Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-07-14
CITY AND SUBURBS.

CITY AND SUBURBS.
 The Y. NJ. c. L. A. will hold their an nual meeting next Tuesday evening.
 A meeting of the base ball committee of Sheridan council, K. of c. will be held to- morrow.
 Among the other Improvements to the Scovill house dining rooms will be large single glass plate windows.
 Rev. Father O'Connor, of Middletown, who was recently ordained at Aix, France, has been stationed at Thomaston.
 Tunxis tribe I. O. R. M have had their charter handsomely framed, and will hang it in their rooms in Irving block.
 Frederick William lodge, K. of F., held their first annual meeting since install ment last night and worked two degrees. @The funeral of William Frisbie, who died Thursday evening, took place at S:30 a. m. to-day from the church of the Sacred Heart.
 T. R. Thompson, grand superintendent of Juvenile Temples, will address Fraternity Temple at Bronson hall tomorrow after noon at 4 o'clock.
 Sergeant Bannon is as yet not able to go on regular duty and last night took Lieutenant Roots place in the police office while the latter acted as sergeant.
 Justice Phelan this morning returned a verdict in the Dillon vs Mooney case awarding the plaintiff damages to the extent of S1 and costs. An appeal was taken.
 Robert Wolff, of Thomaston, who was run over by the horse cars two months ago on Bank street, was in town yesterday and almost recovered. He will return to work in two weeks
 The Young Mems Catholic Literary as- sociation of this city, have accepted the in vitation of the Young Mems Catholic in stitute of Naugatuck to play game of ball at their picnic August i.
 H. w. French, who owns the street run ming from East Main street to the Mad river, across which bridge has been laid to afford access to the new depot grounds, is talking of closing up the street.
 The cut on the Meriden, Waterbury and Connecticut river road at Scovill's ditch is now completed and work will be com menced Monday on the immense bank walls which are over thirty feet high.
 During the past week owing probably to the summer blizzard, several ladies have left their parasols ill the waiting room and cars of the Naugatuck road. Baggage 1uOulpSOu, udS cared LOT tuem anu all have been returned to their owners.
 All of the Waterbury clergy who were attending the annual retreat at New Haven the past week returned to-day. There were eighty clergymen present at the re- treat, the largest number that ever at tended pastors retreat in this diocese.
 Complaints are coming in of the electric signal at the West Main street crossing Residents say it is out of repair frequently, sometimes not ringing at all, and some times ringing for several hours after a train has passed causing unnecessary alarm to drivers of teams.
 The stable owned by MT Collins on Bank street was yesterday sold by J. w. Web ster, trustee, to 0. w. Allerton, of Nauga- tuck, and Dora Thompson, of Litchfeld, for $5, 900 at a private sale. MT Collins was ready to redeem the place but it was sold before he knew of it.
 The arrangements for Company As ex- cursion over the new railroad and down the Connecticut river July 19 are com pleted and the success of the affair is as- sured. There will be dancing and other amusements on board. Music by Weeds brass band orchestra. Fare for the round trip $1.50.
 The Butchers association of this city are making arrangements for barbecue to be held on the Waterbury base ball grounds probably August 23. Ten oxer will be slaughtered and roasted, and the spread will be most extensive one. In vitations will be extended to butchers from all over the state.
 It is probable that Revs O'Connell, ot Thomaston, and Mulholland, of New Haven, will accompany the Rev Father Finnegan on his journey across the water An d ohol, 1x next week to fill the latter's place at the church of Immaculate Conception. Who the clergyman will be is not known.
 There was an attendance of about :; at last nights meeting of the Waterbury Democratic club, and several new mem bers added their names to the roll. Johr l.. Sake acted as president pro tenn. Afte, the business of the meeting was disposed of remarks of genuine democratic natur. were indulged in by Prof J. A. Moran ant Chairman Sake, after which the meetin, adjourned.
 Judge Cowell this morning gave his de cision in the case of the injunction prayed by certain East Main street propert, owners restraining the Meriden, Waterbur1 and Connecticut River railroad compan, from filling in certain lands along the MaC river. The petitioners claiming that sucl filling would direct the course of the rive to their detriment. The court refused t. sustain the injunction on the ground tha as the title of the land was in doubt courts of equity should not overstep thei usual line of proceedings in such a case a this, public improvement. The decision is given with the distinct understanding that it does not go against the validity O the title to plaintiffs land, but leaves al opening for an action in the, courts O common law for a fresuass or election