Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-21
CITY NEWS.

John o'Neill and family have returned from Block Island. Special forecast for Connecticut: Fair, slightly cooler. northerly winds. George Rudolph has gone to Bantam lake, where he will spend vacation or ten days.
 Miss Annie Shay and Miss Annie Me Cam have gone to Springfield for two weeks vacation. I
 Miss Mary McNulty of 56 Stone street is Riverpoint. R. l.
 The Misses Maggie Boyle and Maggie Geraghty of Flushing, l.. l. are visiting Miss Jennie Parker of Baldwin street.
 The first monthly entertainment and sociable of the Reformed Mems club will be held in Johnson's hall Saturday even- ing.
 The center school district committee has deferred the opening of bids for the addi- ton to the Washington school until Friday night.
 Mrs E. L. Day. Mrs c. Moore and the Misses Maria and Fannie Morris left to- day to spend their vacation at Walnut | Beach
 The Misses NJ E Hart and Mary Coy of Pittsfeli. Mass. are visiting City Clerk K E. Grady and wife. Miss Hart is a sister of Mrs Grady
 Joseph H. Gilho"ly of Norwalk returned home to-day. after spending a vacation with his cousin, Miss Kittie Mccormick of Bishop street.
 Auditor James J. Cassin has returned | from a weeks trip at various summer re sorts and is again ready for business in the probate office
 Miss Mamie Thompson. daughter of | Contractor Patrick Thompson, has re- turned from two weeks vacation spent with friends in Stratford.
 The Rev Fathers Duggan and Treanor, and Rev Fathers Downey and Kennedy of the Immaculate Conception church at- tended the anniversary mass for the late Bishop McNahon at Hartford this morn ing.
 | The Misses Margaret Mitchell of Bank street and Mary J. Russell of Hopkins street are home after a months vacation in the vicinity of Lake Chsmplain and other points.
 William J. Duncan. the popular clerk at the Pharmacie rancaIse will soon engage in the drug business for himself in the store formerly occupied by D. J. Casey on | East Main street
 There will be an important meeting of the board of finance tonight at 8 o'clock. A hearing will be given in regard to bene- fits and damages arising from the layout of North Willow street. between Hillside avenue and the city line and Elizabeth | street.
 | The wolk of removing the books from the old Bronson library room to the new | building on Grand street has been com pleted. The work of cleaning and var nishing is now being pushed along and | Librarian Bassett expects to be able to open the new library to the public by Sep tember l.
 At the regular meeting this evening of | Good Cheer council, O. c. F., there Is to be initiation and all members of the drill team are requested to be present. The council has decided to open the season | of entertainments and sociables on Sep tember I. Tickets can be procure from the committee or of any of the members.
 Recent real estate transfers reported by Lang & Phelan are as follows: For Harry Payne of Prospect. thirty-two acres of land to Thomas DrIscoll of Wolcott street; for John Doen of Wolcott, farm of eighty five acres to James Mclean of Simonsville; for James Mclean, property in Simons- vile to John Doen of wolcott.
 Relative to the trial of Alice Delowery, which comes up in the police court to- morrow morning, Attorney O'Neill saId to- day that he had made no preparations to dght the case. She would in all proba- | hIlity waive examination. lie did not
 hi lk there would be cause for any further adJIurnment.
 | The Waterbury Furniture Co has suf- fered much damage from leakage through the roof on the new building. Whenever a shower occurs the water comes down through the roofing. doing much damage to goods and causing considerable annoy ance to the propriet3rs. MT Moriarty said to-day he expects to put the place in good shape in few days.
 Registrar Hynes gives notice once more that the democratic headquarters are open all day and for several hours in the even ing to receive applications of those who desire to be made voters. Another reason why those who are already voters shonld visit headquarters. is that there have been so many removals during the past year those who have removed should see to it that they are on the proper voting list If they wait until the day of election they will be occa>ioned considerable annoy- ance and perhaps cannot vote at all. Those then who desire to be made voters and those who have changed their resi- dence from one ward to another should look after these matters at once.
 E O. Shaler, brigadier general com uanding the Uniformed Rank Knights of Pythlas of Connecticut. says he is pleased , with the way the members of the order, both those who are connected with the military division and those who are not, wrre responding to the call for the presence of a large delegation from Con- necticut to the biennial session of the Uni formed Rank and the supreme lodge of America at Washington, August 2S There Vill be about 5OO Connecticut knights in attendance and many of their friends ~ill take advantage of the rates procured by the managers of the excursion. Two diy1- sIons from this state. Sheffield and Scheller. will each take 100 men, and it is new thought one hundred members of the order outside of the Uniform rank will go-
 Superintendent Byrnes of New York yesterday afternoon preferred in- formal charges against Captain John T. Stephenson. The charges grow, as have those against the other accused police men. out of testimony given before the Lexow committee. They cover a period from February 26. 1891. when Stephenson , was in command of the Leonard street station. He is now stationed in Mulberry street. They all refer to the alleged bri6- ing of the police by merchants for the use of sidewalks in violation of city ordinance l Ward Man Kelly. who is now among the missing. was the policeman referred to in testimony as having made the collections from merchants Witnesses stated that Kelly tod them the money went to Capt Stephenson. Eleven specify that he took A brIbe, named the man he took it from, : and the amount. Capt Stephenson's wife was formerly Miss Sarah Cassidy of this city.
 MT and Mrs J,an Ingraham. Water bury's popular young thespians. will leave