Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-05
CITY AND SUBURBS.


 Meeting of the police commissioners to- night.
 Workmen are busy remodelling the New England station.
 Editor Sill of the Winsted Citizen was in town last night and saw the elephant.
 Misses Fannie Hamilton and Katie Cass of this city are visiting with friends in Meriden.
 For want of quorum last night the fire commissioners meeting was postponed until tonight.
 The Amphion club will hold meeting tonight to hear the report of the enter tainment committee.
 During Saturday, Sunday and last night Superintendent Beach doubled the watch men force at the Naugatuck stations
 Patrick Mulligan and Miss Mary Kane were married by Rev Father Mulcahy at the church of Immaculate conception at 10 6. m.
 The A. o. H. delegates will leave this city this evening to attend the state con- vention which opens at New London to- morrow.
 The ball ground was crowded at Com pany Els picnic last night, notwithstand- ing that there was circus within hun dred yards.
 The only casualty reported at the circus last night was the fainting of 8 gentleman who became frightened at some of the aerial feats. ,..
 Thomas Norman and Albert Keenan of New York city, who have been visiting with the family of Mrs Dillon on William street returned home last evening. 4S
 At o'clock this morning Forepaugh's s show made up in two trains, in charge of engineers Mintie and Crowley and conduc- tors O'Brien and Hazard pulled out of the Naugatuck yard for Derby.
 The selectmen have put force of men at work under the direction of Bison Wright, repairing the read leading to Middlebury. Several large mud holes are being filled up with stone and the road made smooth.
 The engine on the 8 o'clock train out of this city on the New England road broke down at Towantic this morning and an engine was sent down from Hartford to take the train through to Danbury. The o'clock train was delayed over half an hour, reaching this city at 9:35.
 At the annual meeting of the judges of the supreme and superior courts held ill Hartford yesterday, the following assign ments were made for the holding of the su- perior court in this city. November 2, 1888, Judge Andrews; December, 1888, Judge Andrews; April, 1889, Judge Pardee; April 26, 1889; Judge Andrews; June 1889, Judge Sanford. .,i.
 The police are to be commended for the excellent care taken of the city during the two days that the circus was here. So far not a case of sneak thieving, burglary or pocket picking has been reported which, .J>s and the knowledge that such exhibitions almost every class of criminal, is rather re- markable.
 Edward w. Gorham, who has been audi tor in the Naugatuck railroad company's office in Bridgeport and who is we'll known in this city has bought one fifth of the lay out of the town of Cundiff, Kan, and left for there last week. The population of the town is about 75 people but railroad will shortly run through it and the friends of MT Gorham need not be surprised if he comes back rich.
 There were but two circus day victims before the police court this morning. Thomas Pemberty, an employe of the circus, who got roaring drunk on the ground, and young man named Gilmore, who arrived at similar stage of intox- ICdClOu duu was cAOIC1SluS ulS lungs, 1S A0 expressed it, Crying to bluff Officer O'Hearn." Judge Bradstreet was merciful and allowed both to go.
 The adjutant general has instructed the quartermaster general to purchase new A wall tents for the whole brigade. The walls are to be about two feet high with ventilators. The effect they will have on the soldiers health and enjoyment at Mantle, after sleeping in hot, musty, cramped A tents, will be very marked. The old tents have already been sold and the new ones will be on hand for the fall encampment.
 South Norwalk's lookup is disgusting place. Even prisoners refuse to stay in it.. When one was locked up there few days ago and left alone for a short time he cooly raised a window and walked out, remark ing that he was too good an Americon cit izen to stay in any "such - place as that. ."-Bridgeport Post. The windows of the Waterbury police station are protected by iron bars, in all other respects the above fits the case exactly.
 Property owners on South Main street be- tween the center and Meadow streets whose connections with the water main have been laid for a number of years, are warn ed that their pipes are almost filled up with rust and sediment, and it will be for their benefit to have them relaid before the pavement is laid. In digging to find sup posed frozen portions of the pipes within few days, the workmen found that the old service pipes were completely closed with rust
 Mrs Lester Camp, accompanied by her little daughter entered the Atlantic and Pacific Tea company's store this morning, the child leaving her doll carriage outside. When they emerged from the store fine french doll and embroidered carriage robe which were left in the carriage were miss ing. Officer Dodds was notified but as there was no clue the detection of the thief seemed almost impossible. The property was recovered this afternoon in S0tt's alley, it having been taken by a year old child who was passing.
 Constable Rigney this morning attached five cows belonging to Fred Levrick of Bucks hill, on suit brought by his hired man, Henry Martin, who claims that he was assaulted by Levrick. Martin is a lately arrived immigrant and was hired at Castle garden by Levrick. He became dissatisfied with his place and informed Levrick that he was going to leave. He says that Levrick was before the police