Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-09-24
CITY AND SUBURBS.


 The usual monthly collection was taken up in St Patrick's church yesterday.
 Programmes of the state teachers meet ing to take place in October are out.
 The Concordia Singing society will give their first public rehearsal this evening. There will be meeting of the Waterbury Field club at Dr Munns office tonight to arrange for club room.
 The colored residents of this city are contemplating giving fair and sociabl sometime in November.
 There will be no change in the garbage collecting system, notwithstanding the cold weather, until December.
 William Quinlan, night operator at the telephone office has returned home from a vacation in New York state.
 The Bristol fair opens to-day and will be < attended by large number of Waterbury people including about dozen fakirs.
 The democratic city convention to non- mate city ticket will be held at the police court room this evening at s o'clock.
 w. F. York intends to take vacation for few weeks as he does not feel very strong since his recovery from an attack of typhoid fever.
 Peter Whelahan was arrested this morn ing for cruelty beating a horse belonging to Liveryman Wheeler. He has baffied the police for some time.
 A horse owned by c. H. Smith, the South Main street grocer, ran away this morning, but was captured before doing any damage aside from broken shaft
 John Lyons formerly of this city and brother of Thomas Lyons, who was killed on the Naugatuck road last spring, died at his home in Thomaston this morning.
 K. J. Hes, who is suffering from insan- ~ ity, has been removed from the Middletown asylum to his home on Bank street and is already showing signs of improvement.
 Eight cases of simple drunk, two of them females, were disposed of this morning by sending the men to the town house for thirty days, and allowing the women to go free.
 Officer Dean is confined to his room with pneumonia. Some time ago he was threat ened with a fever and after few days rest resumed his official duties Saturday only to be taken sick again.
 The intermediate basement room ill the Elm street building will probably be kept open all winter, but when cold weather sets in it is probable that the primary room will be closed.
 A gentleman who has considerable artis- tic ability, remarked that the mouth of the Carrie Melton fountain horse, reminded him of grin on an old woman with all her lower teeth pulled.
 General Samuel F. Cary of Ohio will lecture at City hall tomorrow evening in the interest of the democracy. Working men especially will be interested in the gentlemans tariff arguments.
 The bronze horse for the Carrie Welton fountain was placed in position this morn l is nf nj avt to citizens who expected something impos- ing from the hand of Karl Gerhardt
 Mrs L. M. Barry concluded her engage ment in this city Saturday night and left for Winsted yesterday morning, where she will address the laboring people this even ing.
 Judge Bradstreet has decided the case of A. c. Osgood vs Arthur Fenn and E. A. Wright, an action to recover for notes given for a patent right, in favor of the defendant this morning, ordering him tu recover his costs.
 Commencing day the registrars of vo- ters, Messrs Casey and Blair, will hold a three days session at the common council rooms in the city hall building, revising and cor recting the voting list for the town, city and school elections.
 The handsome new brick building re-
 
 of Naugatuck will be formally dedicated on Sunday, Oct. 10. The Rev Dr Lyman Abbott of New York city will deliver the dedicatory address.
 The popes encyclical letter and the circular of Bishop McMahon to the priests of the dloceses, instructing them to sing a requiem mass instead of the usual high mass next Sunday, was read in all the Catholic churches yesterday.
 Yesterday evening the members of Chat field camp, s. of V. assembled at their rooms and marched in body to the Second Advent church on Cherry street where they listened to an interesting address by the Rev L. F. Baker, who took for his sub ject the Christian Soldier"
 At the church of the Immaculate Con- ceptiontyesterday it was announced that the annual fair would be opened the first week of November. This evening a meeting will be held at St Mary's Catholic school to take action in regard to appointing com mittees and to which all members of the parish are invited
 Misses Aggie Welch and Maggie Kieran, of Ansonia, are visiting at the home of MI and Mrs John Roper on Central avenue. Last evening reception was rendered to the young lady guests by few of their Waterbury friends, and for a few hours the host and hostess pleasantly entertained their visitors.
 The funeral of Arthur Barrows, the young man who diedlf from injuries received while at work at the Naugatuck station was largly attended from the home of his parents in Winsted yesterday. A delega- tion consisting of twenty-six railroad em- ployes from this city attended in body and contributed a, beautiful floral offering made up in the form of brake as used on freight cars.
 A piece of merchandise was recently won by small boy at one of the local shoe stores. The article was sold to-day to g furniture dealer for $125: The S125 was attached this morning for rent, but g second attachment was served on the land lord by one of his employees. It seems now that neither the landlord nor en- ploye can get the money as it was won in lottery. Moreover the boy is not respon sible for the fathers Gabt.
 Saturday evening the Rose Mill hose hnnca fha of