Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-07-24
CITY NEWS.

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 funeral will be held on Thursday.
 IA. Hynes and J. E. Russell were ap- pointed commissioners on the estate of Benjamin Sedgwick to-day.
 Rev Father Quinn of Collinsville and NIT and Mrs Kennedy Childs of Hartford are guests of the Rev A. Mulcahy to-day. James Mahoney of 57 Baldwin street, with his wife ana two children left Water bury on the 1:2S train to-day for a trip to Ireland.
 Attorney Lowe brought sl it to-day for S1O0 damages against Thomas Reynolds for James F. Knox. The suit is the outcome of a bite which Knox received from Reynolds dog.
 Conductor John H. Carey. employed by the New York < New England railroad, had both legs cut off at S:10 last night while taking cars from the transfer float No ?, at Fishkil.
 At MT. Pigott's solicitation, the Pest master General has changed the name of the Birmingham postoffice to Derby. This makes h postoffice coincide with the legal name of the place.
 The funeral of Mrs Lucy $. c. Mi lCr will take place from her late residence, 39 North Willow street. at 10 o'clock to- morrow morning The remains will be
 
 James Grant and Miss Mary Winne We're married this morning at the church of the Immaculate Conception by the Rev. J. A Mulc4hy. The best couple were: Miss Mary Carroll and John Landers.
 The New England Engineering Co has elected as board of directors. A. NJ. Young. A. O. Shepardson. W. E. Crane, | ". G. Morse and E. s. Breed. And these have chosen the following officers: NJ. Young, pr -sident; A. O. Shepardsop, treasurer; F. $. Breed, secretary. The barn of CLarl-s Tyndell of Bucks hill was destroyed by fire yesterday morn ing. At i o'clock MT Tyndell saw smoke issuing from the barn and saw several men running from the direction of the fire. He got out his horses. but the wagons, hay and other things were destroyed. The midsummer festival of the St Joseph's Total Abstinence society will open tomorrow night in City hall. The ad- mission is fifteen cents. An elaborate pro- gramme of exercises has been prepared and the committee and members of the society | will endeavor to make it pleasant for all who attend.
 The funeral of Mrs Mary Lawlor took | place from her late residence on Jewelry street to St Patrick church at 30 o'clock | this morning where mass of requiem was celebrated by the Rev J. II. Duggan. The pallbearers were Timothy ORourke. Ed ward McAlenny. Maurice Healey, Daniel Altman and John Callahan.
 Henry Lamay, for drunkenness, was fined s this morning. John Landry went to the home of his brother-in- law, Frank Reynolds, yesterday and abused his sister. When Reynolds interfered Landry struck him in the face. He was given thirty days in jail. Henry Wilton, charged with drunkenness and cruelty to animals tied for s and S1O.
 Gilbert Hotchkiss of East Mountain was driving down the mountain yesterday with a pair of horses hitched to a wagon load Of hay when part of the harness broke and the horses started to run down the hill. Mir Hotchkiss was thrown of the load of hay into the bushes. He escaped unhurt, but one of the horses received d fracture of the bone in the left hind foot Dr Bland was called but could do nothing and the animal was ordered shot.
 Commissary General Jamieson has been the special pet of public caterers in tho state Several of these caterers combined and formed trust with view of compel ling ihe state to ray an excessive price fo' feeding the soldier boys while in camp The General Was too sharp for them, witt the result that they will have no chance tc do the catering aRmp. General Jamie son Is in hOPes sSers who vii furnish goor, we'll cooked food for th' eight days at S7 for each man.
 The board of education has completed tn, work of making the examination ir tlit recent trial for certificates to teach in thu public schools. There were fi:ty appli cants, thirty of whom were successful The examination was conducted on tn, basis of 1OU for perfect and to gain n cer tificate the applicant was required to reacl | a minimum of 72. All the applicant; at tended Professor Crosby's lectures or methods of teaching and as the instruction given at the meetings dealt largely witl some of the studies that entered into tn examination it is obvious that they profite, by these lectures. The true order of tn merit is not given because other thing than ability to pass the examination ente mt the selection of teacher, such as ex Perience, years, force of character. Tn, following are the successful applicants Nellie F. Apgar, Anna Bergen, Margare COrcoran, Katie X Carroll, Veronica Fitz patrick. Annie Friend, Agnes Calvin Stephanie Herringer. Hattie E. kershaw Lillian kirschbalm, Cecilia A. McCauley Bessie Meyers. Catherine O'Donnell Juli E ReIl-v, Nettie H. Rice, Frances F. An derss n. Frances F. Bowc, Martha A. E } Corr. Clara A. Rowan. Margaret Fitz patrick. Mary c Freeman. Nellie HauIey Anna keenan, Rose \. kearney, HattI L. Lyman, Sarah NJ. Mason, Marie A. MUr rot. Mary Phelan, Azubah Kelley an E izabeth A. Walsh. Four other appli = cants. the Misses Altman, Fields. Holoba and Cakill. the latter of Litchfield, cam so near the n arklng that they were aC corded the p.ivilege of the training schoC for teachers with the understanding tha they will have to take an examination nex year.
 While the fact that Dudley Moffitt lei considerable money in the banks is know the question as to whom this money bt longs Is something which is being discuss el among his friends and on the street to day. Frank Moffitt has employed Judg Lowe as counsel and judging by the look of things at present some Of the none = will be spent in law suits. This mornin Judge Lowe called at the Steimeyer hott and was shown the dead mans persons f estate. It consisted of clothing valued a ' S2 and a watch which the appraisers pu f down at Sl. A large box filled with clott ing, Tn the upper story of the rat trap shoI { the appraisers did not consider worth any thing The watch belonged originally i Il c. c. Chambers grandfather and was pul o chased in South Carolina, about seyent years ago. The chain was given to NJ . chambers and he remembered it a
 being one of his play toys in the time C l. his boyhood. Everything went along nlcel
 until 1t come to the matter of surrenderin
 the bank books which are in the possessio Of Mir Chambers. Judge Lowe as admir- S istrator of the dead mans estate, made f formal demand on MT Chambers fc
 the books. The latter said he shoul
 refuse to give them up until he had COT
 suited counsel. He did not believe |, surrendering to others that which himse
 and his father had worked hard to acuuir,