Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-05-07

Collector Louis Meyer reports the m1H- tary tax coming very slowly.
 Washington Conclave, K. s. F., will hold meeting this evening to revise their bylaws.
 Barcelona council, K. of o., will hold meeting for the election of officers for the coming year this evening.
 Miss Jennie McPhelemy of Danbury, is visiting with Miss Mamie Guilfoile, and Mrs James Curley of this city. Mat Cavanaugh of Union street was again in the tolls of the police to-day, this time for stealing his brothers clothes. The G. A. R. have engaged Jacques opera house for the memorial exercises to be held on Wednesday afternoon, May 3O Lieutenant J. w. Roberts will muster 1 in the newly elected officers of Waterbury Canton, l. o. o. F., Wednesday evening
 The funeral of John c. Watkins, who died of consumption Saturday, was at tended from his late residence on Cossett street to-day.
 | At the meeting of the common council this evening there will probably be a sec ond report from the committee on new police station.
 l Miss Fitzgerald, who conducted a bazaar in this city several weeks ago, was arrested in Bridgeport Saturday night for non-pay- ment of bills.
 Lawrence Ruth is talking of shortly tearing down the wooden building corner 1 of Union and South Main streets and re- placing it by brick block. l The stranger who fell in 8 fit in front of the Apothecaries hall Saturday evening can recover a cuff and valuable cuff button by applying at the police station.
 James F. Pigott and James Reynolds of New Haven will address the democrats of this vicinity in the rooms of the Water bury Democratic club. IA East Main street.
 The funeral of Mrs Mary Pronovast, who died Saturday, was largely attended from her late residence on South Main street to St Ann's Catholic church at ? p. m. yes terday. 7
 The 12-years-old son of Frank Weeden, proprietor of the Franklin house, has.been dangerously i'll with what was feared would be an abscess in the groin. To-day he is somewhat better.
 The remains of Mrs Mary Potter, who died in Bristol Saturday, came down on the 12 o'clock train to-day and were taken in charge by Undertaken York, for inter- ment at Beacon Falls this afternoon.
 The Grand Chapter, R.. A. M., will meet at Hartford tomorrow. The delegates from Waterbury will be Wm E. Corr, Nathan Dikeman, J. B. Ebbs and R. k. Bird.
 At the reqnest of many of our readers we will tomorrow print the sermon dehv- cred by Rev Father Mulcahy, at the laying of the corner stone of the addition to the Church of the Sacred Heart at New Haven yesterday.
 Frederick H. Morrow, aged 35 years died at his residence on Hill street yester-
 day afternoon. The funeral services will be held at 9:15 tomorrow morning. The
 remains will be taken on the 10:54 train
 for interment in New Haven.
 At the special meeting of the fire conn
 missioners at 7:30 this evening it is ex-
 pected that City Attorney Terry will pre-
 sent draft of an ordinance relating to the building of brick additions to wooden
 buildings within the fire limits The Japanese Village troupe arrived in town yesterday and commenced fitting uI for their show Wednesday evening. A
 huge banner is strung across the street III front of the City hall, one of the Japs
 clim ping one of the trees across the street attracting large crowd by his display o1 monkey-like agility.
 :, The St Jean Baptiste society will hold g
 kind of jubilee parade Tuesday evening 1T , which all of the other French societies are invited to take part. The column will be
 headed by the French band and Sllve1 ", } Drum corps, and will parade through tht {. principal streets. The banner won by tht society in the recent contest at the French 7" fair will be carried.
 1 Charles W. Booth, died of Brights dis
 ease at the residence of his father William :, Booth, No 3S Maple street yesterday after n noon. MT Booth was very well known II
 this city at one time as member of Chat
 field guard and leading singer in th' 5 First Congregational caurch. He removed to New York some time ago but was compeli ed on account of sickness to return to this city. His funeral will take place at 3 p :. m. tomorrow afternoon.
 G. M. Jacobson proprietor of the Mem
 phis Oriental Ring company, doing busi
 ness on East Main street, is an intere stins :, gentleman. Although he has spent but year and half in this country he has
 wonderful knowledge of it's people ant . ? politics, and is an excellent English schol U ar. He is native of Constantinople ant | has wonderful knowledge of languages ;, being able to converse in Armenian, Turk U ish, Arabic, Persian, Modern Creek ant II II Syriac as we'll as English. = The Japanese Village, under the man # agement of MT G. B. Bunnell, will open o1
 Wednesday afternoon at the city hall ant
 remain open the rest of the week. Twent . Japanese workmen will be seen at work il | their native costumes. All kinds of in : [ dustries will be exemplifed, gold, silve . '! and silk embroiderers, bamboo scree1 U makers, wax workers, cabinet makers, etc 7 The only real Japanese baby born Ii U America will be seen in the village with it ' mother Kane and the other members of tn Il Il family. This little lady makes a grea Il many friends amongst the visitors. Sh
 was born in Philadelphia about twelv n months ago.
 ls Yesterday afternoon meeting of tn !. parishioners of St Anns French Catholi |: parish was held to discuss the matter c |: blying the property now occupied b v: Judge Lewis, corner of Dover and Sout Main street. The meeting was almos ?. unanimous in voting for the purchase an le it is probable the bargain will be close ]. tonight. The property is to be bougl
 with an eye to the future wants of tn parish which is growing fact. A parochi; - residence is needed and perhaps room fc 'i convent and school. The parish property ', if the proposed purchase is made, wi y extend from South Elm to Dover stree 1I havipr o do do,,th If C00 fact o,, 4Ia 1o++e