Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-06-17
CITY NEW s.

The American band will give It's second concert on the green Monday evening. A meeting of the O'Connor Literary and Social club will be held tomorrow afternoon.
 John Moriarty writes from Dublin, that himself and wife are having a glorious time.
 The Holmes, Booth & Haydens' works will be shut down Saturdays for some time hereafter.
 L. J. Atwood is making extensive ! alterations and improvements on his residence on Grove street. Architect Jackson drew the plans.
 George Sutherland of, Morristown, N. J., will lead the mems meeting of the Y. M. c. A., at 4:30 tomorrow after noon.
 Florist Dallas took several boxes of handsome flowers to High Rock grove terres of this popular summer outing place.
 There are letters advertised for Mrs John LYmont, Mrs Joseph c. Lamphier, Mrs Ida Gareso, Miss Kate Curry, Arthur H. Greenlund, c. H. Seaborg, Alex Burns and Richard Mccarthy. Papers were served on the city clerk to-day in a suit for S1, 900 damages for Dennis Flavin and wife. The woman fell on the side walk in front of No. 60 Washington street on March 3, breaking her left wrist.
 The remains of James M. Abbott were brought to Waterbury on the 1:11 train this afternoon and taken to the First Methodist church where the funeral services were held. Interment was in \ Riverside cemetery.
 Judge Wheeler of the superior court at New Haven has handed down decision in the divorce suit brought by William s. Winslow of this city against his wife, Mary F. Winslow, on the ground of desertion. The application was dis missed.
 Morris Mansfield, of 6S9 South Main street, had his left hand caught in a lstraightening machine at Randolph & lClowes' mill this morning and all four fingers were badly cut and mangled. Dr Frost dressed the wounds which required thirty stitches.
 The Young Mems Catholic Literary Association held well attended and en- thusiastic meeting last evening. The Hannnal excursion was fully considered and a committee consisting of James M lLynch, John Kelly and Charles H. Ban non appointed to confer with the com mittee from the Senior Temperance so- Iciety.
 Two men who gave their names as John Watts and John Connors of this city were arrested late yesterday after noon in Meriden, charged with being implicated in the robbery of Mrs Charles Currier of South Meriden the other day. The men said they were in Merlden searching for work, told a straightfor- word story and were released this morn ing, the woman declaring that they were not the men who robbed her.
 The funeral of Patrick Healy was held at $50 this morning from his late resi- dence, 10 River street, to the church of the Immaculate conception, where a requiem high mass was celebrated by Rev Father Kennedy. The palIbearers were Patrick Shanahan, Philip Healy, Michael Cavan, Edward Sweeney, Michael O'Donnell and John Healy. In terpaent was in St Jyseph's cemetery.
 A novel entertainment will take place at City hall, Monday evening, June 26, when over two hundred school girls will sing, march and dance in a charming Carnival" This is production to ad- vance the young in vocal and physical culture, also elocutional and dramatic action. The festival will be under the management of A. w. Marcy of Hart ford. Miss Fl. Hawkins of Middletown, , N. Y. will take the leading parts. A one story wooden barn owned by Patrick Colwell, 546 Baldwin street, in which was stored some household furni- . ture, was burned to the ground about l 80 this morning. The loss is estimated l at $500; fully insured. Quite mistake was made in sending in the alarm, in- stead of pulling box 5S at the corner of Baldwin and Stone streets, box 1T at the corner of Washington and South Main streets was rung and the department horses had to make the Washington ! street hill unnecessarily. The origin of the fire is unknown.
 At the annual meeting of Court Abraham Lincoln, A. O.. F., last even- ing, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Past chief ranger, Barrle; sub-chief ranger, William Bryant; treasurer, Charles Logan; financial secretary, Albert Harris; re- cording secretary, Hugh P. Brown; senior warden, William Blanc; junior warden, Adolph c. Becker; senior beadle, James Dodds; junior beadle, George Morandez; delegate to supreme convention to be held September at Buffalo, J. A. Gift; alternate, Charles Logan.
 Supervising Architect Kissam of the firm of J. c. Cady 6 Go, New York, who is in charge of the constructing of the new library building, has stopped the work of the contractors in putting in sub-foundation and ordered exca- vations to be made deep enough to get below all remains inferred in the old cemetery. This will cause the disin- terring of many more remains, it is ex- pected. Secretary Platt of the board of trusteee will arrange with the city au- thorities for depositing such remains as may be found, in some suitable place,