Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-02-18
CITY AND SUBURBS.

Miss Ethel Wilson of West Main street gave card party last evening.
 The Emmet Club of Naugatuck has con- tributed $25 to the Meany Fund.
 Prof Follett's school of dress cutting is now open at Mrs Odell's, 42 Bank street.
 J. w. Burbridge will carry on the livery business formerly kept by his father at 129 Bank street.
 w. F. York, who has been enjoying the past week in New York city, will return this evening.
 On the 1O:52 train for Bridgeport this morning there were five lawyers within feet of one another.
 R. N. Blakeslee took a large number of young people on sleighing party to Wa tertown this afternoon.
 Maurice Sullivan, aged 58 died at his residence, 53 Scovill street at 3 o'clock, this afternoon. after short illness.
 The remains of the late Attorney Martin Myers will be taken on the 7:30 a. m. train Monday for interment at Collinsville.
 Charles Stedman's "Our Boarding House. company left on the S:26 train this morning for Meriden, where they play this evening.
 Mrs Eugene Martin, formerly teacher in the Bishop street school, has been pre- sented with handsome steel engraving by her former pupils.
 A delegation from this city will attend the Meany obsequies in New York Monday. A number will leave tomorrow and more will follow Monday morning.
 The Western Union Telegraph company have placed through wire from this city to New York, thus doing away with re- beating messages at Bridgeport.
 Patrick Fitzgerald and Thomas Hines, employees of the Scovill Manufacturing Company, will leave New York Monday for a two months visit with friends in Ireland
 The Lily Clay Gaiety company that played at City Hall on Wednesday evening of last week. lost all their goods in the fire at the Theater Comique in Providence last night.
 D. F. and Thos McGrath of this city will open their luncheon, sample and pool rooms in the new building which Patrick Conran has built for them in Naugatuck next Tuesday.
 The Second Division, A. o. H., have engaged the base ball grounds for Wednes- day and Thursday, July 4 and 5, and will give their second annual picnic and Irish games on the afternoon and evening of each day.
 It is probable that the petition that has been signed by large number of commer- cial travellers asking for a passenger train to leave this city for Bridgeport daily at 7 p. m. will be presented to the Consolidated road officials next week.
 party of 50 couples filled Lyra Ha' l last night at the private masque Ia le ( Lyra Singing Society. The grand march was led by William Loeffier and Miss Katie Feldt. Sixteen numbers were danced, and the party was success.
 John Lally, 8 young man from New York, who is visiting on Baldwin street, this morning saw a neighbor chopping wood and kindly offered to do the chop ping for her. As a result he cut his thumb so badly that he had to have it amputated at the first joint.
 At all the masses in the Catholic churches in this city tomorrow collections will be taken up to aid the mission work among plenary council at Baltimore, it was or dered that this collection be taken up an- nual!y on the first Sunday of Lent.
 John Phalon of Ridge street and Fenton Keefe will leave this city tomorrow after noon for two months visit with friends in Ireland They will leave New York Monday on the steamship Wyoming of the Guion line. This is the steamer which will carry the remains of the late Stephen J. Meany.
 George Sickmund of Bradleyville, who through long hours of work has become suddenly blind, and who formerly lived in this city, has gone to New York to consult Dr Agnew, the great eye specialist. Thurs day the employees of Floyd Smith, the builder by whom Sickmund was formerly employed, presented him with SEQ.
 George L. Pelham, local manager for Shoninger & Go, rededicated his establish ment yesterday afternoon. The bare walls had been covered with beautiful paper with guilt panels and presented fine ap- pearance The store was crowed with people who assembled to hear the concert which Mir Pelham had arranged for the occasion. The selections included high order of music and were well rendered. Miss Ferons piano solos were finely exc cuted and Prof Cone's work on the violin was excellent.
 Some days ago the wooden beams that support the roof of the rolling mill at the works of the Benedict & Burnham manu- f .cturing company were found to be slightly defective. It was the intention of the company to wait until Sunday to have them repaired. It was believed there was Q possible danger of any accident. This morning an examination was made and it was found necessary to close the mill to make the necessary repairs. Work will be resumed next Monday morning. 
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