Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-03-20
CITY NEWS.


 The county convention of the O. A. H. will be held in Naugatuck on April IT.
 The funeral of Daniel E. Curran took place from the residence of his parents, 2S Washington street, this afternoon.
 The Rev Fathers Mulcahy, Duggen, Treanor. Bourret, O'Donnell and Downey attended the funeral of Father Hunt in Southington to-day.
 The American band will give its last concert of the season Wednesday evening. April Is. The band will be assisted by the Concordia Singing society.
 The remains of Mrs Emma Chipman were brought to this city to-day and in- tered in Riverside cemetery with services Tn the Hall memorial chapel.
 John Brophy of South street left this morning for Ireland where he will take up permanent residence. large number of relatives and friends saw MT Brophy off on the $ o'clock train.
 At the regular meeting of Court Vigilant X. O. F. of A., last night. Chief Ranger Matthew Watts was elected q lcgate to the state convention of FOresters. R. F. Grady was chosen as alternate.
 The site of the proposed building for the new social and athletic club is at the cor uer of Washington and South streets. and Is one of the most desirable locations for a building of the kind in the city.
 The trouble over collections among the conductors of the Consolidated road is coined almost wholly to the New York division. Talk of conductors up thIs way b'ing dishonest Is entirely unwarranted.
 There will be a meeting of the board of fin lnce and the district committee in the mayor. office tomorrow night to take action in relation to the selectmen's ap- pointment of Charles J. Griggs as tax col lector.
 The clerks meeting will be held in Labor hall 10 morrow night. It Is ex- pected that this will be the most important of all the meetings as the matter of rules and regulations governing the organi- zttion ill be acted upon.
 Among the Waterbury people attending the annual meeting of the grand com maniery of the K. T. of Connecticut at Danbury are: w. E. Risley, F. A. Spencer, W. G. smith, B. G. Bryan, \. J. WeltOn, \. J. Shiplry and $. NJ. Judd.
 The relief bureau will soon go out of business. All the men whose families have been receiving aid from the bureau will be given employment on J. w. Calf ney's pipe line contract. The soliciting and Sii>bursing committee will meet some time this week, when definite action will be taken on the matter.
 At the regular meeting of Court Han cock, A. O. r. of A, last night, Chief Ranger NJ. J. keefe and Past Chief Ranger James r. Morris were elected delegates to the state convention of Foresters; alter mates. E. B. Hardlc and J. A. Hynes. James r. Morris was elected as member of the general committee of Foresters.
 Levi HilluIan, a baggagemaster on the New England road, who was recently ar rested in Hartford charged with the lar ceny of an envelope containing a number of pay checks and forging names to some of them, is again under arrest at Mattea- wan, \. | where he was arrested Thurs day on a similar charge. He iS now in Poughkeepsie jail awaiting trial.
 Ar and Mrs Ezra P. Merriam cele- brated the twentieth anniversary of their m' 'rriage last night at their residence, 34 FIrstayenue. A large nhmber of friends were present. An interesting whist game was played in which Dr Frost and B. L. Coe We're the victors for the first prize, the second went to Miss Goodwin and Mrs Mrrrima Supper was served and a pleasant social hour followed the event.
 The S2 bills with the portrait of General Hancock on them are being called in. They have been so successfully counter feited that even the government experts have been deceived. \ western banker discovered that the generals eyes on the counterfeit are looking directly at the ob server instead of slightly to one side The counterfeit is the finest piece of work. that has been seen in some time.
 It is the intention of the board of di- rectors of the state prison to introduce a bill in the next general assembly provid- ing for the establishment of state reform atoFy for young men. At present there are confined in the state prison twenty-five young men. not hardened criminals, all less than T years of age, and the prison is no place for them. Such reformatory is in fine working order in Concord, Mass.
 Tickets for the ladies' and children's matinee of Nugget Nell, " to be presented at City hall, Wednesday, April ,, are now on sale at NJ F. Dalys drug store, East Main street, and Martin Bergins, South Main street. The admission for children is only ten cents; for adults, p cents. Tickets for the evening performance are reserved at jU cents, and admission p cents. Don't fail to see and hear this first class entertainment.
 The arguments in the case of the state vs P. H. Carroll were given before Judge Bradstreet and the jury ln the criminal side of the district court this morning The jury went ont at II 30 o'clock and re- turned at 12:30 and reported a disagree ment. The foreman said it was almost impossible to agree. The case was then dismissed. The case of Irwin S. Shepard, charged with non-support, was next called hE TT1r lal taken until o'clock. In this case Shep- ard was sentenced to jail in the lower court but appealed.
 Conlon Brothers, who recently opened a shoe store in Derby and refused to pay a license fee of $50 for six months, were last night notified to appear in court next Thursday. The Messrs Conlon are obdu- rate and say they will not pay such a heavy license fee. They are willing to pay taxes on their stock. 4 dispatch from An sonia this afternoon says that it is pro- posed now to harass them by getting out injunctiOns against their doing business until the license is paid, an injunction to be sued out each day they continue to sell.
 John O'keefe refused to move on when ordered to do so by Officer Allen last night, but instead gave abuse. He was nhed S3 thls morning Dennis Wall, a boy of fifteen, was arrested on complaint of his father for incorrigibility. The boy is a bright looking little chap and answered every question quickly. He admitted staying away from home since last Christ mas. He has been at his uncles. He re- mained away because his father whipped him. His mother is dead, but he has step mother. When given the choice of | going to the reform school or staying at home he chose the latter
 Earl A. Smith presided at the annual meeting of the First Congregational church | society in the church conference room last | night. The election of officers resulted as | follows: Clerk, w. H. Cook; collector, |