Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-12
CITY NEWS.

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 Thomas NJ. Hogan has accepted a posi- ton as clerk at the Earl hotel. The Amaryllis Reading circle will meet this evening at No 9 Cooke street.
 Special forecast for Connecticut: Fair. followed by increasing cloudiness, station ary temperature, winds shifting to sonth- erly.
 Mrs Bridget Fitzmsurice. who formerly lived at 36O Hill street. died recently in Ireland. The deceased was a sister of Miss Maggie FItzmaurice of this city.
 The members of the city government will make inspection of the new reservoir, dam and pipe line to o-mOrrow, leaving the Ci'y hall at 10 a. m.
 The board of 'u cation wi hold a me ei- ing at 80 o'clock this afternoon to fill tho vacancy in the principalship of the Bank street school caused by the death of NJ. J. Nelligan.
 Tomorrow will be a big day for the school children of this city. The manage ment of the kirmess has decided to admit all the school children to the matinee for twenty five cents each.
 large party of young ladies from Nau- Gatuck who came up to attend the fair of Townsend lodge last night. waited until
 
 to foot it all the way home.
 A valuable dog owned by Hackman P. F. Lunny was Killed by an east bound trolley car on East Main street at 5:35 last night The dog ran directly in front ot ! the car just b-yond Hayden street. and was run over before Motorman Roune could stop the car.
 large crowd of spectators was attracted to the Welton fountain at the south east corner of the green about o'clock this afternoon where Ralph N. B'akeslee's men were unloading the big water gate for the end of the new pipe line. Ths casting weighs about 6 .OOO pounds and was made by the Ludlow Valve Co. Troy. New York. The men handled 1t with as much ease as though it didn't weigh any more than a barrel of flour.
 Mrs Love E. Thompson of Wat, rbury IS visiting her niece, Mrs T. Warrington, at 63 Grown street. Mrs Thompson came 10 this city to meet her son, James William Pardee. who arrived in New York last week on the Almeda from San Francisco. Mir Pardee has been away from New Haven twenty-five years. during which ] time nothing has been heard from him. New Haven Union.
 Notices of the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Consolidated road gre being sent out. The meeting will be held m stockholders hall. room POI, in the company's office building in New Haven October 17, at noon. The call states that the meeting will be held for the purpose of electing directors and as no business can b= introduced that is not mentioned in the call. the meeting is not likely to bring out anything startling
 The western division of the New York r. ! sI. | block signal system between Hartforc and Waterbury next Sunday morning. The l system will necessitate the employing of several new operators. If it proves a sac cess, as applied to the peculiar conditions which exist on the New York X New Eng. lard road, it will probably be extended over the entire maiu line within the next few months.
 There will be 8 high mass of requiem | for the repose of the soul of Miss Katie Gill. '93, at the convent of Notre Dame, iu the old chapel at eight o'clock tomorrow morning. All the friends of the young lady and of the institution are invited The members of the klumnH association are requested to meet a few minutes be fore o'clock, and are also reminded that there will be meeting of the association immediately after the mass.
 The case of Mary. Jennie and Julif Broderick vs c. W. Blakesles < Sons i. being tried before a jury in the district court to-day. On July 26. 1888. the de fendants were putting sewer on Wash | inGton streer. They used dynamite cart ridges for blasting purposes. The thre, Broderick girls in passing along the stree stepped on one of the cartridges, whict exploded injurfng, them. They sued for Sl 800 damages. In the complaint it i, is alleged that the deftn iants had nc | license to use dynamite O'Neill fol plaintiff. Pickett of New Haven fo defendants.
 The annual fair of St Cecilia's arisi will be held Tn City hall from October T. to 31- Considerable work has been don, by this parish in less than two years mainly through the efforts of Rev Dr Mar | tin, land having been purchased, th church erected and the parochial residenc, renovated. The church will be dedicated by Rt Rev Bishop Tierney on Novembe IS. The ohiect of the fair is to obtain money to meet some of the obligations in l cured in building the church. Dr Mar tin and the commmittee hope to receiy generous patronage at the fair.
 Townsend lodge fair was we'll patron ized last night. It is considered the mos successful entertainment ever given b, any of the local lodges. Everything | being handled iR a very satisfactory man ner and those who were present on in l opening evening have done much for tn success of the fair. Their words of prais have been heard on all sides and peopl have fiocked to the hall to see and believe Tonight will be no exception and the pro gran me will be varied and interesting a usual Last night the following article were drawn: $. klobedanz, clock; R
 Wolff. umbrella; Mrs H Lalsy, toilet Sci
 W. H Burt. tidy; E. Gill Sanford, ties
 One of the last and best excursions 0 the season will be given to New York cit by the New York & New England raIlroat next Wednesday. The trip will be b, rail to Fishkill and thence by the steamer Mary Powell. down the Hudson. passinI all the historic and picturesque points ol York city. The special train will leav this city at 6 &. m. and tickets must b purchased in advance as they are linite and positively none will be sold on the da of the excursion. The fare is sl.50. Tn
 Mary Powell is the fastest steamer i
 America. It IS thoroughly heated b
 steam and has a first class restaurant.
 The smaller towns and villages of tn state are to be equipped with telephone. At a meeting of the board of directors (
 the Southern New England Telephon company yesterday afternoon it was dt
 cided to open a new department of th
 business of the company, Tn the directio of furnishing a cheap service of a locs character in small places. The preseI
 service is that of the copper metallic eli cult with a long distance trsnsmittei necessarily calling for higher charges tn ,