Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-08-28
CITY AND SUBURBS.

Ill town today, the guest or atner DuSgan. | The grounds about the Convent de Notre 1 Dame are being trimmed up preparatory to opening the school The Derby butchers have engaged the Ansonia band to accompany them in the parade Barbecue day. The Misses Fahy, of Wallingford, and Miss Paddelle, of New York, are visiting with relations on Wall street Arrangements are being made to place on duty every special or supernumerary policeman on Barbecue day.
 The Crocodile club are making elaborate preparations for their annual barbecue at Compounce lake next Thursday. Charles T. Grilley, who played last season with the Atkinson Cooke company will | not return to the boards again this year. The life of the late Thomas J. Jackson was insured for S5,000, and his wife will also receive $1,000 from the Knights of Columbus. The long iron pins for "spittling" the meat at Thursdays barbecue arrived to day, and work has been commenced on the trench.
 The convention to nominate delegates to the congressional convention will be held at the police court room at 1:3O o'clock this evening
 The street inspector this morning com menced the work of cobbling Jewelry street, which was ordered two years ago the 18th of August.
 A number of the members of Mad River Grange will attend the farmers and grangers meeting at the StOrrs school at Mansfield next Thursday.
 Amos NJ. Johnson, the Wolcott poet. has composed barbecue song of seven verses. which he intends to sing on the ball grounds next Thursday.
 The fall in temperature for the past four days has been something remarkable. On Saturday it was 90 degrees to 60; Sunday SS-52 Monday, 1-66, and to-day 71-4S.
 E. T. Turner spent to-day at Naugatuck acting as an arbitration committee to settle the difficulty arising from changing the location of the bridge at the Twitchell shop at Union City.
 P. O'Shea of New York. the publisher of Father O'Donnell's book Liturgy for the Laiety," announces that the book is completed, and will be delivered to book sellers this week.
 The Rev Fathers Sneider of New Britain Curtin of Norwalk, and Walsh, of this city, assisted the Rev Father McGivney with the devotion of the forty hours at Thomaston last evening.
 Peaches got as low as two quarts for five cents last night the cut in prices being a spirited rivalry between Theo Oliver and Tim Carroll, who were selling on the op- posite sides of South Main street.
 Work was commenced to day digging for foundations for the Meriden. Waterbury and Connecticut River rail road over South Main street. The supporting pillars will be placed outside the street lines
 A partial hearing on the removal of a conservator over Robert Wheeler of Oxford was held ill the probate office yes terday afternoon, and adjourned over to allow the attorneys time to consult.
 Rod Atwood has started pig sty on the banks of the Naugatuck river near the Watertown road, but fortunately he is under bonds to remove his score of porkers upon the first complaint made by any cit izen.
 Tomorrow is the last day for paying off the bills for changes of the curb line on South Main street. There are still nine delinquent property holders, and liens were drawn on the property holders this morning.
 The effects of Ezra G. Frazier, which were piled up in the gutter in front of Barrett's store on Bank street, attracted considerable attention last night Frazier
 
 non-payment of rent.
 Sixty members of Clark Commandery, Knights Templar, left on the S:26 train this morning for New Haven, where they meet the Communicates from Hartford, Middletown, Meriden and New Haven, and spend the day at Pawson Park.
 The Naugatuck Railroad company has decided to run a special train to the dedi- cation of the Milford monument Thurs day. The train will leave this city at S36 a. m. returning leave Milford at 4:25 p. m. The fare for the round trip is $1.2O.
 One of Hellman & Kipp's drivers had tc force his team through the alleyway in the rear of E. T. Turner's store this morning but not having his eyes as wide open as he might, locked wheels with one of Thomas meat wagons, crushing the wheel of tht lighter wagon and bringing it to tn, ground with a crash.
 A pleasant straw ride party, consisting of MT and Mrs Buel Hemingway of Water town and a number of their guests, cam, down from Watertown last night, ant their arrival was announced by flourish of horns and bursts of laughter. Tn party remained for an hour in the cente and then started back by moonlight.
 The mission at the church of the Immac ulate Conception is being largely attended This week is devoted to the women of tn parish and next week will be for men Last evening the church was crowded anC all the masses this morning were we'll at tended. This evening the Rev Fathe Mcdonald will deliver sermon on "Hel and its Torments."
 At the meeting of the Waterbury gam and fishing club and the Calumet gun clul held at the office of the electric time com 1or4 o,,,;k yoRi of J. w. Beach, E. P. Gregory of the gul club and W. H. Pierce and J. W. Whitlocl of the gun club were appointed as com mittee to talk up the advisability of tn, clubs consolidating.