Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-08-22
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CITY AND SUBURBS.

The improved fire escapes for the new Parochial building on East Main street, ar rived this morning.
 Eight we'll filled cars left the Naugatuck station at o'clock this morning carrying the excursionists to Seaside park.
 The managers of the Watertown fair offer barrel of flour as n prize to the couple who will consent to be married upon the fair grounds.
 The police are looking for three boys who are believed to be the parties who burglarized P. w. Connor's store on Stone street, Monday night.
 John B. Mullings having recently pur- chased Il handsome team of bays is now having first class barn built ill the rear of his residence on Central avenue.
 The hearing on the appointment of a trustee on the estate of Mrs A. C. Burritt has been postponed in order to allow the attorneys to come to some agreement.
 The excursion of the Rogers X Brothers Benevolent association to Laurel grove, September 6, promises to be a success. Tickets can be procured from members of the association.
 The case of the heirs of Thomas Martin vs Charles Lounsbury was tried before Judge Cowell this morning. It is claim to recover horse worth $225, which sum Lounsbury claims to have paid, and note for $90 with interest, in all amounting to about $40O.
 Shelvey brothers and r. F. Cummings, specialists, will be among the attractions at the concert and festival of the Third di- vision, A. O. H., at City hall this evening" The entertainment will be repeated to- morrow evening with several new features. The committee promises pleasant time to all who attend.
 Morris Lyons who was taken in charge by the town officials few days ago while suffering from insanity, was taken to-day to the Middletown insane asylum. Lyons has exhibited symptoms of insanity for several years back, and hrs been confined twice, but discharged on physicians certificate.
 The Red Men had a very poor day for their excursion down the Connecticut river yesterday, the rain pouring down i'll torrents. It was proposed to postpone it at first and a great many ticket holders did not go to the depot, relying on the reading of the bills, and considerable dissatisfar- tion is expressed by those who were left
 washout of twenty feet was reported this morning on the East Mountain road but a few hours will suffice to remedy this Fortunately the washout is only on one
 
 was reported that there was a washout on the new Meriden tS Waterbury road but this is denied by the railroad officials.
 This morning about 10 o'clock an inkv black cloud passed over the southwest portion of the city. The cloud was ringed and had the appearance of a whirling mass of black vapor. Frequent flashes of lightning were seen playing about it and the phenomenon attracted general atten- tion, being we'll defined against the blue and white of the sky that it was noticed by almost every one.
 George Chandler who was missing from his home on Silver street yesterday, and who was supposed to have committed sui eide, turned up at his brothers house in Southington at : o'clock last night. He had evidently gone all the way through the woods and swamps, for his clothes were ragged and covered with mud He was brought to Waterbury this morning and is now suffering from nervous pros. tration.
 A movement is on foot among the butch CTS of the city to go over to Waterbury August 30 and help out the butchers over there with their great barbecue. w. T. SimOns, who is an eN-butcher, is at the head of the movement and is meeting with hearty cooperation from the meat carvers A meeting is to be held in a few days and the matter decided. If the proposition meets with favor all the markets will close on the afternoon of that day, a special train on the NJ, w. X c. R. road be chartered and all the butchers go over and help those at the other end of the line to whoop'er up.-Meriden Journal.
 At the meeting of the board of educa- tion last evening it was voted to change the grade of the Porter street school, raising 1t above the grade of the Bank street building. A recommendation to the district committee to increase the sal ary of Assistant Hovey from $1 ,000 to l,2jO year was passed; also 10 raise the salary of Miss Ernesty, the German teach CT, SOU. The matter of appointing new teachers to the vacant rooms was indefinite ly postponed, as it is not known how many rooms will be left vacant by the opening of the new parochial school.
 The turner's of the state who are attend ing the 11th annual fest in Holyoke are distinguishing themselves. Monday soci- cities from this city, Holyoke, New Haven, Hartford, Bridgeport and Meriden entered into callsthenlc contests, consisting of put ting the shot, vaulting, high and long jumping, swimming fencing, dumb bell lifting, running and other sports. The at tendance was very large. The decisions in all the contests will not be made known until tomorrow night, when the prizes will be awarded. The prize for society contests lies between Hartford and Holyoke societies.
 Attorneys Root and ONeill have been for the last three days taking the deposition of Superintendent White of the New Eng land road in the cases brought against them by thirty snow shovelers who are suing them for their pay and also for breach of contract in bringing them from home and not returning them. Mir White deposes: First, that Road Agent Sheehan had no right to hire the men second, that if he did hire them he had no authority to fix wages, and third, that the men broke the contract themselves, first, in refusing to work at Danbury unless they got double pay. The case will be tried in the supreme court on it's merits
 Word was received by Superintendent Beach from Bridgeport last night that about 25O people for the Naugatuck Valley were on the steamer Rosedale and that it would be impossible for them to. reach Bridgeport in time to catch Conductor Tolles' 7:35 train, and asking that some