Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-11
CITY NEWS.

"old Jed Prouty" at the opera house to- night.
 To-day Attorney Russell received con signment of 204 law books.
 Charles F. Underhill at the First church to night. in "Midsummer Nights Dream. " Mir and Mrs Joseph T. Carroll of s Hop kins street are the happy parents of baby girl.
 Thomas Glynn of Baldwin street was ar rested this afternoon charged with beating his wife.
 The court of common council will hold another meeting tonight to consider the proposed new charter.
 A rehearsal of the opera "Mascot will l be held this evening in the lecture room of | the Sacred Heart church.
 The regular monthly business meeting of the Young women's Friendly league will be held Tuesday evening.
 City Sheriff John w. McDonald has taken up permanent quarters with Attor ney F. P. Brett in room 5. Irving block. Special forecast for Connecticut: Threat ening weather. rain or snow; stationary, followed by a slight rise in temperature. | The Credit Clothing Go have added 8 line of new spring goods in all colors fol ladies dresses. which they sell on the same terms as clothing.
 Rev Father Smith of East Hartford has transferred to Newtown and Father Daily of Newtown has been appointed assistant at East Hartford.
 Letters containing neat punches oi Shamrock are now being received at the | Waterbury postofice, and are welcome gifts to the recipients. They came from all parts of Ireland.
 The hearing on the application of the Joseph Cassidy heirs to be allowed to ap. peal from the probrate of his will, will be gwen Wednesday afternoon at ? o'clock before the judiciary committed.
 Right Rev Bishop Tisrney is making his l annual visitation among the parishes oi the diocese. To-day the bishop passed through Waterbury on his way to Tor. rington and made a call on Vicar General J. A. Mulcahy.
 Thirty or forty of the residents of the Oronoke district held meeting in the dis trict school house Saturday. at which simon Smith presided. It was voted unanimouly to OpprOse consolidation oi town, city and school governments. 1 Michael kenna of Prospect will start for New York tomorrow to spend a few days with friends. Mir Kenna said thIs morn. | ing that be intended to give a run up to | Washington before his return to have a cha with President Cleveland and the mem bers of the cabinet.
 Resolved, That Trusts are Detrimental to the Common Good" will be the subjec for debate Tn the rooms of the Catholi, Literary association tonight James E Smith will lead for the affirmative ant James NJ. Lynch will bs the champion fo the negative
 An important meeting of the Centra Labor union will be held this evening. Al delegates are requested to attend. I'm meeting will be for the purpose of takinI action relative to the arbitration bIl offered in the general assembly by Judge Cowell, winch will have a hearing at o'clock Thursday afternoon.
 The board of selectmen has succeede, in effecting a loan from one of the loca bar ks at a rate of percentage which is con sidered reasonable. The srm of $4O, ,00' has been placed at the disposal of tn board at four and & half per cent and S20. 0JO more will be furnished at the sam rate as soon as it is needed. The old tenn porary loans of SO. .OOo will be refunded a four and half per cent.
 The last and most attractive masquerad tall of the season will be given by tn Turn Nrrrin vorwarts at Concordia hall Wednesday evening, March l3. Ticket only twenty five cents each person. \ 10:3O there will be a pantomime and ex hibition by five of the active turner's A II 30 there will be something entirely new pantomlme entitled "Barber fror Sevila." All those renting costumes froI DlVis receive A ticket free
 The much talked of Dillon and Galvi fight, which was looked for Saturday nigh turned out to be fake. Early Sunda morning about fifty persons had collecte at an old barn on Bunker hill road wher tEe big fight was expected to take place Of this number only ten were willing | plank down a dollar to See tie fellow pummel each other and the pugilists di not care to enter the ring at such a sma figure and the fight was declared of an, the crowd returned to their homes muc chagrined at the loss of their nights re: for nothing.
 l The graduating class of '95 of the Cla street school consists of fourteen member. The following are the officers: Presiden Horace Christie; vice president, Ann Snagg; secretary. Hattie Leggett; treasul CT, Minnie Baker; historian, Mary ReN bel prophet. Anna Bergen; poet. Chrissi Walsh; valedIctorian, Anna Snag2: saluts torian. Elliott Harrison. The other men bers of. the class are Lillie Christi>. Kitti , OBrien, Lewis Madden. Clarence Low, ridge, Fred Blakelee and Herbert ChambeI lain. The classes are pink and lavender The motto Is Onward and Upward
 At t6,30 last night an alarm of fire va rung in from box corner of Bridge an Magill streets. The new fire alarm gong O the electric light station startled the vhol town and soon the place was filled wit slghtseers. When the department reache there the fire was out The trouble wa started by lady boarder at the residenC of Garret Neagle. r Pemberton stree She gave the alarm and the occupants the house rushed up stairs and dragged oV seme burning carpets. preventing big fir, The building IS three story structul owned by Julia Lawlor and were it nC for the timely discovery made by tn young lady the place would have made
 big blaze.