Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-05-02
CITY AND SUBURBS.

The North Main street sewer will not be completed until next week.
 Clark Commanderv, K. T., will confer the order of the temple this morning.
 Edward H. Wheeler and Alfred J. Ship leigh of this city have been each granted 8 patent on a button.
 The board of education held it's regular meeting last evening, but transacted only routine business
 Work is rapidly advancing on the new brick block that Lawrence Ruth is having built on Union street.
 The total rain fall last month was IFS inches, ten of the thirty days being rainy with thunder shower at 2:30 a. m. on the 8th.
 Workmen are delivering the load of Belgian block and depositing them on the side of Bank street near the old rink build ing to-day
 Conductor Beers, who alternately ran the Sunday morning train, has retired from that work and conductor O'Brien will take his place.
 Charles Maher, the bright 3-year-old son of John Maher of 286 East Main street, died last evening. The funeral took place at 4 p. m. to-day.
 The Third division, A. O. H., have changed their meeting nights from the second and fourth Friday to the first and third Mondays of each month.
 Cyrus Thompson, baggagemaster at the Naugatuck station, was elected a super numerary to serve without pay by the police commissioners last evening.
 Fourteen car loads of paving blocks ar rived on the New England road yesterday and the work of piling them up on Bank street, preparatory to paving the street, was begun to-day.
 The fire department map has been com pleted at the city engineers office and was to-day handed over to Chief Engineer Snagg. It is fine piece of work and was done by Engineer Kellogg.
 The following members of Go. G have been discharged from the military service of the state by order of the commander-in- chief, for various causes: Peter Burns, James Kinnane, Kieran Linden and Rich ard F. Burns.
 Loretta Wilson, ..aged 4 years, daugh- ter of MT and Mrs Robert Wilson of New York, and neice of Roger Connor of this city, died in New York Monday. The remains were brought to this city on the 11:17 train this morning for interment to- day.
 Herbert R. Stratton for the past year clerk at Nugent's drug store, has pur- chased the Hanley pharmacy, the best stand in Danbury and will take possession next Monday. MT Stratton has made many friends during his stay in Waterbury and they will wish him success.
 The case of James Sheriden, charged with assaulting Patrick Hennessy in the Brooklyn district 8 week ago. was ad- ,o1 ;,,f fho Hennessy did not put in an appearance and the case was continued until next Saturday morning.
 Martin Scully, who accompanied the re- mains of the late Stephen J. Meany to Ire land, returned to this city last night, hay ing arrived in New York on the steamer Arizona Monday. He will be given a banquet at Knights of Columbus hall to- morrow evening
 General Kellogg, who is in Washington looking after the bill appropriating $150 900 for public building in this city, writes that there is every prospect of its going through without being cut down. Mayor Boughton will go to Washington Friday to look after the interest of the bill when il comes up in the house.
 George M Chapman, superintendent ot the Standard Electric Time company, gave
  hall last evening. His subject was cleo tricity and what it was he said no one knew. It was produced by friction, by induction and by chemical action. Ex- periments were made to illustrate points in the lecture.
 The case of John F. Reynolds against White 6 Wells, the trial of which was be- gun before Judge Fenn in the civil side o1 the superior court yesterday, was given tc IL 1o4~ of@ f1, brought in March, 1886, and was tried be- fore Judge D. F. Cole in the district court judgment being rendered in favor of the defendants The suit is to recover $10, ,O0( for injuries received while working in the paper mill of the Southford Paper com pany O'Neil and Webster are counsel fol the plaintiff and Gillette and E. F. Cole for the defendants.
 Grand Army hall was the scene of merri ment and pleasure at the return leap yeal party given by the men to their lady friends last evening. The hall was tastefully decorated with choice plants and flowers the toiletsof the young ladies and the gentle men attired in close fitting kPrinc Alberts combining to give pleasant and attractive charm to the occasion. It was just 9:3( grand march which was led by M. J. Jordan and~Mrs B. A. O'Hara. Dancing was under the prompting of M J. Jordon until o'clock when the merry party sat down te sumptious spread served by David David The committees who had charge of the evenings entertainment were: Arrange ments-John O'Neil ,jr, J. H. Kilduff and D. E. Fitzpatrick. Invitation-T. F. Jack son, w. s. Jones and D. T. Hart. Floor J. T. Boylan, M. J. Jordan, O. A. Jackson J. H. Reid and B. Bossidy. Reception J. A. Moran, w. c. Ramon, Dr E. w McDenald, Dr B. A. O'Hara, J. P. Nugen1 and Josheph H. Jackson. Among the guests present were Robert and Richard Dwyer, Harry Carroll, Charles German Misses Minnie and Georgie Kennedy, Kati, Clifford, Dolly Cody, of Hartford ,and Mis- Lizzie Brett of Naugatuck.
 The conference of the Roman Catholi, clergy of this diocese was held in Hartford uoctor1ov ond yuou attended hv nnor1u a1