Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-01
CITY NEWS.

Louis -Thibeault left yesterday to enter | the seminary of Nieolet in Canada. The regular monthly business meeting l of the Waterbury Wheel club will be held this evening. George W. Beach has been elected treas urer of the First church in place of the late Eben Hoadley.
 The Y. NJ c. A. foot ball team played good game at Meriden, but was defeated by score of to 0 Saturday.
 The annual town meeting which was an nounced to take place this morning was adjourned ur til o'clock tonight
 F. H. LaForge of this city has been re- appointed by Governor Morris to be boiler inspector Cf the second district for the term of three years.
 Patrick J, Baldwin. the fourteen months old son of Martin Baldwin of 572 Baldwin street. dled this morning. The funeral t rok place this afternoon.
 ] The great Danbury fair opens to-day 1 and will continue to October 6, inclusive. l The bicycle races are being held to-day and trotting will be the special feature ] each succeeding day.
 Thomas J. H"lohan, son of P. HOlohan. has been appointed to A clerkship in the asphalt department of the New York board of public works. The new clerk Is a nephew of Maurice Holohan. prominent member of Tammapy hall.
 The funeral of Julia. the nine months old daughter of MT and Mrs Walter Lan- no-, took place from the family residence, l46 Round Hill street, to St Joseph's cem etery at clock yesterday afternoon.
 Thomas McGrath and James McLinder left to-day for the Baltimore Medical col lage. Joseph s. Egan started for tho Columbian Univt rslty Dental college and Frank Erbe for the Philadelphia Denta college.
 The report of the licenses in the county of New Haven for the year ending June 30 1891. has been filed at tho secretary o states office at the capitol in Hartford The total number of licenses issued in tht county Is 913 liquor licenses and 104 beel lIcenses
 pleasant surprise party took place Saturday night at the residence of G. Bel langer, Sunnyside avenue. H. Menor anC Miss Sara GervaIs were the directors Miss Gervais opened the exercises b. reading an original address. The evening was spent !n singing. oaI cing and othe amIsementS.
 The annual meeting of the Southern New England Telephone Employes' Mu tual Aid association is being h. Id in Ne7 Haven at the Telephone building on Cour street to- day. when onicers will be eleC te for the ensuing year. After the bushes meeting collation. will be served. Mem I bers are present from all over the stite. & very successful rehearsal of 9Th Chimes of Normandy" was held yesterda afternoon and everything is now in read d hess for the production of the tuEefI Il opera Friday evening. The exchange .- tickets began this morning at Cones dru store and for a time was very brisk.
 you would secure good seat stand n, l. upon the order of your going to Cones bl Il go at once.
 At noon today the fire department W; called to fire in the cellar of Pollak art stol on Bank street. The blaze star ed on the ground floor and had it not bee for the prompt action of the firemeD thel would have been considerable dama. done. There Is access to the cellar by th mesSt nGer boys in the same building ar It Is supposed that some of them must ha' thcuGhtlessly thrown a match Tn the debr and started the fire. MeSsIs Pollak's sto WAS closed to-day and the proprietors wi - the rest of the Jewish people were celebru ing the new year in Johnsons hall The wAss ssno damage done.
 Mrs Mary Roper, aged 74 years, died
 her residence. 3l2 Dublin street, yeste day morning. The deceased was one
 the oldest of tie Catholic residents of W t-rbury. and Was known and much [ spt cted by all the old Irish settlers of il town. She made the first badges worn T the Senior Temperance society of Wate bury. She leaves two sons, Charles al , John Roper and two daughters, Al
 Roper and Mrs John Moran. She al
 leaves sixteen grandchildren and thr
 great grandchildren. The funeral VI
 take place at o'clock tomorrow mornin
 The annual meeting of the center scho
 district Was largely attended Saturd
 night and tor the time it lasted was |
 liveliest known in a good many veal
 Rev Dr Martin was chosen chairman al
 Clerk Mcran read the call. He also re
 the report Of the district committed, t
 treasurer and the treasurer of the sinki
 fund The different reports a - proved This meant the adoption of a t
 mIll tax as recommended in the report
 the district committee. The free te book matter was knocked out. May KIlduff. F Els, Rev J. A. Mulcahy aI - otl'ers showed that it was not good l
 to commeg.ce to purchase school suppl
 for the children of people who could W
 atfOld to purchase them. D. F. Kelly,
 P. RIordan and others fovored the reso le ton. Alter a breezy debate the mat
 was tabled.
 " Judge Root held court in the office a Chief E gan this morning. The followi
 sentences were meted out to offende
 George Murray, drunkenness, 5 withC
 costs; John Leyden, drunkenness, c without costs; William Fitzgerald, dIur or enness, S10 and costs; Owen MeKec ,d drunkenness, thirty days in jail; Michl
 Reidy of Clinton, Mass, drunkenness, Us and costs. Reidy was also charged with
 frauding Restaurant Keeper John
 Eggleston of board On this count he V Ia fined s and costs William O'Rourke V charged with the theft of a gold wat,
 valued at S35, from John Foley. The IL cused pleaded not guilty and the case V LII adjourned until tomorrow morning, 1t. prisoner being placed under s20O bonds
 There was a large attendance at meeting of the Waterbury Temperance IL, form league in the opera house yesterd u+ afternoon. Vice President S W. Go,
 year said that when the league decided ed pay President Nichols s4OO a year, Geo
 Sims and l.. NJ. Mosman had volunteer
 to take out subscription papers and h
 raise the amount. MT Sims turned in
 that had been given to him for that D ed pose, but he he never received any fir ,s Brother Mosman. It was estimated tl -'' the cash kept by Mosman amounted or about $40. MT Goodyear said that he
 made the missing money good. The d lection amounted to SIS "A It was vo
 to brlng Temperance Lecturer Thomas
 Murphy here for three days beginning
 tober If.
 VIC The Rev I A Mulcahv spoks a