Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-03-24
CITY NEWS.
New music Monday.


Will it affect you? Read Sunday Globe.
Finton Phelan is spending the Easter va
cation with his parents on Dublin street.
Thomas D. Kilmartin of the University
of New York is spending few days at his
home on West Main street
Owing to the absence of several of the
pupils there will be no instruction at the
convent of Notre Dame next Monday
night.
Rev William j. Doolan of South Man
chester has been appointed to the passionate
of Southington to succeed the late Father
Hunt.
The public are invited to attend the
meeting in Labor hall tomorrow after
noon at o'clock. Good speakers will be in
attendance.
St Josephs temperance society will hold
its regular business meeting tomorrow af-
ternoon in st Patrick's hall Full at
tendance desired.
meeting will be held in the board of
trade rooms Monday evening at o'clock
when the final report of the relief COM
mittee of thirty will be given.
DR. Fitzgerald and Mrs Phelun, wife of
Secretary of State Phelan, of Bridgeport,
have been visiting their sister, Mrs DR. NJ.
J. Donohue.
Mrs Fanny Cohen. wife of Morris Cohen,
manager of the Cooperative Tailoring Co
on South Main street is to open cottage
at West Haven or Sdvin Rock the coming
summer for summer boarders.
The passenger conductors on the New
York Il New England railroad will on May
l discard their Prince Albert coats and don
blue coats of the cutaway style, known
among railroad men as the Williams coat.
The travel on the railroads yesterday was
not as large as on Fast days of former
years. There was but slight increase in
the local traffic and the through traffic was
about the same as on other days. The
trains on the different roads were all on
time.
Quite a number of friends of Mrand Mrs
David Elias gave them surprise part
Thursday night the anniversary of their
wedding, at their home at 61S North Main
street. The party was entertained by
vocal and instrumental music. Mr. and Mrs
Elias received number of handsome
presents.
The funeral of Thomas d. Woods took
place yesterday afternoon with services at
the immaculate Conception church. The
pallbearers were Thomas F. Bergin
George H. Sheehan, Edward Fitzpatrick,
Michael Bowling. John Hogan and Ber-
nard Mccoy. Interment was IN st Joseph's
cemetery.
The Waterbury lodge of Elks held an in
teresting meeting last night. The cere-
mony of installation was conducted by
Colonel E. NJ. Graves of Hartford. After
the ceremony members of the Jane"
company entertained the meeting with
some specialties. The appointive officers
will be named at the meeting of April g.
new chart of reserved seats has been
made ont for the benefit of those who at
tend the evening performance of Nugget
Nell" at City hall, Wednesday, April 4
and tie public are assured of well selected
and comfortable reserved seats. There
will be full rehearsal of the play and in
cidental music at the church of the Sacred
Heart tomorrow afternoon at $50.
The annual sociable of the Rose Hill
Hose Co, No 5, will be held in City hall
next Tuesday evening and it promises to
be the the most successful affair of the
kind ever given by the company. The
Rose Hill laddies know how to make 1t
pleasant for their guests. Music will be
furnished by Bergen's orchestra and Prof
Cffendale will call the dances.
Father Damien and the Lepers of Ha-
wall will be the subject of the next lee
ture before the Catholic Literary associa-
ton. DIR A. A. Crane will be the speaker.
DR. Crane spent four years IN Hawaii as
government physician and was personally
acquainted with Frther Damien and is
thoroughly conversant with the labors of
the brave priest among the lepers of
Molokai.
The Waterbury Photographic society
held its annual outing yesterday, going to
Winsted. About dozen members were
present, the threatening weather of the
morning keeping many at home. Dinner
was served at the Beardsley house. The
party then rode to Highland lake where
they took some views. The party re
turned on the 5:53 train we'll pleased with
the days enjoyment.
Three months ago the grand officers of
the y. Z. o. P. of this state offered a
prize of a solid silver gavel to the lodge
initiating the most new members within
three months from that time. The gavel
has been awarded to Alexander Won
Humboldt lodge of this city and will be
presented to the lodge by the grand
officers of the state at a meeting to be held
in the Pythian hall next Friday night.
At a bar meeting this morning the fol-
lowing cases were assigned for trial by
jury: Tuesday, March ~. Richard Vickers
vs. Thomas Casey; Edna Santana VS. c.
Art Ward. Wednesday, March %, Joseph
Harrington vs. George Spiers ct al; James
Luddy VS. same. Thursday. March %,
Gustave Cornelis VS. George Coe ct uX:
Giovauna Luffiedi vs. A. l. Il G.. S Chat
field. Friday, March 80, Charles Thatcher
Co vs. Charles Pyler ct ux; H. Clausen
Brewing Co VS. NJ. OLoughlin. Tuesday.
April 3. Koehler Il Co VS. John r. Martin.
Wednesday April I. Lucy Marion VS. E. P,
Roberts, administrator. The following
cases will be finished Monday: Michael
Shea Joseph Cronan and James kennane
vs. y. Y. y. H. & H. Il. Il. Co.
The cross complaint for divorce by Mrs
George A. briggs came up in the superior
court at New Haven Thursday afternoon
on several motions, one for an answer
| from the husband, another for deposit of
money in court, third for a correction of
the pleadingS. and fourth for temporary
alimony. Lynde Harrison. attorney for
Mrs briggs. cited law upon law to prove
that temporary alimony in a divorce no
matter whether the woman be plaintiff or
| defendant, Is allowable in Connecticut
He also set forth that briggs salary ut the
American Pin company is 81 600; that he
will likely have a share in $37 900 estate;
that Mr. briggs Is now living with
his mOther-in-law, and that the only per-
so. dependent on him are two sons eight
and ten years old. The judge added that
Mrs briggs has no independence. that she
and her sister will receive at their mothers
death fortune of $l4U, 900. that the mother
has life estate in it. that Mrs briggs was
driven from home at an hours notice by
her husband through the mediation of a
constable; and in view of all these facts,
Ju lge Harrison urged the court to order
temporary alImony. Decision reserved.
Thieves entered the saloon of Michael
Curley at 691 South III in street yesterday
morning and carried off considerable
booty. An entrance was effected by
breaking light of glass inst over the
catch of the window in the rear of the
building. The window is not over q
cnnnla of feet above the pronnh and the