Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-04-18
CITY NEWS.
Curran's bargain day tomorrow.


 The road and sewer boards will make Q trip for inspection of streets where work is to be done, this afternoon.
 Adelina Provost, aged eight months, daughter of Mir and Mrs Andrew Provost, 937 South Main street, died last night. The funeral took place at o'clock this afternoon.
 The much needed improvement, laying of curbing on Fairview street, is now go- ing on and residents of that street will soon see the old plank walk replaced with a good concrete sidewalk.
 John Horigan and Miss Kate Bresnanan were married this morning at the Immacu- late Conception church by the Rev J. A. Mulcahy. Miss Kate McQuinn and Ed ward Horigan were the best couple.
 George NJ Allerton of this city and George A. Lewis of Naugatuck were elected directors of the United States Rubber Go. at the annual meeting held in New York yesterday. The report of the trust showed a surplus of S246. .923.29.
 handsome gate house is being built at Rogers S Brothers spoon shop and soon gateman will be placed there to see how many, if any, of the employees are in the habit of going in late. This is about the last of the big factories in Waterbury that has resorted to the gate house scheme, nearly all of the shops adopting this plan several years ago.
 The junior festival chorus will meet Saturday afternoons, beginning May ,. After the close of the city schools the class will meet daily and probably close with grand concert early in July. Prof Elton will try to secure either Cyril Tyler or Winfred Young for the festival concert. Names for the chorus can be left at Driggs .S Smiths music store.
 Horace Johnson, the weather prophet of Middle Haddam, writes: From the 18th to the 2Oth of the present month there will be furious disturbance in the atmos- phere. Such storm should be termed an intermediate, will not be of long duration, may do quite an amount of damage in a short space of time. Indication of snow and raIn."
 The silver kirmess. to be given by St Johns parish, Watertown, on the evenings of April 23, 2l, D and 2G. is an original idea in the line of fair. Nearly all of the articles will be of silver. There will be dancing each evening and a dainty supper will be served. Visitors from Waterbury may be sure of q cordial welcome from Father O'Donnell and the parishioners of St Johns.
 Commencing to-day. the Baldwin con solidated engines will be used on the New York & New England railroad to draw freight trains. The rate of speed going forward Is not 10 exceed twenty miles an hour and backward fifteen miles an hour The New York & New England railroad leased number of these engines from the Baldain Locomotive works some time ago. but they have not been used much. They are one of the most powerful styles of en- zines made in this country to-day and are adapted for hauling heavy freights up steep grades.
 The case of John McNIahon vs Randolph & Gloves and the Waterbury Farrel Foundry X Machine Co was begun before a jury in the district court this morning. Several challenges were made which necessitated the calling of a talesman The suit Is to recover 8 GOO damages for injuries sustained on December Is, lSS9 4 pair of rolls were being erected by the k Gloves firm for the Farrell Foundry Go. Owing to alleged negligence a weight used in the work fell and crushed the hand of McMahon. The case will not b finished to-day.
 The programme for the American band recital at City hall tonight Is as follows: March. Arouse" Thomas; overture, Morning. Noon and Night" Suppe: song for trombones. performed by Messrs Heipze, Austin and Smith; selection, Con- cordia Singing society; selection, Ger mans Before Paris. Trenkler; cornet solo, Levy. performed by Percy Brown; grand selection. "Trovatore." Verdi selection, Concordia Singing society; descriptive medley County Fair" Beebe; schot- | tische. The Sweetest of Them All, | Rollonson.
 Michael Ledwith, formerly an engineer | of the Meriden k Cromwell railroad, was in | town yesterday. He showed two deep | holt, in his skull which he received at the | time the bridge on the Meriden X Crom- we'll road over the New Haven X Han tford | road tracks gave way few years ago, and | him with his engine to the | tracks below. The engine weighed 76 | tons and Ledwith was pinned down under | It, but ln such manner as to escape very | serious injury. He was the engineer who | was precipitated with engine and tender | into Little r1ver year or two ago when a | bridge gave way on the same road. The | locomotive lay in the liver about three | months.
 The committee to whom was referred | he revision of the course of studies in the 1 Il. t Is understood that it Is not the ex- pressed purpose of the committee to | ,hange the existing course of studies from | tight to nine years. Certain defects have been found in the present system anI the | work of the committee Is to point cut these defects and see that they are corrected, | sVen though 1t be nesessary to return to he old course in order to effect the de | ,ired change. The school visitors and the eachers in the various schools have long ,Iuce felt the need of something being | lone in the matter.
 In the police court to-day Maurice Aloriarty. whose case was continued yes erday, was asked for hls witnesses. He aid he didn't have any Attorney O'Neill aid that many friends of the accused had been to see him and asked to have doriarty let off this time, He had prom sed to take the pledge. He had a good ob and wanted to support his family. Iudge Root sentenced him to fifteen days n jail. After court he wanted to settle, ,ut he was informed that yesterday he had chance to settle for only the witness fees md had refused to pay one cent. John Kelly, for drunkenness, although he made ! hard plea for mercy. it being his second 'fense was given S1 and costs. John
 
 lays in jail.
 The lecture, Landlord and Tenant" which will be given in City hall to- morrow light by T. J. P. McEnery, is sure to draw
 large audience. The speaker is thor 'ughly conversant with hls subject, having 'esn the spokesman of his fellow towns nen on disputed questions in relation to grarian troubles for years. MT McEnery omes among us aS a stranger but is well | by those who know his history as man of sterling qualities and a staunch nd uncompromising advocate of the ights of the oppressed of his native land people will be interested to earn what arguments MT McEnery will dvance in defense of the stubborn resist nee which the Irish people. and especially hose of his own town, have offered against he agents of the landlords during the past ew years.
 The county convention of the A. O. H.