Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-03
CITY NEWS.

For the first time in several days there was no city court this morning.
 The Waterbury base ball club went to Hartford to-day. Roger Connor will play first base.
 Morton formerly lived in New Haven and was prominent in labor circles there in the seventies.
 There will be a meeting of the Third Order of St Dominick at the Sacred Heart church to- morrow afternoon at o'clock.
 Phelan's special presents will be in great demand. A purchase at his store to-day will repay anyone.
 The entertainment committees of Court Linden. A. o. F. of A, will meet in G. A. R, hall, between g and 10 o'clock to.mor- row morning.
 Special forecast for Connecticut: h. crossing cloudiness and probably light showers this evening; slightly warmer; generally fair Sunday.
 Adelina Hebert, the eighteen months old child of MT and Mrs JohE Hebert of Platts Mills, died this morning and will be buried tomorrow afternoon.
 Castles leaders for to. nght: Fresh pork 12 cents; shoulders, 8 cents; shoulder roasts, cents; rumps, and 10 cents. Corner South Main and Union streets.
 The lady who lost her hat while getting onto a wagon at the corner of South Main and Washington streets last night, can obtain it by calling at the police station.
 The New England railroad will give an excursion to Watch Hill and Block island next Friday. The trip will be by rail to New London and steamer to Block island.
 Wilbur W. Judd. for several months a Republican reporter, has tenderrd his res- ignation and will join the reportorial staff of the Bridgeport Farmer on September l.
 The Waterbury Sunday Globe tomorrow will be an interesting number, containing very complete sporting paper and other articles of special interest to Waterbury people.
 Postmaster Fitzpatrick's financial state- ment for July shows the gross receipts of the office to be $5, S96 31, as against S4,- SS2 93 for the corresponding month last year, which IS gain of $l, ,513.SS.
 All the members of Phenix fire com pany. active and honorary, are requested to attend the meeting to be held Monday evening. to make final arrangements for the annual parade. An effort will be made to secure Reeves celebrated hand for par ade day.
 Undertaken Mulville returned home last night after taking complete course in the Indiana college of embalming. This in- stitutlon has turned out lS7 graduates since January. Prof Carl E. Barnes is lecturer and demonstrator and is recoS- niZed as the leading embalmer of this ! country.
 The New York, New Haven .S Hartford Railroad Go will run an excursion to Wok TzN AE special train leaving this city at 7:15. The choir of the Sacred Heart church will take the trip, upon invitation of the pas'or, Rev H. Treanor.
 Two we'll dressed women were arrested in Danbury on the arrival of the l2:4C train last night. upon complaint of man | named Munson, who sent telegram from Hartford. Munson has not been heard from to-day. and the Danbury authorities refuse to give any information concerning | the matter.
 According to an act passed by the late g neral assembly, after January l, next, all the ink used by city and town officials will be furnished by the secretary of the state The officials of every city and town in the state will be compelled to use the ink fur. | nished by the secretary of state, and any record otherwise kept will not be legal. A new fire alarm box. No 3I, was erected yesterday at the corner of Bank and Grand streets, near the rink building. The key is in the lock and is protected by a piece of glass, through which it is visible. IT order to get at the Key it will be necessary to break the glass. and then the alarm i, rung the same as in any other box. Thii is the first box in the city which contains this arrangement.
 l The funeral of Annie Woods, aged 19 daughter of Mrs William Woods of Is: l North Elm street, was held this mornlns at S:3O o'clock to the Immaculate Concep tion church. where a mass of requiem wal sung by Rev Father Lynch. Intermen was ln St Joseph's cemetery The pail bearers were: James ODonnell, Jame Delaney. James White. J. J. Mccarthy l M J. Coffey and D J. Mcdonald.
 Coroner Mix examined the effects of tn, dead man to-day. In the letters he sait that he was about to commit suicide anC gave instructions for his funeral He sait that he wanted to be buried in coffin of unplt nel boards, with cas iron hinges and wished to have his body ctrlied to the grave in an express wagon He said that be would be present Tn spiri and unless his instructions were carried out to the letter. dire consequences woulC follow
 Mrs Ann Murphy. wife of William H Murphy, died at 10 o'clock this morning at her home. 35 Adams street Mrs Mur phy, formerly Miss Annie Qululan of An sonia, was an estimAble woman and had large circle of friends She was taken il a few weeks ago with diphtheria, anC ev' rything that physicians could do to saw her Was done. but without avail. Shu leaves besides her husband, two children aged three years and eighteen months re spectively. her mother and two sisters She was 31 years of age. MT Murphy ii prominent society man and has the sym pathy of all Owing to the sickness frou which she died, the funeral will be held to morrow morning at o'clock. lntermen will be in Calvary cemetery.
 The August meteors belong to a wid belt of meteors which the earth passe through in the present week of the presen month. the tenth being the average date o the greatest number. They rsdiat mostly from Persons, but some iron Acqaarius Meteors can be ssel on any clear evening until aftel the middle of the month, but only at occs sional intervals. They will not be 6, numerous at any one time as to warran the use of the word ''ehower" in descrih ing them. The meteors are in the path o a comet, which was visible in 1862, an, which is moving in a large eclipse takin over 100 years to complete one revolution