Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-18
CITY NEWS.

store tomorrow.
 Judge John W. Webster is confined to his home with a severe cold.
 The Boston Temple quartette and Miss Fay Davis, recitationist, at the opera house this evening.
 Dairy Commissioner Winslow was in this city to-day making inspections in con- nection with his office.
 Adjourned meeting of the court of com mon council this evening to discuss the appropriations and the proposed issue of water bonds.
 Thomas E. Murphy. the temperance lec- turer, will speak in the Jacques auditorium tomorrow evening. An admission fee of ten cents will be charged.
 The Democratic association will meet this evening at 8 o'clock in their rooms in the Platt block. Important business is to be transacted and full attendance is re- quested.
 In the police court this morning Thomas Flynn was charged with drunkenness and vagrancy. He was given fifteen days in jail on each count. Michael Bowe, charg- ed with assault, had his case continued until Wednesday morning.
 Congressman James P. Pigott of this district said on Friday to a reporter that although he intended to vote for the Will son tariff bill, he would try to secure some mitigation of the provisions affecting the industries in his district.
 The executive committee of the Central Labor union will visit the Carpenters and Joiners' union and L. A., 30S0, K. of L.. this evening, to talk over the matter of hir- ing a hall to be used by the different labor organizations.
 There are advertised letters at the post office for Jos H. Butler, Fred Colby, Miss Susie Connolly, Wm Dover, J. W. Els worth, John Mortimer, Mrs Grace Orcott Chas F. Sanford, Martin Thomas and I. H. Williams.
 Papers were served Saturday on thirty occupants and owners who failed to com ply with the city ordinance relative to The cases are all returnable before Justice Brett on Saturday, December 23.
 The choir of the Sacred Heart church will be assisted on Christmas by an orches- tra of nine pieces. Cimarosa's s grand mili- tary mass will be sung for the first time in Waterbury. A rehearsal with the orches- tra was held yesterday afternoon.
 The committee on bylaws of the new temperance society of the Sacred Heart church is not yet ready to report on new set of rules. Consequently the meeting that was to have been held this evening has been postponed until further notice.
 Mrs Ann Geraghty, aged 90 years, wife of John J. Geraghty, died at the family residence on Cooke street at l o'clock yes terday morning, after long illness. She leaves one child. The deceased was a sis ter of Martin and John Moore and of Mrs Jane Finnegan of Hawkins street The funeral will take place at S:3O tomorrow 4I, T. Conception church where a mass of re- quiem will be celebrated.
 Isaac Hine, one of the oldest residents of this city, died yesterday afternoon at the age of eighty years. When seven years of age the deceased was attacked with typhoid fever and became a deaf mute. At that time Mir Hine went into a trance and preparations were made for his burial, and when the coffin was being borne out of the residence he showed signs of life. He leaves a son, James R. Hlne of this city. and one daughter. Mrs Will liam E. Meserole of New Haven.
 The family of Thomas Donovan of Flaw leyville are very anxious over the disap- pearance of their son John. He is twenty five years of age. about five feet seven inches in height and weighs about 160 pounds. MT Donovan was last seen on Thursday, December ', when he was dressed in black frock coat, black panta- looms and brown cap with stripes. He then appeared as usual and did the chores about home in the morning, but since that time no trace of his whereabouts has been found.
 At the special meeting of the center dis trict committee Saturday evening the con- tract for building the addition to the Long Hill school was awarded to Tracy Brothers, their bid being S1 ,995. Other bids were: John Macauley, g, 3SO; John E. Carey, s 500; DeRoy Wilcox. S, 2,6OO; B. H. Eldridge, S2, ,065; W. H. Hurlburt, s, ,69O; Chauncey Seeley, S2,36S. The contract for heating and plumbing was awarded to Barlow Brothers for S1 ,6OO The Charles Thatcher comIany's bid was S1, ,550, with $50 extra for indirect radiators It was | voted to petition for sidewalk and cross walk on Sperry street.
 The city is overrun with tramps who are bold and saucy. On Saturday evening Louis Archambault of South Main street, | while coming down Union street, was ac- | cested by two men who, in an insolent man. her, asked him to advance a small sum. He declined and suggested that they call on Superintendent Hoadley of the relief | bureau. "The relief bureau be d-d'' said one of the fellows, seizing Archambault If you don't give us some money, well | take it away from you, that's all" The other tramp then closed in on the young man, but he managed to work his way as far as South Main street, when the fellows became frightened and ran away. l The New Haven Union has the follow ing regarding the K. of c. trouble: ''One of the members who has taken leading part in the rebellion against the national officers told Union reporter to-day that there were already indications that the na- tional officers were preparing to recede from their position. They had, he said, voted a salary of S1, 500 year to Thomas H. Cum. mins of Boston and appointed him organi. ger for the state of Massachusetts. The officers last week informed Cummins that | the order could not pay him the salary promised nor any other salary. He still the member said, remains organizer fol Massachusetts, but if he is pa1d for his ser | vices the money must come from the Mas sachusetts councils. The general order will not be responsible.
 At the meeting of the disbursing com mittee of the Relief association Saturday evening it was decided to have the head quarters on Scovill street enlarged Il was the opinion of the committee tha more help was necessary to facilitate tht work of distributing, and Superintendent Hoadley was instructed to secure tht voluntary services of an assistant, if pos sible The committee feel that distribu tions must be made in a very conservativ, manner, as the work will have to b, carried on through the winter months Miss Carrie A. Platt has subscribed $100 Ryan & Mitzmaurice, ten pairs of shoes the Burns club, S2O to the bureau and S2I to the Kings Daughters. The local Scotcl people announce that they will care for tn, l laSfitufa Of fbair ny-D raHa
 Recorder George L. Parmelee of thu dental commissioners of Connecticut or Saturday sent out 346 certificates of regis tration throughout the state to those whC are entitled to all the rights and privilege, of a lawfully registered dentist. Eact certificate is signed by every member ot the board of dental commissioners and | numbered The dentists fael Dardonably