Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-25
CITY NEWS.

opera house tonight.
 Norman D. Grannis and wife left to-day for trip to Orlando. Florida.
 William D. Keenan has beer: :eIected ice-president of Division No. 1, 70. H. to succeed Thomas Lynch, resigned.
 There will be A rehearsal of the opera "Maseot" at the lecture room of the Church of the Sacred Heart tonight at s o'clock.
 Special forecast for Connecticut: Snow flurries to-day, followed by fair, slightly warmer Tuesday morning; colder in the evening.
 Matinee of Clouds" at Jacques opera house to morrow afternoon for the bene- fit of the hospital and the Boys club. Admission ten and twenty cents.
 The Waterbury Athletic club is making arrangements for a big sparring exhibition to be he'd on March 9. IL is expected that the affair will be the biggest thing of the kind ever attempted inWaterbury.
 Hubert D. James of this city and Miss Mary X. Brown were married at the par sonaGe of the Second church. Saturday. by the Rev Dr Davenport. The best couple were Charles I. Brown. brother of the bride, and Miss Fannie J. Thomas.
 <. NJ. Burns. supervisor of bridges on the Naugatuck road. slipped and fell this morning at tie timetable in the local yard. receiving badly lacerated wound on the right leg. and shvering the bone of the left hip. Dr Tonks rendered surgical aid.
 Mrs Julia A Pntchard. aged S6 years, died last night at her residence, 137 Gen. tral avenue. The deceased was born in Oxford and came to Waterbury when young girl One daughter. Jennis L. Pritchard survives her.
 The fourth annual concert and sociable of the letter carriers of Waterbury will be held in City hall to- night and and is sure to draw a crowded house. . Music will be be furnished by the American band and Prof A. E Blakeslee will prompt.
 An important meeting of the Club Lafay- cite will be held this evening. The mem mers of the club will go to Meriden at 5 | o'clock tomorrow afternoon to attend ! sociable under the auspices of the Young Mems French American club of the Silver city.
 Betsy NJ. Emerson. aged 64 years. died | last night at the residence of her daughter. Mrs A. F. Champlin. 46O North Main street The funeral services will be held tonight and tomorrow the remains will be taken to Claremont. New Hampshire, for burial.
 Hearing will be had before the judiciary committee at Hartford on the various bills relating to foreign attachment, on Wednes- day of this week, commencing at o'clock Tn the afternoon. It is expected that a large number of interested parties will ask to be heard on the subject.
 The operettas by the pupils of the pub- lie schools. are belag looked forward to with q great deal of interest. and those who desire seats will do we'll to secure them early, from the members of the cho- rus, who have them for sale, as they are goirg rapidly.
 The first of the course Of University ex- tension lectures to be given in Leavenworth hall by Prof W. N Rice will take place to- night His subject will be Evolution" ." 1 The committee have decided to engage Hamilton Gibson to deIver lecture on botany. The lecture will be given some l time in May and will be held in the opera house.
 | c. Collard Adams was arrested again Saturday by Constable Boardman. This | time 1t WAS for stopping the newsboyS giving away newspapers on the streets. 1 He was taken before Justice FAwthrop and Iut under $50 bonds to appear in superior court. Lawyer D. J. Donahue ot MIddletown went liS b, n lsman Mid dletown Press.
 Peter NounG. for some tune foreman of 1 the turning department at the American Ring Co. has been succeeded by George NJ. Condlt Mir Young was popular with | the hands under his control and Saturday nit ht the oys resented him with q hand- l some smoking set as testimonial of esteem. The presentation speech was made by Matthew Shelvey. to which Mir Young suitably responded.
 The Catbolio Literary association held a meeting yesterday and transacted consid- erable business of interest to the society. The meeting voted to observe the anniver- sary of Robert Emmet on March f. and | appointed committee consisting of Will liam c. Keenan, James E Smith and Mar tin Scully. The following were appointed as committee to confer with local organ. izAtions with A view of talking up the mat ter of celebrating the centenary of the Irish rebellion of 179s: James NJ. Lynch Martin Scully. Patrick ! McMahon Henry J. Hennaugh Christopher P. Bannon and John H. Moran. The object in taking up this matter at such s date Is to stimulate an interest in the study Of the history of that period. so that al may be conversant with the subject be fore the fall of 1898,
 The sale of seats for the production o "Clou2s' by the Acme Dramatic clul Tuesday night commenced this morning with A rush. Seats for thIs play are to bt had at Cones drug store. and those whC intend to see the drama should not delay too long in exchanging tickets. Clouds
 will be pres, nted with all the attention tC details which has characterized previous entertainments by the Acmes. and nothinI that can be done to make the comedy success in every Way will be overlooke
 No expense has been spared to make tn,
 enterprise merit the steadily growing pat,
 Ionage the club has received from year t year. From the time the curtain
 rises till it falls the audience will be kept
 busy following the thread of A most anus ing and interesting story. It is not a on part piece by any meaus. but a stock play
 Every character Is a good one. and all II
 the cast are given fine opportunities t
 display talent. DuIing the action of tn comedy several selections will be ersnderet by W. J, Hughes and the Acme quartette
 At meeting of St Joseph's Total Alb stinence society yesterday afternoon. Re Father Lynch gave an interesting til r on the benefits to be derived from a stric observance of the rules of the organizl = ton and counseled all to be untiring |
 their efforts to induce young men to be come affiliated with the society. Twenty l five new members took the pledge an
 were admitted to membership. swellin the roll 10 over two hundred member, l It is expected that the famous temperanc
 preacher. Rev A P. Doyle. will be here O l March 10. as the guest of Vicar-Gener,
 J. \. Mulcahy and the socis'y is maxim
 preparation to give the people of Watel = bury an opportunity to hear him speak O , the temperance cause in the church of tn Il Immaculate Conception. Admission vii f be free. and the reputation of the speak,
 is a sufficient guarantee that the Adi6C
 will be crowded to the doors. The goo
 the society has already accomplished
 evidenced by the large nu'uber of youu