Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-26
CITY NEWS.
The will of Richard Ashton was admitted to probate this morning.

 day after an illness of several weeks.
 The board of finance will hold meet ing tonight at which the appropriations for the year will be discussed.
 Club Lafayette will hold a meeting at their rooms in the American building to- night to complete arrangements for the clubs coming sociable.
 The adjourned quarterly meeting of the United Charities will be held in the Y. NJ. c. A. building Tuesday evening at eight o'clock.
 George A. Faulmann, the musician, has purchased of John W. Gaffney the house, IS and 50 Park place. and will occupy it about January l.
 James Buchanan of New Haven. eN- clerk of bills of the house of representa- tives. was the guest of Attorney Thomas F Lawlor yesterday.
 Policeman Charles B Dean. who is stop ping with friends in Rhode Island, Is reported sinking steadily. Hts physician does not think that he can last many more days.
 meetingof Central Labor union will be held in Labor hall this evening The object of the meeting is to discuss the ways and means for bringing John Burns. NJ P. to this ,ity during his visit to this | country.
 The funeral of Mrs Harriet \ Cowen took place from her residencr 49O East Main street, at , o'clock yesterday after noon. with services at the house by the Rev Dr Davenport and intermeut Tn Riverside cemetery.
 Special forecast for Connecticut: Fair. probably followed Tuesday by rain or snow. warmer. The weather is fair to- day over the entire country except some portions of the lake region from where i local snows are reported
 T. NJ. Freney John KIllilea and P. x | BergIn of the Acme club have been ap- pointed a committee to begin arrange ments for the clubs semi-annual dramatic | entertainment, which will take place some time in February. T. NJ. Freney will be stage director.
 Mrs Lola Northrop. aged 7G years. widow of the late George Northrop. died at her resid, nee 42 State street. early this morn- ing The funeral will take place from the 1 house at l o'clock Wednesday afternoon and from St Johns church at l 30. Inter ment will be in Riverside cemetery.
 The Rose Hill Social club has completed all arrangements for the grand concert and sociable of the club at Jacques auditorium Thanksgiving afternoon and evening. It will undoubtedly be the largest crowd ani the biggest affair the club has ever given The auditorium will be handsomely dec | orat, q
 Concordia hall was we'll filled last night and all spent the evening pleasantly. The programme opened with an overture fol lowed by sketch entitled the "Clipper Reporter" The Parlor opera house people with Ufendale aud klobedanz made up stage cast and the affair was a | most successful one.
 The funeral of Mrs Annie E. Fenn took place from her late residence. B Hickory street. at 2:3O o'clock yesterday afternoon with services at St Patrick's church, and iHterment in Calvary cemetery. The pail bearers were: Bryan Kenny. Patrick Mad den. Thomas Killion, Michael Dwyer. James Scanlan and Thomas O'Connor.
 John J. Barrett. aged ? years. died Sat urdly evening at his home, 75 High street | The deceased leaves his mother, wife and one child. also two sisters, Mrs Chris topher Dwyer and Mrs Maurice Garren He was employed as tool setter at the Waterbury Manufacturing Co. for thirteen years. The funeral will take place nt the Church of the Immaculate Conception at | S:3u tomorrow morning. Inttrment vii! toe in St Josephs cemetery.
 In Donahoe's Magazine for Decent CT D. \. Reidy will have illustrated artlc.e, A Chapter of Connecticut History" tell Ing the interesting story of the Catholics | in this state. Among the portraits are those of the five bishops of the Hartford diocese. Fathers Hughes and Harty and Vicar General Mulcahy. Many in Waterbury and vicinity will want to read this article. The magazine is published in Boston
 \ resident of South street complains that the owner of vacant lot in that street has almost created A panic in the ntighborhood by cartIng several barrels of fish refuse into his lot and spreading il around for top dressing The lot, he says Is filled with cats and dogs that come tC feast on the decayed fish. and if the owneI does not do something at once to abate this nuisance there is sure to be war in the camp.
 Here is what is predicted by a W weatheI wise fellow who keeps track of things pretty well, and he halls from Barkhampsted He says that few struggling flake of snow never make a winter. He holds that the coming winter Is going to do business with the doors wide open. He killed his goose the other day. and he has studied the frontal bone with great care. The reputa ton he has gained as a great liar about V ath T renders hls present prognostIca tons of great importance to those who propcs, to leave tLeir crops in the if Id during the coming vii ter.
 SatUr lay evening two fresh young mel tried to have people think that they owned the Waterbury Traction Go. Their s ntic, b. came so annoying to the other passen {, gers that the mOtorman and conductor stopped at the city corners and hustled the two fellows into the street Thos, who witnessed the incident say that tn, ! ,F I. a special constable and instead of putting people who do not know how to behavt t of the car. place such people under arres and turn them over to the first officer he meets on hIS line.
 There was an interesting meeting of tn, Waterbury Temperance Reform league a the opera house yesterday afternoon ; Vice PTesId nt Goodyear presided anC Leader Blake opened the me citing witt gospel singing, Miss Lizzie Blake presid ing at the piano. It was announced tha over iO0 persons had signed the Murph, s pledge and that enough money and som,
 to spare had been raised to meet the ex | pei nse of the three nights campaign Tn resignation of Orrin T. Mix as thlrd vic . president was accepted Five committee of five zach were appointed to alternate il furnishing stage entertainm. nts for tn , meetings.
 At St Paul's M-thcdist church last nigh the Rev Mir Cleveland spoke on What Catholic can Learn From A Protestant % Tn speaker was A little more generous in hi dealings with Catholics than som preachers whom We have listened to H. would not accuse the members of any de nomination of being unpatriotic, On thi he said: 'I believe that all religions woul, We with each other to protect the flag O this country if occasion should require it
 Mir Cleveland then went on to show that i ispossible for A man to go to church regu larlN lnNa his charch rti h.. l.-