Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-15
CITY NEWS.

 would like to have the rifle company meet tonight at o'clock, to take action on the decoration ceremony tomorrow.
 The funeral of William Harvey will take place from his residence on West Main street at o'clock tomorrow afternoon with services at the church of the Immacu- late Conception and interment in Calvary cemetery.
 Clara Schelberg, aged 22 years, died at her home, S7 Bronson street, early this morning. The funeral will take place at ? o'clock tomorrow afternoon with inter- ment in Riverside cemetery. Besides her husband the deceased leaves two children.
 In the superior court at New Haven yes terdsy. Robert A. Kohlhepp of Waterbury was granted & divorce from his wife, Emma A. on the ground of desertion. The couple were married in 1890 and the assertion took place the next year.
 In the senate on Wednesday. an import ant amendment was attached to a bill giving the state railroad commissioners sole con- trol of the matter of electric car feuders. The amendment may cpd the controversies | in several cities as to which of the numer- ous kinds of lenders on the market should be adopted, as it gives the decision of the matter to the commissioners exclusively. The annual convention ot the Catholic Total Abstinence union of the state will be held in the of St Mary's T A B society in Norwich. August 15 It will be the | first time the convention has been held in a building owned by a temperance organ ization. h the evening of the day tenn perance mass meeting will be held in the Broadway theatre. and addresses will be made by able speakers.
 | The New York and New England road will Iun an excursion to Poughkeepsie June 2l The train will connect at Fish kill on Hudson with the steamer City of | Lawrence at 3 o'clock and the excursion ists will be afforded good view of the tri- collegiate boat race. Tho race is between Cornell. University of Pennsylvania and Columbia and is the most important Hud- son river race in twenty years.
 | A reception was rendered to Mir and Mrs Joseph Dellawater of 9S4 Baldwin street 1 Thursday night who have returned from trip through England Charles Edwards delivered an address of welcome, and songs were sung and poems recited by Michael Healey, William Mitchell, John McEvoy and others Mir Dellawater gave each of his male friends a present of A handsome English biiar pipe and Mrs Del lawater brought some fancy articles to the l the ladies.
 The funeral of Mrs Ursula B. Frost took place yesterday from the residence of her son, W. & Frost. 22S Hillside avenue, with services by the Rev Dr Davenport | The remains were taken to Torrington for burial. The pallbearers were N. D. Gran- miss. A. I Goodrich. J. F. Baldwin and s. 1 E. Terry. At Torrington services were conducted by the Rev Fl. B. Roberts of the Congregational church and the pallbearers were (. F. Brooker, Major A. F. Brooker, c, $ Brooker. J. k. Scovill. Frank Me Neil and E. NJ. Douty. all nephews of the deceased.
 The board of governors of the Union club held meeting in the board of trade rooms last night and transacted consider able business. Dr Mcdonald was present and ac tepted the office of president of the club in q happy speech. The bonds of Treasurer Chris Strobel and Secretary T. J. Moran were approved. The committee on site reported progress and stated that at the next meeting suitable place would be recommended. which can be rented or purchased AS the meeting may determine. Already seventy members have paid their initiation fee and the new club is now an assured success.
 Deputy Sheriff Rigney served notice on the members of the district commute ( yesterday afternoon. requesting them to call a special meeting of the legal voters of said district pursuant to the statute Tn such case provided. to take action Tn re- gard to the fixing n site for new high school in said district; to institute the pur- chase or condemnation of such site and to do any other proper business in purs uance of such purchase CT condemnation for such sckoCl house site. The petition was signed by A I Chatdeid. Samuel F. Will hams. Edward Williams, c. G. Belfit Patrick Hayes. Edward McGrath, F. J McG ath, B Mum, T. II Hayes and Thomas Flanagan.
 Ths Naugatuck division is engaged witt It's construction gang and train at tn, scene of the washout at the reservoir A An-ouia last fall. Gravel i@ being brouch from the pit near Union City and dumped the re. the idea being to fill in tbe washcu on the east side of the track. so that i shall tAtt nd out to the bank of the river as il dld previous to the giving away O the reservoir. Last fall 1t was filled 1T but "A sl'ort distance to ihe west of th, track on account of the lateness of tn, >taSon. leaving sort of a cove for th, water 10 set back lu. It will take a larg, quantity of gravel to complete the fill. anc It vii. when finished. be protected by heavy retaining wall or .lse by riprappiul the bank with heavy stone.
 Turn hall was the scene of happy gathering last night the occasion btinl the reception given in honor of Mss Len, HellmAnn by her father, Marcus Hellmaun , the Grand street hotel keeper, and thr members of the Rosedsle Dram 4tic club Miss Hellmann will soon leave for a trip t Germany and as the young lady has a hos of friends in the city it was little wonde th't the hall was filled by a crowd of hap py people. many bringing bouquets ana other testimonials of esteem. There wa dancing to music furnished by Dillane' . orchestra and 8 musical and literary pro gramme was rendered iu which Miss Lent Dietrich recited and Miss Mareare Sweeney sang Frank Vance and William Smith appeared to good advantage in negrt characters. A number of town and cit, officials were in attendance, includin, Mayor kIllduf, Alderman kiefer, Assesso Hauser and E. H. Belden. town clerk. The summer timetable of the Nausatucl division for the use of the employees Is ou and there is practically no change in th running of trains from the present sched ule. The new north bound trains will ar rive in Waterbury as follows: From Nev London, 9:33 8. m. the High Rock grow ) train at 5:53 p. m and the new Sunday trait at Al p. III. The south bound trains vii arrive as follows: The High Rock grow train at 500 p. m; the New London trai at 4:35 p. n. and the new Sunday train a 1:l5 a. m It is understood that Conducto Starr will have charge of the Sunday trail tomorrow and will alternate during th summer with one of the conductors wht , lives in Waterbury. probably Conducto Whit There will be DO permanent con ductor for the train. The other Waterbur, conductors who may have a chance t. , make run are Messrs Munson, Bennic and Scott. On the Watertown division new train has been put on which will lesv