Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-03-17
CITY NEWS.
New song in Mondays DEMocnAr:

John Moriarty has let the contract for
 remodeling the Pin shop to John W. Calf
 ney and the Barlow Brothers.
 Scovill employees, romantic marriage. ! True phase of the police muddle, in to-
 morrows Sunday Globe. Patrick, the three years old son of
 James Hanley, 51 Bishop street, died last
 night The funeral took place at o'clock this afternoon.
 The funeral of John Brennan will take
 place from his parents home, 13 Hopkins
 street, to the church of the Immaculate Conception at ? o'clock tomorrow after
 noon.
 Like great many others in Waterbury,
 We have been favored with a shamrock
 plucked from the soil of old Ireland. Our
 thanks are extended to the kind friends
 who remembered the DEMOCRAT.
 Richard Ballou, for the past four years foreman on the gravel train on re Nauga-
 tuck road, has accepted poslti n with : Contractor Futile to oversee the laying ot
 the Traction company : tracks from Water bury to Naugntuck. At the meeting of Court stephen J. Meany last night Charles H. Kane and ! Edward R Crosby were appointed dele i gates to the grand court convention to be l held in Norwich in May. Charles Miller and Thomas kcefe Was appointed alter mates.
 1 Felix Mcdonald conservator over Mary 1 A. Mcdonald, made application to the pro- l bate court today asking for power to sell i land and buildings on the corner of Stone and Ridge streets and on Pine hill. The hearing set down for March 20. l The sale of seats for Ten Nights in | BarroOm, at the opera house tonight, has far exceeded the most sanguine expecta- ! tionS of the management. The number of tidkets already purchased assures one of the largest audiences ever seen at any per formance i'll the Jacques opera house. Weather Observer H. J. Cox is solicit ing by means of circular letter informa- ton from grocers, fruit dealers and drug gIsts regarding the temperature at which
 various products can be transported with ont danger of freezing. The reports as received will be compiled and distributed
 for practical use by the department.
 The funeral of John Dowd took place
 rom his late residence on French street at 1:3n this morning with services at the church of the Immaculate Conception. The pallbeaIers We're: James Moran, Ed ] ward sherman. John Savage, William H. Casey, Edward Higgins and William Nevill. Iuterment was in St Josephs cemetery.
 The prosecuting attorney of Waterbury, who called up faith cure doctress for practIcing contrary to law. was presented
 with some music of the doctress' own con-
 posing, and as he has been practicicing on
 1t ever since. his friends are wondering if she intends to retaliate by calling him up for practicipg-a nuisance Rockville Leader.
 Alfred Tralese was charged with drunk enness this morning Officer Moore found
 him asleep in a wagon and brought him in. He was fined s without costs. Mabel
 Earl was also charged with drunkenness. Officer Brickel said she had been around here for three weeks drinking with Ital-
 ians. She claimed to have come from | Taft's school in Watertown, where she was emplOyed Her home Is in Meridcn, | where she has mother. brother and sis
 trrs- She was given fifteen days in jail. 1 The railroad commissioners have issued l books for the annual returns of street | railway companies to each of the incor- porated companies operating street car lines in the state. Three books are is- sued to each company; two to retain and one 10 be forwarded to the railroad con-
 missioners Ou or before October l. The penalty for neglecting to make returns by that date is S25 per day. There are about thirty companies operating in the state. This evening the members of the differ ent divisions of the A. O. H. will meet in
 G. 4. R. hall for the purpose of celebrat ing the feast of the patron saint of Ireland. There will be songs, recitations and ad-
 dresses and general good time may be expected. It is hoped that every Hibern-
 ian in the city will be present and prepared to sing a song or tell a story of | the dear dead days that are gone. There will be a short parade, starting from St Patrick's hall at clock.
 The regular weekly meeting of the Amaryllis Reading circle was held at the
 residence of J. NJ. Lynch last evening. The literary exercises were in keeping
 with the feast of St Patrick. A feature Of the evenings exercises was the presen- tatiOn to each member by the president of
 a tiny shamrock emblem. This neat little badge was made at the Convent of Notre Dame and reflects much credit on the
 sisters of the institution and the children | in their charge.
 The annual meeting of the Elks of Wa terbury last night was largely attended, l The following officers were elected EX-
 alted ruler, William D. Richardson es-
 teemed leading knight John E. Dever;
 esteemed loyal knight. John k. Giller;
 esteemed featuring knight, William T. Dis ley; secretary, Joseph \. Cullen; treasurer, Chris Strobel; tyler William T. Carroll | The election was presided over by Past Exalted Ruler R. W. Cook of Rochester, N. !. The retiring exalted ruler, NJ. J. COlloty will represent the local lodge at
 the grand lodge meeting in June. The Standard Electric Time company of New Haven, organized in 1887, of which C. D. Warner of Ansonia was the secre- tary, treasurer ard general manager, has
 been sold outright to Waterbury capital
 ists. New Haven has been the company's | headquarters since 1887. The new com pany has elected officers as follows: H. L. Wade, president; George E. Judd, treas
 urer, and c. D. Warner, secretary and general manager. MT Wade IS president of the Waterbury Clock company. The Waterbury Clock company will be in a position to adopt the patents controlled by
 the Time company. The capital stock of | the old Time company was about $1 ,0OO. Patrick Holohan and Michael Guilfoile, appraisers on the estate of the late Law renee Ruth, filed their report with the pro- bate court to-day. The report. itemized,
 Is as follows: Real estate, hotel and land
 in Waterville, S1O.000; lot No Is Union street, So,OOU; land and one-story building,
 South Main and Union streets, $15 ,OOO;
 undivided one-half of land corner Scovill
 and Brook streets, SIP, 800; undivided one
 half house and lot, corner of Union and
 Franklin streets, S2, 900; land east side of
 Pearl street. between Hawkins and Bron- son streets, S1O, 900; total, $57, POO. Per
 sonal estate: Cash in Waterbury Savings
 bank. s, PIP 9S; certificates in Citizens
 bank. 8. 100; horses, carriages, harnesses,
 etc. S505; total $6. 6.8T7.9S. The whole es
 tate is valued at $64. 377.9S.
 Mayor Kilduff presided at the meeting
 of the committee on additional water SUD.