Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-25
CITY AND SUBURBS.

Company A will hold special meeting this evening.
 Robbie Burns anniversary will be cele- brated at City Hall tonight
 The ladies of Mill Plain chapel give an oyster supper at the chapel this evening.
 Louis Wenzel left for New York to-day to enter St. Lukes hospital for treatment. The Naugatuck Valley Ice Company be- gan cutting ice at Rimmond pond, Seymour, yesterday.
 The flag on the G. A. R. building is at half mast to-day, out of respect for the late Theodore Robbins.
 The Waterbury polo team left on the 2:42 train this afternoon for Bridgeport, where they play this evening.
 Matters of interest to Royal Arch Masons will be introduced at the regular convoca- tion this evening of Eureka chapter.
 The Master Mason's degree will be ex- emplifed at the regular communication of Harmony lodge, F. & A. M., tomorrow evening.
 All arrangements are nearly completed for the Sheridan Council ball, next Friday evening. An agreeable time is promised to all who attend.
 Archy Nelson, young man who lives on Burton street, painfully cut his ankle with an ax this afternoon while trimming trees on the Green.
 The Consolidated road now owns or con trols 200 locomotives and 1 1000 passenger cars, to say nothing of the thousand freight cars, also owned by this road.
 Miss Della " Perkins died at her resi- dence, 13 Crane street, last night, aged 2S years The remains will be taken to Phil adelphia for interment on the 9:26 train Friday morning.
 The Rev Father Murphy, formerly of this city, but now of St Augustines church of Bridgeport, lost $500 worth of personal property in the fire which destroyed the pastoral residence Monday.
 It is said gang of Italians will arrive this evening and commence work tomorrow on the new railroad. It is expected that the construction engine will be able to come as far as Silver street next week.
 Ullie Akerstrom the clever little ac- tress who played here last week, is playing to crowded houses in Meriden On Mon day evening the Opera House was com pletely jammec from pit to dome.
 The smoker on Conductor Gregory's S:4S a. m train from Bridgeport, broke a wheel near the station in this city this morning
  tunately the break was not bad one.
 MT Nettleton, who runs the bus line be tween Naugatuck and this city, will take 2 large number of young ladies and gentle men on a sleighing party from this city tc Ansonia this evening"
 The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Banard & Sons Shear Company was held at Mill Plain yesterday, Thomas Port e1 of New York. city was elected president and George Boughton of this city secre tary.
 The Rev Dr Holden. formerly of this city, but now located at Denver, Col, per. formed the ceremony at the wedding o1 Miss Eliza Hine of Naugatuck to Dr L. Lutz of Denver, in that city last Thurs day.
 A temporary organization of new Re publican club was perfected last evening and committee consisting of F. w. La Forge, C. E. Turner and Alfred A. Adt appointed to draw up a constitution anc by laws,
 The Republicans popular subscription fund for the hospital amounts to S2, 161 50 of which $25.75, was contributed by em ployes at the Rogers & Hamilton Company s7975 by the employees of Holmes Booth & Haydens.
 Prof Edward Witherspoon, late organist of the M E. Church. who Is visiting in this city, was given reception by the members of the choir at the church parlors last evening. MT Witherspoon made a very appropriate and feeling speech.
 There will be an exhibition of the Per feet Hand Fire Extinguisher on Holmes lot Central avenue and West Main street at i 80 Thursday afternoon. A huge fire will be built and extinguished by the machine, It will be novel and interest exhibition.
 Attorney Franz Dietmeier has returned from short business trip to New Bruns wick, N. J. MT Dietmeier has not as yet decided to embark in the lumber and coa business in that city, but is giving the mat ter some attention as he has received fiat tering offers to locate in that city.
 party of % young people from this city took sleigh ride to Bethany last even ing stopping at the Warriss House, where they enjoyed hop and all the good things including supper, to be found at : country hotel It was leap year party the young ladies doing the honors and pay ing the bills.
 John Sullivan of this city who has beer in the employ of w. H. Beardsley O Bridgeport, as news boy on the Naugatucl road will resign his position next Tuesday It is rumored that after next week tn Eastern News Company will control tn .rioht to sell papers on the Naugatucl division of the Consolidated road
 The third lecture in the Y. M. c. A course was given in their parlors last even ing by Rev. J. G. Davenport. The subjec was s.The Heart of England" and wa delivered in masterly manner The des criptions of Norwich Castle and scene about Canterbury were of especial interest The next lecture will be given Tuesdey even inc, Jan 31 by l.. E.Munson of New Haven The subject will be Montana as it wal and as it is.' MT Munson's date was May g, but by request it has been changed te next Tuesday.