Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-04-09
CITY NEWS.

| Tue Turn Nereln NorWarts nave rented
the two upper floors of the Quigley block
on jefferson street.
tablet will be erected in the new
reading room of the new library building
in memory of Silas Bronson.
TIE Junior Temperance society of the
Sacred Heart church will meet tonight to
arrange for the organization of drum
corps.
Rev j. H. ODo1nen of Watertown has
completed the history of the Catholic
church in this city for the new history of
| Waterbury.
Dennis Hawley. the halter, has severed
/ his connection with G W. Barker, and is
rs yet undecided what business he will
pursue.
Carrie J. Andrews died at her residence,
30 East Main street, Saturday afternoon
! The remains will be taken to Woodbury.
| for interment tomorrow.
There was n very large attendance at
/ the opening of the mission for Italian
! Catholics at the church of the immaculate
/ Conception last night.
/ Special forecast for Connecticut: Fair
followed by increasing cloudness and rain
on Tuesday; stationary temperature, winds
becoming northeasterly.
Co slipped and fell last night, while visit
ing at the home of l. Chase. painfully
spraIning his ankle. He was attended by
! Dr AXtelle.
! 4 Connecticut Associated Press dispatch
! to the DEMOCRAT this afternoon states that
! the name of John H. Griffin Will be re-
commended to-day for postmaster at Mid
] dletown. by Postmaster General Bissell.
| Mr. Griffin Is Il brother of Mrs John Ryan
OF this city.
DR. J. f. Cbagnon has left this city and
/ Will commence practice at Southbridge,
this state. DIR Chagnon came to this city
from Fall River about ten years ago and
succeeded in building up good practice.
He WAS well known among the French
PEOPLE and was popular with all classes of
citizens.
The representatives of the various
boards of trade of the state who were APP
pointed Mt the annual meeting of the state
board of trade recently held in New Lon
don to confer with the boards of trade of
other states for the purpose of organizing a
New England board of trade will soon
hold meeting to take action in the case.
\ silver kirmess will open in Pythian
hall. Watertown. on Monday evening. April
y. and continue four nights under the
auspices of st Johns parish, and Father
. DOnnell extends a cordial invitation TO
his many Waterbury friends. An excellent
programme of amusements will be pro-
vided for nominal fee of ten cents.
President Nichols presided at the meet
ing Of the Waterbury Temperance Reform
league in the opera house yesterday after
noon. Mr. Nichols possesses all the neces-
sary elements OF the peacemaker, and his
happy manner of bringing order out of
chaos proves him 20 be more of a strategist
than the gentleman who presided at the
meeting OF last Sunday.
There Will be a meeting of the members
of the immaculate Conception church in
the Sunday school room i'll ST Patrick hall
tomorrow night for the purpose of arrang-
ing to have the pictures of deceased pas
tors of The church included in the forth
coming history of Waterbury. They are
the late Bishop Hendricken and Fathers
O'Neill. Lynch and Walsh, names ever to
be revered by the Catholics of this city
The Waterbury Turn Verein held cleo
on Scovill street. The following were
elected: President, Chris Schalg vice
president, George HauSer; corresponding
| secretary, Fred Gross; recording secretary
| Elias DOemer; financial secretary Emil
| LIndeman: treasurer. Louis Schick: first
turnwart, Otto Book; second. Louis
Chester; first zengwurt Edward Hanbeil;
second, Robert Probst; jHnitor. Daniel
Miller; collector. Il. Probst.
There came near being a serious acct
dent in an Abrlgador saloon the otEer day.
| The fire was low and friend of the bar
tender. who evidently had but little eX-
perience in that line. volunteered to pro
duce some heat. And he did, too. \
| - III L.,
inspiration needed and when the smoke
cleared away the stove was in a hundre d
pieces. the whiskers of the man who was
fixing the fire had gone up the tiue and
the whole interior of the place locked as if
1t had been struck by cyclone.
The report of Grand Secretary
Randall OF the A o. f. of A
of Come ticut shows a total membership
of S.979, gain of 434, with 81 courts.
The total limitations for the the year Were
1863: admitted by card, 40; withdrawn,
81; died. as; stricken from the roll, / PA.
1.-THE amount paid for funeral claims was
Slu.7S2; sick benefits, $40, 357, against
S2N. lS6 the previous year; expenses, S24.-
293. against So, AZ the previous year;
benevolent expenses. s. SO; balance OF
funds in the various courts, S73, $50,
against S67 .32O the previous year.
At City hall Saturday evening. April Is,
occurs the annual spring musical festival
for which the music lovers of this COM
munity always look forward to with such
pleasure. This year there will an unusual
treat. we are To have grand Wagner
concert by the Boston Festival orchestra,
under direction OF Emil Mollenhuuer, as
sisted By the following soloists: Miss
Emma Juch. the great prima donna: Ger
trude May Stein, contraltO; f. c. Towne,
tenor; Max Heinrich. bass; Arthur Fried
HEM, pianist; Fritz Giese, cello Felix
WlnternItz. yiOlinist. Probably the great
est number on the programme will be the
great love scene from Wagner's Flying
| Dutchman, by those fiery dramatic artists,
Emma Juck and Max Heinrich.
There was a brief hearing before the
county commissioners Saturday on the
application of John McGrath for a beer
license. \ remonstrance was filed in the
case last week by some relatives of the
applicant, who claimed that he ard his
wife were both common drunkards The
remOnStrance was heard last week and
Saturday McGrath, his wife aGd his coun-
sci appeared before the commissioners and
denied the statements of the remonstrants.
The applicant claimed that the remon-
STRANGE was made out of spite on the part
of his relatives. Decision was reserved.
Attorney kendrick stated to the commits
sioners that the remOnstrants had caused
to be printed in the Waterbury American
that the McGrnths were common drunk
ards so as to injUre them and he thought
it not improbable that he would sue the
paper for libel.
St Josephs Total Abstinence society
held veryinteresting meeting in st Pat
rick's hall last night. Fifteen boys from
| grhnNl aallal Ia III;
mites, dressed to represent sailors. sang a
character song and pleased the audience so
well that they were obliged to repeat it.
John B. Moran delighted the meeting with
a tenor solo. with John J. MurLone as ac-
companist. Rev J. J. Downey then de-
hvered an address on temperance. which
was listened to with the closest attention.