Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-07

Professor Francis T. Russell of St Mar garet's school will give reading at the Op- | era House next Tuesday evening. The se- lections will be from Charles Dickens Haunted Han." Seats go on sale at the Park drug store Monday morning and seats in all parts of the house will be 50 cents
 A number of the amusement loving peo- pie of this city are surprised that the Wat erbsry Horse Railroad Company do not flood the base ball grounds for skating to make it pleasure ground, and with the toboggan slide and place to skate, what beautiful place it would make Many of the young ladies and gentlemen would avail themselves of the opportunity to skate. There would be no danger of ac- cidents, and others who do not skate would enjoy the pleasure of sitting in the grand stand and witnessing the merry throng. The Horse Railroad Company could charge small admission I and all so reap a rich harvest on the cars.
 In the Police Court this morning Edward Roeback, who lives in the Brooklyn dis 1 trict, was charged with breach of the peace l against Mrs Lucas, on last Tuesday. The 1 evidence went to show that the tenants in l the house were having a good time, Mrs | L1CdS dCCluS dS uOSU0SS. INIT ISO0DdCk, no was sober, went to the shop where Mrs Lu- cas- husband works and told him the way his wife was acting. When Roeback re- turned Mrs Lucas threatened to 'do him up," and succeeded in scratching his face, whereupon he gave her gentle push and l she fell down. Mrs Lucas testified that she was not drunk and that the fight oc- l cured Wednesday afternoon. She conclu-
 ded her testimony by saying that she was
 very temperate, had not drank anything in
 four years, and was a member of the Good
 Templars Mrs Knox, one of the witness es for the prosecution, testified that the fight took place on Thursday and that Mrs Lucas was drunk. MT Foote, another
 witness for the prosecution, had such a
 poor memory that he did not know what l day the fight took place. MT Roeback told a
 very-plausible story, but the Court found
 him guilty, and fined him $10 and costs,
 from which he took an appeal.
 The first grand concert and sociable ot | the Third Division, A. o. H., drew large l company of young people at the Armory l last evening. The concert was by the Am
 phion orchestra and began shortly after 8 o'clock. At 9 the grand march of 231
 couples, led by Mortimer Moran and Miss
 Hannah Walsh, began it's winding journey and when the long chain of humanity wal l DrOKen to 1Orm TOT plaln quadrllle deQ1
 cated to the president the Armory foo
 was one mass of young people good natured
 ly jostling one another as they glided ebou
 to the strains of the orchestra. A waltz ant polka followed. This was dedicated t
 the First Division, A. o. H. Tn
 other numbers were dedicated t.
 First Division of Naugatuck, the Y. NJ. c L. A., Rose Hill social club, Waterbur. Fire department, K. of L., Company G
 A. O. H. Rifles, A. o. H., Y. G. A. A., T
 F. Meagher club, K. of O., Big Seven, Bi' Six, w. R. c. T. A & B. Society, Our Lad. Friends, and many other would doubtless
 ly have been remembered had the number
 held out. A beautiful souvenir programm
 was given to the ladies in the grand march
 but by mistake, which the committee de
 plore, few were unintentionally slighte'
 and the error was not discovered until al the programmes were given out. The com mittees having charge of the affair were Reception, James F. Phelan, J. Thompson J. Slavin; floor, Mortimer Moran, director assisted by Q: Boylan, Richard Houlihan Thomas Claffey, B. Kane, F. Lawlor, E 1 MaloneY, w. F. Dillon J. F. Morris