Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-13
CITY NEWS.
The fire board will meet tonight.

to the force of clerks in the postothce. Miss Sadie White of Carmen street is | spending her vacation in New hork and | Brooklyn. MrJ. c. Danelson and her two children | have gone on a two months visit to Coy- ington. Ind. The Misses Pauline and Lena Baird are spending q two weeks vacation with friends in Boston, Special forecast for Connecticut Show CTS to-day. fair Tuesday, stationary tenn perature. variable winds.
 The funeral of c. S. NoIthrop took place from his late residence on West Main street at o'clock this afternoon.
 Miss Mary and William H. O'Donnen of New Haven are visiting their cousin, Rev J. H. O'DonnelI of watertown.
 James F. Coughlin and sister Katie Coughlin. of Denny street. are spending two weeks with friends in Stony Creek.
 The mesdames St Stansilaus and St Genevieve of the Convent of Notre Dame are at the New York house of the order.
 The regular monthly business meeting of the Young Women's Friendly league will be held Tuesday evening at o'clock.
 Union street was closed to-day between South Elm and South Main streets, for the commencement of the work of macadam- izing.
 Miss L. E. Hennessy. book-keeper for the Waterbury Furniture Co. is spending a vacation of two weeks in Litcbfield and TorringtOn.
 Commencing tomorrow evening the Bronson library and reading room will be closed until things are in readiness in the new building.
 Oscar A. Ziglatski, of the firm of the Bonner-Preston Go, and R. Munger, clerk at the New England freight office, left to- day for vacation at Nova Scotia.
 Joseph Coffey, aged five months. son of Thomas Coffey, 265 Dublin street. died yesterday morning The funeral took place at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
 There are advertised letters at the post office for David Clark. E. T. Eggleston. F. Holm an. Burton F. Lipps, E. J. Mar wins, W. F. Shaw. James w. Scott and Mrs Annie Webster.
 George NJ. Norris. aged 37 years, died of consumption at the hospital Saturday night The deceased belonged in Middle town and the remains were taken there on the SIP train this morning.
 John Wren, the one year old son of Michael Wren of 20 Washington street, died yesterday morning. The funeral took place at 2:30 this afternoon, with in- terment in Calvary cemetery. William Grant, a clerk for the Bonner Preston company, narrowly escaped a | serious accident this afternoon. He was l drawing some oil in the cellar and had a lantern in his hand, which exploded, striking him in the face.
 A party consisting of the Misses Julia Mccarthy. Nora Donovan, Maggie and Jennie Bergin. Mrs Jennie Morris and Michael Dwyer. wife and family left to-day for Meadows End where they will remain for couple of weeks.
 About forty members of Excelsior and Progressive councils, O. U. 4. M., marched to Riverside cemetery and decorated the graves of their deceased members yester- day. Members of Lady Trumbull council, D. of L.. assisted in the decorations. | Waterbury's base ball club of 1894 met defeat at Meriden Saturday. The game | was played at Hanover park and was wit messed by over five hundred people. Meriden had twenty-one hits and Water bury ten The score tells the story of the game: Meriden Is. WaterburyS $.
 Court Hancock. A O. F. of A, will insti- tutea new court of Foresters in Water l vile to- morrow evening. Those who in | tend going gre requested to notify the com | mittee this evening in Foresters hall. The | bus will leave for Waterville tomorrow evening at 7:30.
 The police kept close watch of the sa- looms yesterday and it is very doubtful if any ot them did much business. As a re- suit of this extreme vigilance Michael Cronin of Ridge street will be called upon to answer to charge of keeping open on Sunday. Prosecuting Agent Holohan is l D1aE EIYtr arainGf him fhic noon.
 There is A movement on foot to orga nizt a foot ball league of the Y M c. A. or gaaizations of the state. The plan has not assumed definite shape as yet, but the matter Is being talked up in the New Haven association. and Hartford, Meriden. Bridge port and Waterbury will be invited tc join in u e formation of "A league the com ing fall.
 The New York lS New England transfer boat William I. Hart, employed on the Hudson river between Newburg and Fish kill-on-the-Hudson. has just returned iron the New York docks, where 1t has been fol the past month undergoing general re pairs During the transfer boats absence the company has been using floats tc transfer its freight.
 At meeting of the St Joseph's Temper l hLLSC cOSIclH dllcEnOOn JOuu Mcdonald and James H. Freney wer, elected delegates to the state tenn peranct convention which will be convened 1T Hartford on August 2S. D. J. Casey anC John $. Hayes were named as alternatcs The society voted to produce another play the title of which is Bound By an Oath The cast will be made out this week.
 The Everymen and other owners O horses are complaining of a queer dis tinction in the statutes concerning hors, theft and the taking of a horse withou leave. They say that whenever a fellow drives away with horse without the per mission of the owner that the crime shoulC be theft and they argue in the followinl vein: If you take my watch withou leave it is A theft, no matter whether ol not you try to sell the timepiece. But i you leap into my carriage and drive away the law declares it no theft unless you tr, to Sell the team or exchange it for some thing else. This is certainly a quee distinction and most unjust to us.'
 When John Freeman, farm hand il the employ of G. B. Hitchcock on tn Meriden road. returned home shortly afte l2 o'clock yesterday morning he found tw masked men in the kitchen. The famil had retired and dim light had been lei burning for NIT Freeman. The men mad an effort to escape on the entrance of NJ Freeman. One. of them succeeded in es caping into the yard. Freeman grapple with the other, but he also escape through an open window. In the morn ing a mask and hat were found in tn doorway.
 The meeting of the Temperance Reform league was we'll attended yesterday after noon. Professor Elton oficiated at tn piano. The Wide Awake club of fort t voices sang several beautiful selections il very acceptable manner. Vice-Presiden t Goodyear read the poem composed by Re J. c. DaYenDOrt and read af fha nrnani n