Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-09-05

The upper course of the new parish build | ing was laid this afternoon, and the build ing will be roofed in immediately.
 Randall Mcdonald of Danbury, a recent graduate of the New York college of phar macy, has accepted position as clerk at J. P. Nugent's drug store.
 William Began, an employe of the Electric Light company, climbed to the top of the flag pole on top of the brewery last night to affix pulley and line to hoist flag with. The top of the pole is IFS feet above the ground and the climb was one full of danger.
 A fair sized audience witnessed the opening entertainment at the opera house last night. Mss Minnie Maddern in Cap rice" supported by an excellent company was the attraction. "The Kindergarten" | will be presented Friday evening and will prove drawing card.
 Louis H. Smith. aged 43 years, died very suddenly at his residence on Pearl street last evening. He worked as usual 1 yesterday and seemed to be in the best of health and did not complain of feeling unwell. The cause of his death was heart disease. His funeral will take place Friday l afternoon.
 Timothy Ryan and Cornelius Hartford WDO IL WILL De TeD1SmDSIeU were committed from this town to the Meriden Reform school two weeks ago for theft, escaped | from that institution at about i o'clock yesterday afternoon, and the police are in full chase The Waterbury police received notice last evening to look for them.
 At Company G's meeting last evening it was voted to give a fair at the armory the latter part of this month lasting a week, and the following committee was ap- pointed: Lieutenant Fitzpatrick, Sergeant 1 Bulger, Corporals Casey and Collins and Privates Monohan, Maloney, Luddy, Phelan and Miller. The committee will meet Thursday evening.
 Last evening was the anniversary of the birth of Miss Jennie Lounsbury, steno- grapher at the Waterbury Manufacturing company, and a reception was rendered her friends at the residence of Mir and Mrs B. L. Hinman on East Main street Miss Lounsbury was the recipient of several handsome presents which she will cherish as reminders of this pleasant occasion.
 Twenty-one members of the Mattatucb drum corpsand eleven of the Echoes left al 9 a. m. for the drummers' convention which takes place to day at Middletown
 The Mattatucks, under the direction ot
 Fred Miller, will contend for the prize oi
 ancient drumming and the Echoes, who arc
 a junior corps, who have been under the
 direction of Major Miller will contend il
 the class corps without flies.
 From Waterbury the Meriden, Water
 bury and Connecticut River railroad vii
 bring visitors almost to the gate of tn,
 Meriden fair grounds and return them t Waterbury for 15 cents, the latter also ill cluding a ticket to the fair, thus making ! the round trip and fair ticket from Win
 sted cost $1.60. From Torrington tn l round trip ticket will cost $1.5O Frou l Litchfeld $1 45 and from Thomaston. ac commodating the Plymouth friends an s patrons, S1.1O.
 One of Edward Hefferin' $ ice wago 9 drivers unhitched his horse in the cente l. this noon, preparatory to taking it to . blacksmith shop. The animal becam n frightened at a passing watering cart an
 dashed down South Main street and Il o Grand. At the corner of Grand and Ban n streets it met R. F. Eggleston's grocer ' team and in trying to jump it the fright " ened horse caught his hind leg between tl shaft and forward wheel. It was nece
 sary to take the wheel off to free Il ; animal. ', At 6 o'clock this evening the lewis y New Year or Rash Hashonoh commenc,
 and will be observed as usual by u
 Jewish population of the city. Rabl Il Gabriel, of New York will conduct Il Il services which begin on the hour of Il | New Year and will be continued tC-mo e TOW from $ a. m. until noon. The OrthodC
 Jews will observe two days, but the I t formed, to which the majority of Il 't Waterbury Jews belong, observe but on r Ten days hence the Yom kippur or day 2 atonement will be observed.