Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-04-13
CITY NEWS.

WOTtu SZ0- hANc you
 .'The Shadows of Great City" at the opera house tonight.
 Mrs Dr Frost has sold her dental office
 to Dr Fred J. Gottleib of New York Special forecast for Connecticut: Fair, l slightly warmer, northwest winds.
 Jeremiah Sullivan of 90 Pleasant street
 will start on tour of Ireland tomorrow. Governor Morris has decided to appoint | by proclamation Friday. May I, as Arbor I day. The proclamation will be issued in a | few days.
 The funeral of Grace Agnes ODell will
 take place from her late residence, 923 | East Main street, 10 the Sacred Heart
 church tomorrow morning. The remains
 will be taken to New Britain for burial. The last snowfall amounted to fourteen ] inches, making one inch and n half of
 water. The snowfall of the big blizzard
 in March, 1888, was thirty-three inches,
 amounting to three and one-half inches of 1 water.
 l George Morton and James Morton, two 1 Waterbury boys, who while on lark drove away with a Plymouth mans horse, were sentenced to n month each in Litch-
 field jail yesterday, by Judge Fenn of the
 superior court.
 1 The Waterbury Burns club will hold a | concert and sociable at Concordia hall to-
 night. Among the singers will be NJ. J. | McEvoy, Ted Biggerstaff and w. Ken
 nedy. 4 cornet solo will be rendered by | Pierce Brown.
 Miss Ida Modrow and Alvin H. Sven
 son were married at o'clock last night at the residence of Olof Swenson, l47 Grove
 street A brother of the groom and sis ter of the bride acted as best u.le. TLe
 ceremony was performed by Rev Dr J. G. | Davenport.
 The Lerkin cases are being tried before
 the jury in the district court to-day,
 Judge Root on the bench. There
 are two cases, Frank Larkin vs Peter | Larkin and Peter Larkin vs Frank Lar kin. It is an action of replevin and has
 been tried before justices.
 Jeremiah O'Rourke, brother of Timothy ORourke. died at his late residence on | Scovill street last night. The funeral will
 take place at } o'clock Sunday afternoon | with services in the church of the Imma-
 late Conception. The deceased was n
 member of Sheridan council. K of C. He
 leaves three children.
 The funeral of William Schifo took place | from his late residence on North Elm street l to the Immaculate Conception church this
 morning. mass of requiem cele- brated by the Rev Father Merrillo The
 society of Victor Emmaneul attended in a 1 body and performed religious lites at the
 grave. Interment was in Calvary cemetery. The following are the new officers of the 1 Waterbury Photographic society: Presi- 1 dent, H. W. Hayden; vice-president, l Leroy $. White; secretary. Harry Hoad- | ley; treasurer, F W. Waring. Jr; eXecu- tH, ~ IN,ll | Bario, H. T. Stedman, C. H. Redwood, Frank Melton. H. T. Stedman, Harry | Hoadley and E. E. Dewitt. are the lantern slide committee.
 The funeral of Mrs Mary Butler was 1 largely attended from her late residence
 on Bishop street to the church of the Im-
 maculate Conception at o'clock this
 morning. where a mass of requiem was | celebrated by the Rev Father Lynch The pallbearers were: Edward Howard, John | Duran, simon Mccarthy. John Sears Michael Quilter and John Buttomer h.
 terment was in St JoSeph's cemetery
 Paul Jones. the globe trotter, will visit | Waterbury tomorrow, having been en- gagged by Reid & Hughes to sell dry goods for a day. Jones is the man who started | from Boston in the dead of winter, without | a cent and clad in paper suit to make a
 tour around the world on wager. Jones
 must return to Boston within year with
 S5 .OU0 to his credit anA he must neither | beg borrow nor steal
 Deputy United States Marshal Arthur P. Moore of Hartford came to Waterbury yesterday and attached real estate at Wa | tertown belonging to Lucy J. Griswold of
 this cIty. The attachment is for S6, 800 | and Is made in a suit of Samuel Mayer, George A. Snec6ner and c. E. Roth of New York, trading as the American Auto | matic Fan company, brought against Lucy J. Griswold representing the Speciality Manufacturing company of Waterbury. The amount is claimed as damages for violation of a contract in the manufacture of certain patented articles.
 At s meeting of the Acme Social club he'll during the week it was decid, 10 aCl- init d limited number of the friends of the club to its reception and entertainment at Leavenworth hall, April 23. Heretofore those entertainments have been confined entirely to the members of the club. It is
 proposed that the coming affair will excel anything of the kind ever given by the so- Cirty and the committee guarantees q rare treat to all who will attend. The exercises
 will open with stage performance, fol- lowed by a programme of literary exer- cises composed of the best talent that can be secured. including many out of town people. Tickets can be had from mem bers and at BerSins newsroom. George Tracy is authority for the state
 ment that the Connecticut state building at the Worlds fair Is coming to Connecti- cut. The ownership of the building re-
 verted to Tracy Brothers at the close of the fair It was built by this firm for SlO,- 900, and was one of the few substantial state buildings on the grounds It was
 bargalned for by Chicago man. but pay ment was not forthcoming and the lease was therefore transferred to syndicate of New Haven gentlemen, of which J. D. Dewell lately president of the New Ha- ven chamber of commerce, Is the head. Tracy Brothers have received the contract 10 take 1t down and remove 1t to point between West Haven and Woodmont,
 where it will be used as colonial and historical museum. A gang of men will be sent from Waterbury to Chicago next week.
 large party attended the supper and entertainment given to the Pastors Aid society by the Yokefellow's band of the First Baptist church last night The fol- lowing programme of exercises was sue cesstully carried out: Either solo. John Strube; song, c. Littlehales banjo solo, NJ. Merrill of Springfield; mandolin and guitar duet, Messrs Tisdol and White; reading. Mrs Charles Flynn; song. w. H. Chatield; cornet solo, c. F. Tisdol; song, Miss Agnes Patton; It citation, Miss Belle Stevens; solo. V. NJ. Shaw; duet, Mir and Mrs k. w. Lampman. Scotch shortcakes were distributed as follows: One each to the pastor, William Rudge, Mrs J. J. Jacques and William Skinner. each re- cipient responding. The supper which was entirely the work of the men received unstinted praise from the ladies' The banquet commi tee were James Stout. chairman; George Perrine and Dr J. W. Mahaney. The entertainment committee consisted of A. D. Smith. William O'Neill and Charles Flynn.