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

Francis Davis of the Shelton Advertiser was in town yesterday visiting.
 The Rev R. w. Micou assisted the Rev E. c. Gardiner at Naugatuck yesterday.
 The schooner Richard Low. with 200 tons of paving stones for this city, arrived at Bridgeport yesterday.
 C.R Miller, has issued the Naugatuck guide for May in new and enlarged form. The time tables are a valuable reference.
 Supt Thos Hylan of the Stamford divis- ion of the Southern New England Tele- phone company, spent yesterday in town. The cases of John Durkin vs Duheim & Shaughnessy and Edward Strom vs Duncan J. Dow, have been set down for trial in the district court tomorrow.
 The annual meeting of the grand lodge of Odd Fellows of Connecticut will be held in New London May 16. The last annual meeting was held in this city.
 The case of Altman vs Boyle, involving the title of the land south of the Beecher property, corner of Baldwin and River streets, will be tried Wednesday.
 The board of water commissioners will meet at 7:30 this evening to act on the rec ommendation of the purchase of the White & Wells water privilege at Quassapaug.
 The board of fire commissioners will hold an adjourned meeting at 7:3O, the water commissioners at 7:30 and the court of common council at o'clock this evening. The number of dogs registered so far this month does not equal the number for this time last year. Unless the law is quickly complied with by dog owners a number of arrests will be made.
 c. J. Birkenmayer, Chas Belden, w. F. Moses and H. J. Filley of the Waterbury Pedestrian club, rode to Beacon Falls yes terday afternoon and walked back, making the initial trip of the year.
 A special newspaper train, carrying the New York Press, came over the Derby road yesterday, where connections were made in Ansonia with the regular newspaper train, arriving in this city at $40 a. m.
 There was procession of the Sodality of the Children of Mary and the Angels Society at Vespers at the church of the Sacred Heart last evening. A reception of the Children of Mary will be held in St Patrick's church the last Sunday in May. On next Friday evening the Concordia society will give supper and sociable at their hall for the benefit of the ladies and gentlemen who took an active part in the recent fair. The society orchestra will fur nish music and Uffendale will prompt.
 Colonel Leaveworth, Major Lee and Ad- jutant Welles of the Second regiment, C. N. G., will be present at the union soci- able given by companies G and A at the armory May IF. The dancing will be pre- ceded by the last battalion drill of the season.
 It will be pleasing news to the Catholic portion of the community to learn that the Mime St Zepharine, whose dangerous illness was announced in all the Catholic churches yesterday, is not Mme St zeph- arine, formerly teacher of music at the Convent de Notre Dame. The lady in question was former teacher of Mime St Stanislaus. ;.
 Grand Knight, John F. Rossidy, of Bar celona council is dangerously ill at his home on Meadow street from lead poison ing MT Bossidy is foreman of the electric wire insulating room at the Benedict X Burnham manufacturing company, and is obliged to handle great deal of white lead His father was sent for and arrived from Lee, Mass, Saturday night.
 Mayor Boughton. returned from his tril to Washington on the 11:17 train to-day He reports that the chances for securing the appropriation are very bright May 15 is the day upon which the matter will com up for further consideration and the ap propriation will undoubtedly be granted He says the report that the appropriation has been reduced from $150, 900 to $100, ,00 is true.
 Fire was discovered in James E. Barry pie bakery corner Baldwin and Liberi, streets at 8:30 last night, the flames having started from the oven, which was built ol wooden instead of a stone foundation Rose Hill hose company responded to s'silent alarm" and succeeded in extin gushing the flames with but little loss The bakery was opened but two weeks ago The fire will not interfere with the business
 Col George M. White, the assistant ad jutant general, has nearly completed tn work upon which he has spent the las three years or more, the catalogue of Con necticut volunteers. The book will proba bly be ready for publication by June 1. I contains 55, 1000 names alone of soldiers il the last war. The work of Col White ha been very expressing and exacting, requi1 ing much research among the archives a Washington.
 Although plans for a new plant for tn Novelty manufacturing company on thei new grounds near the horse car stables ar finished, since the decision of the railroa commissioners concerning the consolidate crossing of Wes5 Main street, the Novelt company have decided not to build, an will dispose of the lot It is probable tha the plant occupied by them at present O North Elm street will be purchased fror the Robinson estate.
 At the regular meeting of Carrollto council, K. of o., yesterday afternoon officers were elected for the coming year g follows: Grand knight, John A. Morar deputy grand knight, John T. Boyla1 financial secretary, Thomas F. Jackson recording secretary, Eugene Mccarthy chancellor, T. w. Fitzmaurice; warde1 Hubert Reed; judge advocate, Dennis M Grath, lecturer, Robert McGrath; insid guard, J. McElligott; outside guard, M. . Jordan.
 Sheriden council, K. of G., at their reg, lar meeting yesterday elected officers fe the ensuing year as follows: J. J. M Donald, grand knight; B. F. Reed, deput grand night; A. J. Wolf, chancellor; Pete Murphy, recording secretary; J. A. Hyne financial secretary; Matthew Kenned. treasurer; Miles McNiff, advocate; Tho Conlon, lecturer; J. H. Freney, wardel T. E. Connolly, inside guard; Rev F Treanor, chaplain. Election of outsic guard, physician and board of trustees W, postponed until the next meeting of u council.
 According to the Middletown weath o,,l