Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-04-11

The opera of sPinafore'' will .bs pro. duced by local talent in June, fdr the benefit of St Cecilia's parish.
 The operation of trephining was per- formed on William F. Henninger at his home this morning, by Drs Axtelle and Benedict, and the condition of the in- jured man is considered critical. a'
 Miss Carrie Pollard, strenographer for Rogers & Hamilton, will Ego to Chicago tomorrow, to spend three months in the employ of the firm at the Worlds fair. .7" The funeral of Thomas O'Brien will take place tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 from the residence of Mrs Michael Sheehey, 50 Pemberton street. The in- rerment will be at Calvary cemetery.
 The board of trade have rendered the use of their rooms to Messrs Bliss 6 Harrington, for their business college and school of shorthand, until they can secure permanent quarters, and the school will reopen on Monday, April IT. lllTwenty men are busy to-day cleaning out the filth at Wards piggery, and from present appearances it will acquire that number of days to complete the job. The remains of four more dead hogs were found this morning near the bank of the stream. As the work progresses the awful condition of things becomes worse.
 Papers were served on w. R. Smith to-day by Constable Egan citing him to appear before the probate court on Apil IA, and show cause why a trustee should not be appointed over his prop erty and effects. Smiths cigar store was attached yesterday, and the papers day are served in the interest of Maier Z1ndcr & Sons of New Haven.
 The funeral of John Rush, son of E. D. Rush, 518 East Main street, was largely attended at Q o'clock this morn ing to the church of the Immaculate Conception, where a requiem mass was celebrated by the Rev Father Lynch. The floral tributes were SD many that Undertaken Bergin had to supply an ex- Longerson, Thomas Costello Thomas Walsh, John Lunny, John Wallace and John Doran.
 The trout season in Connecticut opened eight days ago, and during the last week every stream in Connecticut | was whipped by from two to a score or more of city sportsmen. No one has had any luck as yet, and veteran fisher men say confidently that the season will be failure. Their idea is that the re- markable and prolonged drouth last summer and fall destroyed most of the fish, and mink, muskrats and others took what the dry weather spared. The order of the Knights of Columbus has issued the eighty fifth assessment to it's members for the following deaths: Hartford, James H. Kilduff of Bristol, Patrick Daley and John w. Hickey of New London, Patrick McNally and Michael H. Russell of Waterbury. The order is growing rapidly, not only in this state, to which it was at first in- tended to confine it's operations, but in Massachusetts, Rhode Islund and New York. .,.
 In the superior court at New Haven, civil side, Judge Wheeler's attention was occupied to-day by the case of Curtis vs Fitzsimmons. Mary A. Curtis of New York is suing Thomas Fitz- piece of land in this city. Senator Root and the Ansonia law firm of Wooster, Williams & Gager, counsel for the de- fendant, have introduced documents showing title, to the land as far back as 1739, and the case promises to bring forth some very interesting facts as to the different titles to the piece of land | in question.
 The annual state report on life insur- ance is at hand, with John s. Seymour'e name on the fly leaf, but signed by Joseph H. Sprague, deputy commis- sioner. Seven of the old line com- Ipanies belong in this state. These in the past year increased their assets from $121 ,533,719 to $125, 100, ,3l3-a gain of over $3, ,566, ,O00. The 22 of other states raised their assets of $7O,0O0, ,0OO. These companies together are insu-ing 15S, ,507 persons in Connecticut for $S5,- 327 1898. While the people of the state are insured for say $85, ,O00, 900 the burn able property in the state insured against fire, rolls up $259, ,000, 600. The report hints strongly at the need of esti- mating interest at a lower rate than 4 per cent.
 Wadhams Post, G. A. R., will cele- brate the anniversary of Lees surrender Thursday evening, April 13, at G. A. R. hall, with a bean bake and entertain ment. There will be short addresses by some of our prominent citizens and clergymen. The veterans not belonging to the post are especially invited. On Tuesday evening, April IS, the post will go to Meriden on invitation of Merriam post of that place. They will go by special train leaving Waterbury at 7:15, Dublin street station at 2 30, and return about midnight. Anyone having. business in Meriden that evening is invited to go with the post on the express train. Tick cts for the round trip, $1, and can be had of Quartermaster Caswell any even- ing at the G. A. R. reading room, or from comrades, R. I. Walker, c. C.. Adams, Tillitson or Whitney.