Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-11
CITY AND SUBURBS.

 at 9 o'clock this evening.
 The railroad commissioners o-day in- spected the Naugatuck road.
 Mary A. Cassidy of Naugatuck is taking a weeks vacation at her home in this city.
 Shoninger's Musical Monthly for October is now ready for free distribution at the store.
 Cards are out for the marriage of John c. Duff to Miss Christina Smith, Thurs day evening, November 1.
 Judge Bradstreet will swear in the newly elected justices of the peace at the bar meeting next Saturday morning.
 Dr c Art Ward will speak upon the po- litical issues of the day at the Town hall in Oxford Tuesday evening, October 16.
 Don't fail to see Arthur Rehan's com pany in "Nancy & Co., at the opera house tonight It is one of the events of the season.
 The French band going to a republican rally and playing a medley of Irish airs was one of the sights on South Main street last night.
 Major John A. Tibbits will speak with Morgan G. Bulkeley at City hall to-mor- row evening. The Bulkeley battalion will come down from Hartford.
 The board of assessors will meet daily in the common council room at City hall from 10 to 12 am 3 to 3 and to 8 pm. to re- ceive the lists of taxable property.
 The clerk of the district court will be at the district court room next Saturday evening from 7:30 to g o'clock to accom- modate those who wish first papers only.
 The will be a meeting of the French Canadian Democratic club Friday, the ofH H.20 n'p at ha mittee's headquarters in the Blue Front, 5G Bank street.
 The selectmen have notified James Sutton in personal letter that they will not pay him or any one in his employ for work done upon the roads of the town as ordered by the recent town meeting.
 Excelsior Council O. U. A. NJ. held a meeting last evening and completed the arrangements for the annual state field day and parade to be held in this city next Wednesday.
 The first annual sociable of the reorgan- ized Big Six" social club will be held at the Union armory tomorrow night A large number of tickets have been dis posed of. Handsome programmes are to be given to the ladies.
 The road board went out on a tour of inspection his afternoon and viewed Lib erty and Baldwin street, where they are crossed by the railroad. They also in structed the city engineer to make the necessary repairs on these streets.
 The Count and Countess Magri, the lat ter better known as Mrs Gen Tom Thumb together with the Baron Magri, came in on New England road this morning and spent few hours in this city waiting for the 10:54 train for Naugatuck where they ap pear this evening.
 Three plain drunks and case for non- support of family occupied the attention of Judge Bradstreet this morning. Two of the victims were released upon promising to do do better and the other two were or dered to jail for short period in order to remove them from evil influences.
 The base ball teams of the Second and Third divisions, A. o. H. will play game on the West End grounds Saturday after noon. The Second division team is look ing for satisfaction and promise to give a better account of themselves than on the occasion of the last game.
 Every afternoon young girls and some who are older can be seen meandering from all directions toward the gyspy camp in Simonsvile Each of the giddy creatures is armed with & half dollar which she de- posits with one of the witches in Prince Williams band and has hee ''fortune''to It is a silly practice, but girls will be girls.
 It took five cars, attached to the 11:17 train to bring the Naugatuck valley fire men to Torrington to take part in the annual parade of the Torrington fire de- partment to-day. The American band joined the party at the Naugatuck station being engaged to play for the Seymour hremen.
 The supreme court has found an error in the ruling of the district court in the case of B. Shoninger & Go. vs. Peabody, and ordered 8 new trial. The case was one brought by the plaintiff to recover the value of a piano disposed of by H. R. Day, their former local manager, to the defen- dant The district courtawarded Shoninger & Go. $225 and cost.
 AS result of their tour of examina- tion the railroad commissioners have this to say of the new railroad. The Meriden, Waterbury & Connecticut River road is found to bein good condition but recom- mends that the foundations to all the trestles should be put in before cold weather A number of places between Merden and the Connecticut river need graveling and the tracks across the bridge at Westfeld are not in alignment.
 Ms Miles Mccarthy, one of the oldest Irish residents in this city, died at her res idence on Adams street last evening. Mrs McCarthy was the mother of James and Joseph Mccarthy and Mrs Dennis Calvin of this city, Anthony Mccarthy of Bridge port and Fenton Mccarthy, residing in the west. Her funeral funeral will take place from the residence of her son, Joseph l5 Hawkins street, to the church of tie I'm maculate Conception at S:30 tomorrow morning.
 Maurice Culhane, aged A years, a we'll known resident of this city, died at his home on North Elm street this morning. MT Cullhane for the past two weeks had been sufferer from heart disease and death was due to heart failure. He was brother of the late Dennis Cullhane and also of Michael and Patrick Cullhane now living in this city. He was member of Sheridan council, K. of c. A wife and six children survive him. His funeral will take place Saturday morning, from the church of the Immaculate Conception.
 Judge Cowell in the district court is to-day hearing testimony in a queer case for islander. The suit is brought by Fred Anderson against John Vorottea Anderson until recently was in the employ of Valentine Field, Brooklyn district baker,