Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-13
CITY NEWS.

| 1no Soteon hinS at tho oPo10 hOusO tonight.
 Special forecast for Conn:-Threaten- ing weather and rain; decidedly colder on Thursday night. l i The reading circle connected with the l Catholic Literary association will commence the reading of King Lear next Monday night.
 Vicar General J. A. Mulcahy interested large audience in the hall of the con- vent of Notre Dame last night. His sub 1 ject was Evolution"
 The exchange of 35 cent reserved seat tickets for coupons of the Henry A. Adams lecture will begin tomorrow morning at 8 | o'clock in Duncau's pharmacy.
 Phelan will surely surprise the natives next Saturday night. He is going to try and break his record at giving valuable present with each pound of tea, and when he tries he generally succeeds.
 | Miss Zoe Long of Cleveland. O., who came to Waterbury recently to visit Mrs John c. Ives of North Willow street, has been engaged as solo soprano in the choir of the Second Congregational church.
 Mrs Eliza Pesrce, aged 40 years, widow | of the late Richard Pearce, died at her home on South Main street, Monday night. The funeral took place. this afternoon with interment in Riverside cemetery.
 Everything points to crowded house at the masquerade ball of the Turn Verein Vorwarts at Concordia hall tonight Being the last masquerade of the season it is ex- pected that large number will attend. Special for this week, ending Satu rday night, two gold band cups and saucers with one pound of tea or one pound of baking powder. at the New York and China Tea Co, 1Sl South Main street, corner Jefferson street
 l><Captain Wolff of Company G has ap- pointed Private Timothy Carroll a corporal in the company. The company drilled last night under the command of Captain Wolff. Extended orders were under Lieut. enant Halpin. setting up exercises under Sergeant Gsrde, bayonet exercises under Lieutenant Fitzpatrick.
 Harvey E. Dutton and Miss Laura E. Spencer were married at the home of the bride on Benham street last night, by the Rev F. D. Buckley. The witnesses were David B. Meth and Miss Sanford. The bride was a popular amploye of the Southern New England Telephone Go and the groom is an employe of Chapman < Armstrong.
 Chairman J. A. Mulcahy of the board of education is making tour through the schools of the center district. Every room is being visited and nothing is being left undone to get a thorough Knowledge of the condition of things in the different school buildings. The information ob- tained in this manner will be of great ben eft to the members of the board of educa- ton.
 The residents of Simonsville held a meeting in their new school building last night and entered their protest against the proposed scheme to consolidate the town, | city and school governments. A commit ee consisting of John A. Osborne, William Crane and Samuel Nuttall was appointed to unite with the other districts in fighting against the adoption of the new charter. During the meeting Mir Crane said fifty mill tax would not meet the expenses of the new government
 Street Inspector Kelley is doing excel lent work st the New England depot. For the past few days the crosswalk leading to the waiting room has been cleaned and as this is something unusual people are won- dering why it is being done now. It has often been said that it was the duty of the New England Railroad Go to keep this walk clean. but as the street inspector saw that the railroad company did not in- tend doing anything with the place he de- cided to do it himself. In any case it is a great accommodation to patrons of the road.
 A meeting of representatives of the State Liquor Dealers association was held in Elk's hall New Haven yesterday after noon for the purpose of discussinga num- Der of important matters relative to the welfare of the association throughout the state. It is understood that the dealers will take active steps before I Al. IA the druggists which will tend to injure the retail liquor trade. Representatives were present from every town in the state and great enthusiasm was shown.
 The Second division, A. O. II. has ap- a pointed the following committee to arrange for it's annual picnic which will be given , on the West End ground on the fourth and fifth of July: James Nj. Lynch, William C Keel au, James A. Hynes, Thomas F. Pryor, Patrick McNamara, John Bevins and John O'Connell. The committee pre- ! pose to put on the best programme of out door sports ever witnessed in Waterbury. l It may seem like rushing the season, but the boys have already gone to work and . intend to introduce some new features which will be sure to cause most of our neighbors to remain at home on those days.
 Tickets for "A Celebrated Case" which . will be presented at the opera house Satur- day night under the auspices of St Joseph's T. A. society, went on sale at Cones drug store at 8 o'clock this morn ing and the rush of people around the local entertainments. The store was filled before 7:3o o'clock and almost every one in the crowd had nine or ten tickets to be exchanged. The rush has been kept up all day, and already enough tickets have been sold to insure big financial success. There are few good seats left and those who intend to see the performance should lose no time in getting arc und.
 Of Henry A. Adams, who will lecture iD the opera house Sunday evening, under , the auspices of the Sacred Heart parish, an exchange says: "The subject which Is go eloquently handled. was the changes ef- fected during the nineteenth century. Not only by his masterly treatment of the underlying principles of the various social and intellectual movements of the age, but also by his very happy touches upon the fads and foibles of up-to-dat society did he hold the closest attention of his au- dience. Especially in considering women MT Adams proved himself an adept in the art of humorous criticism. At times he convulsed his hearers by his telling word pictures of the girl of the period
 It may surprise some people to learn that Dublin street boasts of chanpion all round athlete who. while not seeking mo- toriety. would like to arrange a match game of handball with anyone who desires to try his skill with him in the ball alley He is also prepared to engage in a jumping match and says he thinks he can beat any man in Waterbury in three standing jumps. His name is William Fitzpatrick, and judging by his appearance whoever ac- cepts his challenge will find in this young