Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-05-08
CITY AND SUBURBS.

street occurred this morning.
 The Concordia singing society will give an open rehearsal next Monday night.
 The finance board met last night to ap- prove the bills of the health department.
 Barcelona Council, K of O., have ad- journed their annual meeting to Friday night.
 MT and Mrs Stephen McNeil left on the 10:54 train to-day for their future home in Denver, Col. +...
 Julia, the 10-years-old daughter of builder Charles O'Conpor, died yesterday of diphtheria.
 Shoninger's musical monthly for May is ready for free distribution at the store on Bank street.
 The Rev G. Davenport of this city will preach at the Union City mission chapel Sunday afternoon.
 Dr Bland recently removed a tumor weighing eight pounds from one of Livery man Towards horses.
 Thomas L. Davis is erecting large three story block at the corner of East Main and Welton streets.
 The Waterbury Button company have closed their factory for repairs and will re- sume work Monday morning.
 The management of Bunne1l's museum occupied box at last nights play by in vitation of Manager Jacques.
 The trustees of Sheridan Council K of O., will meet at Constable O'Brien's office this afternoon to audit the accounts.
 M. Guilfoile has purchased the land cor ner of Field and Meadow streets and it is understood will erect meat refrigerator. John F. Bossidy, whose illness was an- nounced yesterday, is slightly better, but ll phine, to alleviate the terrible pain
 The Butchers protective association will meet tonight to decide on a delegate to at tend the annual meeting and barbecue of the Philadelphia association, commencing May 22.
 The Meriden Journal has blossomed out form has been changed from a folio to quarto. The journal is stirring up sleepy old Meriden.
 Work on the trench for the new water main up the side of East Mountain has been progressing fast and will be com pleted by the end of the week. The pipe will not arrive until June 1.
 Frederick Lane, for the past three years superintendent of the ivory department of the Waterbury Button company, has re- signed to accept a more lucrative position Tn the company's store in Chicago.
 As the city attorney failed to present the draft of an ordinance relating to the build ing of brick additions to wooden buildings within the fire limits, there was no busi- nesss before the fire board last evening.
 A stage rehearsal of the opera Fantine will be given at the opera house this even ing. It is probable that the cast, which has undergone numerous changes within the past two weeks, will be announced be- fore Saturday.
 George A. Garfield of Southbury, Patrick Baxter of Naugatuck, and Le- Grande w. Lake of Oxford, jurors at the April term of the superior court were to-day excused f, om jury duty for the rest of the term.
 The funeral of Charles w. Booth was largely attended from the residence of his parents, 3S Maple streets, at p. m. to- day. The funeral services were conducted by the Rev R. w. Micou. The interment was in Riverside.
 Thursday, the feast of the Ascension, will be observed as holy day in the Catholic churches. Masses will be eel ebrated in all the churches, and vespers will be sung in the evening at 7:30 in St Patrick's church.
 The funeral services over the remains of the late Frederick H. Merrill were con- ducted by the Rev L. F. Baker at the res idence of the deceased on Hill street at 9:15 this morning. The remains were taken to New Haven for interment.
 Wm Atkinson the convicted Waterbury counterfeiter, who escaped with sentence of two years in states prison, is employed in the scullery at Wethersfeld prison, and works just four hours day. The remain der of the time he has to himself.
 Dr Donahue was called late last night to attend Mrs Maurice Moriarty of Washing ton street, whom he found suffering from & bad cut on the temple and concussion of the brain. Her husband said she had tripped going down stairs and fell strik- ing on the head.
 Chicken thieves piled their vocation very successfully on Chatfield avenue last even- ing, for when Patrick Shaughnessy awoke at 5:30 he found that twelve of tho feath- cred inmates of his hen coop were missing. The thieves got into the yard by tearing a board off the high fence in the rear.
 The wonderful optical illusion, the liv- ing mermaid, which is pronounced to be above anything of the kind on exhibition, will be one of the attractions of the Jap anese village. The exhibition will open tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. There will also be an evening session from to 10 o'clock.
 May, the three year old daughter of Fred E. Stanley, who fell out of a second story window at her fathers residence, 13 Cherry street. Saturday night, fracturing her jaw and it was feared receiving dan gerous injuries about the head, is on the road to recovery. The little one had a narrow escape.
 It is the intention of Attorney Walsh, counsel for the Herald Publishing com pany, to take the case of Editor Swift, who was yesterday fined $50 and costs, tc the superior court. Papers in a suit fol $5 ,OOO damages are being prepared by Attorney Walsh and will be served Satur- day upon Mrs Dougherty.
 The case of Hannah Parsons vs George Clark, administrator of the estate o1 George Cummings of Naugatuck, occupied the attention of a jury in the superior court to-day. The case is a suit brought by Miss Parsons to recover 2,00O whicl she claims was given to her by Cumming to whom she was engaged to be married Before his death he gave her his banl books, but the executor of the estate de manded them and she brought suit to re cover the above amount