Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-15
CITY NEWS.

and Mrs Peter Wells of Hopeville.
 A daughter was born yesterday to Will liam B. Mercer of 917 West Main street.
 Special forecast for Connecticut:- Fair, preceded by rains on the east coast to-day.
 The rehearsal of the opera Mascot" in the lecture room of the Sacred Heart church tonight.
 Prof Bailey returned from New York to- day. The advanced dancing class will meet tonight.
 Rev Father O'Neil. o. P. will deliver lecture in St Johns church, Watertown. this evening
 Michael Hartnett of River street has purchased the Maurice Moriarty property on Washington street The price paid is said to be SS, 900.
 The members of the Catholic Women's association who petitioned at the last meeting for circle in reference to read ing matters, will meet in the reading room on Tuesday evening.
 A poorly dressed stranger called at one of the local undertaking establishments yesterday and made inquiries about the sort of burial the town gives penpiless strangers who commit suicide here. He said that he thought that he could do bet ter in Waterbury and accordingly started for that city DAnbury News.
 One of the principal topics among the young at present Is the concert and sociable 10 be given by the Rose Hill Social club at City hall on Thursday even ing. The musical and literary programme has been prepared with great care and is one of the best offered to the public in some time. Tickets are selling rapidly | and everything points to crowded house :. A cooking main between Watertown and Waterbury birds took place in an old barn at OakNllle Sunday morning which came | hear ending in an allround fracas. In the sixth dSht the battles were even but owing to some bungliug on the part of one of the heelers A foul was called and the fight ended, much to the disappointment of the crowd.
 At A meeting of the committee on public lands and buildings Saturday night the | bid of A. r. Taylor & Co for painting the l walls and ceiling of the corridor of City hall was the lowest. D. J. Casey was the | lowest competitor for laying a new floor. | The committee will recommend to the | council tonight that the contract be awarded to these parties.
 Concordia hall was filled last night with members of the Concordia society and their friends. all of whom spent the evening in A very happy manner, The society sang several choruses and there was also a solo by Miss Kate Glos;er. n recitation by Will liam Taggart, cornet solo by Leader Ea- | ton of the American band, violin solos by George Rudolph and the Ryeford brothers appeared to good advantage.
 The new store of the Apothecaries' Hall Co WAS opened for business this morning and visit to the place will repay anyone | who wishes to see store fitted up ill all the latest patterns of furnishing and i stocked with full line of chemicals, all | new from the wholesale market Saturday | night the store was visited by number of prominent people including Mayor kilduff and other city and town officers.
 The Easter services at the different churches were largely attended and the decorations and musical programmes were | exclelent. The rain storm of the,morning interfered materially with the display of | Easter bonnets. but in the afternoon the weather was clear and the young people appeared in all their glory Sermons ap- propriate to the day were delivered in the morning and i'll the evening vespers was sung in the Catholic churches.
 Alta meeting of the Senior Temperance society held yesterday afternoon it was de clded 10 engage Rev Father O'Bilen oi Ohio to delIver a lectur. on temperance al the Sacred Heart church "u the elenltg ut ] MvudAr, Arul -1 William DuurAn w,s urroIntt,t .. ,-nmmlttrt. to extend an in,Itu ton t,th- clergy St ratrlck >. St Alloy sius aud St Jos"ph'4 t-mrernuce socreties and nrmhrrs of the press to be present \ cordial invitation Is extended to the public
 nol V,l,, hox loon in the Shea block on Baldwin street for the past few years, has purchased the property of P. W. Connor on Stone street The property consists of saloon and gro, cery store and two handsome tenements with a large lot of land running aionl hidge street. Mr Connor conducted the business with considerable success and re tires with the good will of all his patrons The purchaser is also popular young man and is sure to be successful in his new field. The price paid was 5 ,OOO
 There will be an important meeting ot the city government at $ o'clock to-night for the purpose of listening to the opinion of the city attorney in reference to tht advisahility of withdrawing the petition presented by the city to the legislature ask ing for permission to issue bonds to tn. amount of S3n0. .u00 for sewage disposa purposes. It is hoped that every member will be III hls seat at the proper time aCC endeavor to save the city from sinking deeper into debt
 The programme for the social meetin. to be given by the Catholic Women's asso ciation on Thursday evening at the con vent promises special musical features The following has been arranged by th, social committee: Piano solo, Miss Marv | AValanaw. l. child, Miss Mary Carson; mandolin art guitar duet. "La Tippica," Messrs Wart and Cornish: solo, Miss c. Smith; "Resur rectlon, oratorio. convent pupils: recita ton. Miss Mary Smith; solo Italian news boy; mancolins, Messrs Cornish and Bur Tit; piano acc )mpaniment, Miss Burritt boys solo.
 IIEe duties of n road master ot division are many and he is expected to knov every foot of the road on his division. Thi cannot be learned by riding over the road though there Is scarcely a week passes bu that they ride from enc end of the division to the other: but 1t must be learned b
 careful inspection such as can be gainet only by walking over the line. Road Mas ter Miller of the Naugatuck division, ha twice during the past two months, wake,
 the entire length of the division, says tn
 Ansonla Sentinel, and Friday he wake
 from Naugatuck junction to Ansonia, get
 ting his dinner here and then taking tn = afternoon train to Waterbury. By sue
 close inspection the condition of the rail can be seen, all the poor ties mark ed an i all bridges and culverts closely inspected :. The road master makes his trips alone an some of the way the tramp must be lone f some one. Superintendent Beach als makes an inspection of the line occasion ally in the same manner