Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-22
CITY NEWS.

new tribe in Naugatuck this evening.
 The Harugari lodges of Waterbury will celebrate in Concordia hall this evening, the forty-seventh anniversary of the founding of the order.
 Two cases of scarlet fever, one on Cherry street and one on Grand street, have been reported to the board of health since yesterday afternoon.
 A special car will be run to Nauga- tuck at 2 o'clock this evening to accom- modate the local Red Men. Returning | will leave Naugatuck at 12:30 a. m. The third annual masquerade sociable of the Workingmen's club will be held | at Concordia hall, April 13. A lady's handsome gold watch is to be given to | the best lady waltzer. Miss Mary A. Cooney of Dover street | has opened dressmaking parlors in the | quarters formerly occupied by Dr Gill, | in Humphreys block, corner of South 1 Main and Grand streets. A committee consisting of the presl- dents of the four local divisions of Hi bernians has been appointed to have en- grossed resolutions upon the death of the late Rev Father Dineen, to be pre- sented to his parents. Professor I. Uffendale was rendered a pleasant surprise party last night at his home, 45 Cherry street. About fifteen couples participated in the little affair and an evening of enjoyable amuse- ment was spent.
 At the meeting of Court Linden, A. | O. F. of A, last night, three candidates were initiated. D. J. Griffin and James Eaters were elected delegates to the coming convention, and John Devine and J. Fl. Lahey were appointed as al- | ternates.
 The committee having in charge the arrangements for the Y. M. c. l.. asso- citation ball to be held in City hall on the evening of April 2, propose to make it the event of the season. An elegant fan ls to be presented to some lucky young lady in the grand march.
 Secretaries of the local councils of the Knights of Columbus have been noti- fled of the deaths of John McGarey, Springfield; Cornelius Donahue, Hart ford; Michael Bennett, New Britain; David Wallace and John J. Scott, Mid Idletown.
 Miss M. J. O'Brien, who is well known from her long connection with the Misses Hudson, as head milliner, will Iopen her new millinery parlors at 197 Bank street, corner of Grand, to- morrow. She will be pleased to show the ladies of the Naugatuck valley the latest styles in all grades.
 No trace has been found of James Furnell, the Thomaston butcher, who mysteriously disappeared about ten days ago. All trace of him, after he left his team at livery stable in this city, has been lost as completely as though the 3 ground had opened and swallowed him. B George R. Babbitt, formerly superin- tendent of the Harris Corliss engine works of Providence, R. l., will address w F Grona OOnnNl Ap1arioon Ordnr of Steam Engineers, at room 10, G. A. R. block, this evening. The meeting will be an open one and all persons in- terested in steam apparatus are invited to be present.
 William McNellis, a boy 12 years of age, was arrested last night by Officer
 Mccarthy for interfering with the parade of the Salvation Army. The
 boy tried to take away the drum sticks drumming in the parade. Judge Brad street fined him $1 and costs in the police court this morning.
 Court Hancock, A. O. F. of A., held a
 largely attended meeting last evening,
 NJ. J. Keefe and Charles Schmidt were
 elected delegates, and John H. Green
 and Edward B. Hardie, alternates, tC
 the grand court convention. Five can
 didates were initiated and four proposi.
 tions received. A handsome Foresters
 badge was presented to J. H. Green fol
 having sold the largest number of fail
 tickets.
 The counsel in the case of Nathan F.
 Goldsmith of Boston vs the New York &
 New England railroad to prevent the road from registering the bonds of s..
 COG, ,000 with the comptroller, met At
 torney Charles E. Perkins yesterday and
 decided to begin the taking of testimony
 next Tuesday instead of to-day as was
 intended. Mir Perkins was appointed last week committee to hear the testi
 mony.
 t The first rehearsal of the music festi o val to be given under the direction of
 Prof J. E. Bartlett in May, will be held
 this evening, beginning at 7:45, in the
 parish house at the rear of St Johns n church. Every person who intends to
 assist in the chorus is expected to be 0 present. Season tickets for the festival I may be obtained at Driggs & Smith Co.'S a store, for $1.50 and $2 co, according to I location of seats.
 t Trout fishing in Connecticut, in the = opinion of veteran sportsmen, was about f extermInated by the long-continued 0 drought of last summer and fall. The t fish commissioners of the state are en- l ergetically preparing to replenish, as
 far as possible, the exhausted brooks.
 The state method of replenishing the
 streams by artificial propagation has
 been remarkably effective in past years = The fry are furnished to any citizen of
 the state at the states expense. They are
 shipped in tin pails to any part of Con-
 necticut in charge of competent custo-
 dian.
 Under the proposed law to suppress
 glanders, which has been unanimously
 approved by the committee on agricul
 ture, all horse owners are held responsi- ) ble for handling glandered animals
 The present law only inflicts a penalty d on those who knowingly traffic in and '- use in public, glandered horses. It is a hard for any officer prosecuting such t cases to show that the accused knowing
 ly kept a diseased horse. The word
 knowingly" is stricken out of the pro
 posed new law, and the same penalty oi = fine not exceeding $50 or imprison
 ment for not more than thirty days, ol
 both, is provided.
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