Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-07-05
CITY AND SUBURBS.

 The district committee met last evening | but adjourned to tonight. Interest on the City hall bonds is now due. About 5000 will be reduced this l season, Three years old Thomas Cass of Orange l street had one eye badly burned with pow der yesterday. There were only four drunks at the police court this morning. Two were al | lowed to go, one was fined 50, and the fourth S1 and costs. The Rose Hill Social clnb had very pleasant time and made grand success of their nineteenth annual picnic at the ball grounds Tuesday evening. Willie Begley, 15 year old boy of Stone street, was badly burned about the face by the premature discharge of a cannon yes terday. Dr Donahue was called and dressed the wounds. A twelve-year-old lad named Rourke called at Dr O'Hara's office yesterday to have his hand dressed. It was badly torn by the premature explosion of q cannon cracker. Complaints have been entered to the health authorities of closet in the rear of the blacksmith shops on Jefferson street. The closet is used by tramps who have broken dozen locks of the door.
 Yesterday was a very busy day for ticket agent Sackett. at the Naugatuck station, dealing out tickets to the crowds who were going away. One thousand three hundred and forty-four tickets were sold for Bridge port, and 1888 for High Rock grove
 T. J. Farrell, Charles Brewer, John Mason, F. G. Humphrey and T. J. Living ston, of Townsend lodge, 1. o. O. F., went to New Haven yesterday and completed all the arrangements for excursion to Glen Island, July21,
 A half intoxicated Frenchman, who was about to leave on the Danbury train, got into wrangle with William Peters at the New England depot this noon and draw ing self-cocking bulldog revolver showed it before Peters face. He was disarmed and arrested.
 Tracy Brothers, carpenters, and Chat field X Chatfeld, masons, have the con tracts to erect the new buildings for the Hill side School corporation, at the corner of Hillside and Central avenues It will be three story and basement frame building and will cost S12,000.
 About 8 o'clock yesterday morning some persons entered the Congregational church and high school building at Naugatuck, awaking the good residents of the rubber town by ringing the church and school bells. They then visited the numerous places of business and tore down all the signs they could reach.
 Some of the workmen on the Gaffney property on Bank street attempted to fill in a closet vault with sand but succeeded only in overtiowing the contents into the yard whereabouts. The matter was re- ported to the health inspector who caught the men trying to hide the blunder. He ordered the services of the New England Disinfsctant company and remained unti his orders were carried out too.
 Policeman John Sullivan called at tho police station at 1 a. m. this morning tC have his eye sewed up. He was on dut. on Washington street last night and at tempting to stop fight, one of the con testants, Fatty" Bowen, resisted ant John downed him. Bowen threw hi arms about the officers neck and drawing his head down bit him, cutting through tn, flesh on the eyebrow. Dr O'Hara dressed the wounds
 David Delaney, aged p, of Scovil street was brought to the police station il an insane condition last night. Davit has shown signs of insanity for some time but last night his delusions became stron! and his actions violent that he could not be controlled. While in the polic station he stripped his clothes off ant made fierce resistance when he was be ing brought to the town house in the af ternoon.
 Everyone who visited Bridgeport yes terday complained of the miserable horse car accommodations. Notwithstandin! the fact that there were over 5O, 900 people at the park, the single, bobtail horsecar ran but once i'll ten or fifteen minutes while when the crowd was breaking up a the end, but two cars were ran. It is very poor picnic at the Waterbury bas, ball grounds, when Superintendent Brad ley will not have six cars waiting for tn crowd.
 Dr Pitkin, stopped O fight ill front of hi office Tuesday night i'll rather unique bu effective manner. The doctor in hi window and his attentionwas drawn by lout talk under the window A portly individua of perhaps 300 pounds and slimly bull fellow both we'll wetted were just squarin. off at each otherwhen the doctor saw them Hastily lighting cannon cracker h. dropped 1t between them. It exploded with terrific noise and so startled tn, two that they took opposite direction without looking back.
 The following is the registrars mortalit report for the month of June 1SSS Tota number of deaths 33: Causes of death scarlet fever ,, diptheria and membranou cEbap ,, typhoid fever l, diarrhoel dis ceases under five years f, cancer ,, phthsi ,, apoplexy 2, old age ,, heart disease pneumonia and congestion of lungs Bright's disease and nephritis 1, softenin of brain 1, all other causes 1, accident an violence B. total 30: number of deaths, Jnn 1887, 51; annual death rate per 1000, 1. Still births 3; Deaths by wards, first { second t, third II, fourth 15.
 A New York lady whose name coul not be learned, arrived in this city Tue. day evening and told baggagemaste Thompson of the Naugatuck station ths her pocketbook, containing $110 and tw trunk checks had been taken from he pocket. The lady came to spend the sun mer with friends in this city. She sai she noticed someone give her sudde pull at the Grand Central depot, but di not miss the pocketbook until she arrive at Bridgeport, as she held her railroa ticket in her hand. Superintendent Beac turned oyer her baggage to the lady