Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-03-19
CITY AND SUBURBS.

CITY AND SUBURBS. Sheriff Dryhurst of Meriden was in th.s city Saturday on official business. The law committee will hold meeting at the mayors office next Monday evening. The sale of seats for the performances O. the Wilbur Opera company began this morning. The fourth battalion drill I of companies A and G will take place at the armory this evening.
 Bishop Williams will pay his annua! visit to St Johns church in this city on Tuesday, April B. John Moriarty of the Waterbury Furni ture company, has presented his daughtel Mamie with a Shoninger piano. The postponed entertainment of the Wa terbury reform club will be given at the club rooms Wednesday evening.
 Among the appointments made by Bishop Williams for June is one at St Johns church, this city, for June B.
 Hi Henry's minstrels will make touI of the Naugatuck valley this week and will visit this city on Tuesday, March 27.
 The 5:55 p. m. freight train, with pas senger car accommodations as far as Derb, will resume its regular trips this evening. Manager Jacques went to New York to day and hopes to be able to make all earl date with the ''Held by the Enemy" com pany.
 Vespers were sung at St Patrick's chu1 ch at 7:3O o'clock Saturday evening" and a sermon on temperance preached by the pastor, Rev J. il. Duggan.
 Charles A. Kotsche, formerly employea by the Meriden Silver Plate company of Merlden, has accep- ed a position with the Waterbury Clock company.
 The Rev Mir Brink supplied the pulpit iii the Baptist church yesterday. The newly chosen pastor, the Rev MT ,Elsdon, is de tained Ill Chicago With rheumatism.
 Thomas Murray, charged with intoxica- tion and vagrancy, was given 50 days ili jail ill each ease at the police court this morning. He was taken to jail on the 10:54 train.
 Mrs Ann Gaffney. wife of Bernard Calf ney, died at her residence, No Az Charle- street. this morning. The funeral will be attended from her late residence to St Patricks church at 3 o'clock Wednesda, morning
 To-day being the feast of St Joseph, masses were celebrated Ill all the Catholic churches in the city. At the church of the
 
 Mulcahy delivered a sermon on the life ot St Joseph.
 Gen s. w. Kellogg, who remained il Washington to advocate the passage of the bill appropriating $150, ,O0O for postoffict building, appeared to-day before the sen ate committee on public lands and build ings at Washington.
 The will of the late Louis Wenzel ha! been admitted to probate It makes hi widow the executrix and bequeaths to he the use of his property and the principal ii necessary, and at her death $2OO goes te Henry Wenzel, and the remainder is lief in trust to the four oldest children to bt divided equally among the eight children The will is dated Jan A. 1868.
 The Meridens will play with the Water burys at the rink this evening. Cunning ham of the Silver City team came up o. the 1l:17 train, and said that the rest o the boys would be here on the 357 train The Hartfords were scheduled to play here to night but as the Meridens have to pla, in New Bedford the latter part of this week the change was made to accommo date them.
 Merritt Platt, of M Platt & Son, wa. thrown from sleigh ill Exchange Plac. just south of E. T. Turner x Co.'S store, a l o'clock this afternoon. The sleigh wa overturned by coming in contact with snow drift. MT Platt was taken home ant was resting comfortably this afternoon, al though it will be several days before he il we'll. No bones were broken but he wa seriously bruised about the hip. ~ A nunbe4 of gunners who take great in terest in the sport have started move ment to restock the country ill this vicin ity with quail. It is believed that they al perished Ill the big storm, and it is pro posed to purchase birds and stock thl section. The parties hehind the move ment are hunters in this vicinity, and tn assistance of every sporting man is ear nestly desired. Information can be had c H. B. Bagg, E. A. Boughton, c, F. Logan M. J. Nelligan and F. w. Whitlock
 William 5. Beecher, one of Waterbury most respected citizens, died after shor illness at his home on North Main stree number of years a faithful employe of tn Matthews & Willard company and was general favorite with all the employees Last summer with his brother Samuel il embarked in the grocery and meat bushes on North Main street under the name 0 Beecher Bros. He soon sold out his inter est in the business and returned to tn factory where he was employed until take sick. The funeral arrang gements have no
 
 tha1 1t will take place tomorrow afternoon
 Gen St. Cars A. Mulholland of Pnila de ,phia, was ill this city last Friday an Saturday arranging for the superb expos ton of the "Battle of Gettysburg at til opera house March .3l. The general wa one of the youngest officers of his ran ng the wa" comm a ng Penn VI van 3 ies me at gettysburg, and durin the .ast year o1 .ne wal, Lrlsaoe Ill tn second corps. He was shot four times one air, o1t mortally, and since the wa has b e,l prominent as writer Anon other books h. wrote the life Of Ge Winfield 5. Hancock" which was fnishe ol the, very day that the distinguishe soldier died andf was published us hs obituary. This will be given here unde the auspices of Chatfield camp, s. of V and tickets exchangable for reserved seat psy be ssceived ot aaemberA