Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-03-15
CITY AND SUBURBS.

Ulll ANU OUDU1lDUs
 The public schools were not in session today but will open tomorrow.
 Senator Henry A, Matthews is sick at his home on North Main street.
 The Brass City Hose company will give sociable at City hall Friday evening, April 20.
 The three divisions of the A. o. H. of this city will celebrate St Patricks day with banquet.
 Thomas Lancaster of Round Hill has sued for divorce on the ground of drunk enness and cruelty.
 Judge Cowel sat on the bench in the police court this morning and disposed of three plain drunks.
 The Rev Father Murphy of Bridgeport, formerly of this city, will preach in the Church of the Assumption at Ansonia to- morrow evening.
 The fourth annual sociable of the Young German American association will take place at Concordia hall Wednesday even ing, March 28. s. Lt 5@&&@
 When Connecticut's lawmakers made the reduction provision in regard to the salary of the judge of the district and po- lice courts they did not anticipate a gen. uine Dakota blizzard -t
 There was short meeting of Eureka Chapter, R. A. M,, last evening, the first masonic meeting this week, after which Continental Lodge at special communi- cation worked the third degree.
 Letters from Mayor Boughton and Col. Doherty of the committee, who went to Washington to advocate Waterbury s claims for post office, state that the ap- propriation is practically assured.
 Frank O'Neil, aged 21 years, died at the residence of his brother, Michael O'Neil, East Main street, last night. His funeral will be attended from the Church of the Sacred Heart at 8. 30 a. m Saturday
 We received this afternoon from Mary A. Cassidy of this city,a genuine shamrock, which is one of several sent her by friend in Omah, County Tyrone, Ireland. The little sprig looks fresh and green after it's long journey.
 A telegram was to-day received from w . E. Walcott the South Main street fish deal CT, who is imprisoned by the snow at Will limantic. He left Boston Monday after noon and arrived at Willimantic at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening.
 Like many another Elisha Ieavenworth was given more than his share of the late snow storm. It piled up in his front yard <nearly as high as the house, and in order to reach the back door the snow had to be tunneled for fifteen or twenty feet.
 The public schools were closed to-day and will not be in session until Monday. A path has been cut through School street from Scovin to East Main, but the schools in the outlying districts are showed in and there will be no session until Monday.
 The funeral of Mrs Catherine Hess, who died of paralysis, at her residence on Bank street, Saturday, was attended this after noon. The remains were taken to the Hall memorial chapel, where they will remain until arrangements for burial can be made.
 The passengers on the train from Water bury, that was stalled at Wheaton's, are loud in their praises of the people in that vicinity. No one who had an appetite for homemade mince pie or doughnuts suffer- ed from hunger. Members of the Nellie Brown Mitchell concert company, who har on the train and sang songs all day for the entertainment of the party. .f The board of road and sewer commits sioners tried twice yesterday to get quo rum together and failed The afternoon was assigned for visitation to Pemberton street. Commissioners Chipman and Boughton were on hand. The condition of the street would hardly allow an inspec- tion. In the evening Commissioners Coughlan and Chipman put in an appear ance and city clerk Kilduff adjourned the board for one week.
 Darwin Bruzie held the ribbons over four of the fire department horses yester- day afternoon. They were attached to 8 ucdSy WdSOu duu uA'1uo SOOu pIOSTe,SS COLI sidering the condition of the streets. When turning the corner of South Main and Scovill street, the leaders took the left side of the big telegraph pole at Martins store and the pole horses took the opposite side. They made break but sank in the snow drifts. This retarded their progress and they were easily managed and driven to the engine house.
 THE WORLD OF SPORTS.
 The deposition of Captain Valiant of the Meriden polo team and the appoint ment of Hannaford in his place has created the widest consternation among Meriden polo devotees. Nr Valiant has long and faithfully served the team and has been the rock against which the assaulters of opposing teams have been dashed to piec- es. The reason for his deposition is said to be that he indulged in somewhat pyro- technic language to manager Reilly while commenting upon ret eut game.
 Only one of the three Connecticut teams (Meriden) has yet won game away from