Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-30
CITY NEWS.

Mrs Dora Dalton of 40 Wall street is re- ported seriously i'll
 There will be family gathering at Con- coriia hall tomorrow night.
 Miller < Peck announce their annual January clearing sale. Prices are lower than euer.
 The second annual sociable of the Bakers and Confectioners' union will be held this evening in Concordia hall.
 Judging from the large sale of tickets the Fl Dorado Pleasure club will have a large crowd at their ball.
 For Connecticut: Snow to-day, followed by clearing during Sunday, colder brisk to high northeast winds.
 John Burke. aged 6S. died this morning at the residence of his daughter Mrs J. A. Garde, Is Kingsbury street.
 The pool match at Harvey's, last night between William Harvey and Clarence O'Brien of Naugatuck. was easily won by the former, by score of 100 to 56.
 Nora O'Reilly, aged g. wife of Patrick O'Reilly of Luke street, died this morning. The funeral will take place from her late residence at 2:30 Monday afternoon with services at St Patrick's church.
 John P. Stack, formerly leader of the Second regiment band, has been appointed leader of the band at the soldiers home, Marion. Ind. succeeding his father, who died recently.
 Marsden J. Perry. one of the receivers of the New England road, is director of the road and is also president of the Providence and Springfield road. He is a friend of Senator Platt of New York.
 The funeral of Mrs Annie Altman of I7 Ayers street took place this afternoon with services at the Immaculate Conception church. The pallbearers were: John Beg ley, John Kelly, John Malley, John BeCley Michael Langley and David Altman.
 The funeral of Mrs Margaret Kennedy of Vine street took place this morning to the Immaculate Conception church where Father Lynch. The pallbearers were: James Mclaughlin, Thomas Rohanna, l Charles Hayes and James Viekers.
 yesterday and was taken into custody. He was fined s this morning. Alexander Scott was charged with drunkenness and theft of some carpenter tools from Bowen Brothers The tools. as told in yester- days DEMOCRAT, were found in two second hand stores, where they had been pawned. Scott was given thirty days for drunken ness and thirty days for theft.
 There is a report going the rounds that a Waterbury syndicate has purchased thirty acres of Mir Hart's farm bordering on the Plainville line of the tramway company and are endeavoring to purchase thirty acres more of the Williams farm. A DOT ton of Dr Cooke's farm is also spoken of as being included in the transaction. The scheme is to open up streets and building I I,k Naxx- Prikosy1
 The supreme officers of the Catholic Benevolent Legion are to visit Bridgeport next Sunday when business of great i'm portance to the order will be transacted. One of the principal topics for discussion, it is said, will be the present method oi assessment and the rate of dues paid by | the members. The order is one of the most prosperous Catholic orders of the country, and has large membership iu this city.
 In the superlor court at Hartford yester day Judge Robinson granted a decree oi divorce to Monie II Farrell from William R. Farrell on the ground of habitual m. temperance and cruelty. They were mar ried at Waterbury on December 3I, 1881 Mrs Farrell said that her husband deserted her in March, 1891, and that he had con tributed nothing for her support or tht | time He had left her number of time; before. she said, and he had frequentl, abused her. He began to drink about sis months after their marriage and had beer a habitual drunkard while they lived to gether. The woman was given the custody of two minor children.
 The Mills meetings yesterday wer, largely attended. The regular afternoon service was held at o'clock in the Firs church. The subject of Mir Mills dis course was Hebrews 6-9: But, beloved we are persuaded better things of you and things that accompany salvation, thougl we thus speak" At the evening service il the City hall there was an audience O about 1,2oo. Prayer was offered by thu Rev E. c. Tullar. The text of tn evangelist was from Luke: And being il an agony he prayed more earnestly; an, his sweat was, as it were, great drops O blood falling down to the ground" Man in the audience were affected to tears. \ the morning and evening services to morrow collection will be taken up fo the poor of the city.
 Judge J. W. Webster and Charles Mile left on the 1O:45 train on the Naugatuc
 road to-day for their annual hunting tri
 in southern Georgia. Judge Webster too
 with him his famous bird dog. Fanny.
 and MT Miller had his dog Sam" Befor
 leaving the station Mir Miller steppe
 upon the scales and was weighed, sayin
 that he wanted to see how the trip woul
 agree with him. He weighed p
 pounds. Judge Webster and MT Mile s will be joined in Bridgeport by Dariu l Miller of New Britain, E. L. Peek of liar 9 ford, Minor Drake of Torrington an T others. The party will be about ten i S number and twelve bird dogs will accon
 pany them. They will be absent abol
 three weeks
 The passenger trains on the New York
 New England road have not been inte
 fered with by the attachment that wi
 placed on the locomotives and rollir = stock in the East Hartford yards of u 2 Company. The property is stln in charI of Sheriff Preston. In order that u !. freight traffic might not be interruptt
 Charles E. Gross of the counsel for u Philadelphia, Reading tS New England, ' the interest of which the attachment W, T made, has consented to the release of Il T five mogul engines under attachmen L About POO hands have been laid off at Ea n Hartford. The proceedings which were Il have been held before Judge Townsend
 New Haven yesterday has been postpone S until Monday.
 i Observer Cox of the United Stat S weather bureau at New Haven has COT l piled from the record of observations Il J following synopsis for the months of Ja U uary. taken at the New Haven station f l. the last twenty years. Following is Ii F. of the more important conditions not' If during that time: Mean or normal tempe
 ature 2S. The warmest January was tn
 of1SS0, with an average of 37. The colde !. January was that of 1888, with an avera, Il of 21. On January 12, 1890, the the I ,,,a,>ako- Kho R,rboe4