Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-04-23
CITY NEWS.


 Full line of school books and supplies at Martin Bergin's, South Main street.
 The Concordia Singing society gave sacred concert in Concordia hall last night.
 It is understood that Memorial day ser vices will be held in the Immaculate Con- ception church on Sunday, May 27.
 Rebecca Pratt, aged 65 years, died at her residence, East Mountain. yesterday morning. Funeral services will be held at the house at l o'clock tomorrow after noon.
 Barnum's advance agent was in town Saturday and changed the date of their coming to this city from June to June ?. This will bring the great show to Water bury on Saturday.
 The silver kirmess under the auspices of the members of St Johns parish, Water town, will open tonight. As usual, no doubt, a large number of Waterbury people will be present.
 W. R. Babcock. general agent of the New York X New England road. spent couple of hours in this city Saturday. in | consultation with the local representatives of the road.
 Entertainment and reception of the | = night The stage performance will com mence at S:30 o'clock. Tickets will be on sale at the door.
 Margaret Reilly. aged 6l years. died at her residence on Jewelry street last night The funeral will take place at S:30 o'clock tomorrow morning to St Pr tricks church. Interment will be in New Haven.
 Emeline Francis Downey, the two weeks old child of MT and Mrs John c. Downey of 795 Baldwin street, died last night. The funeral took place this afternoon. h. torment was in St JoSeph's cemetery.
 Mrs Cowell. wife of Judge Cowell, who has been visiting her parents, Mir and Mrs Joseph Barton. has left Washington and will visit friends in Philadelphia, Flushing and New York before returning home.
 The first trial trip of the DEMOCRAT carrier pigeons was given this morning. Twenty birds flew from Sandy Hook in quick time. Emil Floring of Summer street the owner of the birds, is enthus- iastic over the first fly.
 The passenger business of the Consoli- dated road has not shown any recent in crease and until there is more patronage the express trains which were taken of last fall will not be replaced. The sum- mer schedule will contain the usual sum- ulCI lEAlIS. Uul llt Oll expresses VIII not be upon 1t according to present indica- tlons.
 The amount of loaded cars handled last week on the western division of the New York ,S New England road compares favor ably with records made during the busiest times the road has ever had. Whether this business will continue to come is not known but 1t Is certain that the road is getting its share of the business, and Is moving freight with more than usual success.
 The sale of seats for the music festival in the City hall on Saturday night opened in the Driggs & Smith Cos store at o'clock this morning. and before noon the chart was pretty well checkered. A num- Der of the District Co.'S employees remained on duty all night near the store in order to be first in line. Many good seats may yet be secured.
 Professor Elton is having excellent suc- cess in organizing the junior festival chorus. which is to meet in City hall Saturday afternoon. May 5th. Parents having children between the ages of ten and eighteen years, who are musically in- clined, are invited to assist Tn the work by leaving names at the Driggs & Smith Co.'S music store. Membership tickets cost $1 each.
 The exchange of tickets for the Rev J. A. Mulsahy's illustrated lecture opened at A. J. Daly's drug store this morning, and the way the chart was marked and scratched for thirty minutes indicated large attendance on Wednesday evening There are several good seats left yet, and if you want them you should go at once and secure your coupon ticket. The gen. eral admission tickets are but thirty-five cents each, and many good sittings are to be had at this price.
 The New Haven Morning News says of Mss NJ. Louise Gallagher. who will assist at the lecture by Rev J. A. Mulcahy, in the opera house Wednesday evening: Miss Mira Louise Gallagher, the harpist, is master of her difficult instrument, and her playing is always en- joyed. She shows q remarkable pro- fciency. the result of years of careful and painstaking study. She helped to make the evening of music one long to be re- warmest kind of praise"
 The new St Bernard's church in Tariff vile WAS dedicated yesterday morning by Bishop Tierney. The dedication oc- cured previous to the 10:30 mass, which was a solemn high. The sermon was de- lIvered by the Rev Father J. OR. Sheridan of Windsor Locks. After the ceremonies about sixty-four children of the Sunday school were confirmed by Bishop Tierney. The new church Is constructed of wood and cost about $50, 900. The pastor of the church is the Rev James Walsh formerly of this city.
 T. J. r. McEnery delivered a masterly and imI ressive lecture on Capital and Labor" before the members of the O'Connell Literary and Social club last evening. At the conclusion of his remarks he vigorously advocated unity among workingmen. Be temperate" said the | speaker. Be loyal to yourselves and to l your friends. Save dollar when possible | and the designing and united capitalists | will not be confronted by starving and | disorganized rabble. but by a united. loyal | and respectable workingmen."
 The Holy Family society of St Cecilia's | parish will celebrate its anniversary at | ConcordiA hall, Wednesday evening. The | following programme will be rendered: | Overture; address. by Dr Martin; Bridal | Chorus. by the church choir; declamatiou, | Miss Lena Dietrick; solo, Miss May Herr; piano duet, Miss Bertha Stroebel and Prof l George Faulman; vocal duet, the Misses | Christina Smith and May Herr; quartette. | The admission is 15 cents. 4 Gelman | supper will be given. The public is in- vited to be present.
 The proposed new coffee house will soon | be in operation. The Grand street prop erty, owned by Rev Martin Lawlors has | been selected as the best available site. William Bryant, who has had charge of coffee houses in London and Wales, has been appointed manager. The prices for meals and lodging have already been told in the DEMOCRAT. and if MT Bryant be the kind of man we have referred to, the sue cess of the coffee house is already assured. The management is in good hands and there is every reason to believe that the business will be of much benefit to the class of people for whose benefit it has been brought into existence.
 The corner stone of the new German Lutheran church. at the corner of Phenix and Spencer AVenues. was laid resterdar