Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-05-04
CITY AND SUBURBS.

CITY AND SUBURBS.
 The board of health met this morning and approved the regular monthly bills.
 The funeral of Mrs John Dayton took place from her late residence on Bucks Hill at 2p. m. to-day.
 The police and street department will be paid off tomorrow but the other bills will not be paid until Monday.
 The members of Nosahogan lodge would be thankful for any articles contributed to their coming fair and festival
 The Meriden and Waterbury railroad track is now completed to the yards of the Scovill manufacturing company.
 The New Haven jail expenses for April were $1 ,933.29. There are now 259 prison CTS at the institution, 226 men 33 women.
 Real Estate Agent Tierney to-day sold four building lots for Mrs Winnie Steele to Luther w. Cummings on Highland avenue.
 The pavilion, seats and buildings at High Rock grove are being repainted and repaired under the direction of s. M. Burns.
 The Rev. Fathers Walsh, Curtin and O'Donnell of this city and Lancaster of Watertown attended conference in Hart ford yesterday.
 Dr. Rust, of Meriden, recently patented new detective camera device, which he sold to the Scoville Manufacturing Com pany of this city.
 One of the lockout New Haven Union printers is quoted as saying that a petition censuring Collector Troup will be sent to President Cleveland
 ID l. 4oI tation to be present at the centennial of the Hartford Horse guard which takes place Tuesday evening, May 8:
 The up trains on the Naugatuck division do not meet with any delay now as the block signals at the junction are working nicely and give great satisfaction
 The adjourned hearing at the connection of the Meriden and Waterbury road, with the Consolidated road at Meriden took place before the Railroad Commissioners at Hartford, this afternoon.
 A number of young boys were charged in the police court this morning with play ing ball in an open lot on Cook street last Sunday. The court gave them lecture upon the violation of the law and dis charged them.
 J. H. Hart appeared before the board of finance last evening to settle for the tax list of 1886, and the board instructed the city treasury to settle upon the payment by the collector of the face value of the un- collected tax
 Mayor Boughton left on the 1O:34 train this morning for Washington, D. O., to look after the interest of public building for this city, He is confident when he returns he will have the $150.OO0 in his inside pocket.
 ,f 41no Knights of Columbus, has received com munication from Catholic society in Sag Harbor, Long Island, petitioning for per mission to form council in that place. Mir Cowell will go there very soon and in stitute the council.
 The down trains on the Naugatuck road are obliged to slow up just outside the city every day to accommodate some cows that stray from adjoining lot on to the track The owner of those cows will find some day that the engine will decrease his stock unless he furnishes suitable fence to inclose his lot.
 Gen. S. w. Kellogg, who has been in Washington during the past week looking after the public building returned home last night To reporter he said last night, it is certain that we will get that building but it may be some four or five weeks be- fore the appropriation is granted The House has appointed two days in June in which to look over the matter of public buildings and the matter will be settled It has been reported favorably in both Houses, and am sure we will get it.
 The Connecticut delegates to the nation al convention of the A. O. H., to be held in Louisville, Ky, May 8, will leave New Cunningham, State Treasurer, and As sessor Thomas K. Dunn, the New Haven county delegate. The others are John P. Murphy of Norwich, State dele gate; P. J. O'Coanorof Norwich, State treasurer H. J. Saunders of Norwich the New London county delegate; Thomas Butler of Hartford, representing Hartford county, and Gel. P. H. Smith of Hartford. An effort will be made to have the next National convention held at Hartford
 The matter of the forfeiture of money by contractors who built Citizens engine house came up before the board of fire commissioners last even ing. The city attorneys opinion had been asked for and was given. He held that the Tracey Brothers would not be liable to forfeiture as their work was not to be com menced until after the completion of the back work, and the back work was not completed until after the date set for the completion of the building Regarding the claim of Patrick Thompson who did the back work, the city attorney thought there might be extenuating circumstances which the board might consider. The for feiture amounts to $30750 and when the matter came to a vote the mayor and Com missioners Kelly and Vail voted in accord ance with the opinion of the city attorney and Commissioner Roberts and Kelly against it.
 DOWN AN BEREAVEMENT. A New Eneland Gravel Train Thrown