Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-20

The case of Charles Quigley for assault was postponed for week. The mercury jumped up seven degrees over yesterdays mark to-day 78e. Chief Snagg, is having the asphalt walk l in front of Monitor Hose company's house repaired.
 1 The G. A. R., have appointed com mittee to look after their annual excursion August IA.
 The Waterburys and Derbys will play a league game of ball at the Firemen's pic nic in Torrington Saturday. Mark Sperry of the Scovill Manufactur- ing company, accompanied by his family left for their cottage at the West Haven shore this morning.
 l Grand Dictator Irving H. Coe, of this city, presided at the annual convention of the grand lodge, Knights of Honor, held in New Haven yesterday.
 Work on the Washington street portion of the new intercepting sewer has pro gressed as far as River street, at which point the cut is almost thirty feet deep.
 The Odd Fellows of this city will observe next Sunday as Memorial day. They will march from their lodge rooms at p. m to Riverside cemetery and decorate the graves of deceased members.
 At the police court room this evening a meeting will be held for the purpose of ! toward building race track near Mill Plain, and holding annual agricultural | fairs.
 Rumors of an extensive deal between tho | members of the court of common council in Ina aff of oy,oio arc flying about, and at the next meeting it is probable that there will be dark horse in the race.
 The road and sewer commissioners met | this afternoon and awarded the contract for the South Main and James street sewers to Edward McManus for $1 ,O78 75. Other bidders were: H. Kellner, s1 ,230; Thomas Gately, Si ,227.50; R. L. Bronson, $1 1920; Blakesley & Sons, $1, ,442.5O
 Preparations are being made to enter tain the visiting newspaper men July in fine style. They will be received at the Scientific society rooms, where lunch will be served by experienced caterers, and af- ter the parade will be taken to Long Beach where dinner will be served at D. m.- Bridgeport Post.
 At the meeting of the First division, A. o. H., held last evening, the following off cers were elected: Edward Hyland, pres ident; Michael Holian, vice president; Will jam Mccormick, recording secretary and James Meagher treasurer. The election of the other officers was deferred until the next monthly meeting.
 Morris Lyons of Dublin street was ar rested this afternoon for theft of revolver from Mrs Edward Payne of Prospect, who says that Lyons entered her house, grabbed the weapon and ran away Lyons says | that she handled the revolver in such careless way that he took it away. Lyons | is probably not right in his mind. He has been confined at Middletown. | This afternoon the new democratic cam paign banner was swung over East Main street for a trial. Everything was found to work satisfactorily, and tonight the banner will be formally unfurled, the exer- cises to commence at 8 o'clock. Music will be furnished by the American band, and Hon James P. Pigott, of New Haven, and Charles G. Root and Mayor Boughton will deliver addresses
 | Henry Bergh, jr, executor of the will of his uncle, Henry Bergh, this afternoon took a look at the site for tho Carrie Vel ton fountain. MT Bergh expressed great the contractors. -Supt Patterson of the | Quincy granite works, Contractor for tho stone work, wrote him letter yesterday, saying that the stone was almost finished and would be shipped here July 1. The bronze figure is finished at the Ames com pany's works at Quincy.
 At the meeting of the graduates of St. Margaret's school, held yesterday after noon, the following officers were elected to serve for two years: Miss Annie H. Rob- inson, of Boston, class of '91, president; Miss Martha R. Driggs, of Waterbury, class of '81, vice-president; Miss Julia Mclean, of Portland, Conn, class of 'S3, secretary; Miss Georgie Hall, of Wallingford, class of 'S5, treasurer; Miss Charlotte Benedict, of this city, class of '87, historian.
 Sheriff Mcdonald and Thomas Morgan visited Jacob Sandmeyer's house on the Park road over the West Side hill last evening and secured James Higgins and locked him up at the town house. Hig- gins is about 45 years old. He is subject drinks, and has been missing from his haunts about the centre for five days. During this time he has been wandering about in the woods in the region of Sandmeyer's house, climbing trees and rolling stones about. Yesterday afternoon he attempted to enter the house but Mrs Sandmeyer became so frightened that she locked up the doors and taking her child escaped by the back way and started for Waterbury. Meeting Der husband on tn 6 way she informed him of the trouble. He found Higgins in the woods so weak from want of food as to be unable to resist and locked him up in the house until the authorities arrived
 A DAY OF WEDDINGS.