Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-05-25
CITY NEWS.


 Connecticut Press association will be held | in Bridgeport on Saturday June p
 All members of the A. o. H. are re- l quested to report in St Patrick's hall at 7:3O o'clock tomorrow morning.
 The Waterbury base bali club went to Ansonia on the 2S train this afternoon to play a same with the Welcomes of that town
 In the high school building yesterday af- | ternCon Superintendent NJ. $. Crosby gave talk to about sixty candidates for teach CTS certificates.
 Waterbury people disposed to ridicule Meriden for what it has not. may come over to get drink of ice water. They need it Meriden Republican,.
 Tha board of education and district committee will hold a joint session at o'clock Monday night. when matters re- ltting to the proposed new high school building will be discussed.
 Leon W. Washburn, the circus manager. has gone t. New York to institute suit for criminal libel against those who started the rumOr that there WAS small 9ox among | the members of the circus.
 The Progressive Firemsn will celebrate their first anniversary this evening in the Engineers rooms G. A. R. block. with smoker. They extend a cordial invitation to the engineers and firemen of the city to spend the evening with them.
 Tomorrow will be lively day at River side park The St Thomas Cadets will | battle with nine from the T. society for the championship of Waterbury and a new club, the Red Stockings, will play a g'me with the Brooklyn Stars.
 | klobedanz kept the Brocktons down to five hits yesterday. besides making home run. three bagger and single. The Boston Herald says his batting and pitching was a feature of the anne Lachance will be re- moved to Brooklyn's right field.
 Seats for '.Trilby" will go on sale Mon day morning. Manager Jacques has re- ceived many requests by letter from part les living out of town to reserve seats for them. As there will be rush he cannot do this, unless the price is enclosed, iu which case the best obtsinable seats will be reserved in the order the applications are received.
 One of the boys detained at Rock vile by the police Wednesday night, named Fred erick Burr of Waterbury. was given in charge of the assistant superintendent of the stat ereform school yesterday It seems | that be was sent to that institution about | a year and a half ago. but was let out on | parole a few months afterwards.
 Superintendent Beach has selected two men from the track gang for tiagmen at the West Main street and Washington avenue | crossings of the Consolidated road, in ac- | accordance with the order of the commits | Sloners. The men were placed on duty at these points to-day and will be on guard during the following hours: West Main street from 6 o'clock ln the morning un- til s in the evening; Washington avenue, l from o'clock iu the morning until 9 at night.
 | A device known as a lung tester, which is bsing sold here. Is making fun for the | bC v. IL consists of bottle of water, an- other small bottle inside the large one and tube out of the cork. The idea is that if the blower has good lungs he can blow the small bottle down 10 the bottom of the large one. but thIs is wrong impression as t-ere is DO hole in the cork. but of course the blowers, and there have been many of them, do not know that Pressing tie side of the bottle will move the vial down to the bottom. A person might blow on the tube until he was black in the face and he would not stir the small vial.
 4 special meeting of the Catholic Women's association will be held in the convent. Monday evening. at s o'clock. The meeting was first called for Tuesday put the change Is necessary and all the members of the society as well as the diff terent commit -es are requested to be pres ent Final arrangements for the social evening in St PAtrIck's hall. Friday, May 3l. will be concluded The programme promises special attractions and will be published later Under the direction of Mrs l.. Wolff some fine musical selections l uin ha r,-p,1arsH H of Mrs Bergen. Miss Alice Hughes. aud Messers McEvoy and Hughes The exhl- bitlon of the years work will be an es- peciAlly attractive feature, on the same everIng. Friday The officers and board of directors are requested to te at the G nysnt Monday eveLing at 7:30 sharp,
 The annuSi commencement of the junior pupils at the convent of Notre Dame vii take place this year on June IT, the gradu- ation exercises and commencement of the senior pupils on June 24 A delightful programme has been arranged for June l7. varied and intert sting enough to charm the most exacting. All who would judge for themselves about the proficiency and power to please belonging 10 the little ones it Nutre Dame are cordially invited to attend. Patrons and friends of the in stituuon are solicited to procure tickets as
 
 As thls Is the only paying entertainment the convent gives this year, it is expected that the kind and Very liberal encourage n-ent of all lovers of education will bt heartily rendered to bel D this effort 1T procuring funds to help pay of the heavy debt that snll remeins after the buildinG . of such large and expensive new school. Charles c. filling. aged 52 yearys. died al the home of hls brI ther. Henry G AllIng Anscnia. Thursday afternoon of heart fail ure Two weeks ago in company with hi. wife he made visit to Ansoaia and al that time WAS suffering from a bad cold l but was able to be around and no on. thought 1t would amount to much Finally thlngS began to look serious and physi elan was called who advised him to remain ln the house. Thursday he took b4c . spell and passed quietly away in a few moments. l he deceased came to Water bury about seventeen years ago and unti . a few monthS since was foreman in th, tube department at Benedict & Burnham's where he ~"s rtg ,rit4d sS an upright , straightforward man. He exacted a C0oC day : work from thostiunder his charge, bu unlike g'en many toremen, he wanted : to see his help receive just equivalent 1T l return for the services and for thls auC vaIlous other reasons be was extremel, popular with all under his charge. He Wal | veteran soldier. having been a member oi Co B. First Connecticut Heavy artillery . enllstlng from Derby lie was at one tim, 8 member of Wadhams Post, G. A R, bu in 1886 took a withdrawal card and joined . Redshaw post ot Ans0uia. He was also | r member of George Washington lodge, f and A NJ and Mt Vernon chapter, k A NJ. of Ansonis. and of Palestine comman dery. knigLts TtmplAr of New Yorl city He was twic" married, his first wifi, 1 having died several Xaars ann when he ra