Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-21
CITY AND SUBURBS.

 spend the summer.
 St Paul's M. E. church will give straw bury festival on the grounds adjoining their church this evening.
 The Bronson library received large in- voice of books yesterday great many of them being for summer reading.
 Citizens Engine company No will meet this evening to confer concerning the in- vitation to attend the Bridgeport celebra- tion July 1.
 The Rev J. A. Mulcahy left for Madison, N. J., to-day to be present at the annual commencement exercises of the convent presided over by the Sisters of Charity which takes place to morrow.
 Examinations for state teachers certifi- cates and for entrance to the Normal school will be held in the High school building, in this city August 21 and %, and December 26 and 27
 The Second division, A. O. H., will have a large covered platform erected for the Irish reel aad hornpipe dancing at the picnic July and 5. Pryor's drum corps has been engaged for their parade.
 The horse car company are moving their switch corner of Grand and South Main streets. By the new arrangement it will occupy about half the space, and entirely clear the sidewalk from Grand to Union streets.
 One of the truck horses employed by Contractor Blakeslee on South Main street, lay down in the shafts this morning, re- quiring the efforts of a dozen laborers to hold him down until the harness was re- moved. No damage was done.
 Thomas Sheridan, who is we'll known in this city, nephew of Father Sheridan, who y,oS 1xy1 taI liol of Locks yesterday afternoon. The funeral will take place at a. m. tomorrow and the remains will be taken at 1 D. m. for interment at Collinsville.
 The American band certainly deserve great credit for their rendering of the concert programme last evening. There was but one fault to find and that was that it commenced and ended too early Weekly concerts would be greatly appre- ciated by our citizens and would show the capacity of the band.
 Court Shields, A. o. F., at their semi annual meeting last evening elected the following officers B. F. Reed, chief ran ger; J. F. Bossidy, s. c. R.; J. D. s. Hen dricks, s. w.; J. H. Madden, jr, w.. George Costenbader s. B., and j. H.. Lawson, jr, B. The financial, cores bonding and recording secretaries were elected six months ago to hold office for one year.
 The summer school at Mantle will be in session from July 3 to 19. The object of the school is to extend to every teacher in the state an opportunity to observe and study the methods and principles of good teaching. While designed primarily fo1 teachers the school will be open to school officers, and all interested in education. Prof M. s. Crosby of this city will be one of the instructors in pedagogy and psychology.
 Word was sent the selectmen this morn ing that Swedish tailor in the employ o1 John Mullings in his shop over the Citizens bank was crazy. Selectman Boughtor visited the place and found him cutting up the cloth in destructive manner and immediately sent for officers Moore ano Sullivan to arrest him. The officers found the tailor amusing himself by throwing knife at his watch which hung on the wal and driving an iron pin through his shoe He was lodged in the town house unti further provisions can be made for him a Middletown.
 One week from to-day tbe great John B Doris show, with John L. Sullivan and hi combination of athletes and gladiators will give an afternoon and evening per formance in Waterbury. At each per formance John L. Sullivan engages in friendly glove contest with Jack Ashton and other scientific experts in the "manl, art," and the exhibition is so given as to b acceptable to lady audiences. The areni performances are of higher grade thai usual, if we may judge from the long lis of equestrian artists, among whom ar Robert Stickney, Miss Ella Stokes, Fran cois Kennebel, Miss Laura Ashton, Mis- Millie LaTour, the three Milo brothers George Austin, Loa and Ruge, Dunbar an' Vernon, Eldora, Dashaway and Moulton Crowell and Godfrey, Professor Parker coming dog circus, and the usual comple ment of tumblers, gymnasts, trapeze pe1 formers, athletes, etc. The several agent of the big combination are in town to-da Illuminating the bill boards with illustrs tions of the salient features of the show.
 Officer Moore saw Joseph White, youth full devotee of Bacchus, tear off his coat front of the Plume & Atwood Manufae turing company's last evening and make s one of the workmen going home at si o'clock. He hastened to the scene, an arrested White, who made such furior resistance that he was obliged to call upo Joseph McAuliff to assist him with h team crowd of perhaps 500 collected among which was Sol Lachance Lachant tried Ito pefsuade McAuliff not to assi the ohcer, and later called him vile name and assaulted him. White was fined s and costs for drunkenness and $1O an costs for breach of the peace, and L chance, who was arrested afterwards, W, fined $7 and costs for breach of peac Timothy Fitzgerald drank too mue whiskey last evening, and broke u blinds and windows in the house of h father-in-law, John Kenny. MT Kenr wanted Fitzgerald sent away, 50 he w fined $5 and costs for drunkenness ar $1O and costs for injury to private pro erty. Joseph Mellon, who is entirely i offensive until he gets drunk, and Il small boys bother him, was sent to t town house for ten days for breach peace on Jackson street yesterday eve ing.
 At the meeting of the road comm sioners last evening, N. J. Welton. pre- dent of the police board, applied for pc mission to use the boiler now at the sto crushing station to pump water into t Cooke street reservoir; granted Hearin on the layout of Pemberton road and Bal street near Meadow were fixed for July 1 The street inspector was instructed
 bring the upper part of Baldwin street grade. The sewer board instructed t horse railroad company fo remova th.