Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-02-24
CITY AND SUBURBS.

The snow on the green is fast disappear ing But the walks are in deplorable condition.
 E. c. Lewis of this city was one of the speakers at the annual banquet of the Bridgeport board of trade last night.
 Work on the North Main street sewer is being pushed rapidly. The men are now engaged in putting in the man holes
 William Rigney has been appointed town constable to take the place made vacant by the resignation of Daniel Morris
 Waterbury's petition for public bui d. ing is not far behind. There were twenty three similar petitions introduced in con- gress yesterday.
 The committee appointed to urge Wa terbury's claim for public building will meet at the Manufacturers National bank at 4:3O p. m. to day.
 The employees of the Waterbury Farrel foundry and machine company have con tributed S1O4 to the Republican fund for the Waterbury hospital.
 Messrs Wildman, Greedy, Hoigh and Bliss are the Danbury delegation who are in Washington looking after the petition of that town for a postoffice building.
 The case of A. H. Scovill, ct al, vs T. J. Jackson, which was set down for trial to- day has been postponed until tomorrow when it will be tried before Judge Cowell
 Decision was reserved in the case of S. S. Guerney of Bethany against the town of Naugatuck to recover $3,000, which occu- pied the attention of the district court to- day.
 Sergeant Ramon is acting as chief of police to-day in the absence of Chief Egan who is in New Haven. Lieutenant Root ! ,los~ 1co IL ness.
 The next lecture in the Y. M c. A. course will be delivered by the Rev Dr H. o. Hovey of Bridgeport, Thursday evening, March 1. His subject will be "The Vibra- tory Law of Progress"
 The funeral of Mrs Margaret Shay was largely attended from her residence on Liberty street to St Patrick's church this morning. requiem mass was said by the Rev Father Duggan.
 Mrs Nancy B. Wooster, wife of the late Thomas A. Wooster, died at the residence of her sister, No II Meadow street, last evening. Her remains will be taken to Middlebury for interment Sunday.
 Gen s. w. Kellogg, Col J. B. Doherty l.. I. Munson and MT Baker, president of the Young Mems Republican club were the Waterbury guests at the banquet in New Haven last night of the Republican league club.
 The line men employed by the American Telegraph and Telephone company have completed the work of stringing the four copper telephone wires from Birmingham to Union City. They expect to reach this city early next week.
 The sluice built by the railroad company to convey the water through the bank in Scovill manufacturing company's canal, was given trial this morning. Some de- fects were discovered and it was necessary to use city water for the mill
 Atkinson, the counterfeiter, to-day waived examination before the Ulited States commissioners at New Haven and was bound over to the United States dis trict court in the sum of $1 1000, failing to furnish which he was taken back to jail.
 The police were this morning notified that an attempt had been made to enter the local agency of Shoninger & company during last night. The front door was sprung and there are indications that a jimmy had been Intellectually used to get the door open.
 The commercial travellers begin to swarm the cities and towns drumming for the spring trade. It makes the hotel business good saves considerable correspondence, and altogether the drummer is not such a nuisance as some people represent him to be.
 handsome Alderney calf, six months old, purchased in Paterson, N. J., was sent by express from this city on the PAP train this afternoon, consigned to J. c. Curtiss, express agent at the station in Bridgeport. The animal came from regis tered stock and cost MT Curtiss $175.
 
 Tierney's agency, purchased day from Henry Poppe the right to the rooms known as the Waverley restaurant on Bank street Mir Richardson with a partner will take possession March TO-, and will open a ready made clothing and gentlemen's furnishing store.
 The beautiful weather for the past few days has brought out @ good many shop pers and the merchants are doing quite a thriving trade There is about so much money to be expended and if the cold, dis agreeable weather affects trade the pleas ant season that follows keeps the clerks busy.
 Robert White, Daniel Cassidy, James Madden, James Burns, Chief Egan and Officers Dodds and Reed went to New Ha- ven this morning to testify at the trial of William Atkinson, the counterfeiter who Wuo ollCoGCA III uIllS ClUy SOluo Clm0 ago, and whose hearing takes place before a United States commissioner in that city to- day.
 The police to-day received notification from Chief Ford of Meriden of the theft ot a brown mare in that city yesterday. The man who hired the horse at Cooley's stable is about 5 feet 7 inches, wears dark mus tache, is dressed in dark clothes and wears 8 soft hat. A reward is offered for the recovery of the horse and the Corning, top side bar buggy.
 Five prisoners, charged with drunken meas, sat in the prisoners box at the police court this morning and listened attentively to the court as it dealed out justice to othem Two were fined $1 and costs, one was give1 30 days in jail and another discharged. The fifth, James Sullivan, was not so for tunate. He was charged with breaking the windows in his fathers house on Bald win street last night The court fined him T end costa