Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-20
CITY AND SUBURBS.

The junior wheel club of the Y. M. c. A. will take run to Naugatuck this even ing.
 The Y. M. 0. A. of this city will partici- pate in the field day exercises at Meriden July 4.
 St Johns Episcopal church, of Water town, will picnic at High Rock Grove nex Wednesday.
 Court Shields will meet this evening to elect officers instead of last night as an : nounced yesterday.
 Gen E. 0. Bradley, of New Haven. will address the prohibition club at their meet ing next Monday evening.
 The association of spiritualists of West ern Connecticut are holding their annual picnic at Lake Compounce to-day.
 c. B. Lee, formerly an officer on the steamboat Waterbury, will be the officer on duty at High Rock grove this season.
 G. w. Goddard of Union City, dealer in groceries and meat, made an assignment this morning to Pierpont Bros, of this city. The Young Mems Catholic Literary society held 8 meeting last evening and found that their recent dance was great success.
 A large number of the pupils of St Margaret's school left on the 8:26 train this morning to spend the vacation at their hmes.
 The annual retreat of the diocesan clergy will begin Monday, July 9, at St Francis Orphan Asylum, New Haven, continuing for two weeks.
 The Big Twelve" pedestrian club walked to Naugatuck last night and enjoyed a sup per prepared by landlord Futile, of the Naugatuck hotel.
 Willie Dupont, very useful ad junct of the DEMOCRAT office, had his hand caught in a job press this morning and sustained painful injuries. D- O'Hara dressed the member.
 The Rev Fathers Treanor, Curtin and Finnegan, of this city, went to East Bridge at St Mary's church, for the late Father O'Donnell
 The employees at both the New England and Naugatuck stations say that Monday and Tuesday the rush of city people going away to spend some time at the different resorts was very large.
 MT and Mrs Myles McNiff and John T. McNiff left on the 10:54 a. m. train to-day to attend the marriage of w. H. Wren of New Haven to Miss Sarah A. McManus of Birmingham, this afternoon.
 The bufing department of Matthews & Williards factory is closed to-day in order to repair some gearing which broke yes terday afternoon. Work will probably be resumed tomorrow morning.
 Bristol charges $100 for circus license and as result King & Franklin's circus would not exhibit there. Waterbury charges $50, and is afraid Doris & John L. Sullivan's circus won't visit here.
 The St K. M. O. society will give their second annual picnic at the ball grounds Saturday, June 23. The society will parade from their rooms on Grand street to the picnic grounds, accompanied by the Mattatuck drum corps.
 The parlor car to be attached to the Winsted-New York express will be in charge of the customary colored porter and will follow directly after the other cars avoiding the annoyance of people passing through the cars.
 The Fitzgibbons family, which was re- gently taken to the town house, will short ly be removed to the aims house at Derby, from which place they came to Waterbury about two years ago. Fitzgibbons, pater, has removed to regions unknown.
 Fred Gertz's case for keeping an unli- censsd dog was partially tried before the police court this morning There seemed to be dispute as to which of two men the dog belonged to, and as Gertz's counsel, Attorney Graves, was not present, the case was put over to next Monday.
 This morning gang of ten bootblacks surrounded an Italian ice cream vender near the; ;Naugatuck stationIan clubbing to- gether succeeded in collecting enough money to buy two dishes of cream which they eagerly devoured. It is expected that this will raise the price of "shines' to six cents.
 At the regular meeting of court Wo'1 Tone, A. O. F., held last evening, the fol lowing officers were elected for the ensuing term: c. R., J. D. Bolan; s. c. R., w. H Delaney; R. S., J. H. Condon; s. w.. James Gift; J. w., William J. Kennedy s. B., B. F. Riley; J. B., D. F. Kelley Druggist, c. K. Kilbride.
 All of the three divisions, A. o. H., O. this city will turn out on the occasion o the Second divisions picnic on July and ,. Efforts were made to secure Kerrigan the famous Irish piper but they were un successful. Pat Toohey, the piper wht gave such excellent satisfaction last year and is second only to Kerrigan, has beer engaged.
 While Charles Kelsey, driver for w. F York was driving out West Main street Ia evenings nut fell off the forward axle, lett ing the wheel drop off and throwing tn forward part of the wagon to the ground Kelsey struck on the side of his head an cut his ear and scalp. The horse ran short distance breaking off the shafts 0 the wagon.
 James German, of Bridgeport, forme resident of this city. railroad man, wa killed near Hawleyville last evening. H was on the milk train and two of the car ran off the track at this point. Gorma jumped but was buried beneath one of tn cars and crushed to death. The fact tha the unfortunate man was to have bee married in week makes the accider peculiarly sad.
 When the officer arrived at New Have jail yesterday with John Ryan, who we committed for 30 days for drunkenness, was found that there was mistake in th mittimus and the officer was forced to brin him back to this city and lock him up ove night. This morning Chief Egan pet toned the judge to change the sentenc and allow Ryan to go on payment of costs
 Henry Bergh, jr., came up from Ne, York on the AZ train this morning an held consultation with Judge Cowel