Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-28
CITY AND SUBURBS.

Attorney Sullivan, of Windsor LOCKS, was in town to-day.
 The family of w. E. Walcott have gone to Rochester, Vt, to spend the summer.
 The Sons of Veterans will give their annual picnic at the ball grounds July 21. Company G's third and fourth class rife practice was postponed to-day on account of rain.
 Court Hancock, A. O. F., will hold their quarterly meeting for the election of officers this evening.
 The stockholders of the Pearl Lake Manufacturing company are holding meeting at Pearl Lake to-day.
 The new lodge of the K. of P. will meet tonight at American hotel to arrange further for hall accommodations.
 John H. Mccormack, of Danbury, has purchased the blacksmith shop owned by Laffantine and Dornetto on Grand street.
 The Waterbury gun club spent yester- day afternoon and evening until dark practicing at their range at Valley View park.
 James E. Russell and Charles J. Griggs, who were admitted to the bar at New Haven yesterday, returned to this city this morning.
 Wadhams' Post, G. A. R., will meet to- night and perfect arrangements for at tending the twenty fifth anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg.
 North Main street residents are clubbing together for the purpose of procuring fire works for an extensive pyrotechnic display on the evening of the fourth.
 The Waterbury base ball clubs picnic at the ball grounds was we'll attended last night and the boys realized handsome sum from their first attempt.
 J. J. Malarkey, agent of the Paris com pany which is furnishing the cathedral glass windows for the Sacred Heart church, was in town to-day measuring the castings for the glass; k
 The Hon James Gallagher, of New Haven, attended the graduating exercises at the convent last evening, his niece, Miss Louise Gallagher, being member of the graduating class.
 The funeral of Mrs Catherine Hearney, was largely attended from her late resi- dence on Dublin street to the church of the Sacred Heart this morning, where a requiem mass was said by the Father Treanor.
 Eureka Chapter, R. A. M., met at their hall last evening and conferred the Royal Arch degrees. The regular meeting was followed by collation., which was par taken of by about twenty-five visiting members.
 The Consolidated road have issued special excursion tickets from this city to the Bridgeport celebration, July 4. Tickets are good for July 3 and, and return on any train July 5. The fare for the round trip is $1.2O.
 The Silver drum corps have been en- gagged to play for the Hibernians, of Bridgeport. at their annual parade on the 4th. The corps is pronounced to be one of the best in the state, and with their handsome uniforms are quite an acquisi- tion to any parade.
 Several Italian laborers employed by Contractor Cram on the new road called upon Attorney Donahue this afternoon and said that MT Cram had discharged them and refused to give them their weeks pay. MT Cram was notified and satisfactory settlement was made.
 Court Fruitful Vine, A. O. F., last night elected the following officers for the en- suing term: Chief ranger, James Whiting; sub chief ranger, George Turner; vice. secretary, Hugh Feeley; senior woodward, Robert Grierson; junior woodward, Alfred Cleland; senior beadle, Bernard McGowan; junior beadle, Jean Santran; junior past chief ranger, Peter Murphy.
 The railroad commissioners have ex- pressed themselves as satisfied with the Meriden and Waterbury railroad and will send their written acceptance of the road to the company in a day or two. The work on the schedule of trains and rates is progressing rapidly and will be issued sometime next week. The road is in ex- cellent condition and the telegraph wires are nearly completed.
 o+ yesterday afternoon and accepted the lay out of Denny street as proposed by the engineer and instructed the district at torney to take such action as may be neces- sary to secure the city's interest. Rev Father Fones application for 8 new grade at the corner of Clay and South Main street was reported favorably on. The city clerk was instructed to report to the board all orders for new work passed by the common council since January 1, 1888, also all orders unfinished to that date The street inspector was instructed to sweep Bank street with the horse sweeper between 1( D. m. and o. m, and Commissioners Goodwin and Coughlin were appointed 2 committee to obtain pair of the fire de- partment horses for that purpose.
 Postmaster General Dickinson, in an nouncing to rostmasters the approval by the presider of he act of congress rela tive to wri ne on the outside of enve lopes or W. pp 3, states that such matte' will be trea., : precisely as obscene matte is treated under the provisions of Sectio1 380, postal laws and regulations. Any pos tai card. or any other matter upon the en velope or outside cover of which reflect injuriously upon the person addressed, O. any one else, or upon his character or con duct, or is plainly calculated or intended to injure the feelings or reputation, o bring him into discredit, or which threat ems him, will be excluded. Anything il the nature of an offensive or threatening dun apparent upon an envelope, outsid cover or postal card. o, conveying the sug gestion that such dun is inclosed, will b excluded as non mailable under this act
 The police office presented much of tn appearance of a junk shop last night. Ther were there perhaps five hundred pounds o copper and brass which were confscated a William Schlater's den in Jackson street Yesterday Officer Dodds visited Schlater' house for the purpose of looking over hi stock, on general principles. He was no surprised to find large quantity in ingot just as it is shipped here to the factories n-1 n r,rohor of 1roco oootiprs oil o