Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-10
CITY NEWS.

erally fair. slightly warmer in the interior Sunday morning.
 Mir and Mrs Matthew Byrnes of North Main street gave a reception last night in honor of Mss Mamie Smith of Bridgeport.
 Rev Father Fleming of the Catholic uni versity has been ministering among the parishioners of the Immaculate Con- ception church for the past week. He will be here but few days longer.
 The excursion of the St Joseph's T. A society to South Beach this morning was largely attended, there being fifteen cars in the train when it pulled out of the Naugatuok depot.
 slight fire on the top floor of Trotts block shortly after eleven o'clock this morning drew out number twos supply wagon in response to q still alarm. The fire was in the apartments occupied by Otto Book and was extinguished before the company arrived.
 Thomas Flaherty of 470 Baldwin street, an employe of Benedict & Burnham's, met with a painful accident yesterday after noon. A piece of steel entered his arm at the wrist running through the flesh and lodging in the palm of his hand. The wound bled profusely and caused the man great agony. The foreign body was ex- tracted at Dr Frost's office.
 A large number of young people assem- bled at the residence of John M. Gallagher of South street last night, the occasion be- ing birthday party for his daughter Miss Mamie Gallagher. A musical and literary programme was rendered. Refreshments were served during the evening and danc- | ing and other exercises made up & few hours of rare enjoyment.
 Miss Marie Grelle of 449 East Main street gave 8 versnda party for a number of friends last night. Miss Grelle was as- sisted in receiving by her sister, Miss Louisa Grelle the Misses Nellie Beach and Elizabeth Reilly. Among the out of town guests were Miss Elizabeth Thompson of Taftville. Charles Cullen of Hartford and J. W. Morton and Dr John A. Wheeler oi New York.
 At meeting of the nucleus of Court Rose Hill, A. O. F. of A, held in G A. k. block last night, it was decided that Fri day, August 16. be named as the date for founding the new court. Charles Butter ly and John Shoa were appointed as a committee to provide suitable meeting place. The new lodge will start of with seventy-five chartered members.
 Tn funeral of Mrs Margaret Manton took place from her late residence on Dublin street at 7:30 o'clock this morning to the | church of the Sacred Heart, where mass of requiem was celebrated by the Rev Father Treanor. The psllbearers were | Timothy Brennan, Patrick Mooney, Patrick Phelau and Joseph Mcconnell. lntermep was in St Josephs cemetery.
 | Another days sport will be given at tho driving park next Thursday. There will be race for local horses for fifty bushels of oats, divided twenty to first, fifteen tc second, ten to third and five to fourth Entrance fee $1. There will also be a foot race for $10 purse. $6 to first, 8 to sec ond and $1 to third. Entrance fee fifty ceDts Admission to the park will be free
 Colonel Burpee issued special orders NJ 13 this afternoon regarding appointment and re-appointments upon recommenda | ton of company commanders. Among the list are The following: Go A. to be corporal Private William R. Msgse, to date July IS 1895. Go G, to be sergeant. Corpora Peter F. Quinn, to date August l, 1895; t be corporal Private James F. Egan, to datt August 1. 1895; to be corporal, Privat, Nicholas J. Pagan. to date August l, 1895
 reception to the members of the Acm club was rendered by MT and Mrs EdwarC Fitz patrick last night at their home or Abbott avenue. Mrs Fitzpatrick was s sisted in receiving by Miss Marie Heringe and Miss Katherine Gloster. A pleassn social evening was spent with music aaC games, and A dainty collation. was served Among those present were Dr J. D. Freney T. NJ. Freney. D Slavin, Terrenc, Carmody. Frank P. Becton, Thomas Mad den, James Kelly, T. Vincent, M J, Ryan J. D McCanu. Peter Fox, Edward Futile Edward Moran and Charles O'Neill.
 A great many people were wonderin this morning why such large number o Arabs were collected about the church 0 the Immaculate Conception. The ex planation is found in the fact that al Armenian priest is stopping at the parochis residence and for the past few days ha been making a tour among his country men in Waterbury and vicinity. Thi morning all attended diviRe service. N one would believe that there are such large number of those people in Water bury.
 Edward Crosby is the maddest man i town to-day. At f o'clock this morning he was at John Morans farm on Coo street picking mushrooms and at o'cloc he turned up on Bank street with a whol bag of the delicious morsels, He stoppe, to rest in front of John street and while h was orating on the luck that ntten nded hi expedition and telling about how he iu tended to prepare the mushrooms som joker stepped up behind and made oi with the bag. When MT Crosby turne around and missed it he must rave forgot ten all about his promise to Evangelist Higgins and Wilson. for he called down al sorts of maledictions on the head of tn thief and prayed that the man who woult eat them might want the doctor befor night. No one knows who the thief was but it is said that Ambrose Guilfoile woul risk hls life for a meal of mushrooms an as he happened to be about the place a the time his name is somewhat mixed u with the scrape. He VOWS that he has D. knowle ge of the affair beyond what h had heard from Timothy L. Horigan an l naDniS HarripokoD