Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-02
CITY NEWS.

Edward Kirby, of Meriden. is visiting his sister, Miss Josie Kirby, for few days.
 Frank Steele of Bridgeport succeeds R. O. Purple on the staff of the Sunday Herald.
 Peter Bruno, an employe of Benedict .S Burnhams, left for Florida to-day for the benefit of his health.
 The newly elected members of the dis trict committee will meetto-morrow night for the purpose of organization.
 John Kelly. baker for Thomas Kelly, will sail tomorrow for five months stay at his home in Ballinasloe, County Ros- common, Ireland.
 The newly elected members of the board of education will meet in the High school room tonight, for the purpose of organi- zation.
 The New York team carries on it pay roll. at the close of the season. the same that it had at the beginning, with one ex- ception-Roger Connor.
 Emil. the ten months old daughter of Mir and Mrs Ulrich Kruesi of 20 Ward street. jed yesterday. The funeral will take place at o'clock tomorrow.
 John F. Sheehan, the fourteen moatL S old son of Thomas Sheehsn of Is Pember- ton sreet. dIei this morning. The funeral will take place ct 2 o'clock tomorrow afteI- noon.
 Annie, the one year old daughter of J ,hn Zusbriski of Morgan avenue, died yestt rdsy. The funeral took place at 3 o'clock this afternoon with lnterment in Calvary cemetery.
 Constable Egan sold at public auction s me liquors attached by him last July. They were the property ofN. James Norris snd were purchased by Nelson Norman for s29.
 The Gem opera house, Naugatuck. has en engagei for the production of 1.-The Chimes of Normandy" Saturday evening. There has been a very large sale of tickets for the Friday evening performance in this ely.
 Le Club Excelsior of Meriden will come Wat. rbury next Thursday evening and give performance of the drama A Ctle- brated Case under the French title, "UI e Cause Celebre." The performance will be given in Coucordia hall.
 The receipts for the year by A treasurer of the Bronson library tu- d amounted to S62, 196-21. and the expenditures S62,- O7S 5S. The biggest outlay was for the new building. Si9.79J 8. The fund amounts to S273, ,073 36.
 MT and Mrs Henry Ford, the former conductor on the Chicago & North west | Charles Corner of Ii High street. The ladies. whO are sisters. have not seen each other in forty thu ee years.
 4 pleasant reception was held at the home of Miss Mary Lynch, Scovill street, last night, taking the form of a birthday sur prise party. The hours were spent pleas antly, vocal and instrumental music, recitations and games being indulged in The hostess received many pretty presents The funeral of Mrs Mary Roper took place from her residence on Dublin street to the Sacred Heart church at S:3O o'clock this morning A mass of requiem was celebrated by the Rev Father Treanor The pallbearers were: Andrew Ryan, John Brophy. William Hogan, William Judd, John Holland and Patrick Mooney. h. terment was in St JOseph's cemetery.
 The funeral of Mel ie Murphy took place from the residence of Daniel Foley on Fuller street to the church of the Im- maculate Conception at 9 o'clock this morning. A mass of requiem was cele- brated by the Rev Father Lynch. The pallbearers Were: Timothy Sullivan, Thomas Crean. John Murphy, Garret Sayers. David Hanley and Michael Lawlor. Interment was in Calvery cemetery.
 It is rumored that a speclal election for alderman Cf the third ward will be de- | of the counters last night. It Is said that : this counter openly displayed. during the count, some republican ballots, which were not taken from the boxes, and he refused to put them out of sight. A prominent at torney said this morning that if such was the case, the defeated candidate could ap- peal to the superior court for new cleo tion. and he would undoubtedly get it.
 Special forecast for Connecticnt:-Fair till Wednesday morning. followed by cloudy weather. The storm area which was yesterday morning centeral in eastern Montana has moved eastward to North Dakota. Heavy rain has fallen along l's front ln Minnesota gradually decreasing towards its southern extremity in Texas The area of high pressure which yesterday covered the Mississippi valley is passing of the south Atlantic coast A decided rise in temperature has occurred west of the Miss ssippi, witha slight one to the east, } except in the northern lake region where It has falltn. Fair weather conditions prevail over the entire country east of the Mississippi.
 E P. Riordan was elected chairman of , the adjourned annual town meeting last night. Mayor Kilduf thought It would be we'll to adjourn until "Wednesday night. but the meeting wanted to do business and refused to adjourn. Timothy F. Neehan moved that a three mill tax be levied to meet the current expenses of the comiog year. John McEvoy moved that It be two mill tax. The amendment I prevailed and the new selectmen must content themselves with a two mill tax, instead of three mill tax as was voted last year. John H. Moran moved that the tax become due on May l, 1885, The free text books question came up and on motion of P. J. McGrath 1t was tabled. No action was taken in regard to the mat ter of appropriations.
 The barber who conducts the shayipp shop in the basement of the Doupberty block on East Main street created quite A sensation this afternoon by rushing madly into the street shouting for a policeman He caught sight of Officer McAulif who was passing in tront of Trott's bakery ''Come on. come on, come quick shouted the tarber fe,konlng to the officer and then he disappeared into the cellar. The officer followed and found that the rumpus was about a satchel full of razors which one of the workmen was about to take away. The proprietor claimed that the fellow owed him g and would not glve him the razors until he paid the bill. When the latter could not get his valise he left the shop telling the officer he was no good and stating that he would go and get another. It took the officer some time to pacify the man
 Michael Cleary, who has been an inmate or the almshouse for seven years, is with out a home to-day and claims that it is all because he voted against Mir Pinney yes- tarday He was a caller at the DEMOCRAT office this afternoon and told his story } substantially as follows: Yesterday he came down from the almshouse to vote ana remained in town over night He voted against Mir Pinney and made no