Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-27
CITY NEWS.

Special forecast Tor CounecuCuh- f04A' slightly warmer, variable winds.
 Dr and Mrs Frost are expected home this afternoon from Walnut Beach.
 John Sweeney, a travelling tinker. was locked up this morning for drunkenness.
 Miss Katherine Conlon has gone to spend her vacation at Block Island and New Haven.
 Co E, Hibernian Rifles. will meet to- morrow night to make arrangements for their field day exercises.
 Mrs Catherine German of this city left this morning for Chicago, where she will take up permanent residence.
 The Misses Mary and Maggie Kelly of 125 Scovill street have returned from a two weeks vacation spent in Morris and Litchfeld.
 John Lawlor, formerly of this city. and now of Troy. N. Y., is visiting his parents. Nh and Mrs Peter Lawlor of South Main street.
 The pastors of the Catholic churches Tn the diocese of Hartford will meet at St Joseph's cathedral. Hartford. September II, and the curates two days later. Mir and Mrs N E. Purcell of Terryville are visiting MT and Mrs William H De- laney of Baldwin street. Mrs Purcell Is the youngest sister of Mrs Delaney.
 The will of Thomas F. Kelly of Water vile was probated to-day. NJ. Ryan of Thomaston and John Fruin of this city were appointed appraisers on the estate
 William Pecor, aged one year and eight months, son of Mr and Mrs Frederick l.. Pecor of Farm street. died this morning. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon.
 About fifty members Of the UniformG rank. K. of P, from E. F. Durand and Waterbury divisions, left at o'clock yesterday morning foI the grand encamp- Derby 172 members of the order boarded the train.
 Thirteen applicants were examined for petitions as teachers in the town schools by the members of the town school board in the district court room Saturday. The applicants were subjected to a rigid ex- aminatian in the different branches of study and all proved to be very successful. The result has no: yet been announced.
 The following list of letters is awaiting owners at the local postofiice: Mrs William Bernherd, Thomas Brown. Abram Bash. Mrs Bessie Booth, Miss Sarah Booth, Ed Connolly. John Finn. Joseph Flower Miss $. E, Hunt, Campbell Harris, Maggie !ngraham. Miss Mary King. Mrs c. O.. Norton, Pat Nelles>n, William Salisbury (2)
 About 2:30 yesterday morning Officer McNiff noticed smoke issuing from the | transom of the delicatessen store at 169 South Main street The officer sent in an alarm of fire from box 1, at the corner of Grand and South Main streets When the | firem, arrived and the door was forced open 1t was found that Che fire had worked ite way through the partition into the clothing store of B. Spiro. It took but a short tune to extinguish the flames. The damage done by fire and water is G. timated at about S30O. How the fire started is a mystery which is not likely to be solved.
 Last night while Officer Noonan was passing the boarding house kept by Mrs | Nelnoweth, 255 South Main str 4et a chalT was thrown or fell from the landing on the second floor, missing the officer by hair He went up staus and there it was ex- | plained that some ot the boarders were in. toxicated and in scuffling had pushed the chair over the railing. This morning there was anott CT fight in the same house | and Officer Smith went to the scene. Off, Ger Tehan was called in also and two O: the scrapPers. John Delay and William Fitzachary. were locked up for drunk enness and breach of the peace
 Mrs GeroGe T.. Fenn. aged 39 years died suddenly at b residence, 49 Cherry ,trFet. Saturday night. of apoplexy. Mrs Fenn WIS up town in the afternoon and on her way home was taken i'll at tn ( corner of North Elm street and Cherry ave nue. She was conveyed to her home in a carriage. On reaching home she con. versed rationally with her family for q short time. but soon became unconscious and died about eleven o'clock Besides her husband, who is now i'll with typhoid f=ver she leaves one daughter, Lois Fenn and two sons. William and George E. Ufendalr. The funeral took place thi. afternoon with services at the Hall Memo rial chapel and IEterment in Riversid. cemetery.
 The Dime Savings bank to-day tool possession of its new quarters at the cor ner of North Main street and Abbott avenue. two DOTH north of the old place The new quarters are fitted up in the bes possible shape everything that would ado to the comfort Cf the occupants and th, convenience of their patrons being at tended to by a committee who knew Jus what changes were needt d in the presFn building to convert it into a fIst-clas ranking house. F. A. Spencer, II. H Peek. E c. Lewis and E. NJ Burrall haC charge of the remOdelIng, The bank i now settled down in a home of its own ana people who have occasion to call on thos ln charge will receive the same cIurteou and gentlemaDly treatment for which tn clerks at this institution have been knowr during the last twenty years.
 The trolley cars did big business yes trrday. Cars rushed along pretty clos, after each other all day. No one tool notice of the sewage at Platt's mill 1 th Fnnnh inc day and af ui,fbf xrha stop was made at this point the choru of myriads of katydids in the swamp be side the track formed the topic of conver sation- It was here that the nearest ap proach to an accident since the cars com menced running occurred about o'clocl last night. Two cars were coming in tn direction of Waterbury and reaching point little south of Platt's mills, tn forward car stopped to take on a couple O passengers. The motorman of the req car did not make the stop on time an bumped his car into the one in front c him with considerable force putting large dent in the platform casing bu nothing occurred to prevent the trip bein made as usual.
 As announced in these columns th O'Connell Rovers' Gaelic Athletic cIu went to Brooklyn, N. Y., Saturday ever ing and played A match game with tn champion hurling club, the Wolf Tones. ( Wallace's Ridgewood park yesterda!
 The contest was exciting from start | finish and WAS witL ssed by an immen, gathering of people The local team pI up good game and gave the champion the liveliest tussle they have encountere Tn good many years. At the close th score stood: Wolf Tones. two games an seven points; OConnen Rovers, or game and four points. Considering ihi the local players have been practicins bl short time. while their opponents al the most proficient hurling club in tf $ country. it must be admitted that the loc