Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-17
CITY AND SUBURBS.

evening. Deputy Commander Ware last evening inspected Clark comm andery, Knights Templars.
 The Turner's will give fine exhibition at the concert and masquerade ball at City Hall January 27. Bishop McMahon and Father Harty of Hartford spent few hours in this city yesterday and left on the 5:3S p m train for Danbury.
 The second battalion drill of Companies A and G at the Armory last everi ing brought out good attendance and was creditable performances
 A pair of oxen attached to sled got stalled at the Bank street crossing of the Nauga- tuck railroad this morning, delaying the 10:50 train about 10 minutes.
 A Boston dispatch says that the New York and New England road has sold 396, 900 second sizes at par and occurred inter- est to the New England Savings Bank.
 President Clark of the Consolidated road called meeting of the division superin- tendents of the road yesterday to discuss the stock and material needed during the ensuing year.
 In the market for local investment se- curities last week there was quite num- Der of transactions without much change in prices, Naugautuck railroad stock sell ing 227 with 230 asked
 Adolph Close, the pianist, who appeared in this city at the opening of Concordia Hall, will participate in the concert pro- gramme to be given by the Amphion club at the Opera House Thursday, January 21.
 Waterbury relatives and acquaintances of Mrs Carl Strokosch. nee Miss Clara Louise Kellogg, to-day received cards from parents of the bride announcing the mar riage which took place in Indiana, Novem- Der 9, 1887.
 The employees of w. F. Yorks furniture store took sleigh ride last night to Nauga- tuck, where they were joined by the em- pIoyes of the Naugatuck Furniture Com pany and given turkey supper by MT York at Tuttle's hotel.
 The Grand Lodge of Masons will meet in Hartford tomorrow. Those who will be present from this city are Nathan Dike- man. William E. Risley John D. Chatfeld James E. Corr, Clayton c. Andrews, D. B. Wilson and Gorden B. Russell.
 Several changes have been made in the running of trains on the Watertown branch of the New York Sc New Haven railroad as follows: The train leaving this city at 6:15, now leaves at 6:10, and trains return at 5:25, and 6:43, instead of 5:3O, and 6:45
 The conductors on the City Hall are fro zen up and threaten to make trouble, but Janitor Morgan was at work to-day thaw- ing them out He cut hole in the pipe and inserting a rubber hose connected with the boiler, turned the steam on with good effect.
 Rev Father McAlenney Sunday, at St. Roses church, paid high tribute to the faithfulness and ability of Rev Father O'Donnell one of his curates, who has been transferred to Waterbury. He said that he regretted his going, but it was the bishops will and therefore his.-Meriden Journal.
 Speaking of the confirmation of Lamar and the action of the Republican senators, a Republican this morning ridiculed the matter. ''Rather hard to peck hole in Cleveland's administration where they can find anything to feed on,' was the remark with which he closed the conversation, and resumed the reading of the morning pa pers.
 The Riverside Cemetery Association have secured subscriptions sufficient to warrant the building of the iron fence and the work has been given to the Champion Iron Fence Company of Canton, Ohio, There are F ,O0 feet to be constructed. It will be six feet high with square pickets and stone gate and end posts. It will cost about S5,OOO.
 Scene City Engineers office: City Engin- eer to assistant who has just finished fig uring on the expense of paving South Main street from Exchange Place to Meadow street-''Well, what do you make it!'' Assistant-''You and I come pretty close. I make it S1674 Al less than your figures" The assistants salary should be raised Al cents month.
 Judge Warner has rendered a decision in the case of John J. Gierding against Mar tin Norton, which was recently tried in the District Court Judgment is rendered in favor of the defendant to recover costs The suit was to recover for goods furnished the defendants wife while it was claimed she was abandoned by her husband. The defense was set up that the goods were Un- necessary.
 The town of Waterbury has brought suit against James Henniber1y, who be- came bondsman in the case of Katy Pol and against Edward Kelly far the support of an illigetimate child. The Poland woman secured judgment and Henniberry became Kelly's bondsman. Kelly, how ever, did not contribu te to the support of the child and his whereabouts are now unknown. Consequently the town brings the suit
 After three years of labor by GOO men, day and night, the Ponce de Leon, with it's annex, The Alcazar, the largest hotel in the world, was thrown open to the public on Friday last, in St. Augustine, Florida. This immense building has been under the suspervision of the Mcdonald Brothers, of Derby, who have had the working force under their control The building con tains 600 rooms, 300 of which are already engaged for the season. K. J. Farrell of this city helped to lay the foundation for the hotel.
 About o:30 last evening Nelson Hall enl- ployed by the Hall & Upson Ice Company, left an ice wagon in front of the post office The horse suddenly dashed away and at the American building took to the sidewalk, smashing the Americans bulletin board into splinters. Dashing down the sidewalk the animal put both fore feet through the north pane of plate glass win dow in Curtis art store, occupied by Up son, the ieweler. Frantic from the cut re- ceived, the animal dashed into the south window of the store and fell exhausted on the sidewalk.