Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-05
CITY NEWS.

eralIy ta1rs stationary temperature.
 The monthly meeting of the court of common council will be held this evening. Rev Hugh Treanor and about forty menl- bers of the Sacred Heart church choir went on the Block island excursion to-day.
 The Plume & Atwood Manufacturing Go. whose factory was shut down two weeks ago in order to put in a new engine, started up in full to-day.
 Philias, the one month old child of MT and Mrs Victor Norman of 142 Liberty street. died last night and was buried this afternoon.
 Trustee Timothy O'Rourke of the estate of Lynch $ O'Rourke filed his report with the probate court this morning. Only pre- ferred claims will be paid.
 Phoenix Fire company has some inpor- tant business for tonight and all members and ex-members are invited to be present. Matters pertaining to parade day will be discussed.
 The Bricklayers' and Masons' Interna- tional union. No 16, has changed meeting nights and will meet the first and third Tuesdays of every month in American hall.
 Real Estate Agent W. J. Schlegel sold to-day for George F. Hallam his family residence on West Liberty street to Mrs Margaret McGratb, who will take possession on September l.
 Willie Burnell, aged years, ran his eye against a cheese knife in Sanderson's market on North Main street Saturday evening. The eyeball was penetrated and the sight ruined.
 Attorneys Russell. Lawlor, Brett and Holohan, M. J McEvoy, 0. A. Jackson and Joseph P. McEvoy took spin on their wheels to New Haven and Bridgeport yes- erday returning on the evening train.
 A hearing on the agreement between Kate Horan, guardian of minor child, William Kinney, aged eighteen months, and MT and Mrs Frank Monzillo, who desire to adopt the child. will be held in the probate court on August g..
 Annie Miles, daughter of Mr and Mrs Patrick Miles, Is Kingsbury street, died at the home of her parents this morning. The young lady was very popular and her death will be a sad surprise to her many acquain- tances.
 small unoccupied barn belonging to the estate of Isaac Boughton. on South River street, was destroyed by fire early Sunday morning The loss was about $500. The fire is supposed to be of incendiary origin.
 The Boston papers report that Mrs Mary E. Madden of North Main street and Alexander Loiselle, barber at 773 North Main street, were married last week at Dover, N. H.
 A sewer grating on the sidewalk opposite 132 South Main street is in & dangerous condition having sunk down almost foot. Anyone is liable to step into the opening and suit for damages may be the result.
 The boys choir of St Johns church left for Quassapaug to-day, where they will camp for two weeks They will live in Kelly's house and Landlord Wallace will cater for them. Prof J. E Bartlett is in charge of the party.
 Rev James H. O'Donnell of Watartown has published an interesting little pam phlet containing one hundred points for Catholics. including fifty things every Catholic should know. and fifty things every Catholic should do.
 There will be a matched running race at the driving park Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, for $40 side, and a free for all race fer twenty-five bushels of oats, entries $1. There will also be a bicycle race. No admission fee to the grounds.
 William E Hall, for years associated with J. Mullings as cutter in the tailor ing department, has purchased the stock and interest of Phil Simons, one of Water bury's oldest tailors, and will conduct busi ness at the old stand over Lakes drug store.
 Fred J. Morton and sister, of New Ha- ven, children of suicide Albert J. Morton, and Mrs Lydia M. Fox of Bridgeport. a sister. came to Waterbury to-day and took the remains on the two o'clock train to Danbury where they will be given respect able burial.
 The funeral of Christopher McNally was held Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock to St Patrick's church. The pallbearers were David Mccarthy, Captain John Griffin. Martin Connor, David Connor, Thomas Horigan Thomas Sullivan. 1nterment was in St Joseph's cemetery.
 Vicar General Mulcahy and elghty-two other priests of this diocese will go into retreat at Holy Cross college. Worcester, Mass. this evening The retreat ends next Saturday evening. Each day has a regu. lar order of ten exercises. These are either spiritual readings, instructions or recitation of the office. Many people imagine that a retreat is a kind of eccle- siastical vacation. Vicar General Mulcahy, however, says that retreat is not vaca- tion in the general accepted usage of that word, as twelve or fourteen hours of the day are occupied in prayer and other re- ligious exercises
 The new legislative law passed by the last general assembly in which it is pro- vided that states attorneys and prosecutors in the common pleas court may hire detec. tives to search for evidence in criminal cases brought to the criminal court is likely n a hanaHnIoI in aSno Ia who have escaped because there was moi enough state power to procure evidence against them. The law will also open avenues of profitable employment for some detectives" who may think themselves capable of convicing everybody who is accused. It is said that here in Waterbury there are several ''sleuths" who are hoping that they will be favored with employment | under the new law.
 Saturday representatives of some of the best families in Waterbury came down to play a game of base ball V ith a team of the Bridgeport Country club. says the Bridge. port Union: Atthr the ball was over the gentlemen from Waterbury were entertain. ed by the Country club, or by those of its l members interested in base ball. They | were dined on the compositions of the new chef and permitted to admire the recently Inhoouceo s4 eDoaEo' some 4O people sal down to the dinner, more than half oi whom were Waterbury people, for 20 root | CTS came with the team. Admiration of Brooklawn and all the facilities which the Country club has gathered about it, satis faction with the dinner and qualification that the sideboard brought were separately and freely expressed. Several expressed the determination, immediately they ar rived in the Brass city again, to start ( country club there, modelled upon thG same lines ss the club in this city. | Waterbury met a Waterloo Saturday, Roger Connor brought team of ball play CTS to Hartford, and the whole nine oI them could only make one run in thC seven innings which the game lasted. Ir the meantime the HartfoFds batted Bowers curves all over the lot and made runs about as they chose. The Wsterburys not only U All M-AA n-E n