Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-05-23
CITY AND SUBURBS.


 There was no police court this morning.
 There will be meeting of the Young Mems Republican club this evening.
 B. w. Naples, of the Norwalk Hour, was an attentive listener in the superior court to-day.
 Henry A. Lawlor is building hard wood pulpit, vestry trimmings, etc., at the Litchfeld Catholic church.
 w. F. Sandford of this city, will be mar ried to Miss Belle Woodward of Bristol, in that town tomorrow afternoon.
 The Rose Hill and Brass City Hose com panies will .play 8 match game of ball at the benefit picnic to be rendered Mike Burns, June 2.
 The Waterbury correspondence of the School Recorder published in Birmingham, is ably looked after by Miss Mary V. Bangs of the high school.
 street have been called upon to mourn the loss of their only daughter who died last evening, aged one day.
 Mayor Boughton has received letter from Henry Bergh, jr, assuring him that work will be commenced on the Carrie Welton fountain July 1.
 George l.. Lester, representing Price, Lee & Co.,, of New Haven, was in town to- day looking after the interest of the forth coming Waterbury history.
 The French band will give picnic at the Waterbury base ball grounds on Saturday evening, June 9, the proceeds to be used towards purchasing uniforms.
 The notary's seal recently found in one of the passenger cars on the Naugatuck road was returned to the owner, Attorney Sweeny of Naugatuck, this afternoon.
 Some vicious person shot Dr O'Hara's dog "Beppo" last evening, the ball enter ing over the shoulder. The doctor would be pleased to know who the marksman was.
 F. J. Kingsbury of this city has been drawn as juror to serve upon the cases assigned for trial before the United States district court which opened in Hartford yesterday.
 City Editor w. H. Goldsmith of the Hartford Times spent few hours in this city yesterday on his return from Ansonia, where he went to inspect the workings of the electric street railroad.
 On the occasion of the installation of the new Court of Foresters, the Courts Wolf Tone and Hancock and Washington Con- clave will march in procession to the depot to meet tho district officers.
 The selectmen are having measuring rod made to find out the true depth of the quicksand or mud at Tamarack swamp, where the roadway has been disappearing lately. It is thought there is about sixty feet of swamp mud at this place.
 A Bethlehem farmers team started on a runaway down West Main street this morn ing, creating considerable excitement, but after running to the West Main street bridge the horse was stopped without doing any damage.
 A meeting of the Meriden & Cromwell railroad stockholders will be held at the opera house, Meriden, tomorrow at one o'clock, and of the Meriden Sc Waterbury road at 2 o'clock. A joint meeting to take action on the proposed consolidation of the roads will take place afterwards
 Mrs Julia Wagner, wife of John Wagner, foreman of the Waterbury Lumber and Coal company, died after lingering ill ness at her residence, IS Mill street this morning. Her funera, will take place from her late residence to the church of the I'm maculate Conception at 9:3O Friday morning.
 The annual meeting of the State Medical society will be held in the councilmen's chamber at city hall. New Hav en, to-day Matters of importance will be discussed. Agents for various medical and surgical appliances were busy all day yesterday pre- pairing samples of their wares for the in spection of the doctors to-day.
 The opera "Fantine" will be produced by the Amphion club for the first time this evening at Bristol. Last evening a stage rehearsal with full orchestra was had at the opera house and everything prom ises a large measure of success. Quite 8 number of the Waterbury friends of the club will attend the production at Bristol.
 Property owners living on the top of Hill street complain that they should not be assessed for the improvement going on at the lower end of the street as they claim the improvement is all for the ben eft of one party. They also claim it is rather a damage to them, as they are forced to get their coal one-half ton at 6 time.
 c. B. Webster was elected permanent chairman, and A. McKinlay recording sec retary of tho Waterbury Democratic club at a meeting last evening. It was voted to in the hands of the following committee: c. B. Webster, R. K. Brown, Thomas H. Hayes, w. D. Carter and F. J. Rametti. The next meeting of the club will be held Friday evening, June l. at o'clock.
 Last evening two young men, under the influence of liquor, drove rather recklessly out East Main street. Near the pin factory they attempted to pass between wood wagon and horse car which was coming from the opposite direction. Everyone expected to see smashup, but by the presence of mind of John Corbett, the car driver, the accident was averted. He threw the horses to one side of the track and put down his brake, succeeding al though the car was going fast and down grade, in stopping it within a few inches of the carriage.
 This morning as Dr NJ. J. Donahue was driving one of iveryman Flynn's teams he attempted to turn at the corner of East Main and Spring streets, but wheeled too sharply, the carriage being overturned and the doctor thrown out on the pavement. The horse dashed down Spring street col Hiding with a number of posts, and smash ing large plate glass window in Curleys hardware store. At Woods blacksmith shop Frank Shepard succeeded in captur- ing the animal, but not before it had made kindling wood of the carriage and badly lacerated it's legs. Dr Donahue escaped with a few slight bruises.
 Hardly day passes but some one calls