Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-18
CITY AND SUBURBS.

Watertown took place at p. m to-day.
 The Waterbury Horse association are having their annual trot at Watertown to- day.
 James O'Neill in Monte Cristo is booked for the opera house on the evening of October 26.
 The county commissioners yesterday re- voked the license of Michael Higgins of Baldwin street.
 John F. Walsh has accepted position as reporter on the New Haven Union and will leave for his new place Monday
 On account of the recent depredations in Prospect, William B. Pratt has been ap- pointed deputy constable without pay.
 Paul Wolff, the Washington corre- spondent of the Staats Zeitung, is in town on political business connected with his paper.
 The registrars of voters will sit to-mor- row for the purpose of making any changes in the addresses of those who are to be made voters.
 Patrick O'Rourke of this city, who lost his left arm in railroad accident in West Virginia some three months ago, returned home last evening.
 The short term civil side of the superior court opens the last Tuesday in October. The regular term, criminal side, will prob ably open the day after election.
 The Hon Albert H. Walker of Hartford and the Hon James P. Pigott of New Haven will address the democrats of Naugatuck next Monday evening.
 If John Downey and John Downey, Jr., late Of Stamford, Conn.,, will call on D. J. Casey No 20 East Main street, they will hear of something to their advantage.
 The American band of New Haven and nJYffx Hall fS nu1a ha American and Quintard X Merriam's be- fore their departure for New Haven yester- day.
 A handsome piano was delivered to the pastoral residence of the church of the Immaculate Conception this morning as present to the coming fair which will open November 5.
 Brouthers says that if he is to be sold, he hopes that it will be to a club in some big city, where big crowds attend the games; that he is tired of playing in places the size of Buffalo and Detroit.
 There is as yet nothing new as the out come of the recent town meeting. John O'Neil, attorney for James Sutton, is pre- pairing papers in the case, which will be served upon the selectmen next week.
 The autumn meeting of the Naugatuck Valley conference of Congregational churches was held in Woodbury yester- day. The Rev J. G. Davenport of this city read a paper on ''Felllowship in Dis cipline."
 The New York and New England rail road offers a reward of $250 for evidences leading to the detection of the party or parties who recently sent out boycotting circulars asking citizens not to patronize that railroad.
 Edward Barrett and Miss Laura Moore were married with Q nuptial mass at the church of the Immaculate Conception by the Rev Father Mulcahy at s o'clock this morning. The best couple were Thomas Barrett and Miss Mary Donahue.
 R. s. Reaves of Phelps City, Mo-, is looking for relatives of his wife, who died two months after her marriage, and of whose family he knows only that her grandfather lives in Brooklyn, and that her father, stepmother and little sister Essie live ill Connecticut.
 Miss Mary Anderson, eldest daughter of Dr Anderson of this city, and Dr Carl Munger, son Of Dr Munger of Watertown, will be married at the First Congregational church at 6 p. Ill. to-day. A reception will follow the ceremony at the residence of the brides parents on Leavenworth street
 P. E. Holly, artist and penman teacher, shows some fine specimens of his work at his parlor, 131 Bank street. Some of his pupils show marked improvement after three lessons He teaches good business hand ill sixteen lessons. Those who desire to improve their writing should call and see him.
 Yesterday a man called upon several of the residents of Maple street and asked them to show him the deeds of their prop. erty, claiming that he was authorized to examine them. Several of them allowed n fa1l ic doubtedly an impostor and has no author lty to examine any such papers.
 Says the Hartford Courant: Calling by number instead of by name comes hard to many telephone subscribers. One citizen who evidently had his thoughts centered on the opera house yesterday asked for '"-20-S." The once famous "4-11- A" has become so familiar to central now that she punishes the offender by ringing the bell in his ear.
 The harvest home festival of the A. NJ. k. Zion church closes tonight. The fol- lowing prizes have been awarded to the best canvassers: Gents watch, Minnie Day; lady's watch, James Bright j; lady's necklace, Mrs Emma Fitch lady's earrings, John w. Dorsey. A special at traction next Sunday will be the singing of Miss Johnson at the evening song service.
 Policeman J. w. Grant of the New Haven steamboat squad brought two boys named Colbert and Collier to the Reform school this morning. They escaped Monday afternoon while out chestnutting and were captured in an empty freight car in New Haven last night by Policeman Grant. Collier is from New Haven and Colbert from Waterbury. After their escape they walked-to Fair Haven where some of Golfers friends provided him with suit of clothes. Meriden Journal
 The funeral of Charles w. Altman was largely attended from the residence of his mother on Pleasant street to the church of the Immaculate Conception yesterday. There were fort1 offerings from the teach CTS and pupils of Ridge and Washington street schools, of which the deceased was at one time pupil. The pallbearers, playmates of the deceased, were: Martin Crane, William Lynch, William Flaherty,