Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-31
CITY NEWS.

The firm of M. Kaiser & Go has dis solved partnership, Joseph R. Johnson retiring.
 The Brotherhoods of Baldwin street yesterday defeated the Young Sluggers of Jewelry street by the score of Is to 4. az
 The special town meeting to take action with reference to securing a share of the state appropriation for improving highways will be held this evening.
 The board Of health will meet at o'clock this afternoon. The regular monthly meeting of the road and sewer boards will be held this evening. . ~.
 Mrs Mary Culback, aged 55 years, wife of Daniel Culback of 250 Bishop street, died yesterday. The funeral took place at 8 o'clock this afternoon to Calvary cemetery.
 Harriet Foley, aged one. year, child of Timothy Foley of Baldwin street, died this morning The funeral took place at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon to St Joseph's cemetery.
 The St Joseph's T. A. base ball team and the Young Acmes will try conclusions on the West End grounds Saturday after noon. Tickets are selling for fifteen cents.
 Ernest Weyerman, aged 35, of Round Hill street, died at the Middletown retreat yesterday. The remains will be brought to this city this evening. The funeral will take place Friday to Riverside cemetery.
 The Rev George F. Pentecost D. D.. pastor of the Marylebone Presbyterian church, London, England, is spending a | few days with his sister, Mrs S. A. King man, at her residence, corner of Grand and State streets.
 The orthodox Hebrews observed yester- | day the anniversary of the destruction of the temple at Jerusalem by tho usual fast 1 ing and services of sorrow. The fast began at 6 o'clock last evening and will continue 1 until this evening.
 The ladies of the Second Baptist church, Simonsvllle, will give lawn party tomorrow evening on the new school grounds. The place is being decorated to-day in a most artistic manner and large attendance is ex- pected. Supper will be served in the old 1 chapel from 5:30 to o'clock.
 All members of the 0. N. G. enlisted on or before August 1st, will be taken to camp this year, and all who prove competent for guard duty will draw pay from the state. Those who fail in this important line of duty will be obliged to serve tho state gratis for the week.
 Mrs John Ryan to-day received a letter from her husband, written at the Midland | Grand hotel, London. Mir Ryan and MI and Mrs Mortimer Heffernan and daughter joined the Cook excursionists at London on Jnly IS. for tour of the capi- tals of Europe. When that ends they will at their leisure visit many other places oi interest, spending two weeks in Ireland.
 A competitive shoot will be held at the WestVille rife range Saturday to select the members of the Second regiment rifle team. Heretofore the nen trying for places on the team paid their own expenses. This year their expenses will be paid by the regiment On Saturday, August 10, another shoot will take Llace on the Westville range which will be the last before the bri- | gade goes to camp. The brigade shoot will be held in October.
 The local drum corps have received word that the tenth annual convention oi the Connecticut Fife and Drum corps will be held in Meriden, Wednesday, Augus 28. A parade will be held at 10 o'clocl thro ugh the principal streets to Terrace garden, where the competition for priz will take place The drum majors com petition is open to the United States. Int | Father Matthew cadets of Hartford and thu St Aloysius of Waterbury, who were a tie in this city, are expeoted to try it again.
 The resignation of Prof J. Bartlett al musical director of the Concordia Singing society has been accepted. Professor Bartlett has been director of the Concodial for twelve years and under his leadership the society became o 'e of the finest or ganiz4tions of the kind in New England A committee consisting of George Reed Dr oseph Werner and Daniel Kiefer vii select his successor. The following hay, | been nnnnInfa6 kkaa Charles Schmidt. Hugo Wendeback, JohI J. Werzinger and Oscar J. Ziegler.
 A grape worm has now appeared whicl is likely to divide honors with the eln leaf beetle as a destructive pest. It is lik sea serpent in miniature, but has nor SD, t. than leopard, with stripes of blacl across it's back. Several vines around tn city and throughout the state have beer greatly injured by the worm They al said to be more easily got rid of, however than tbe elm leaf pest, as they yield easil to weak solution of paris green an, water.
 The new managers of the New Epglan road have already begun to change tn name of the road on its rolling stock an' other property. The number of baggag trucks rec ived here yesterday afternoon bore the letters IN E. R R" droppin the IN. Y." The new patterns whic have been received here during the pas few days also bear the same letters Tn Maltese cross, which for years was used a a crest by the old New York X New Eue land. road. has been dropped, and tn upper part of an ordinary cross substi tuted. Inside the cross are the letters IN E"
 In all the factories in the city the rumo I VIA fn hnk G. day, August Srd?" It will be impossibl for them to run as the majority of tn hands are going on the excursion to b given by the Brooklyn Athletic club o that day. Tickets are in great deman' and the club has spared no time or ez | pense in securing the fastest boat on tn sound, Queen of the Hudson " Trai will leave Naugatuck station at 6:25 a 10 sharp. Tickets for sale at Geddes an kilbride's drug stores in Brooklyn, T COstello's news store, Bank street, Lake drug store, Exchange place. Duncan's an Kilbrides, East Main street, North En : Drug store. Peoples Drug store, Baldwi street Ladd's, South Main street, and a the depot on the morning or excursion.
 Court Falcon. A. O. F of A. celebrate it's sixth anniversary last night in G A R with oratory, mirth and song. About tw hundred members and friends were pres ent and the evening was the most memoI able in the history of the court. W. C Kleinecke, grand recording secretary c the state. made an address of welcome. t which Grand Chief Ranger A. H. McCal thy of Bridgeport responded, speaking fo the good of the order. Then followed , varied and interesting programme, Cour Falcons famous degree team gave an exhI bition drill under direction of J A Garde ; Vocal numbers were rendered by MT William J. Bergen, Miss Christine Smith M. J. McEvoy and James Egan. A due was rendered by James and Miss Lizzi Dunn, and the Misses Delaney and Gussi Kleinecke rendered piano selections. Al ter the exercises a collation. was served an the festivities closed with 6 dance.
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