Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-22
CITY NEWS.

| Tutoring in college or high school work H. s. Gulliyer, Yale A. M., 5l Walnut street.
 Sheridan lodge. N. E. o. P, held an interesting meeting last night. At the close of the business session, ice cream and soda were served
 Rev Father Bray, formerly of the Sacred Heart parish, has been sent to St Mary'S parish, New Britain, as aS- sistant to Rev Father Harty.
 The Patrick Sarsfield club will hold an important meting at Congress hall on Monday evening at 8 o'clock. All members are earnestly requested to at tend.
 A months mind mass was celebrated this morning at St Cecilia's church by the Rev Dr Martin for the repose of the soul of the late John Wiehn of Minortown, Conn.
 Detective Cahy is preparing to make trip to Buffalo, not to attend the Pan American exposition, but to bring to this city Oswald Lapalme, who is wanted ,here for forging check on the Adams Express Co.
 Court Richard Wagner No 139, F. of A., elected the following oEcers last night: c. R., Fred A. Gross; $. c. R., William H. Siefen; R. S., Theodore Dreher; ST W. Rudolph John; J. w, Leonard Astheim; ST B., Max Engle hardt; J. B. George Hauser.
 The Misses Elizabeth Byrne, Ella M. Doherty, Margaret M Keenan, Helen Webb and Helen Thomas of Waterbury and Mary T. Cross of Naugatuck grad uated from the New Britain normal school yesterday. Gertrude E. Scully, who died May 20, was member of the class.
 The following are the new officers of Court Hancock, F. of A.: Chief ranger, Thomas J. Green; sub-chief ranger, Leo P. Bovally; recording sec retary, John H. Butler; senior wood ward, Timothy Donahue; senior bea- dle, John Savage; junior beadle, Jere miah Bresnahan.
 Court Stephen J. Meany met last night and elected the following board of officers: Chief ranger, James Crean; $. c. R., John Fitzmorris; R. S., John Barrett; ST w, Michael Kelley; Jr w., John Griffin; ST B., Samuel Wheeler; Jr B., Patrick McGovern; third trustee Hugh Crean; captain of the guahds, D. O'Leary.
 A beautiful program was arranged for the afternoon recital of the pupils of Miss Frances Emma Morris, daugh- ter of Mir and Mrs Perry c. Morris, which was held to-day. It was ar ranged in two parts and each num- Der showed the careful instruction of fao fhoa fY.in lHe,s5x present were more than pleased at the excellence of the entertainment.
 At the Third Congregational church, morning service at 1O:30 o'clock, Sun day, the pulpit will be coupled by H. H. Spooner, secretary of the Connecti- cut Temperance union; Sabbath school 11:45 a. m.; Juvenile Temple 3 p. m.; Christian Endeayor 6:45 D. m. Even time the Masons of Waterbury and vii cinity will attend in body to cele-. brate St Johns day. The pastor will preach an appropriate sermon.
 The Third division, 40. HI, held a meeting last night and chose the fol lowing officers: President, D. ]. Grif- cording secretary, John sHyland; .fnanr .SC I urer, John Claffey; sentinel, Patrick Farrell; sergeant-at-arms. William H. Lawler. The division will hold a spe- cial meeting tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock for the purpose of making ar engagements for the annual picnic, which is to be held at the Waterbury Driving park on the Fourth of July.
 We had good dash of rain this morning, accompanied by loud peals of thunder, which sent people scam pering in all directions for shelter. Many reached cover in time to save themselves from the drenching down pour, but quite few got caught and were wetted so badly that they found change of clothing necessary. The shower did not last long, however, and the remainer of the day was so close that people had all they could do to keep at their work. 1t was bad enough outside, but it was considera- bly, worse indoors.
 A horse belonging to a well-known bartender afforded considerable amuse- ment to passers-by on East Main street. near Orange street The horse was attached to a light Concord When it reached certain point the horse re- fused to advance farther It had a case of the balks, Neither gentle words nor lashes of the whip could persuade her to go. She stood on her hind legs and looked very formidable Her pranks were really amusing, put rather injurious. One of the shafts was broken and the horse fell to the ground while performing one of it's capers. When last heard of the horse had been unhitched by the driver, who was attempting to lead it to an abode of peace.
 That job which the selectmen are doing on the bridge on South Main street, near Benedict & Burnham's. ap- pears to be the best piece of work of the kind ever performed in Water bury. The placing of rests between the blanks so that they will not rot. is sure to result in the timbers lasting for years and is a big improvement on the old plan of piling them on top of each other in such a way that once they got soaked they had no chance of drying. The west side of the bridge is practically completed now, and as the other side is still in good condition it will not be touched for the present. This makes seven bridges the town has put new flooring on since last October. They are Turner's bridge, so called. in South Brooklyn;- ScovilPs bridge on