Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-05-16
CITY AND SUBURBS.


 club tonight.
 Work is rapidly progressing on the lay ing of tile pipe through Maple street.
 J. A. Davis, advertising agent for Fore paugh's circus, was in town yesterday
 Mrs Thomas Morgan won the huge bas- ket of wax flowers at the city hall last night.
 John H. Markley, general passenger agent of the Pennsylvania railroad com pany, was in town yesterday.
 Twenty-two thousand dollars of the water tax has been collected. The per cent interest is added to-day.
 John Holian and Miss Sarah Carey were married at St Patricks church this morn ing by the Rev Father Curtin.
 A. M. Young, manager of the Southern N. E. Telephone company, will erect 8 handsome cottage on North Willow street. Miss Nellie Wrinn and brother were at New Haven to-day attending the wedding of their cousin, Miss Katie Wrinn to Frank J. Egan.
 The case of Brown vs. the Shoe and Lea ther bank of Boston, occupied the atten- tion of Judge Fenn in the superior court to day.
 Special reports on the furnishing of the new Masonic temple will be read at the communication of Harmony lodge to-mor- row night.
 Charles Grilley was in town last night, and left this morning to join w. H. Bishops "Mugg's Landing" company at Bridgeport.
 James Murnan has taken lease of the saloon formerly occupied by B. M. Harri son on South Main street. He will have scores of all the ball games.
 C4o,ooro,I,or n Noorro hoe 1ooy called to New Haven, and his brother, w. H. Coggswell, is doing his work at the su- perior court now in session here.
 Ralph J. Shipley of this city has been granted patent upon blank holder fer a punching machine, and George G. Blakes- lee upon wire drawing machine.
 Stationery dealers who have received notices that bids for supplying the centre school district with stationery, will remem- Der that the bids are closed tomorrow.
 Tunxis tribe of Red Men will hold all important meeting tomorrow night to talk up grand barbecue and pow-wow of all the tribes on the Connecticut reservation
 The first division, A. O. H., last night chose as delegates to the state convention at New Haven in June, President Thomas Luddy, James Meagher, Edward Doocey and Hugh Feeley.
 w. J. Schlegel yesterday sold the Mech anics market on North Main street te Messrs Moore of New Haven, and Gran his of Branford. The market will be en tirely fitted over.
 The police are determined to carry out the dog law to the letter so those who have dogs registered, but without collar, and find them missing, may ascribe their dis appearance to bullet.
 About 800 people gathered at the rink last night to witness the drawing of the piano offered by Milton, Byrnes & Tho,np son. Ticket number 5,699 was the lucky number, and was held by Andrew Ash burne. ... ..
 It is probable that the Waterbury Wheel club which gave up its rooms in the Com mercial block last fall, will be reorganized with new members. A Wheel club is also to be formed by the junior department of the Y. M. c. A.
 Notwithstanding Prosecuting Agent court this morning it could not be discover ed who sold the liquor to Tommie Lean yesterday, and for his obstinancy the boy was fined $5 and costs.
 This afternoon Judge Fenn granted 6 divorce to Minnie L. Perkins from Frank A. Perkins on the grounds of intolerable cruelty. He also gives the petitioner per mission to take her maiden name. They were married October 8, 1885.
 The board of road and sewer commis- sioners will meet this evening at o'clock. Among the important matters that will come up before the board will be their report on the advisability of repairing the several streets visited by them last Wednesday.
 The Young German-American associa- II =. 1~- o1~1 son this evening, and those who attend will be entertained in the manner for which the club is noted. Hallam's orches- tra will furnish music, and Uffendale will prompt.
 The Oakville Brass band have arranged to give a series of concerts as follows Temperance hall, Oakville, May 22; Citi- zens hall, Watertown, May 23, and at Woodbury, May 25. The proceeds of these entertainments will be devoted to the purchase of new uniforms for the band
 This afternoon a horse hitched to an empty dray came dashing up West Main destruction to a number of teams which were blocked at the watering trough. The runaway was stopped by Andy Johnson just as it Was about to collide with Meara's hack.
 The debt on the new Catholic church "t Naugatuck has been reduced from ,00( three years ago to $1 ,O00. The Rev Father Pagan, the pastor who has worked so hard to reduce this debt feels very much en couraged and it is expected that the work of finishing the interior will soon be com menced.
 From the appearance of the inside works of the Weber piano, which was wantonly broken when the rascals broke into the Washington street school Sunday night, tht perpetrators of the deed must have re moved the front panel of the piano in order to get at and break the hammers as they did.
 Constable Rigney served papers on the Plume & Atwood manufacturing company this afternoon in a suit brought by Abraham Shaprir to recover $10,000 fol injuries received while at work there last month. Shaprir claims that defect il strap attached to press he was work ing caused portion of the press to fal striking him on the head causing injuries for which he claims damages.
 A hall twice the size of city hall could not have comfortably held the number o1 people that rushed to see the Japanese viii lage, which was exhibited the last time at