Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-06
CITY AND SUBURBS.

pIOFeu tue Suldi uOlCuly DlllS, alu dl- thOrlZed a loan of S60OO.
 There are 24O men and 21 women at the New Haven county jail The bills for March amounted to S2, 393. OS.
 Thirty candidates were put through the various degrees at the regular meeting of Tunix tribe of Red Men last evening.
 The Amphion orchestra will furnish mu- sic and l. Uffendale will prompt at the fifth annual sociable of the Big Seven club at Union armory this evening.
 The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Riverside cemetery convention will be held at the office of N. J. Welton in Baldwins block at 7.30 o'clock this even- ing.
 The ladies of the Concordia Singing so- ciety have beautiful crazy quilt on exhi- bition in the window of W. F. York's store It will be drawn at their fair next week.
 Townsend lodge, l. o. o. F., gave a very pleasant sociable at Odd Fellows hall last evening, and large party was pres ent. Previous to dancing the lodge or chestra gave concert.
 The Juvenile Temples entertainment at Bronson's hall last evening was largely at tended, and an interesting programme, comprising recitations, songs and dia- logues, rendered. Refreshments were served during the evening.
 New Haven people want to know why they have to pay S7.5O a ton for coal while in Bridgeport it can be had for S6. 30. East of New Haven coal can be had for S6 de- ivered, and $5.5O on the wharf Coal here is S7.5O. Waterbury pays the freight.
 The thunder storm last night did no damage in this vicinity except to shatter a al a1,h ha as far as can be ascertained to-day In Danbury it created such a disturbance among the electric light wires as to inter- rupt the working of the system.
 The exhibition of gold and silver mount ed models of steamers, locomotives and mechanical figures is open at Music hall from 1 to p. m., and from 7 to 1O3O D.. m. It will close tomorrow night, and every one should see the miniature electric light plant.
 The tea given last evening at the resi- dence of Mrs. Alonzo Granniss, No. 57 Prospect street, by the ladies of Trinity parish largely attended. From the supper and sale of fancy articles $6O was realized, and before the party dispersed it was presented to the rectors wife, Mrs. K w. MicOu.
 The storm interfered somewhat with the attendance at the Young Peoples enter tainment at the M. k. church parlors last evening, and in consequence the entire programme was not carried out. There were, however, number of recitations and songs and selections on the piano, and the small party present had very pleas ant time.
 The house canvassers for Price, Lee & Co.'S Waterbury directory commenced their labors in this city yesterday. In conversation with reporter one of them said that the city should take steps toward renumbering the houses. He said that no other city i'll Connecticut was in such a deplorable state as Waterbury. They will occupy about three weeks.
 The city reservoirs are all full, and the city will have water supply of nearly 100000, ,00O gallons divided as follows Main reservoir, 100, ,00O,0 ,0OO Prospect reservoir, 67, 7,OOO, ,OO0 Cooke street, reser- voir, 1O,OO0,O00; distributing reservoir, 5000, ,O00, ,O00 The consumption daily is not far from 1000, 1000, GOO gallons, an in crease of nearly 50 per cent. in five years.
 On Tuesday next at D. m. there will be a hearing by the railroad commissioners ill Cromwell with reference to allowing the Meriden and Cromwell road to build a siding about ,500 feet long to the quarries so that the railroad company can get out 800 or 400 car loads of stone to be used by the contractor who is at work at the Water bury end of the Meriden and Waterbury road.
 The case of Amasa H. Shell ct al. of New York against T. J. Jackson ct al. of this city, an action of foreclosure to re- cover debt of $530. 13 was heard in the district court to day, and the law days filed follows For Sumner & Cooper of Pennsylvania, first Tuesday in May; Simon Strouse of New York, first Thurs day in May; E. :. Clark of Hartford, first Friday in May; T. J. Jackson of this city, first Tuesday in June.
 The third installment of new passenger coaches for the Consolidated road, arrived from Dayton, Ohio Tuesday. It consisted of fourteen cars in all-eleven passengers and three smokers. These cars are of the latest pattern, and those already in use give good satisfaction. The entire order to be filled is fifty cars, and they are all needed for immediate use. The company's car shops are unable to do any more than attend to the necessary repairing to be done.
 Edward Hoyle, Joseph McCann, James Gordon, Michael Fitzgerald and Jerry O'Donnell, well known youths, who have records for various offenses, were prison CTS at the police court this morning. They were charged with stealing clothes, carpets and other articles that they happened to find in the railways of house on the Alb ri sador The court discharged Hoyle and McCann, but imposed fine of S7 and costs and 30 days in jail on the other boys. James Lynch, who attempted to fill his pockets with napkins at Smiths hotel yes terday afternoon, was fined S7 and costs and given 30 days in jail.
 Miss Cora Tanner, who appears at the opera house this evening as the heroine in Alone in London" is 26 years old. Al the age of 14 years she was engaged in the stock at McVicker's theatre, Chicago, and the legend runneth that at the expiration of her first season she had advanced SC rapidly that Colonel Sim engaged her as leading lady of his Park theatre, Brooklyn From that position she advanced to the support of the Rankins when they pro- duced the ' Danites," Cora Tanner being the original z widow" of the play, in Lon don. On her return to this country she appeared as the star in ..'Odette," and finally was married to Colonel Sim.