Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-05-25
CITY NEWS.

The junior festival chorus will meet il
City hall at o'clock tomorrow afternoon
rain of shine.
Special forecast for Connecticut:-Gen
orally fair, stationary temperature, north
westerly winds.
Alexander Van Humboldt lodge. N. E
| o. P, will hold an important meeting to-
night. All members are requested to at
tend.
No police court in Waterbury for two
| days speaks we'll for the absence of crime
The weather seems to have disheartened
even the police victims.
The hearing in the briggs divorce case
| has been continued until next Tuesday
1t is thought that the case will be finished
by the end of next week.
Company E. Hibernian rifles, held an
| inspection and drill last night to deter
mine the qualifications of different as
pirants for appointment as non-commis-
stoned officers.
Special town meeting tonight for the
purpose of taking action on the proposed
new hospital for contagious diseases, and
also to consider the making of a further
Appropriation for work and repairs on the
town roads.
There are advertised letters at the post
office for VIM Adams, John Burns, Miss
Annie Claffey. Mrs A. B. French, Thos
Hurley. Mrs Maryan Hayes, George Rig
gan, Thomas Sullivan. Miss Kate Steven
son. Mrs VIM. Stack and Michael Sheehan.
Attorney Thomas F. Lawlor is about to
make change in Office quarters. He has
been occupying room 16 in Platts block
with Constable Rigney, but to-day he will
move into the Office of Judge Charles G..
Root. with whom he will be associated.
The report of the resignation of Super
intendent H. J. Quigg of tie western
division of the New York & New England
road was officially confirmed last night.
The resignation takes effect May 81. Mr.
Quigg's successor is T. T. FenneIl for
merly superintendent of the Lehigh Valley
road.
The reproduction of the operetta. Paul
ine," in Concordia hall last night, under
the management of st Cecilia's society,
was well attended. The cast presented
the piece to the entire satisfaction of the
audience. After the stage performance
dancing was INDUCED in. Rudolph fur
nishing the music and Professor Herr
prompting.
There will be an exhibition tomorrow
afternoon on the race track of all the
horses that are entered in next week Is
races at the driving park. The manage
ment is making every effort to make this
meeting one of great interest to all lovers
of out door sports. Present indications
are that the efforts will be crowned with
success.
The case of Jesse Pierce & Co VS.
Timothy Hanlon was tried before Judge
Bradstreet in the district court to-day. 1t
is an action to recover the price of a
cash register. The defendant, who was
in business on Meadow street, claimed that
he received the! register because of pur-
chasing $40 worth of cigars. The plaintiffs
a Boston concern, claim the register was
their property until the cigars were all
paid for. Pierce for plaintiffs, Lawlor for
defendant. Decision was reserved.
Application was fled in the probate
court to-day, by G. H. Hart, trustee on the
Lawrence estate, that the trustee be allowed
to transfer the equity of redemption of a
piece of land to one Ellen O'Keefe. The
land Is situated on Alder street and in
April 1891 Mrs Ok efe purchased it from
Gordon B. Lawrence for 81 500, agreeing
to pay S. week. There was mortgage
of 5000 on it at the time. She has com
piled with the contract and has paid the
application for the prhperty.
The seventh and last entertainment of
the peoples ten cent course was given at
the First church last night by A. S. Glib
son. organist, William 3. Green, elocu-
ZIONIST and the Concordia singing society
under the direction of Professor Bartlett
Mr. Gibson played in his usually accept
able manner and the Concordias demon
strated anew the power and harmony of
their well trained voices. Mr. Green won
the applause of the audience, delIghting
everybody at the commencement with
Riley's Knee Deep in June" All of his
numbers were well received.
"Steeple Charley" with the aid of two
others, is doing the gliding on the dome of
the capitol at Hartford. The work is pro-
crossing rapidly. 1t will probably take a
month or six weeks longer to complete the
Job. According to one of the gilders it
will take. 6S 900 leaves of gold and this
will cost about 81 100. The men have to
work under canvas, as the wind blows the
gold leaf before it can be securely fixed to
the dome. The copper of the dome is
covered with white lead. This is in turn
covered by gold sizing and then each leaf,
about two inches square, is put on
separately.
The most elaborate set of engraved reso-
lutions that has been seen in this city for
a good many years has Just been COM
pleted by Professor Holley and will soon
be put in the window of Lake. Strobel &
Co. The resolutions have been prepared
by the parishioners of st Francis church,
Naugatuck, to be presented to their former
curate, Rev John ]. Fitzgerald, recently
removed to Ansonia. Mr. Holley has been
at work on the resolutions for nearly six
weeks and regards it as one of the best
efforts of his life. The cross and crown,
sanctuary lamp, stole and chalice, sur
rounded by American and erusalem palm,
missal, baptismal font, ostensorium,
baretta and other insignia of the Catholic
faith are shown to good effect and the
whole work reflects great credit on the
skill of the artist. The frame will be of
gold leaf.
The new signs for the Waterbury Furni-
ture Co are being set into position to-day
and are the most elaborate and artistic in
the state, The main portion of the signs
on the top or front of the building are
made of large sheets of French plate glass,
framed in wood beautifully shaded in
green and gold. Beneath the windows are
four pieces composed of plate glass with
Furnished brass frames, lettered in gold
and shaded in colors the same as the large
ones overhead. There is scroll work on
ends executed in orange, lemon and gold,
inlaid with pearl. Three round, glass
signs are set at the door posts, executed in
the same general style as the oil ers with
ornamented. engraved tops. The work is
designed in a semi-classic style with
Roman and Egyptian letters, shaded in
colors receding harmoniously into the
background. The work was executed at
the firm of Hefernan, Rogers & Compton,
Providence.
"Heredity. the Requests We Make Our
Children" was the subject of DR. Mary
Wood Aliens interesting lecture in the
Second church last night. She said that
the characteristics of parents or ancestors
reappear in the family. although they
sometimes skip for generation or more