Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-07
CITY NEWS.

organizations at his place of business on South Main street to-day. A baby girl Is the cause.
 Miss Selma Hauser of 222 North Main street gave pretty party last evening ln honor of her sixteenth birthday. Miss | Hauser received many beautiful presents.
 John Conley, ''Snakey," formerly of Waterbury, was arrested for playing the shell game at the Danbury fair and fined S75 and costs yesterday by Judge Walsh.
 Maggie Mckee. age 12 years 6 months died this morning at her parents residence River street. The funeral will take place tomorrow morning at s:45. Interment at Winsted
 Waterbury lodge of Elks formally opened Elks hall last night After the business meeting a number of guests were enter tained and very enjoyable social evening was spent.
 The members of the A. O. H. Sarsfeld club and the Naugatuck Rifle club, and n number of friends, will be the guests of the Enmet guards, Co F.. H. R, in G. A. | R. hall on Thursday evening.
 Weather Prophet Johnson says the 1 breezes will begin to blow fccbly to-morrow and continue with increased severity until the 18th, when q storm of nearly hurricane intensity may be looked for.
 Richard Condon. the five year old son of John Condon of 273 River street, while playing with some boys this morning. fell and dislocated both bones of the left fore arm. Dr Hayes attended to the injury. Supreme Knight Phelan, Dr Tracy of Meriden. Secretary Colwell of New Haven and T. H Cummings of Boston have de ! cided to institute new degree to be known as the fourth. It will surplsa any i of those in vogue at present.
 | The Danbury fair is being handled by i the New York X New England road in an i exceptionally good manner. Superintend- ] tnt Quigg of the western division has not been obliged to call on the other division for help. as has been done before. A crowd of l7. GOO was present yesterday.
 i Gaetano Rebouis tailor whose home is on Burton street was taken violently in sane this morning and attemped to throw | himself from an upper story window. Officers Reid and Brickel brought him to the police station and the selectmen had | him removed to the AlmshOuse.
 i William W. Dayton of this city, who Was l charged with having broken into the Hop l kins grammar school of New Haven and stealing a number of books pleaded guilty in the criminal superior court yesterday and was sentenced to one year in jail. 1 Dayton had previously pleaded not guilty.
 The funeral Vof Nicholas Downey was held at 2:3O this afternoon from his late home on Judd street to the Immaculate l Conception church, where services were | read bv Rev Father Downev. The pail l bearers were Timothy Mccarthy, John 1 Kenny Patrick McEvoy and James Doc ] Ian. Interment was in Calvary cemetery. i Phunix Fire company No 1, last night 1 elected officers for the ensuing term as fol- ] lows: Foreman, John W. Wright; first assistant. William r. keegan: second aS- sistlnt. Samuel Stearns; secretary. Edward Williams: treasurer, William H Wright steward, John W. Dow. Supper and a social evening followed the business meet ing.
 The convention of French Canadians will be held in Madison hall, Bridgeport, Tuesday. It is expected that over lW delegates will be present from different states. It is the eighth convention of thrse people and many important matters are to be discussed. A banquet will ht rendered to the delegates and city officials after the convention.
 The lawyers held bar meeting this morning and decided on the following routine of business. One case on the civil docket was assigned for trial next week before the jury. That one k Disley Ns | Tierney. The other cases next week will be on the criminal side. After the trial of these cases adjournment will be taken un- 1 til November II for trial of the civil side l The funeral of James Commerford was 1 largely attended from his late home lS3 l Union street, at 9 o'clock this morning. ! The remains were taken to the Immaculate ] Conception church where a requiem high mass was celebrated by Rev Father Dow ney. The pallbearcrS were: John H. Moran Daniel Brennan, Patrick CosgroVC i Charles Butterly Thomas McMahOn and James E. Byrnes. Iatcrment was iG Calvary cemetery.
 :. In the c;lsc of C. Art Ward vs L. F. Bur pee ct al at New Haven yesterday ] mo ton Was made by the plaintiff for lc- ! fault for failure of the defendants to file aIl answer to the complaint The motion w..s withdrawn, :he drfens- complying witA tha ptaint.ffa' demands. Iii. l. tho f. nous '.Wateruury pig casc. The board If health destroyed Wards piSgc4.' 4nl lu curscYUcncc h. brought suit tot d4NA scs for trt:spass against that body.
 NilltLlmcn say that tine Second regiment tenn was used unfairly at ThurSdny'> brigade shoot in Hartford The Second team was forced to use ammunition witl which its members were unfamiliar. Tn, difference in the strength of the powder made difference of fifty yards elevation in shooting 300 yards. The other three teams had practiced with this ammunition and therefore had d decided adNantag, oyer the team from the Second regiment.
 Mary Ann Horan was carried to tht police station in an express wagon yeSter day afternoon and this morning she Wa: given thirty days for drunkenness and 12' days for being a common drunkard 1T jail Patrick and Julia Welch were charge, with violating n city ordinance, by keep ing dead dog on their premises. Int dog died Thursday, but they refused [, hnry ii and, instead tried to keep it in thu house. The neighbors objected and com plained to the police. Welch was fined :: and costs and his wife was let go,
 Mary Louise Dermody of Ansonia die, yesterday at the home of her brother-in law, Judge D. F. McMahon of Birming
 ham. Miss Dermody was member of tn,
 class of 93 at the Convent of Notre Dame
 where she had been at school during the past three years. She was great favnrit,
 with her classmates and teachers and hat host of friends both in this city an,
 Ansonia Her class will attend tn,
 funeral in a body tomorrow afternoon ! The deceased had been q sufferer iron
 rheumatism for several months. but deatl
 was caused by stroke of paralysis whicl
 she had week ago.
 Dr. Lancaster's horse which has prove,
 tn the doctor n source of considerable an noyAnce is now dead. and the reasons ar, these. Thursday night the doctor receive, a call to go to Waterville. He started witt his father in the team. At the New Eng hand crossing where the lower road t, Waterville intermeets the horse Shie l ant started in on the railroad tracks. Both oc cupants of the team were thrown ont. bu not injured. The horse kept on down tn, track for a short distance and finally disap peared towards the road Early