Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-07
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CITY AND SUBURBS.

Catholic fair in Watertown.
 Tomorrow being the feast of the I'm maculate Conception masses will be said in all Catholic churches.
 The officers of Evangeline circle, Gem panions of the Forest, will got Naugatuck Sunday to take steps toward forming cir cle in that town.
 Dr Henry F. Gill has removed his office from B Bank street to 155 South Main on the first floor of the block belonging to Fred Granniss, Esq.
 Emma J. Hubbell of Prospect, recently divorced, and Fred Atkins of Cheshire were married by Rev Mir Elsdon of the Baptist church last night.
 The organized charities of New Haven will realize $500 from Prof Russelps lecture deliveraed for their benefit before a large audience at New Haven last night.
 Robert M Burwell, who was in the drug business in this city over fifty years ago, died in New Haven, where he has lived since 1885, yesterday morning in his 73d year.
 The derricks, engines and tools used by the Meriden and Waterbury road in the construction of its walls and road have been placed ready for shipment from Waterbury.
 Peter Duval, carpenter employed by Floyd B. Smith, had his hand painfully injured this morning, piece of wood an inch long entering the first finger. The member had to be cut open to remove the splinter.
 All members of the court of common council with Mayor Roughton and the board of water commissioners will visit Hop brook and go over the grounds for the proposed new reservoir tomorrow after noon at o'clock.
 The district committee have accepted the resolutions offered by Rev A Mulcahy in relation to the appointment of phy- sicians for the examination of school chll- dren whose condition may give to their teachers just cause for apprehension.
 Speedwell lodge K. of P. will work the second degree this evening assisted by Kaiser Wilhelm and Comstock lodges of this city and the Ansonia and Naugatuck lodges. After the exercises the visitors will assemble at City hall and partake of a collation..
 Charles T. Yale, charged with violation of the postal laws, was given hearing be fore Commissioner Wright at New Haven yesterday afternoon and the case continued until tomorrow afternoon under $500 bonds. J. H. Guernsey of this city fur nished the required amount.
 The case of the Thompson Safe company of New Haven vs R. A. Lowe, trustee, ,occu- pied the attention of the district court this morning. The suit is brought to recover for the value of safe sold to Johnson Bros, the Bank street steam and gas fit ters who failed some time ago.
 Fred Benning, formerly of this city, now of Albany, N. Y, who has been spending week with his father, Augustus Benning, left-yesterday for a visit to relatives in Hartford. While coming to Waterbury he was on a train that was wrecked and burned, but was not injured beyond shak- ing up.
 There was large audience spresent at the Second church last evening to attend the meeting of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural institute in behalf of Indian and negro education, Rev J. G. Davenport president. A meeting of the Indian as- sociation was held in the First church porlors this morning.
 John Price, John Burns and NJ. K. Con- molly surprised MT and Mrs Robert F. McGrath at their home on Central avenue last evening and in behalf of the Monitor social club presented Mir McGrath with a handsome French clock and silver tea set It has always been the custom of the club to present their members with a time piece. MT and Mrs McGrath pleasantly entertained the committee.
 There are drifts of snow in the suburbs that are ten inches deep. And there are drifts between here and Waterbury which are more than two feet in depth. These are remnants of the storm of nearly two weeks ago. They show that hadthe tenn perature not changed on Sunday night of the storm there would have been, as was predicted, regular blizzard.-Danbury y News.
 Good work is being done by the Con necticut association of farmers and sports men for the protection of game and fish They are enforcing the game laws to the letter. Wednesday Detective Fielding acting for the association, arrested Albert Goddard of Simsbury for snaring ruffec grouse. Goddard brought befor, Justice Case of Simsbury and prosecuted on four counts. Justice Case heard the evidence and will render his decision nex Wednesday. Goddard's profits on hi nefarious work will, no doubt, be some what curtailed by the above association' prompt work. --
 The towns mortuary report for Novem Der is as follows Disease of liver, 1 softening of the brain, 1; diphtheria an, membraneous croup, s; diabetes, 1; denti tion, 1; hemorrhage of bowels, 1; typhoid fever, 1; cancer, 1; phthisis tuberculosis, tabercular meningitis and hy ydrocephalus, 1 peritonitis, 1; old age, 2; heart disease, 2 bronchitis, 3; pneumonia and congestion of the lungs, ?; death by fall, 2; total 29 There were three still births during tn month. The deaths by wards were a follows: First ward 5, Second ward Third ward :, Fourth ward IS. The an nual death rate per 1000 of populatio was only 11.6.
 Morris Whalen, the South Main stree fshmonger, opened pickerel this mornin and found within it, not a brick block diamond ring or anything of the kind, bu smallerfish which had fins like bull head and in other respects resembled perch. The pickerel weighed only hal pound and had small mouth, and whs Morris wants to know is how the smalle fish, which was six inches in length ant weighed nearly quarter of pound, cam to be inside of it. From the position o the fish in the pickerels stomach M Whalen is inclined to believe that it volun tarily entered the pickere1's mouth whel quite small, probably to seek protection