Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-12-06
CITY NEWS.

fhe new "Paul hauvar at the opera house tonight
 wadhams' post. G. A. R., will hold the annual election of officers tonight.
 The Peoples drug stors will be closed during the funeral of 0. K. Kilbride to- morrow.
 Miss Lizzie McGreevey. aged 35 years. died at noon to-day at her home. II Drawer avenre.
 The law committee will meet tonight to hear people who have preferred claims for damages against the city.
 Only one plain drunk registered on the police court books this morning. Patrick Garfield. He was fined $ without costs.
 The meeting of the St Joseph's Tenn peranca society, which was to be held on Sunday. has been postponed until De- cember 16.
 Miss Margaret G. Fahey of Wsllingford who has just recovered from a severe ill., ness, is visiting her cousin. Mrs John Pyne of Wall street..
 Dr Richard Burton's lecture on George Meredith, in the First church conference room last night. was listened to by an ap- precisiivs audience.
 The druggists of the city will meet in the board of trade rooms at S:30 to-mor- row morning to attend the funeral of the late c. k. KiibrIde.
 Officer William Brickel is out to day for the irst time in a week. In chasing a law breaker the officer overreached him. self, sprsininR his left side.
 Dr E. S. warnes and wife of Bridgeport have been in town. the guests of Mir warnes' brother-in-law, pr George Walters. 20 Park avenue.
 Rudolph Hering, the famous expert en- gineer. is in town and with City Engineer Cairns has already commenced his labors. The forenoon was spent in consultation with Mayor Kilduff and the city engineer. This afternoon a visit was made to the southern part of the city.
 P. H. Reilly. carpenter at Benedict BurnhP ms. had the fingers of the left hand badly lacerated by a handsaw while at work yesterday afternoon. He was taken to Dr Frosts office where it was found necessary to amputa.e the third fiu- ger at the first joint.
 The block signal system recently adopt ed by the New York S New England road between Plainville and Waterbury has operated so satisfactorily that the com pany is now preparing to extend it 10 Hawley vile as soon as telegrs ph offices can be built at Osborntown and Newtown. The district named will be put in opera ton.
 The beard of inspection appointed by the adjutant-generalv vi>ited the state arse nal on Monday and condemned some 400 pairs of trousers. 300 blouses and 200 fla tigue caps of state militia uniform. These will now be disposed of. The board con- sisted of Major Schulze, Captain Bailey and Lieutenant Newton.
 Deputy United States Marshal Carmody to day received word from United States Marshal Richard c. Morris of New Lon- don, to bring from New Haven jail to Hartford tomorrow the following prison CTS: Clinton B Buckingham. Pasquale Ferro. John Davis. alias Murphy. Russell Hoyt, and H. Williams. Marshal Car mody will leave for New Haven tonight.
 The funeral of David Conroy took place from his late residence. 10 George street, at S:30 o'clocK this morning to the church mass of requiem was celebrated by the Very Rev J. A AIulcahy. The pallbearers were: John T. Lynch. Peter Oates. Ec- w.rd Duffy and James Delaney. Inter- ment was in Calvary cemetery.
 William Leach, an engineer at the cleo tric lighting station. suffered a shock of apopIexy about six o'clock last night. He was eating lunch and some of his shop mates noticing something strange in his appeafance went over to him and found that he was unable to speak. Dr Brown was called and pronounced it a case of genuine apoplexy. The man was removed to his home. 152 South Main street Mir Leach is about forty years of age and has wife and family He fingered until about z o'clock this morning. when he passed away. The funeral will take place at II o'clock Saturday morning Patrick Lahey. brakeman on a fast freight over the western division of the New York 6 New England road, was knocked of the side of a box car as his train was going into New Britain yester- day morning. being struck by tell tale pole. The tell tale pole is the pole on the upper side of a bridge or tunnel, from which ropes are suspended for the pur- pose of warning brakemen that the train is about to pass through A bridge or tunnel which will not clear & man standing on top of the cars. Brakeman Lahey was on the side ladder and WAS leaning too far from | the car. When picked up by Conductor and seemingly paraiyzed. He was taken to the Hartford hospital.
 The center school district committee met last night A bill of s77.77 from the town for preparing the district rate book was tabled for investigation. The asses sors prep tred the rate books for city, town and school under the new law, and the town does not wish to bear the whole ex- pense. petition for abatement of S15 or. taxes. list of 1888, and of x22 II , list of 1889, on what was formerly the Donahue property. corner of East Main and Maple streets, was tabled. The chair man was authorized to arrange with the ianitor of the Bishop street school to d-- | vote his entire personal attention to the work, his salary to be $50 a month. Chairman Wolff reported that satisfactory progress was being made on the founda- ton of the Washington school extension. The treasurer was authorized to pay the salaries of the teachers and janltors for December, before Christmas. The treas urer reported balance of s6. 100 in bank ! As the monthly bills aggregated over S11, ,- QUO and the December payroll will amount to over s7 900. the chairman and the treas urer were authorized to effect a loan of <15 5 900 in anticipation of taxes to become due. The chairman and Mir Gallond were appointed a committee to purchase a safe at an expense not exceeding s2OO. Much interest has been shown in estab- fishing a center of the University Exte1- sion in Waterbury. At a preliminary meeting of those interested in the matter, some fifty persons became members; and numerous letters have been received ask ing for membership for the writers. The extension consists of courses of lectures on different subjects. by different univer- sity and college professors of rec -gnized standing and ability. These lectures are given either weekly or fortnightly. each professor delivering a course of six lec- lures on hls especial subject These are supplemented by questions and answers to and by the lecturer. printed syllabi of the lectures, which give a digest and analysis of each; and also. both limited and an extended course of collateral read ing on each lecture and on the subject matter of the course. At the end of each