Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-01
CITY NEWS.

1 ell ana Doaru or nfe cOmmlSSloners to- night.
 A. c. Dwyer, grocer on High street, made voluntary assignment in the pro- bate court to-day.
 Miss Mamie Smith of Bridgeport is spending the holidays with Miss Lucy Burns of 271 South Main street.
 The new year started off we'll and the old year ended up we'll, so far as police court went. Not prisoner was arrested yester- day.
 Mora, in 'That Cir, ,Jerrie, " was welcomed in the opera house this afternoon. 'Nixey' will be the attraction for this | evening.
 Crowley, Harvey Brothers pet monkey, died to-day at 10 o'clock in the arms of his favorite keeper, William Harvey, from pneumonia.
 Barcelona Council, K. of O., will give an entertainment in Johnson's hall on Mon day evening, January s, for the benefit of the widows and deceased ex-members.
 Counterfeit half dollars, mostly of the date of 1877 have been circulated quite ex- tensively in town and many clerks and tradesmen have been deceived by them.
 George, the five year old son of Mir and Mrs John McGinn of 429 Baldwin street, died yesterday of membraneous croup. The funeral was held at three o'clock this afternoon.
 T. M. Hannafin, who until the suspen- sion of the work recently, was employed by the city as time-keeper at the West branch reservoir, has resumed his duties as agent for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Go.
 The funeral of Nora, wife of Patrick O'Reilly of Luke street, took place this afternoon, with services in St Patrick's church. The pallbearers were: Eugene Connorty, James O'Reilly. Henry Galligan, Dennis Mernane, Owen Donnelly and Matthew Carlin.
 The funeral of Joseph F. Weis took place yesterday afternoon to St Patrick's church. Rev Father Duggan read the funeral service. The pallbearers were: Matthew F. Cassin, Dennis Dunn, Finton Keefe. Thomas Foley, Martin Keefe and Patrick J. Hart.
 The following are the newly elected off, cers of the Rambler Wheel club: Presi- dent, Philip Beaulieu; vice-president, Silas Robbins; secretary. Fred Steimle; treasurer, George Harrington; captain, John Culligan; first lieutenant, Joseph Carroll; sergeant, William Thoms.
 The custom of keeping open house on New Years day went out of fashion in Wa terbury several years ago and but very few people received callers to-day. Most of the factories were closed, and nearly all of the stores closed at noon, but there was not as general an observance of the day as in former years
 At the meeting of the Temperance Re- form league, in the opera house yesterday. the following officers were elected: Presi- dent, the Rev R. A. Nichols; first vice. | ,Nraci1anf tho 1. second vice-president, D. J. Casey: third vice-president, Leroy M. Mosman: secre- tary, Fred c. Lowrey; treasurer, Dr w. r, Hinckley.
 The funeral of John Burke took place at 9 o'clock this morning from the residence of his daughter, Mrs J. A. Garde, 15 Kingsbury street, to the church of the Im- maculate Conception, where a requiem mass was celebrated by Rev Father Lynch. The pallbearers were: Peter Thompson. James Dunn, Edward Delaney and P. J. Miles.
 Document No 20, being a complete con- pilation of the statistics relating to private schools in Connecticut, has been issued from the office of the commissioner of education at the capitol. There are 173 private schools In the state, employing 771 teachers, with total number of pupils of l -O, VOJ uhNt th dIISuOduCe O1 10, 455. It should be said that all Catholic parochial schools are reckoned in thlS list.
 Richard F. Grady has retired from the staff of the DEMOCRAT and will tonight qualify as city clerk. It is a pleasure to commend the services rendered by Mr Grady during the two years that he acted as reporter for the DEMOCRAT. Possessed of genius, tact and nice discrimination he was success as news gatherer. His re- lations with h.s associates were always of a pleasant nature and all join in wishing .. him a happy New Year and long con . . tinuance in office.
 Three Mills meetings were held yester- day the attendance aggregatlng nearly $500. In the morning a union service was held at City hall. In the afternoon the meeting was for young men and women, and last evenings service was for men only. The collections for the poor amount ed to $177. The services to-day are as follows: Womens prayer meeting in the Second Congregational church, general meeting at o'clock and meeting in City hall at 30 o'clock.
 P. D. Ryan of Hartford, national treasurer of the Knights of Columbus, say regarding the proposed convention that he does not think that a convention not legally | NulACu SOulu CuSCl d ClduS0 III lu0 COuSll- s tuition of the order. He thought the salary l of Grand Knight Phelan of Bridgeport, 0 which is S1 ,OOO, none too large. The r changes in the order which some find irk- S some were made with the full consent and by the vote of representatives of the differ ent councils. If the members of the order now find themselves deprived of what they suppose to have been their liabilities they may blame their representatives.
 The situation at the East Hartford yards = of the New England railroad remains un- 2 changed, and everyone connected with the road is looking anxiously for the de- . velopments which are expected to take place at New Haven this afternoon. The freight is being carried out as fast as pos = sible in order to prevent jam, as far as T the limited number of engines will permit T Most of the freight is being carried over k the east end, although considerable is now :, | going over the west end. So far the main Il tracks have been kept clear but it requires : hard work to do so. As long as the S freight can be kept moving it IS all right f even if the side tracks do get blocked [ c little.
 I As is their annual custom the members of the Concordia society watched the olt ! year out and the new one in last night il : Concordia hall. The early part of the = evening was enhyened by an entertain f ment which afforded the members great amusement. Emil Miller of New York was one of the principal attractions 2 Solos were sung by Emil Beer baum | Thomas J. Eyman and William Schoti 3 A duet was rendered with touching effect by MT and Mrs Schoti. The boys choil also rendered several beautiful selections At 12 o'clock Moritz Grelle made a speech congratulating the society on its success 1 during the past year and wishing them al 5 happy New Year. Dancing was com f menced after 12 o'clock and kept until fal into the morning.