day. It is an executive session. A competitive drill in which nineteen teams will par ticipate, will take place tomorrow evening. A special train will carry the Uniformed Rank of the order to Dan bury tomorrow. The train will leave Hartford at 7;30 a. m. and will go through from this city to Danbury as express. The fare will be $1 for the round trip.
 The report of the work of the civil EIx ,I@S, received at the office to-day. Out of eleven applicants only five passed. This is considered a good showing, however, in comparison with other towns heard from, Bridgeport for instance, where out of forty odd applications only four passed. The lucky aspirants are as fol lows: For carriers, Thomas O'Reilly and Edward D. Lewis; for clerkships Charles F. Dalton, Edward H. Johnson and Henry Loether.
 Town Attorney Kellogg has been hard at work in Hartford during the past two days getting through an amendment to the new assessors law, providing that all lists shall be handed into the assessors before July 1. The amendment passed the house yesterday under suspension of the rules and went through the senate to-day. Mir Kellogg staid in Hartford until the bill was carried to the printer to be prepared for expressing and it is expected that it will be signed by the governor before Tuesday.s
 Section 3105 of the general statutes has been repealed, It provided that whenever any person found intoxicated, or arrested for intoxicatlon, at tho re- quest of the prosecuting officer should disclose to him from whom, when, where and how he procured the liquor by which his intoxication was produced and testify fully and freely upon the trial of the person accused of selling him such liquor, such disclosure and the evi- dence given by him on such trial should not be used against him on any prosecu- tion for such intoxication.
 P. J. McGrath and others of East Main street object to the placing of poles on their sidewalks. MT McGrath recent ly appeared before the road board and claimed the right of objecting to such a proceeding. To DEMOCRAT representa- tive this morning he stated that as property owners are responsible for the condition of their sidewalks, they should have some voice in the matter. It is the general opinion of the property owners out east that the matter should be submitted to them and not to the road board or common council.
 Mrs Eleanor McMahon, mother of E. E. F. McMahon of the DEMOCRAT, died at her home in Charlottetown, Prince Edwards island, on Monday. The fol- lowing is from the Charlottetown Ex- aminer: Surrounded by all the members of her family, except one son, at present chief surgeon of the Duke of Corn walls regiment, Eleanor, relict of the late Edmund John McMahon, commissa- riat general, passed peacefully away at noon to-day. The deceased was eldest daughter of the late General Suther- land, gentleman-at-arms to Queen Victoria. During her last illness she was attended by Rev James Simpson, priest incumbent of St Peter's church. Her sons, who were summoned here by telegram, leave this week for the.r re- spective homes at Chicago, Waterbury and Boston. We extend to the be- reaved family our heartfelt sympathy.
 The case of John Delay, for non SUD- port, came up in the police court to- day, and proved a rather interesting one. Mrs Delay and several neighbors
 were present and testified to the hus-
 bands cruelty and assertion. They have been married fourteen years. A year ago the woman was afflicted with female weakness and went to the Hart-