Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-08-23
CITY NEWS.

Io-morroW will be bargain day at i Curran's. "Lost in New York" at the opera house this evening. For hobby and well wearing foot gear go to E. J. Finn's first class shoe store.
 The excursion to New York over the New England road this morning carried nearly POO Waterburians to the l metropolis.
 There are advertised letters at the postoftice for M. B. Bunnell, Mrs K. Car roll, Mrs Doyle, Bernard Leonard and Miss Mary Sullivan.
 LieutenauuFitzpatric of Go G took a run up to Waterbury to-day and will return to Mantle on the New London Waterbury express at 4:40.
 i The recent anti-pool law has killed horse trotting in this state. Waterbury and Derby have decided to give up their usually successful fall meetings.
 Papers have been served on the city in e suit brought by Mrs Margaret Smith to recover $500 for injuries re- ceived from fall on Willow street on February 24.
 John Hamilton, clerk at the Water bury Grocery company's store. is conva- lescing, after being laid up for about a week. He was threatened with pneu- monia at one time.
 Marie Hamerlin. aged two months. daughter of Mir and Mrs Elias Hamerlin of 2 Rushton place, died yesterday afternoon. The funeral was held at 8 o'clock this afternoon.
 | The open season for rail shooting be- gan last Monday in New Haven, Fair field and Litchfield counties. For the other five counties in the state the sea- son begins on September l.
 A representative of the Perry Davis Pain Killer Co is in Waterbury, super intending the distribution of handsome Japanese fans. They may be obtained free at any drug store.
 Mrs Clara Keeler, aged 7S years, died yesterday afternoon at her home, 42 Liberty street. The funeral will be held at four o'clock tomorrow afternoon with interment in Riverside cemetery. The Second division, A. O. H, has ac- cepted the invitation of the Central La Dor union to take part in the Labor day exercises. The division will take part in the parade in full regalia.
 Vice President Lucius Futile of the New York, New Haven X Hartford rail . road was yesterday elected president of the Boston & Maine road by a unanimous vote and has signified his willingness to accept the position at the beginning of the new year, October 1, 1893.
 One simple drunk was all there was to engage the attention of the police court this morning, John Shea a wayfayer from Providence, who filled up with 5 Waterbury whlskey and went to sleep in Dr Castles yard. He told the court he could get work in Naugatuck and was allowed tO go.
 The Second division, A. o. H, at its meeting last night appointed commit tee consisting of w. c. Keenan. James M. Lynch and James A. Hynes to draw iup suitable resolutions commemora. tive of the Rt Rev Bishop McMahon, he was the chaplain of the order in the state of Connecticut.
 The funeral of Patrick O'Donnell was held to St Johns church, Watertown, al o'clock this morning, where a requiem mass was celebrated by Rev J. H IO'Donnell. The pallbearers were Hugh }, Feeley, John Maize, George McNulty Matthew Carlin. Thomas Murphy and Calvary cemetery.
 The funeral of Thomas F. Meara was held from the family residence, l64 Baldwin street. at 9 o'clock this morn. ing to the Immaculate Conception Ichurch, where requiem high mass was celebrated by the Rev Father Kennedy The pallbearers were: Michael Cooney = John Clatfey, William Smith and Ed ward Kane. Interment was in St Joseph's cemetery.
 Complaint has been made to the off cers of the Humane society that a horse II driven by farmer who gathers swilI o from boarding houses in the city Is be ing abused and an investig gation will be ? made. It has also been reported to the local agents that an old worn out horse had ,been abandoned to die in a field l. near Simonsville. Dwight Thrall. the state agent of the society. is expected ir Waterbury soon and will make q thorough investigation of all cases of alleged cruelty to animals.
 Street Inspector Wright some week: ago notified all property owners whose = sidewalks needed repairing that they N must have them put in order before Oc tober l. Most of the people notified lcomplied with the order at once, but two or three large owners or the west side of South Mair street seem bent on taking all the time the law allows. There are several baC |, places in this much travelled walk be tween Grand street and Exchange place.
 l. Yesterday a Waterbury man who haC O bank notes and silver certificates to tht amount of S1 300 wished to make an ex change for gold and went the round o NtAc OAhASs 11e llISl NlSllSu the " AIer
 bury National bank and when Cashier |, Blakesley asked if he intended to tie tn, II gold up in his stocking as so many
 others had done he could not or woull not give satisfactory answer and tn '' bank refused to let him have the gold
 Two other banks could not spare tn
 amount the man wanted, but finally a
 the Dime Savings bank he was counte, = out $1 300 worth of the precious metal.
 Town clerks have been notified by tn
 state board of health that the law relat
 ing to filing death certificates and issu
 ing burial permits must be strictly CT
 forced hereafter. This order Is cause
 by the increased carelessness of under
 takers in regard to the law in all part
 Of the state. According to the law tn
 undertaken having charge of a funera m must file as soon as possible with tn town clerk a certificate of death and tn o, town clerk will then issue a burial pel