Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-07-07
A pair of spectacles picked up by the police await an owner at the police station


 police await an owner at the police station.
 The second annual picnic of LUnion St Joseph will take place at the base ball grounds July IS.
 The state officers of the Knights of Pythias will install the officers of Fred erick William lodge, K. of F., next Tues day evening.
 The Rev Father Mulcahy, of the church of the Immaculate Conception, will attend the dedication exercises at Litchfeld to- morrow.
 Masses will be celebrated at 6:45 and s o'clock a. m., tomorrow, at the church of the Sacred Heart. There will be no vespers.
 The Rev Father Walsh delivered very interesting sermon on the devotion to the Sacred Heart at the church of the Immac- ulate Conception last evening.
 Representative E. T. Root, who sailed for England June 1, and has since then been so seriously ill that his life was de- spaired of, is somewhat recovered.
 James Murnan will attend a meeting of the district board of the A. O. F., at New Haven, this evening, to complete arrange ments for the annual field day of the order.
 The brush road across Tamarack swamp, which has been left to settle for the last three weeks, is found to be all right, and the corduroy will be put on in week or so.
 All the cases against delinquent military ton next week, and constable Rigney is confident that many of the delinquents will go to jail.
 io for T,,Ix- fn decide on accepting the lay out of Baldwin avenue, and the discontinuance of an old highway which rms from the Bucks Hill road to Hubbard Hole.
 The remains of William A. Leslie, aged 61 years, who died in Winchester yester- day, were brought down from Winsted on the S;26 train this morning and taken on the D. m. train for interment at Matti- son, New York.
 Constable Rigney, went to Bristol this morning to serve m execution upon A. w. Post, who formerly kept a shoe store on South Main street. Post could not be found and his goods, which were attached here will be sold at public auction July 30.
 Michael Fitzpatrick, bartender at John Ryan's, left on the 10:50 train for New York thls morning. He stated that his F year old brother had stolen $50 from the house and skipped by the light of the early dawn for parts unknown, hence his journey ill search of him.
 The sixth semi-annual convention of the Nutmeg State Amateur Press association was held ill the parlors of the Tontine house, New Haven, yesterday, and after the usual routine business, the following officers were elected President, Will P. Hopkins, Bridgeport; e-president, uo,-r r and treasurer, Newton c. Smith, Water bury official editor, Paul Sterling, Bridge port Next meeting place, Waterbury, in January, 1889.
 St Anthony's Catholic church at Litch- field. Rev T. R. Sweeny, pastor, will be dedicated by Bishop McMahon tomorrow. The Very Rev James Hughes, vicar general of the Hartford diocese, will be celebrant of the solemn high mass, and the Rev Monsignor Preston, of New York, will also assist at the services. The dedicatory sermon will be preached by the Very Rev Francis P. Mccarthy, superior of the joint missions. A number of people from this city will be present at the service.
 Since the trouble with the hvdrant in front of Monitor Hose house Tuesday night, q number of citizens have asked whose fault it is that these hydrants for which the city pays to the water department SEQ apiece annually, are found so often out of repair. In several cases defective hydrants have been the cause of much delay and consequent damage to property, and it seems as though there is, in these cases, grounds for suit by the persons whose property is destroyed, against the water department for inefficient services. No one can touch these hydrants to in- spect them except the water department year ago resolution was passed by the fire board asking the common council to give chief engineer Snagg power to open and inspect hydrants at any time, but it seems that it died ill the council
 This morning a stranger evidently slightly insane called at the police station and asked if there were papers out for him. Being answered in the negative he asked where they kept prisoners who were about to go to the state prison. He said the Birmingham police had notified him to go to Waterbury and wait for them as they were about to take him to states prison for stealing copper. To others he said he was told to come here and go to work. He is almost six feet tall, rather slim build, yellowish red curly hair, gblue eyes, and wore a light moustache He was dressed in brown hat and coat, blue jean jumper, gray pants and heavy shoes. He was evidently very weak, perhaps from hunger, but made no complaint and walked aimlessly about town all day.