Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-07-10
el1Y NEWS.

John Carmody otA ASpringheld, Mass. IS spending his vacation with friends in this city.
 The St Louis Truth of this week pub fishes in full the bright, clever article ot Miss Nellie Donahue of this city on l "Footlight Fsncies." Howard Frisbie, the three months old | son of Horace E. Frisbie of 51 Walnut street. dted last night. The funeral will take place at o'clock tomorrow after noon
 There are advertised letters at the post office for Kate Blakeman. Ed Gale. Emma Gaynor, Martin Henry. Annie Murphy. George H. Peterson. H. E Raynor and Vim Finnkly.
 The members of the choir of the church of the Sacred Heart will meet at the church Thursday evening at o'clock Business of importance requires full attendance.
 Thomas F. Murnan, formerly of this city, died last night at his residence on Lines hill. Union City. The deceased was a brother of James Murnan of this city Besides his wife he leaves family of six children. The funeral will take place to Calvary cemetery Thursday morE- ing.
 Rev J. A. Mulcahy of the church of the Immaculate Conception is in Hartford as- sisting in the examination of applicants for admission to this diocese, of young men who have finished their studies in classical and philosophical branches and who intend te pursue course of theologl- cal studies preparatory to entering the priesthood
 The Y. NJ. c. Association gave a lawn party on the grounds of H. W. Scovill last night for the benefit of the orchestra The | lawn was beautifully trimmed with Chi nese lanterns A large awning had been stretched on poles under which the band occupied seats. The Lotus quartette rem dered three songs during the evening. Caterer Trott furnished ice cream and cake. The affair was a big success and vii. net handsome sum for the '. NJ. c. A. orchestra fund
 H. c. Eaton of Boston has been ap- pointed leader of the American band and | will assume charge a week from next Mon- day. Mir Eaton has been for some time director of the First Regiment band, Bos- ton, and was for three years with Glover 6 band, Auburn, Maine. MT Eaton came to Waterbury Saturday. directed the band al the rehearsal and led it during yesterday $ programme, when arrangements were com, pleted for taking permanent charge.
 The records of the internal revenue | office for the district of Connecticut shows the annual receipts for the year ending June 30 to be q O44. .999 IS. which is 1T excess of the receipts of the previous veal to the amount of s19. .540-99- A slight de crease has been experienced in the out put of cigars. The production of oleomar garine has greatly increased. nearly doub ing during the year. There is also an in crease in the consumption of spirits anC heer shown.
 With the exception of hanging the door the new Armstrong vault in Riverside cemetery is now completed. It has tel shelves and is a very handsome, substan tial structure This is the second yaul which has been built in Riverside ceme tery. the other. the Blown vault. havin been built in 1874. One of the principa monuments erected in the cemetery thi year has recently been put in position ol the plot belonging to the family of D Walter Hamlin Holmes and is one of tn . handsomest pieces of stone cutting in tn cemetery. It is surmounted by a life sig | female figure holding a crown of roses il her left hand. the right arm being eI twined around a huge cross which tower above her head
 The board of police commissioners vii :. meet tonight and endeayor to elect a suC cessor to the late Michael King. It said that yet no agreement has been al = rlved at, as to who shall receive tn \ coveted plum. Commissioners MC Donald and Kelley have the naming c the man. but they are not unanimoui John Somerville and Michael Sullivan, tn leaders in the race, would both make idle, '' officers, but whether the two democrat will agree on either one or the two reput hcans will vote for either one Is a quei ton. Dark horses are as plenty as fiG and it is barely possible one may secul B. the place. John Kennaugh, PatriC Hayes. John Donegan and Christoph' Geraghty are working quietly and eth, might at the last moment secure the pos u tion- James Hanley and William Cassi are two more strongly backed applican for the position, while host of others al s7 not giving up the battle by any means.
 At the meeting of the state board charities held July ?, a resolution VI - adopted unanimously denouncing the al tomatic hanging machine upon wbiC John Cropin Is to be hung August 24, ar
 requesting Warden Woodbridge not to u
 it. Yesterday Dr Harmon G. Howe ar
 Dr w. W. Knight, medical examiners. i
 spected the machine and approved of it
 every respect as humane and merciful ar
 positive in it's action. Warded Woo
 bridge and the state prison directors ha'
 
 !, Shipman, that hanging by ths machil N' complies with the law. The opposition
 the state board of charities is based on il
 fact that the condemned mans weight VI
 start the machinery in motion. This, Il
 board claims, will virtually make him COT
 init suicide. Warden Woodbridge al D. the directors claim that the culprit will
 forced to take position under the gallow y an involuntary act which nullifies the sU
 eide theory.
 The German Catholic picnic on t
 West End grounds yesterday afterno'
 drew an immense crowd. The music
 programme was the most varied ever giv
 at picnic in Waterbury and the manaG
 ment deserve great credit for the manner
 which the arrangements were carried oJ
 It was greatly to be regretted that owl
 to the lsteness of the hour when some
 the ont of town societies arrived the pl
 gramme as originally announced could D
 be carried out The decorations along t
 different streets through which the para
 had been announced to pass have ney
 been equaled on any prsvious occasion a
 the people felt the disappointment keen
 The residence of Mrs Martin Hellmann
 Bank street was the most elegantly deC
 rated building ever seen in the city, a ii, the stores from the Bank street bridge
 Washington avenue fairly blazed with t no brilliancy of the work of the decorato UT About 10 o'clock everything in the line ny bunting had been disposed of. I .es even a paper of pins could
 found in the Brooklyn stores a at Timothy l.. Horigan was forced to c Jig up town vith a wagon and make sol
 purchases in this line. On the return u
 h- was mistaken for a belated Fourth
 July peddler. the wagon being filled vi to banners streamers and bunting of eve