Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-08-14
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CITY AND SUBURBS.


 hold meeting in their new rooms in Com mercial block this evening.
 A meeting of the Red Men will be held in New Haven next week to arrange 8 date for reunion at some future time. ,, [. The postofice department is repairing and repainting all of the letter boxes some of which sadly needed a renovating.
 A large party went on the Mad River Grange excursion over the Meriden, Water bury and Connecticut River road this morning.
 Irwin Brothers tent show drew very large crowd yesterday on the old base ball grounds. This evening they conclude their engagement in this city.
 Counterfeit silver quarters again in circulation in this city, and it is hinted they are manufactured not great way from Waterbury.
 William Perkins will be the only repre- sentative from this city at the annual clam bake of the Connecticut Fat Mems asso- citation at Belden's Point, Norwalk, to- morrow.
 Charles Knott and family, who left here some two years ago, returned last evening from an extended trip to England and have temporarily taken up their residence on Cherry street. E
 1.-The annual field day of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of Connecticut will be held at Mystic Island on Wednesday of next week. Between four and five thousand will be present.
 It is expected that decision in the August Bayer insanity case will be reached this week. The defense claims that if Bayer is adjudged not insane he is liable criminally for his actions.
 c. H. Warehouse & Son of New Haven will construct 16,000 feet of spiling and bridging for the connection of the Meriden and Waterbury railroad with the New York and New England in this city.
 A special train will leave the West Main street station of the Meriden, Waterbury & Connecticut River road Sept 13, about 9.30 a. m., the day the firemen's parade will be held at Waterbury. Journal. John B. Doherty, conservator over August Bayer, has brought a suit against Attorney Graves and Dr c. Art Ward to recover the Bayer property. The papers in the case were served upon Dr Ward this morning.
 A party of twenty Waterbury young business men will leave on Sunday after noon, August 26, for New Haven, where they will take the boat Luzerne Ludding- ton, for few days cruise along the Con- necticut coast.
 E. A. Callahan of New Haven, agent of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance com pany of Newark, N. J., was in town to- day and paid to the heirs of the late Mer- ritt Lane the amount of his policy, with accrued dividends
 Masses will be celebrated in all the Catholic churches tomorrow, it being the feast ot the Assumption, and observed as holy day Vespers win be sung at the Immaculate Conception and St Patrick s churches at 7;3O in the evening.
 Although the United States Express company have been shipping goods over the new road no contract was made until q few days ago, when the company secured exclusive right to ship goods over the road. The office in this city is on Grand street.
 Reverend Father Himmel, who will be one of the priests connected with the mis- sion which commences on the 29th in the church of the Immaculate Conception, will be pleasantly remembered by the Waterbury students as teacher at Holy Cross college.
 It is now four months since the trial of the South Riverside inj unction case and still no decision has been reached The pipes for the sewer have been laying along the street ever since the granting of the contract to George Byrnes and several hundred dellars worth of the pipe has been destroyed.
 Through the carelessness of a clerk in one of the principal clothing stores the burglar alarm was rung shortly after mid night, and the usual detail of police with small army of messenger boys collected. The matter explained by the clerk fifteen minutes after the police had made detour of the building and found all the doors and windows secure.
 The Rogers and Brothers Benevolent association will give grand excursion and picnic to Laurel Grove, one of the pleasant resorts on the Meriden, Waterbury and Connecticut River road, Thursday, Sep tember 6. programme of sports con sisting of base ball game, races and e"other games has been arranged, and good time is assured all who attend.
 Ralph N. Blakeslee and Miss Jessie Wad- hams were married this afternoon by Rev A. c. Eggleston, at the residence of Orin A. Robbins, 72 Cooke street. Mr. and Mrs Blakeslee will leave this evening on a tour including New York Niagara Falls and other places of note, and on their return will receive their friends at the residence of the groom, corner of North Elm and Sparks streets.
 A very sad case was that of Charles Me Coy who was found in an, intoxicated con- dition lying on his face on the sidewalk near Plume & Atwood's. Mccoy lost his right leg at the hip in an accident on the West Shore road several years ago. and goes around with the aid of crutches. He came to Waterbury from his home in New Brit ain three days age, and begged drinks at the different saloons. Nc punishment is hard enough for those who furnished the un- fortunate man with drink.
 Michael Devine of Fuller street made foolish wager yesterday which fortunately did not result, as might be expected, in very serious consequences. A bet was made that he could place an ounce of ex- plosive powder within bottle and touch it off without causing the bottle to explode. The result proved contrary to his expec- tations, as Dr Hayes, who attended him after the experiment, dressed three severe wounds on the wrist, an artery and tendon being severed by the broken pieces of glass.
 Patrick McMahon, one of the oldest Irish residents in this city, died last even : ing at his residence on Grove street. aged aiYtv vaarS Mir McMahOD Iyas amono ba