Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-02
CITY AND SUBURBS.

The drawing for the S4OO pony, cart and harness will take place at the New England shoe store this evening at o'clock.
 Henry Lynch, who has for some time shown symptoms of insanity, was taken to the town house by City Sheriff Mcdonald this morning.
 morrow's DEMOCRAT will contain some interesting London correspondence from John D. Meany, son of the late Stephen J. Meany.
 The Farrell Foundry and Machine com pany were obliged to shut down their works to-day to make some repairs on the engine Work will be resumed tomorrow morning.
 Adt Brothers free stereopticon exhibi- tion Saturday night packed the sidewalks on the east side of Exchange place and Bank street from Conlon Brothers to J. B. Mullings & Co.'s store.
 Cornelius Kelly, in the police court this morning, was fined $1O and cost for ma Hcious injury to private property, S7 and costs for breach of the peace and thirty days ill jail for intoxication.
 The funeral of Edith c. Upham, wife of George A. Upham and daughte, of MT and Mrs George Tracey, was largely attended from her late home at Valley View park, the Rev C. M Bishop of the Baptist church officiating.
 Justice Cowel was engaged to-day in hearing the suits brought by laborers against the New York and New England railroad. Little progress was made, the lawyers consuming the time arguing tech nical points.
 w. E. Dill, who has had charge of the United States express companys office in this city, has been transferred to Hartford. E. E Parker, for four years employed by the Adams express office of this city, has taken Mir Dill's place.
 Saturday evening Deputy Sheriff Sweeney of Naugatuck came to this city and arrested three young men on the charge of abusing horse. They were each fined S1 and costs the same evening and returned to this city Sunday morning. The Rev c. M. Brink, who has been supplying the Baptist church pulpit, has accepted call to become the pastor of the Roseville Baptist church, Newark, N J., and will begin his work there next Sun- day. 1t is~expected that the Rev MT Els don, the newly chosen pastor of the Baptist church in this city, will arrive this week and occupy the pulpit next Sunday.
 The adjourned town meeting will be held in the district court room this even ing to hear the report of the selectmen and the special committee will report on the Baldwin street bridge matter The com mittee have consulted with the representa- tives of the railroad and will present a statement to the meeting as to the extra cost of widening the bridge and substitut- ing iron for wooden joists.
 The Forty Hours devotion began with a solemn high mass at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, at 10.30 o'clock yesterday morning. The Rev Father Null cahy gave an interesting discourse on the establishment of this devotion and the good work that it has accomplished. The altar is tastefully arranged with natural flowers. The devotion will close with a solemn high mass tomorrow morning.
 General Mulholland's exposition of the Battle of Gettysburg" at the Opera house, Saturday evening, under the aus pices of Chatfeld Camp, Sons of Veterans, did not come up to what was anticipated. The lecturers account of the battle was of course interesting, but his representations were limited to 8 few, and were full of in- accuractes, while the manner in which the scenes were handled resulted in tedious delays and interruptions.
 A former Waterbury boy, now located in Boise City, Idaho, writes 8 glowing ac- count of the climate in that place, to his
 
 place to live in. Persons afflicted with rheu- matism, he says, visit Boise City, crippled and lame, and are cured in week, by bathing in the hot springs In order to give an idea of the temperature of the springs, he says, a ham can be boiled in one of them in twenty minutes.
 The regular meeting of the court of com mon council is set down for this evening but as there are important matters to be reported to them by the board of road and sewer commissioners it is probable that they will at least adjourn for one week They may however, transact some routine business The matters which they will have to pass upon at this meeting are the contracts awarding the bids fol street paving and the construction of the intercepting sewer.
 In one of his letters to Waterbury, Mar tin Scully says: ''Waterbury is as well known in Ireland as if it was one of he1 own cities, and all through the popular time piece, the Waterbury watch. Nearly every man and woman that I have met il this country has referred in some way o1 other to the Waterbury Many wanted to know if I ever was in the factory where they are made, and I am sorry to say tha I was obliged to admit that I was not, bu I think I told no falsehood when I said that l often saw the place and was vel acquainted with many of those who assis in making time pieces"
 HEALTH PHYSICIAN FROST'S REPORT His Annual Statement to the State Boarl
 of Health.
 Health Physician Frost, in his 'ssanitary report for Waterbury," speaking of the dysentery epidemic last summer says tha out of the 151 deaths there were but 14 il houses connected with the sewers, or abou per cent. This fact he says is stron, argument in favor of sewers. On the othe hand the death rate in the fourth ward is strong argument against sewage being dis posedof, as it is atpresent, and sooner or late he says it will have to be carried entirel, out of the city and disposed of by filtration Dr Frost says that large number of tn cases of diptheria can be traced to cases il August, No regard Z he says, was pait to the recommendations of the healtl board, intercourse being kept up betweel families, mothers visiting afflicted neigh bors and communicating the disease to he children. Children attended schools con trary to the rule and communicated th,