Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-08-06
CITY AND SUBURBS.

The family of Lieut. Root left town this morning for Branford.
 Roger Connor of the New York base ball club spent Sunday at his home in this city. The A. O. F. wish it understoo cd that their field day excursion on the 9th is open to all.
 Important meeting of the court of com mon council tonight and the presence of every member is desired.
 Miss Lucy A. Booth, amanuensis at the town clerks office, is on three weeks vacation to Philadelphia.
 William Perkins will attend the annual reunion of the Fat Mems association, at Beldens Point, Norwalk, August 15.
 Dr c. Art Ward and wife left Saturday afternoon for Massachusetts for vacation. Their trip will probably be extended to Canada.
 large gang of Italians left town Satur day for Naugatuck to work on the dam that is being constructed by the new water company ill that place.
 A class of 115 children received their first communion at the Church of the I'm l maculate Conception at the eight o'clock mass yesterday. Miss Annie Britton, daughter of special Connecticut labor agent James Britton, of Hartford, is visiting with the family of J. H. oA olISSb. The bridge at Smonsville built by Messrs Turner and Smith is completed and work well advanced upon the new road in the rear of Railroad Hill street. The Y. NJ. L. A. ball club defeated the M c. l. club at Naugatuck Saturday by 8 score of P to 12. The game had to be called on account of darkness ill the eighth inning.
 Thirteen of the electric clocks on the southern circuit were burnt out by the sharp flashes of lightning Saturday, but were repaired immediately on receipt of the news.
 E. T. Turner is member of arbitra- ton committee appointed by the selectmen of Naugatuck to adjus the difficulties of locating the site for the new bridge on the Waterbury road.
 Fred Minnaman, foreman at Platt Bros & Co.'S factory, went down to the shop yesterday, where he was taken suddenly ill, and had to be removed to his home on North Main street.
 A package of paper bags dropped from team which was Eeing driven at high rate of speed during this mornings storm can be recovered at Clark's hardware store Bank street.
 The funeral of Henry Collins was large ly attended from his late residence to the CnuTcn Ol Iue 1lulndculule Conception IQlS morning where a requiem mass was sung by the Rev Father Mulcahy.
 A feature of the G. A. R. picnic at Pawson park will be a game of ball between the veterans, the officers of the guard having challenged the officers of the day to raise nine and face them.
 The Plume x Atwood Manufacturing company's employees will give their annual excursion over the Meriden, Waterbury and Connecticut River railroad and down the river to Fishers Island on the 16th
 The hearing of the final administration accounts on the will of the late Patrick Stapleton, who was killed in the grade crossing accident at Burnham street last year, has been adjourned to week from Wednesday.
 Company A has completed all arrange ments for it's moonlight excursion over the Meriden, Waterbury and Connecticut Riv- CT road. Weeds band, of Hartford, has ! been engaged and Ed Futile of this city will prompt.
 Officer McAuliff this afternoon arrested middle-aged German named Staltz. who was wandering about the center with his face covered with blood. He said he re- ceived his wounds in saloon on Canal street.
 The water department are busy securing the right of way for the line of pipe and site for a dam to supply the city from the '. head dwaters of Hop Brook. The dam will cover about 100 acres, and the line of pipe is about five miles in length.
 Only one unfortunate was presented tc his honor at the police court this morning He had been arrested Saturday for drunk, enness and paid S7 Sunday morning tc get free, but inside of two hours was ar rested the second time. Five dollars and costs was the tax.
 The flag over G. A. R. hall was raised to half mast this morning when the news of the death of the hero of Winchester arrived here. Mayor Boughton also ordered the flag raised over the city hal and the owners of sectional emblems throughout the city followed suit.
 Yesterday morning Rev Father Mulcahy called for a committee of young meI to assist him in collecting for the first pay ment of 5000 on the new parochial build ing on East Main street. The committe, will consist of about 100, and each will bt assigned certain portion of the city tt collect from.
 Special Treasury Agent Holohan, a Wa terbury boy, is doing his utmost to ferre out contract labor passengers landed il America. Saturday he discovered tha one had recently passed through undetect ed. He immediately sent three treasury agents to Philadelphia and secured his mar who is held, pending an investigation.
 It is thought that the Waterbury post office bill will be brought up for consid eration to-day. As soon as it passes th lower house Gen. s. w. Kellogg will go t, Washington to see about committee O conference. Senator Lowden thinks tha Waterbury ought to accept the $75, ,O0t offered, but Senator Platt believes that tn $100, 900 will be forthcoming.
 R nTho No,,- vorI, e., No,, company have made extensive preparation for their grand special excursion to Nev York Wednesday to witness Nero, or tn Fall of Rome" This spectacular drama i having an exceptionally large run Owe 2,000 people are employed and elephants lions and tigers take part, making the ex hibition one of the finest historic represen