Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-08-07
CITY AND SUBURBS,

 travel.
 Fred Mason and wife of Elgin, Ill.,, are visiting in town.
 Miss Jennie Fitzpatrick of New Haven is visiting in town.
 The DEMOCRAT collector will start upon his regular trip among subscribers to- morrow.
 Several of the business houses have dis played mourning to-day out of respect for General Sheridan.
 The Naugatuck democrats will shortly swing Cleveland and Thurman banners ill both Naugatuck and Union City.
 Court Wolf Tone will hold special meeting this evening to elect delegate to the annual state convention of the order.
 The bond of Dennis Bowling, Patrick Bowling as surety, was called this morn ing on account of the non-appearance of the prisoner.
 Reginald D. E. F. Walker, son of Mir. and Mrs. H. H. Walker of 60 Grove street, died of diphtheria last night and was buried this morning.
 Charles Allerton, who was assaulted two weeks ago by three young men at kelly's livery stable, is able to converse intelligi- bly and is on the road to recovery.
 Two women living on Magner alley in dulged in a hair pulling match this after noon, and Officer Sullivan was obliged to bring one of them to the police station. .s Three heavy blasts of dynamite were touched off in the Washington street sewer trench at about s o'clock this morning and about 50 tons of the solid ledge removed
 The board of education will hold its last meeting before the opening of the schools tonight, and it is expected that several appointments of teachers will be made.
 L. I. Munson, s. P. Williams, H. F. Baker, c. A. Colley and Colonel Doherty will attend the reception to be rendered to J. G. Blaine on his arrival in New York.
 Prosecuting Agent Colley and Sheriff Futile are making another round of the saloons in search of ''side doors" An universal observance of the law was found.
 The pastors of all the Catholic churches in this city went to Hartford this morning to attend the annual conference with Bishop McMahon. The assistants will go Thursday.
 D. F. Webster, who some time ago was appointed conservator over August Bayer, has resigned and hearing on the appoint ment of another cOnseryatOr will be held tomorrow.
 The fare for the round trip from this city to Bridgeport to attend the Foresters' field day exercises is so cents children 55 cents. The special train will leave prompt ly at 7:30 a. Ill.
 Second Lieutenant Halpin of Company G and Second Lieutenant Moses of Company A will be examined by the Second regi ment examining board tomorrow at the adjutant-generals office ill Hartford.
 A two weeks mission, under the direc- tion of Fathers Himmel, Mcdonald ,Byrnes and McDonald, of the Society of Jesus, will open at the Church of the Immaculate Con ception on Sunday, August 2G.
 Councilman John Blair presided at the meeting of the board of councilmen last night in the absence of President Davis, who is away on his vacation This was the first meeting MT Davis has missed in a year.
 Robert Wolff, who fell under n horse car some months ago on Bank street and re. ceived injuries which it was thought would be fatal, is recovered enough to resume his work at the electric light station. He feels considerable soreness yet.
 Peter McKeon, residing on Bishop street and employed at the Waterbury manufac- turing company, lost the first joint of the middle finger of his right hand yesterday afternoon while occupied in stamping The accident was caused by one of the main straps giving way. Dr Hayes attend cd him.
 Tomorrow morning the excursion over the New England road to view the spec tacular exhibition of The Fall of Rome" will be given. Those who have seen Xii ralfys pyrotechnic exhibitions say they are without equal and no doubt the large crowd which will collect will be fully com pensated.
 Conrad Stahl, with one of the finest pairs of black eyes ithat ever graced the face of prisoner, was the only occu- pant of the prisoners box this morning. Sentence was suspended in the case of drunkenness against him, it being evident that he was more sinned against than sin ming.
 While Charles Nelson was returning from Shrub Oak last evening about ten o'clock, when opposite the empty lot cor her of Silver and East Main streets, he was struck on the cheek with stone and the blow was followed by fusilade of stones which rattled on the carriage and some of them striking the horse started him on a gallop for the center. MT Nelson could get but t1eeting glance of his assailants who he says were crowd of six or seven young men ranging from IS to A years of age. No cause for the assault can be given except that Nelson might have been mis- taken for some one else