Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-02
CITY NEWS.

Special forecast for Connecticut: Fair, except showers this evening; warmer, southerly winds. II The Pin shcp at waterville will give its employees a vacation of thirteen days com mencing Wednesday.
 There will be an excursion to Boston on the New England road on Saturday August II. Tickets will be good unill the Monday following.
 The members of the Sacred Heart church choir are notified that there will be a re- hearsal for the coming entertainment | this evening at the residence of Mrs Lucien Wolff. All are expected to be present.
 Mrs Margaret Rigney of DubliD. Texas. | and her sister Lena, of Springfe d, Mass. | are visiting their cousin Mrs P. McAvoy of South Elm street. They will also visit | their cousins W. J. Rigney and H. NJ. Rig | ney. Bicycles will be light next year. twenty five pounds will be heavy and wood rims | fitted 10 single tube wires will about fill B the bill. Brakes and heavy coasters will | be practically discarded and ladies' mounts | will be brought down to the minimum.
 watertown is to have another court of Foresters. It will be named after ex-Rep- | resentatIve Welch of the Hosiery Go. Dr l Freney has examined twenty candidates | all of whom will be initiated at the meet | ing of Court Hancock iI thls city next Monday exening. The court will be for maly opened at Watertown on the evening . of August II. There will be some rare fun on the Wa p terbury Driving park Saturday afternoon. when Thomas F. Buffers "Oaker" and e James Stackhause's Princess will trot, the best three in five half mile heats for a |. purse of $50. The start will be made at ? o'clock and it is expected that large c audience will be present. Both horses are thoroughbred and are entered for the = colt prizes in the fall.
 The funeral of James F. Hughes took place from the residence of his mother, Mrs Ellen Hughes, S5 Jewelry street to St Patricks church at S:30io clock this morn- ing. A mass of requiem was celebrated by the Rev. J. H. Duggan. There were a number of beautiful floral offerings. The pallbearers were: James Walsh. Walter Powers. Thomas Moran and Edward Vim der. Interment was in St. Joseph's ceme- \ tery.
 1 Martin Havican, aged 62 years. died suddenly yesterday morning at his home in Bethlehem. The remains were removed to this city by Undertaken Bergin and the funeral will take place at S:3O o'clock to- morrow from the residence of his daughter. Mrs Morrissey, 69S South Main street
 
 Havican. and five children. John w, {, Dennis M.. George G., Daniel J. Havican and Mrs Mary Morrissey, all of this city.
 The American band is about to solicit subscriptions to help pay the expense of 2, giving open air concerts on the green. E. E. F. McAlahon, business manager of the DEMOCRAT, has agreed to wait upon busi- ness men and others in the interest of the ,, band and is the only authorized com-
 s ,lsn t1 band. which already has attained high standard, expects to reach a higher point of proficiency under the direction of H. c. Eaton, and it is hoped that the citizens will contribute literally as they have have in former years.
 full rehearsal of the ''Chimes of Nor mandy" was held in Lilley block last nigh and everything iS now progressing favor ably for a successful production of tha announced by the management: Serpo lette, Miss Rose T. Mcdonald; Germaine 4 Miss NJ. J Russell; Gertrude. Miss B Coogan; Jeanne, Miss Catherine Gloster Manette. Miss May Herr; Suzanne. Mis- . Lizzie Delaney: Henri, James F. Dunn Grenicheux William J. Hughes: Gaspard D Scott Erwin; Bailli. c. Maloney; Registrar V George Butler: Assessor. Frank Herr Notary, Frank Brett.
 The state firemrn's convention elected es' the following officers in Derby yesterday
 President William J. Smith of New Haven v ice-president-at-large Horace Morris O
 Derby; vice-presidents, one from eacl county, w. O Wallace of Ansonia, w. H ns. Dayton of Torrington, John Dyer of Rock
 vile, Lude Flynn of Willimantic, Clarenc
 F.. Palmer of Bridgeport. J. w. Preenber of Norwich. F. H. Wiley of Miedletown 'nu EC. U'Br1en of Hartford; treasurer
 Samuel c. Snagg of Waterbury; secretary
 John E. Jones of Westport At to-day s7 session John Wagner of Rockville wa d elected delegate to the national conventio
 of fire engineers. It was voted to meet i . August 1895 at South Norwalk. A nun
 Der of amendments were made to the COT
 stitutlon one raising the allowance {
 orphans of firemen from S1.50 to g
 week.
 The district finauce committee held il
 regular meeting last niget. Bills to tt
 amount of S1 ,690.95 were approved.
 was voted to renew the insurance th
 Bank and Clay street schools by the fo
 mer agents. Chairman Wolff announce
 that he had been unable to prepare a r
 port in regaid to bids for heating il
 Washington school on account of the la - reception of copy of the Massachuset E laws in respect to sanitarian, heating ar L. ventilation All the old janitors were T
 appointed and Alfred c. Colby will still (
 the lOlnerlnS Work. Chairman NolH WI
 receive bids for heating the WashiDgtc
 school.
 Dog poisoning has become quite COT - mon in Waterbury of late. several han
 some canines having died from the effec
 of poison during the last week. Last mig
 c. NJ. Upson's fancy fox terrier was tak' with fits about 10 o'clock. Dr Bland W II, called and worked for an hour in a va
 effort to save the animal. The dog died
 great agony. Dr Bland believes that
 was strychnine in meat that caused u
 dogs death. Last night residents
 Chestnut avenue, Grove and North Willie
 streets whose dogs have been poison
 clubbed together and offered A reward
 S25O for information leading to the ide
 tity of the person engaged in thls bushes wing Lieutenant Colonel Lucien F. Burp mot and Mrs AnLis Morton Orig buy were married in Hartford last evening al fleet left on the 1O:O5 steamboat train south
 New York. They will return to Wat.
 bury to live on Saturday. The ceremo
 was performed by Colonel Burpee's frien
 Adjutant Albert c. Bill of the First CO
 pany, Governors foot guard, acting as , justice of the peace. Lieutenant Color III Burpee went to Hartford from this ci u At; yesterday morning and obtained a m, riage license from Registrar Higgins. AsL,y was his intention and Mrs Driggs' pi ouiu ference to be married by a Congregation
 minister, but after they had visited III for clergymen's houses, being unaware of t and exodus of ministers from Hartford duri to the heated period, they concluded to abs
 don further search. Justice Bill, wht
 Colonel Burpee conferred with before t
 ing other steps to find A clergymf