Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-26
CITY NEWS.


 revision committee will be found on the third page.
 Richard Pearce. aged fl years. died at his home on South Main street yesterday afternoon.
 The regular weekly lecture of the Very RevJ. A. Mulcahy at the convent of Notre Dame will not be given tonight.
 The funeral of Miss Eliza c. Blake will take place from her residence, 135 Grand street, to- morrow afternoon.
 The Acme Social club in Clouds" at the opera house this evening, A largely attended matinee was given this afternoon.
 Prof Bailey is about to form two new dancing classes for three months course, meeting on Monday and Thursday even inGs.
 The funeral of Miss Julia Pritchard took place from her late residence, 137 Central avenue, at ? o'clock this afternoon. Inter- ment was in Riverside cem etery.
 The funeral of Mrs Bridget Fitzgerald will take place from her late residence. 31 Orange street. at o'clock tomorrow after noon. to the church of the Immaculate Conception.
 Miss Bella McCaffrey of Providence, R l.. is visiting the family of James Me Knight 46 Ashley street Miss Me Caffrey will sing at the social meeting of St Joseph's T \ society next Sunday evening.
 The funeral of Mrs Rebecca Somers will take place from the residence of her street. at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Friends and acquaintances are invited to attend.
 At 9:3O o'clock this morning Daniel Connolly and Miss Mary Moriarty were married at the Immaculate Conception chuIch by the Rev Father Kennedy Patrick Barry was best man and Eliza Moriarty bridesmaid,
 Everybody should see the operettas by the pupils of the public schools. The chorus as we'll as principals of both operettas are very enthusiastic. and the seats are going very fast, Secure them early from members of the chorus.
 John Phelap and Miss Anuie Hartnett | were married at 9 o'clock this morning. at | the church of the Immaculate Conception, Rev P. J. Kennedy officiating. The best | couple were Patrick Roche and Miss | Mary Hartnett.
 Mary Robillard. aged 25 years, wife of Henry Robillard, died at her home. B North Vine street, this morning. The funeral will be held Thursday morning t | o'clock to St Ann's church. Intermert sill be in Calvary cemetery. Maurice Mccarthy and Miss Mary Nu.. gent were married at 10 o'clock this morn- | ing, at the church of the Immac late Con ceVtion. The ceremony was performed by the Rev P. J. Kennedy. James Harman assisted the groom. and Miss Mary Bergin was maid of honor.
 Mrs Ann Tanning. aged 72 years. one of the best known and most respected Catho- lie women of Watertown. died at her home yesterday afternoon. The funeral will take place to St Johns church at 9:30 | Thursday morning. The remains will be | taken to Litchfiesd. the tCrmer home of the deceased, for irterment.
 Prof William N Rice's lecture cn Evolution" at Leavenworth hall last night, was attended by a large and inter ested audience. and the speaker held the | attention of all to the closs of his subject. Mir Rice said Darwin's Origin of Species" rtvolutionized the history of scientific | opinions The origin of species, he said, is produced by heredity and variation. We inherit from parents more or less Of their personality Prof Rice will speak on the | physiulotica aspect of evolution at A future lecture
 An order issued from the adjut4nt gen. erals office yesterday gives the rating of all the members of the Connecticut Ma | tional Guard who have qualified sharp shooters. first class marksmen and marks men for the season of 1894. The list shows | that the Second regiment has acquitted itself well, has qualified more men than tbe | Third and Fourth regiments and about the same number as the First regiment. The local companies of the regiment make a good showing. Co \ had eleven sharp shooters and twenty-six marksmen; Co G six sharpshooters and pine marksmen. The twentieth annual report of the state board of health shows that the general health of the state has been fairly good ! during the year. No wide spread CT des- tructive epidemic has visited the state, and though smallpox, diPhtheria and scarlet | fever have been widely diffused through the state, the cases have been promptly | isolsted and the infection prevented from | spreading to any extent. The total deaths from the most fatal infection diseases were as follows: Consumption ,4I2, pneumonia l,257, bronchitis 5l3. diphtheria 396, typhoid fever 262. .cerebro spinal fever 1S6. whooping cough FPS, scarlet fever 65. measles B, smallpox r..
 l II meeting last night and after the regular | business was tranSac ed Rev Father Lynch gave len minutes talk on the work of the organization in other cities and explained the need of such an organization in Water | bury. Already the society has relieved many families and in order to put as much money as possible in the hands of execu- tive body Vicar General Mulcahy has decided to give the weekly receipts of the | offering for the poor at the church of the l Immaculate Conception to the society to be used among those asking for aid. This | will afford every member of the plrish and others who make occasional calls at the church an opportunity to contribute some thing to the maintainance of this charitable institution.
 City hall was crowded to its utmost cap acity last night and many found it almost impossible to get in. which has been the talk of the town for the past month. The patrons commenced to file in early in the evening and before $ o'clock almost every available space was occupied. The hall was handsomely decor. ated and the party was one of the jolliest and happiest that could have been brought together. The concert by the American band vas well rendered. Postmaster D. E. Fitzpatrick and Assistant Portmaster John T. Boylan led the grand march. Tn CD came the fourteen corriers. followed by l5O couples. The programme of sixteen numbers was heartily enjoyed and the pat. rons of the annual concert of the letter carriers of Waterbury returned to thtiI
 homes with praises unstinted for the man. agers of the entertainment. There were d large number of out of town guests present
 The committees were as follows: Arrange.
 ment committee, c. ". Hotchkiss, [. A
 Warner. E. D. Lewis. E. NJ. Fitzpatrick and o. ] Ziegler; reception committee
 C. w. Hotchklss, A. H. Williams, B. F
 Kilduff. O. J. Zeigler and William Arm