Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-07-17
CITY AND SUBURBS.

cOnnneO 10 ms nome wltn SlckneSS. Lsughlin, the Bridgeport bartender, | who is the alleged murderer of Frederick | Palmatier of this city, will have hearing | Thursday.
 Charles Miller has rented Senator H. A. l Matthews cottage at Southbury, and will leave with his family tomorrow to spend l the summer there. The Rev Father Finnegan left this morn ing to make all the preparations for his trip abroad, sailing next Saturday. He will be accompanied by Father Crowly, of Norwalk. A large number of the members of the Y. NJ. c. A. of this city left on the early | train this morning to attend the annual encampment of the state association at Pine Orchard, Branford, to-day. The remains of John T Gaynor, aged 9 months, son ot Mir and Mrs D. J. Gaynor, of Bridgeport, formerly of this city, were brought up on the 3:43 train yesterday afternoon and inferred in the family plot in St Joseph's cemetery. Albert Smith, the brakeman who was among the gang in the Grand Central saloon when Palmatier was killed in Bridgeport Friday, formerly worked on the Naugatuck road and resided in this city. Patrick Coughlin, of Baldwin street, slipped on the sidewalk near Woods blacksmith shop an Spring street yester day afternoon and fell receiving a severe cut over the left eye requiring the surgical attendance of Dr O'Hara.
 The annual picnic of L'Union St Joseph will be held at the baseball grounds to- morrow afternoon and evening. 4 base ball game between members of the associ ation and team from the St Jean Baptiste aopietv will ha Ona of the attractions
 John O'Connell, a roofer, in the employ of J. K. Smith, was bitten on the leg by dog on the Brooklyn bridge this morning. Two Newfoundland dogs were fighting on the bridge, and O'Connell, foolishly, at tempted to separate them, with the above result.
 The Misses Prichard are building brick addition to their house on the corner of Grand and Bank streets, and will trans form the lower story of the house into two large stores facing on Bank street. The upper portion of the building will be used for tenements.
 A matched pair of fast horses, the property of Sidney Dillon, the Wall street king, passed through this city yesterday on their way to Litchfeld, where MT Dillon is summering. They were shipped from New York to New Haven by boat and drove to this city. The pair is valued at $1O,OOO.
 A large number of tickets have been sold for to-morrows excursion of Com pany A, over the new railroad and down the Connecticut river. If the weather proves fine pleasant time be ex- pected by all who attend. All arrange ments for the accommodation of guests have been completed.
 The new road has it's bad qualities as 1S1S III known gentleman went to collect smal um of money due him and was tolc by the party to meet him at the 2:42 trair at the Naugatuck station. The mar waited in vain and at o'clock found tha the party had skipped the town, goine over to Meriden on the train that leave this city at D. m.
 At meeting of L'Union St Joseph helt Sunday the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Joseph Archam beault, president; George Saucier, vic president; Joseph Brodeur, second vic president; Fred Pratt, recording secretary Gedeon Dion, assistant recording secre tary; 5. 5. Lapointe, corresponding secre tary; George Rivals, treasurer.
 At the meeting of the district committe of the Centre school district held last even ing, the bids for building the addition t. the Sperry street school were opened ant the mason work awarded to Chatheld o Chatfeld for $4,910, and the carpente work to A. B. Simons for $3,64O Tn contract for the annual supply of coal wa awarded to N. w. Greenman & Co.,, the, being the, lowest bidders.
 There will be total eclipse of the moor next Sunday nj eht which will be visibl generally throughout North and Soul America. The noon will enter penumbr at 9:56 p. m., and the shadow of the eartl at 10:55. The total eclipse will begin a 11:54 p. m., and reach the middle at 1924 Monday morning The end of the tota eclipse will be reached at 1:36 a. m. Tn moon will leave the shadow of the eartl at 3:35 a. m. and penumbra at 3:34 B. III
 Miss Jennie Meserve of this city, had narrow escape from drowning at Pawsol Park last Saturday. She was leanin against the guard rail just as the steame Juno was pulling away, and was talking t. her friends on the boat, when the rail gay way, throwing her into the water. Sh was going down for the last time whel Captain Baldwin leaped overheard an, held her up until assistance arrived. Sh was taken to her parents cottage uncon scious. She has been very weak ever since but will be able to return to the city Satul day.
 The following circular has been receive by the stockholders of the Meriden, Water bury & Connecticut River railroad: "4 special meeting of the Meriden, Water bury & Connecticut River railroad c will be held at the rooms of the Americal Brass association, in Waterbury, on Satur day, the 21st day of July, 1888, at o'clock, p. m., to take such action as ma be deemed expedient as to issuing not owe $500, ,000 of the five per cent bonds of tn company and securing the same by mortgage of all the property and franchise of the company, and as to disposing ( said bonds."
 There was a very small audience [ Music Hall last evening to attend the fir rally given by the Prohibition club of tn city, to hear Col J. w. Knowlton of Wi liamantic, lecture upon the prohibitio movement. The speaker was introduce by Dr s. H. Platt, and spoke for over a hour on the evil effects of intemperanc and the efforts the third party is makin to do away with this great vice. Colon -.I Id