Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-07-31
CITY NEWS.

MT and Mrs Edward Tucker Of 2i Pratt place are the happy parents of baby ooS' The Central Labor Union will hold a special meeting in the ante room Of Labor hall tonight at o'clock.
 Special forecast for Connecticut: Fair, except uossibly a thunder storm this even in,. cooler, winds becoming noItherly.
 Miss NJ. J. Russell. assistant principal of the Bishop street school. left for her vaca- ton 10 e spent at Saratoga, P,attsburg 1 and Lake George.
 Russet $, oas. G ol and comfortable, for | men. women and children. selling at d dis ! count to close them out at Fiun's, East | Main street James Hurry of 130 East Liberty street wishes to inform hi; friends and the public at large that he is not the man of that name who figured in the police court yesterday. Colonel J. B Doherty received tele- GrIm yesterday announcing that his brother Tn law. E. H. Hanchett of Memo monee. Wis. dropped dead Sundayevenlng. Colonel Doherty left for the west last night
 Mrs Augusta Hyer. who has been an in mate of the insane retreat for the past six years. was brought to the aims house by | Keeper Moran to-d,y. She was brouIl here to make room at the asylum for Mrs | CrosSland.
 The directors of the Waterbury Driving | company met at the office of pr Bland last night and arranged for the fall meeting. | The dates selected were Tuesday, Wednes- day. Thursday and Friday. September I. ;. 6 and :. It voted to arrange two classes for each day with prizss of $500 in | each
 At the drill meeting of Company A last night orders were received announcing the appointmt mt of Corporal Miller c. Haynor | sergeant. to succeed Thomas II. Brooks whose time expired: and Private George W. kinnsy. corporal. vice Corporal Hay nor promoted. The examining board was First Lieutenant II. E. Carter and Ser g ant F.. l. Heebner.
 The militiamen are looking over coats and trousers and giving the tailors boom lu business in preparation for camp which Is now but about two weeks of. Camp chests and tent furniture are also being in Spt cted with extreme solIcitude. Every night numbers o: the boys meet in the armory to talk over their plans.
 The trowel used at the laying of the cor | er stone of St Cecilia's church has been pres s-nted to Mrs Martin Hellmann. The inscription on the trowel Is as follows: Used by the Rt Rev. NJ. Tierney, Bishop I stone of St. Cecilia ckuIch. Waterbury. Conn. July 29, 1894 Presented by Angus tus J. smith. Donated 10 Mrs Martin Hellma2n.
 The funeral of John Burke took place , from his late residence. TO Bridge street. to the Immaculate Conception church at 9 o'clock this morning where a mass of re- quiem was celebrated by the Rev J. A. MuIcahy. The pallbearers were John Broderick of Glenville. Conn, Timothy E ennlr, John Altman and John Bren, | na |. lnterment was Tn St JosephS ceme- , tery.
 A large audience attended the preserta. tion ot Mrs Willis Will and ..The Sweet Family" by the members of the Young Women's Friendly league in St Johns parish house last night. The different parts were we'll sustained and the audience felt we'll pleased with the even . inG's tIt"rtainment. Between the play, a little girl. Hattie Swanson recited three short pieces with good effect. Mrs o. w Noble gave a one act play entitled My Missing Sr,ctacles." which was we'll re ceiv-d
 Mrs D. II Blak, slee died at the home o . her son. \. NJ. Blaktslee SS Linder street. lat evening. The deceased Wa, torn in Bristol in 1S04. The family after - wards removed u TeIry,ille where sh, \ married Milo B;sketlee. She came [, Wat rbury about twenty three wars ago Besides her son. \. NJ. Blakeslee of thi cIty. she leaves another son. the Re, Linus Blak,>lvc Cf Topeka. Kansas. Tn, @' fGnersl Nill take place at 9:l5 Wednrsda, morning with interment in Terryville. :, new organization called the Water bury Reform cub WAS perfected last night rwenty-Sevtu men met at the residence o <. William Harris, l2+ South Main street
 The following officers were elected: C. W. Sirms. president; William Harris ,d vice president; F. K. Finnan, secretar
 and treasurer; Fred Storz. il side guard William CaLill. outside Guard: entertain rurut committee. Edward E Bugcie. Ere >' Stcrz and William Woods. The club vii meet every Saturday night in Johnson hll. The objects are benev1lence. reform = a'i1u ani entertainment. Signs, grip and passwords will be used. IL Is coSmo Ps'lItan in Its make up and compose, solely of reformed men, all strictly ten
 PeTatr.
 NJ meeting of the Hopeville schoc district last nig ght in the school building
 the building committee reported that th
 Bennett Styles lot had been purchased fc
 S2. .ttHl and that the sum of S,i 525 wuul
 ne necessary tn furnish and complete th
 building The Rrv MT Pyke tho1ght
 Wa a bad time tO incur such au iInmru-
 Outlty. but Mr Tracy did not look at tl , rlattrr Tn this light. He knew that th district could brrrow all the money 4, neested at five per cent. The report WA accepted Plans We're submitted hy A
 chitoctS Jackson. Benedict and GriG.,
 MT Tracy presented resolutions WhIc
 We're adopted, providing that the commi
 tse bor.Uw .juU; th-t the committre ( - he appuIntrt !" srlrct the site act as
 h'silLinG committee. anl that a ten mi
 tIA be laiI.
 There were two lively r;inawnys in tow
 to-day. Shortly before one o'clock
 horse belonging to q woodbury farm,
 was scared at the approach of trolley e
 and rushed through the center scatteriu
 couple Cf bags of grain on the stree
 He was caught ln front of Kelly's aker
 on North Main street. At2 o'clock tl
 horse attached to Seely 6 Upham
 wagon started down Grand street at gres
 speed. At Leavenworth street MT Cphal
 VaS tossed out of the wagon, and lande ~ Tn pile of sand on the road side IT =, road roller Is at work on Leavenwort ,1r sfreet and long plank reaching the flu .c, width of the street and resting on tw
 horses was set up to prevent trave
 stopped " such simple obstructio
 and cleared the whole business. The ca
 riage got caught in the cross plank and tt
 horse pulled in between a tree and il at fence and there he was held fast until il lt. road men relieved him. The wagon W. of badly damaged but MT Seely or the an