Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-24
CITY NEWS.

| parish, on Tailor street, to Edward $. Gull len.
 Special forecast for Connecticut: Gen. erally fair. cooler on Sunday. westerly winds. Clearing conditions prevail along the entire Atlantic coast. with fair weathe \ in all other districts.
 One hundred and ninety-fiye persons left on the New England road to witness The football match at Springfield. an in- crease of forty-four over the number that went last year.
 The funeral of Harriet A. Cowen will take place from her late residence, 49O East Main street. at ? o'clock tomorrow afternoon with service at the house and interment in Riverside cemetery.
 Annie F.. FeRn. aged 42 years. wife of Benjamin H. Fenn. died at her residence. g Hickory street. last night The de- ceased leaves family of ten children. the oldest seventeen years and the youngest an infant The funeral will take place from the house to St Patrick's church at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
 Last evening A party of about 10 gathered at the home of Miss J. Gallagher. 55
 Brook street, and rendered her a very
 pleasant surprise. An enjoyable session
 was spent in dancing. singing and games
 until after midnight. when supper was served.
 The will of the late Abagail Sandland was filed for probate to-day. It was dated March 9, 1893. By the terms of the will the household goods. personal property and Teal estate are left equally to her two children. Frederick A. Sandland of New York and Elizabeth $. Woodruff of Water buey- Frederick A. Sandland Is also named as executor.
 The United Hibernians will give their first concert and sociable in the audito- rum on Thanksgiving eve. As this will be the first united effort of the A O H in the ball room the different divisions are determined to make a success of it. Der gen will furnish the music and Cffendale will prompt Tickets admitting gentle man with ladies. 50 cents.
 | The eleventh anniversary of the Lyra Singing society will be held in Concordia hnll on November % under the leadership of Prof Gustav Gebh ardI, assisted hy Miss Mamie Merz. both of Hartford, and E. Biggerstaff of Waterbury. There will be dancing with music furnished by Faul- manns orchestra. \. Hollmann will | prompt. Admission Is cents
 There will be a meeting of representa- tives in St Patrick's hall at s o'clock to- night 10 arrange for the parade to be held | SA N--N SNNoSAoh OA hNIDR OI the cor ner stone of the new Lithuanian church on John street. which ceremony will take place on Thanksgiving day. It is ex- pected that the meeting will be largely at tended.
 A warrant was issued to-day for the ar- rest of Contractor Patrick E. Pierce for assault on his sister-in-law Annie O'Brien. Contractor Pierce is in a peck of trouble. He has been pelted on all sid.s for his seeming neglect to complete that concrete job on the green aud to-day his family IS pretty well broken up. His wife has | left him taking with her a favorite child She went to live with her sister and there Pierce went and. 1t is alleged. assaulted the OBrien woman.
 Contractor McsIanus is wearing A bland smile to-day. When the sun goes down to- night Mir McManus will have completed his pipe line contract. except the filling up 1 ot one manhole at the South Main street gate ln Exchange place. But that won't end the work of tearing things up at that point. for as soon as the contractor hicks up his tools and gets out os the way Street Inspector Riley will take possession of the place and commence raising the walk and some of the block paving from Ellotts corner to the other side of the street. When the street inspector gets through with hIs job the people will be re- lleved Of the pool Of water that remains there after every shower, causing pedes- trians to turn in all directions to avoid wading through 1t.
 At a bar meeting this morning the fol- lowing business was transacted Asben den vs Hungerford motion for default to nIe answer. two casesl adjournment urtiI Monday. Carol vs Horrigan and Plntt Mill Co, vs Alcott. answers to be filed rrNf nm Vs Wilson ct all. ordered disclosure of de fense and nature ot same within A week Corr vs Mattheus & Willard Co. motion for hearing on damages in one week Brooks vs Benham. hearing oD amended complaint struck out. Munson vs Abbott ct al judgment for foreclosure for Sl 400 on note aRd sS6 So interest. Assignments. Thursday. November 27. Martin vs Simp- son; town of Waterbury vs Smith. Friday. November 30 McCanley vs Lize, three casesl Saturday. December l, Atwood vs Coreoran Monday. December ,. Almann vs city.
 The case of Hugh Hearns of Naugatnck against the Waterbury hospital for SlO OOO damages for the loss of one of his Iars through alleged negligence of the agents of the hospital and the attending physician. Is attracting considerable attention Judge Wheeler has decided against the plaintiffs demurrer and this makes inc case look weak on MT Hearns' side Counsel for the hospital. Kellogg S KeI- logg. filed a special defense stating that the hospital is a chartered in,trtutiop. that there Is no stock that the officers and directors receive no pay for their services and that the medical attendance also is free. Counsel for the plaintiff. Attornev John O'Neill. filed demurrer to this de fense and arguments have been heard twice on the demurrer. Judge Wheeler has ds cided that the hospital is not liable | fer any negligence, fanlt or mistake of its agents. or of the attending physician.
 E. A. Bradley was last night presented | with handsome chair at his office on | West Main street by the employees of the | Waterbury Traction Co as a mark of es- teem for their former superintendent. The affair was complete surprise. Mir Bradley was notified by telephone that n | Naugatuck man was coming up on the las trolley car to make a purchase from him | and requesting that he remain in his | once He did so and at II o'clock about forty conductors and motermen stcaIei tae place carrying Assistant Superintend- ent harri >on in on elaborately finished chair. valued at $50. which was presented to the ex-superintendent with the best wishes of the boys Mr Harrison made A | neat presentation speech. but the genial | recipient was for once unable to find | words to express himself. it was such a | complete surprise. He finally managed to | express his thanks. though, and then all | hands gave A cheer that could be heard | half way to Naugatuck. The chair is A | handsome piece of furniture, but the boys | did not think it half good enough for the | man who had been so uniformly kind to them during his connection with the