Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-09-29
CITY NEWS.

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 The regular monthly meeting of the CItholio Women's association will take place Monday evening at o'clock.
 Special forecast for Connecticut:-Fair, stationary temperature, high northwestern ly winds, diminishing in force Sunday
 P. Riinville has sold out his soda busi- ness and book account to Alfred Blondin who will settle all outstanding claims
 Mrs Martha Moore Avery of Boston will lecture in City hall Sunday, Sept 30, at P. m. Subject 'How We Live and How We Might Live" Admission free.
 The funeral of Mrs Mary Metz took place | from her late residence at East Farms at ? o'clock this afternoon with services at Mill Plains chapel and interment in Pine Grove cemetery.
 Archie, the fourteen year old son of William E. Miller of g State street, fell l from u chestnut tree on Highland park at noon to-day, and broke his right leg above
 the knee.
 Julia Lannon, the months old daughter of MT and Mrs Walter Lannon of Round
 Hill street. died yesterday afternoon. The funeral will take place tomorrow after noon at 3 o'clock.
 Selectman John McElligott and daughter are home after an enjoyable European | tour. They were passengers on the Lucania which arrived in the New York harbor last evening from abroad.
 A large number of friends were enter tained at the home of Miss Nellie Waas last evening. At late hour a dainty lunch was served. A feature of the even ing several well rendered solos by NJ. H. Wass.
 Clerk Linford F Root will be in the dis trict court room Thursday evening from half past seven until nine to issue first papers to all who desire them. There are many applications in and they should avail themselves of this opportunity. The railroad commissioners yesterday denied the petition of the Bristol and PlainTille Tramway company to cross at grade the tracks of the New England rail road near Forestville station. This is one of the first decisions of this kind made by the commissioners and is looked upon with great interest.
 The divorce case of Mary Axtelle against pr Thomas l.. AXt-lle of Water bury. was transferred to the Waterbury court docket from the New Haven docket yesterday. Attorney Burpee made the motion on behalf of Dr Axtells He said as there were a number of witnesses in ! Waterbury it would be more convenient to 1
 Health Officer Robbins has transmitted. 10 Dr Charles A. Lindsley of New Haven, secretary of the state board of health, his annual report, which shows the following cases of contagious diseases in Waterbury for the current year: Smallpox 3, measles 9. scarlet fever 3S. diphtheria and croup p, whooIing cough 3G. typhoid fever p. In commenting upon the candidates ur- on the democratic school ticket, the DEMO- cEAT inadvertently omitted the name of Thomrs J. Moran, the popular clerk Mir Moran's years of expo rience and hIs natural inclinations and grace of manner mako him an ideal clerk. His name adds strength to the ticket. The DEMOCRAT heartily com- l u ends him to the voters of the district. At ameeting of the peoples party club | last evening the press committee was in- structed to state through the daily papers that the Henry NJ. Perry as grand juror on the populist ticket is not the Henry Perry of town meeting fame, barrel collector, | expressman. etc. The H. NJ Perry on the l populist ticket like all the rest of the can- | dldates on said ticket is A respectable citi- | Izen and is employed as brass roller at | ScOvill Manufacturing Go.
 The republican town committee met last | night aud made several changes in their ticket. H. W. French was put on the tlcket for city clerk in place of H. B. Car | ter who declined the nomination. E. T. Root was substituted for F. B. Rice. de- cllned on the board of relief. B. C. Bryan \ was substituted for H. T. Stedman A can- dldats for city treasurer and H. T Stedman takes the place of c. S, Chapman, declined. as candidate for member of the district committee. L A. Platt was named for A \ member of the board of education in place of B. G. Bryan,
 At meeting of the town school board last night Albert Saxton was appointed committeeman of the Bucks bill school instead William Perkins, resigned Albert A.Spencer was appointed clerk at the Saw mill plain district Mir Bassett said that at the last election for the South Brooklyn school district Committeeman S. $ La pol"te had been elected by exclamation l Instead of by ballot as required by law It was voted that MT Lapointe be retained | in the position committee consistinp ot MeSsrs Basset, Saxe and Cowell was 1 appointed to determine in which district, Town Plot or OronOke. the house of Mir McDurner is situated, and that his chil- | dren be permitted to attend the Oronoke school pending the investigation. Messrs | 'Hars. Griggs and Bassett were ap- | pointed a committee to confer with the residents of Bunker hill in relation to the | building of new school house.
 Speedwill and Frederick welh+lm | lodge. K. of P. have been vietimized out of s2O each by clever young man who came along here about a week ago fully equipped with all the grips. signs and passwords of the order. The fellow presented Master ot E1chequer Chessen a four weeks sick benefit order for s2O. regularly signed and indorsed oy and accompanied by the and by a statement from the officers of Wamesit lodge, No 25 of Lowell, Mass. to the effect that they had issued an order for $40 for A. A. Wright and thai any master of the exchequer to whom it should be presented was authorized to honor 1t. Mir Chessen paid him the money and Clayton c. Andrews, K. of R. and s, sent request for an equivalent to the or der at Lowell and received an answer stat ing that they had no such name as A. IA. Wright on their roll. The secretary of the lodge at Lowell stated that he had just re- celved notice that the same man had victimized several lodges in the same man. ner. Frederick WeIhelm lodge of this citv Is out s2O taken by the same sehemer and Tn the same manner.
 The fiftieth anniversary of the marriaoe of Mir and Mrs Matthew D. White was httlngly commemUrated to-day with a sol emn high mass at the church of the Im- maculate Conception, followed by A recep- ton at the family residence, 24 Adams street. The church was filled to the doors by relatives and friends of the family and the presence of Mir White and his wife. AS they walked into the church with firm step and erect carriage, showed that time touches them with a gentle hand. Mat thew White is Fl years old, but might easily be taken for a man of about 55 or 6O years. He was born of Irish parents in Montreal. Canada. and came to Waterbury htty-hve years ago. After remaining here for short tune he went to New Haven. where he met and married Miss Mary Con EAl--