Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-01-16
GUTN NEWS.


armory this evening.
The board of trade will hold an adj
journed meeting this evening.
Fields & Hanson's "Drawing Cards |
at the opera house this evening.
The will of Mary E. Burns was ad-
mittee to probate this morning.
Henry G. Spring of Bristol has taken
up the study of medicine in DIR Frost's
office.
City Engineer Cairns is preparing his |
annual report to be presented to the diff
ferent boards next month.
The Rev Michael O'Connor has been
assigned to the parish of Lakeville, by
Rt Rev Bishop Mcmahon.
Edward j. Kilmer and Miss Hannah
N. WEIGH were married Saturday after
noon by the Rev J. G. Davenport.
The young men of st Cecilia's parish
will meet this evening at 7:30 in the
parish building on Scovill street.
Attorney John w. Webster and
| Charles Miller returned to-day from
two weeks hunting trip in Georgia.
John w. Webster and Charles G. Root
were approved as commissioners on the
insolvent estate of w. II. Hoffman, this
morning.
Reports from Litchfeld state that the
thermometer registered twenty below
zero at the station in that town this
morning.
The hospital visitors until the end of
the month will be Mrs G. G. Hill of
Leavenworth street and Mrs F. E.
Castle of West Main street.
Mr. and Mrs Ernest Stops will cele-
brate their silver wedding this evening
at Concordia hall. A large party of
friends will be present at the festivities.
| Miller & Peck's clerks will have
sleigh ride to Naugatuck this evening,
and a supper and dance at the Manga
tuck hotel. Sig" Klobedanz will fur
nish music.
A. H. Campbell, aged SO. died Satur-
day night at Hartford. The remains
were brought here to-day and the
funeral will take place tomorrow after
noon.
The supreme court will convene at
Hartford this week. The Waterbury
cases on the docket are: Force VS.
Gregory and Moritz Grelle VS. Edgar w.
Pinney ct al.
A new council of the Knights of Col
umbus will be instituted in Boston, Jan
uary %. 1t is expected that several of
the Connecticut grand officers of this
order will attend the opening of the
council.
The meeting of the Acme base ball
club which was to be held Saturday
night was postponed until Thursday
night next. AT this meeting all ar
arrangements as to players, games, etc,
will be completed.
Thomas Devine, aged so, died Satur-
day night at his residence, 43S East
Main street. The remains were taken
on the 1880 train this morning to Nor
| ,s.,l, 49,. L. i
the father of Timothy B. Devine and
Michael Devine.
Henry w. French of this city spent
several days in Naugatuck last week Sc
curing signatures to petition to the
general assembly, asking for the re-
newal of the electric road charter for
the construction of railroad between
this city and Naugatuck.
Justice Ingraham of the New York
supreme court has declined to grant the
application of the United States Elk
press company for temporary injunc-
ton restraining the American Express
company from doing express business
on the New England railroad.
The Holy Name society connected
with the church of the Sacred Heart,
elected the following officers yesterday
Director and treasurer, Rev Ii. Treanor;
president, John Thompson; vice-presi-
dent, jeremiah Fitzpatrick; secretary,
Henry Byrnes; marshall, James Eustice
novice master, Lawrence Morgan.
Reports from thirty-two societies of
the Catholic Total Abstinence union of
Connecticut, show an increase of 6l9
members over the report of July, 1892
There are forty nine organizations i'll
; the union. The other seventeen organ
cations will send i'll their reports t.
| President Of
Haven soon.
The funeral of Frank Mealia, the
young brakeman who died of injuries
received in this city, took place at the
church of the Sacred Heart in New
Haven Saturday afternoon Among
the floral tributes was pillow with the
word Brother" from his sisters, and a
cross with the word "Comrade," from
the White Wings club
Collector of Internal Revenue John
Hutchinson has issued the first certiti
cate in the internal revenue district to d
= Chinaman under the Chinese exclusion
act OF May .; 1892. The certificate was
issued to Charles Hong of Derby, q
laundryman, who has been in the
United States twenty-three years. He
is the first one to apply for certificate
of the Cinnamon in Connecticut and
! Rhode Island.
A New Britain paper says: Walter
johnson of this city, the champion poo
player, has accepted a challenge from
J. j. Murphy of Waterbury. The game
is for 500 side and will take place
about the tenth of the coming mouth il
Johnson's billiard rooms. A great deal
of interest is being manifested in the
coming game, and Walters friends are
almost positive of the victory being
Iawarded to him.
The bids for 1895 shares 1888, 500
of new stock of the Consolidated rail
road were opened in New Haven Satur
day. Drexel, Morgan & Co, of New
York, took the whole block at $3.50 or
per share or $3,39S, rs for the Who'll,
amount. There was no other single bic
, tor over 500 shares. The figure paid !,
} higher than what bankers expected t.
4 see so large an amount of stock bring
} In Wall street Saturday rs shares solo
at 25S.
It Mrs Lydia Won Finklestein Mount
nv1 kn l. 20 -, Al.