Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-04-21
CITY NEWS.
New music Monday.

Rev J. H. O'Donnell, of Watertown, an- swers Protestant in Sunday Globe tomorrow
 The St Joseph's Total Abstinence society will hold an important meeting tomorrow afternoon.
 S. P. Williams. Valentine Bohl and Ed ward Pierpont left on the 10:45 train this morning for a trip to Chattanooga, Tenn.
 The delegates to the grand court conven- tion of the A. O. F. of A., which will be held in Norwich on May 9, will hold meeting in G. A. R. hall tomorrow after noon.
 "A trip over the Rocky Mountains, Ma tional Park and Garden of the Gods will be the subject of John G. Twining's ad- dress before the Catholic Literary associa- ton on Thursday evening" May 3.
 There are advertised letters at the post office for H. ". Lyman, Mrs J. W. La- thrcp, B. I. Murta, J. L. Mintie, T. S. Post, Mrs Alice Palmer, Geo H. Thomp- son and 0. W. Peterson.
 William H. Johnson, who for the past five months has been sojourning in Aiken, $. C., returned home last evening, fully re- stored to health, and is to-day receiving the hand shakes of his many friends
 Mrs W. A. Hebert and Mrs J. J. Taylor of Clay street, were presented with a nice mess of suckers caught by Mrs Taylor's brother. A. B. Gully in Oakville. There were about fifty in all, weighing an average of two pounds each.
 The coffee house committee has concluded that the Grand street property, now occu- pied by the Waterbury Furniture Go, is the best site for the purpose of carrying on the business of the proposed new coffee house, and decided to locate there.
 There will be a meeting of the board of government of the Catholic Total Absti- hence Union of Connecticut in, New Bri- tain, next Wednesday afternoon, to con- sider matters in connection with the parade of the societies of the union to be held in that city June 28.
 "Wilt Thou Love Me, Fairest Maiden, !" a very pretty piece for a medium voice, will be published in the DEMOCRAT on Monday. The poem is by Talhairn music by R. s. Hughes. It is a copy righted piece selling for forty cents in sheet form.
 At meeting of the Waterbury lodge of Elks last night the committee appointed to report a plan of celebrating the lodges birthday favored the bringing here of a theatrical company. The date is June 15. The entertainment committee will meet at Eiks' hall at o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
 The Waterbury Liquor Dealers associa- tioL held its annual meeting yesterday and elected the following officers: President, D. J. Mahaney; vice-president. John Con- don; second vice-president, D. F. Mack; financial secretary. James H. Murnane; recording secretary, Samuel Munch; treas urer, Timothy L. Horigan.
 In the superior court yesterday George A. Driggs asked permission to file an amended answer to his wife's cross-com- plaint for divorce. His counsel stated that she has been guilty of indiscretions lately. After some cross-iring it was agreed that Driggs may file a supple mentary complaint provided he pays his wife $50 defense money. The supple mentary complaint will be filed next Fri day.
 The subscribers sale at the Driggs & Smith Go, for the festival concert, will open Monday morning at o'clock. No seats will be crossed of before that time, except for the press and side section for the St Margaret's school. Numbers will be given out as usual, and special pains will be taken to make the sales quick and fair. The subscription list will be open UT til the closing of the Driggs & Smith Co.'S store tonight.
 At bar meeting this morning the fol- lowing cases were assigned for jury trial: Tuesday. April 24. Dennis, James and Julia Broderick and Patrick Brennan vs c. W. Blakeslee & Sons; George Hosford vs Burton A. Peck; c. W. McNellis vs William Butler. Wednesday, April 25, rorIer IL. UUUu TeruInand Demlng; Moves L. Wilmot vs Sylvester Wooster: Local Union, No 210, vs John H. Abbott Tuesday, May l, James Gallagher vs W. E. Puffer.
 The corner stone of tho new German Lutheran church will be laid at o'clock O. morrow afternoon at the corner of Spencer and Phoenix avenues. The fol- lowing programme of exercises is an- nounced: Services in the morning at the chapel, 45 Leavenworth street, preaching by the Rev H. R. Erkmann of Hartford; at ? o'clock the congregation will march from the chapel to the site of the new building. Features of the ceremonies will be an address In German by the Rev Mir Winkas of New Britain and an address in English by the Rev W. P. Anderson of the Swedish Lutheran church of this city, At the evening service in the chapel the Rev c. R. Tappert of Meriden will preach.
 Holders of tickets for the Rev J. A. Null cahy's stereopticon lecture may exchange them for reserved seats on and after Mon day at NJ. F. Daly's drug store. The gen. eral admission to the lecture is thirty-five cents; reserved seats. fifty cents; sofas, seventy five cents. The New Haven Leader says of one of the artists who will assist at the entertainment: ''To my mind there Is no stringed instrument capable of such sweet and pathetic strains as a cello in the hands of skillful player. Julius L. Parke, Yale '97, proved his right to the title of artist by playing with harp accom- paniment, a selection from the opera, ''Cavalleria Rusticana." an opera that was in the repertoire of the Metropolitan com pany in the winter"
 The Italian mission which is being held at the Immaculate Conception church will close tomorrow night. The mission has been very successful and the fathers are well pleased with the result of their labors Rev Father Berdini, who has charge of the mission, is an apostolic missionary in charge of the Italian immigrants in New York, and the Italian people are unani- nous in the statement that he is the most preacher that has been heard in this town for years. He will leave for New York Monday. Rev Father Morrelli belongs in Hartford. A prominent Italian Catholic told reporter of the DEMOCRAT to-day that there is no truth in the rumor that they are about to form parish of their own.
 A swindler. who represents himself as Ernest Kaujhman of Washington, D. O., is | working very clever game in the neigh | boring towns and the people are just be- ginning to appreciate the fact that he is a | fraud. He calls at private houses and at | once introduces himself as a government | detective. He informs the proposed vic | tiEn that there is much counterfeit coin in | circulation and that as 8 government off, | cial he is compelled to examine any coins | she may have in the house. By means of | an acid he turns the coins black and thus | proving, as he says. that they are counter feits, he seiEes them. The owner is 1n- formed that another secret service detec- | tive will be around in a short time and re- | place the coins. The second officer never l comes.