Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-05
CITY NEWS.

 The EVENING DEMOCRAT is now on sale every day at the West End drug store.
 Milton and Dolly Mobiles in ''For Rev enue only" at the opera house tonight. Edward L. Frisbie. who has been con- fined to his home for some time, is able to | be out.
 Rev Hugh Treanor is in New Haven to- day attending a meeting of the executive council of the Knights of Columbus.
 The board of education will hold a meeting at s o'clock tonight. The district committee will meet at the same hour.
 Go E, Hibernian Rifles, had an inform l al gathering in their rooms last night, in honor of Robert Emmet, the Irish patriot.
 Keeper Thomas Moran of the aims house purchased to-day from Charles To- gan the two tenement house, No Glen l Ridge street.
 List of letters advertised: Hubert AL colt. Mrs Emii;Hs Ii. Beai. Miss Nellie Drake, Timothy Dailey, Miss Bridget Fox, Rudolph Mueller, Thomas E. Par dae, R Scranton.
 Vicar General J A. Mulcahy and Rev Fathers Duggan, Lynch and Murphy are in Hartford to-day attending the quarterly conference of the pastors of the diocese. The rest of the clergy will go Thursday.
 Trolley car No S6 was disabled on East Main street this morning. The trolley | wheel caught in the net work of wires near the Dublin street switch, yanking the pole of the car. It was pushed along to the barn.
 Professor Rosa's lecture in the Univer- sity extension course was given before a | well pleased audience in Laavenworth hall last night "Electricity" was the theme and many interesting experiments were performed.
 Mrs A. E. Kenny. aged @ years, died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs H. D. Abbott, 400 North Main street, last night | The funeral will be held at the house at 7:45 this evening, The remains will be taken to Bantam for burial.
 The annual reports of City Auditor Cas- sin and City Treasurer Bannon were pre- scented to the court of common council last night. The receipts for the year were $S76. 176,23; disbursements. SS39, BIO 57, leaving a balance on hand of $36, 265 65. The treasurer's report shows balance of $53. .094.S3. the difference representing a | number of unpaid orders iu the hands of the city clerk. The city's liabilities amount to $205. 29S. 50; assets; $17O.42 . 36; balance to debit of city, $35. .S73.14.
 Mrs William H. Delaney of Baldwin street died at Mount Sinai hospital in New York last night. whither she had gone few days ago to undergo an opera | ton for the removal of a tumor. The de- ceased was we'll known and much re- spected woman and her death will be a great shock to large number of relatives | and friends. She was an active member InE DAAr SakN much to the success of the various enter | tainments given in aid of the church fund | since the formation of the parish. Her husband and Undertaken Bergin went to New York this morning and the remains | are expected to arrive here tonight. Almost every horseman in Waterbury and quite A good many from other towns gathered at Frank Benham's stables on North Main street this morning where a | number of valuable carriage and truck | horses were sold at auction. NJ E.. McAfee of New York was auctioneer, Two handsome black geldings, an iron grey geldine, dapple grey mare. and a | roan mare were purchased by R. N. Blakeslee. Austin Harris.of Shelton got | his eye on a handsome bay mare and was bound to have her at any price, August Weber of Union City went home with pretty black mare. | Other purchasers were: Bay gelding, An | drew Hoyt; blaok mare, A. c. Northrop; iron grey gelding. R. Robinson, Oxford; brown mare, F. Foremen; sorrel gelding, D L. Dickenson: bay gelding. w. Pond: black eelding John Lockwood; bay mare, A. W. Wilcox. Union city; bay gelding, B. Behham; grey mare. John Farnham of Shelton; bay gelding. Edward Bailey; black mare. George Abbott; grey gelding Andrew Mccullough; whole team, John Lockwood. The entire lot was disposed of in a short time. Mir. Benham will have | another sale in a few days.
 A good deal of unnecessary talk has been occasioned by the accident which oc- cured to Thomas Morgan. the eighteen years old son of Lawrence Morgan of lS7 Wolcott street, yesterday afternoon. The parents of the boy desire to correct the published reports of his intend'd suicide | Young Morgan has been in the habit of using laudanum in small quantities for l bowel complaint and yesterday afternoon took little more of the drug than usual. As soon as he became aware of the fact he hastened to physicians office and was re- lieved in a short time. His father said this morning that there never was any un- pleasant words between the boy and his parents about religion or anything els | The young man has always been attentive to his duties in every respect. he said, ''and if anyone desires to find out any thing about his religious belief would re- fer him to Father Treanor." The boy was at church Sunday morning. went there last night after he reached home and Is at work to-day. His father said he was half crazy yesterday and was not responsible for what l he did say. He had been unwell for several days.
 | The regular meeting of the board of fiji c commissioners was held last night, Mayor l kllduf presiding. Commissioners Driqps and McAuliffe were authorized to purchase new hose. The payroll, amounting to $S3l and monthly bills were ordered paid. The bill of NJ J. Daily. amounting to S250, for the new chime gong. was laid on the table, the board having not yet decided that the l gong IS satisfactory. The annual report of Chief Snagg was received. During the l year hfty-six alarms have been responded to by the department. forty of which were bell alarms, eight telephone and eight still alarms Service was rendered in thirty eight instances. The losses as far as can be ascertained and that are adjusted up to date are as follows: Loss on buildings, | $47 .O62 43; loss on contents, $l76, ,643.I7: total loss. $223. 705 GO. Insurance paid on buildings. $44, 491 99: insurance paid on contents. SIPS. l75.67; total insurance paid. $l72, ,667.66. Loss over insurance paid, $51 ,037 94 The total force of the de- pariment is 297 men. The estimated value of buildings erected within the year is $222, 700. Three additional signal boxes were added. The exper ditures amounted to SIS, 705 S6; receipts, $7O 97.
 The cozy rooms of the Y Nj. 0. L A. were crowded with friends of the society last night to listen to a delightful enter taiDment arranged for the celebration of the 1l7th anniversary of the birth of Robert Emmet. An address of welcome vas delivered by President James M. Lynch. It was one of the presidents characteristic welcomes, replete with wise words and an appetizer for what fol- lowed The address on Emmet by P. J. 1 MoMAhon was an ahle ma Hictorv Fonn6