Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-05-11


 auspices of the Waterbury Democratic club, will be held at their rooms, IA East Main street tonight. James P. Pigott and James Reynolds, of New Haven, will ad dress the meeting. A cordial invitation IS extended to all democrats to attend.
 Lieut. James Simpson, U. s. A. is visiting friends in town.
 Frank Scott of the New Haven Register, was in town yesterday.
 Tunxis tribe worked the chiefs degree on sixteen candidates last night.
 Two simple drunks were fined $12.99 in the police court this morning.
 Mike Burns, will return to this city from Bridgeport on the 3:54 p. m. train to-day.
 Architect Jackson is planning fine resi- dence for John Kirschbaum on Adams street.
 Ausantawae encampment, I. O. O. F. worked the royal purple degree on three candidates last night
 By invitation of Superintendent Locke, the Bunnell Museum company, visited the Watch factory yesterday.
 A benefit picnic will be rendered to Mike Burns, by his Waterbury friends, at the base ball grounds, Saturday, June 2.
 Frank Lowell will sell out his saloon on South Main street. The recent liquor prosecutions have been too much for him.
 The flag on the G. A. R. hall is at half mast out of respect for the late George Fitzsimmons, who was member of Wad- hom's post.
 John B. Mullings is opening up the door to his fur department which he closed last IL +ho Foro show window.
 There will be 8 at-baiting match at Naugatuck Monday night. Two tarriers with records of killing 50 rats in four minutes, will be put in the field.
 The regular meeting of Barcelona Coun- 'cil, K of O., for the election of officers, of tonight, as previously announced
 Lincoln Allen of Rockville, drug clerk of several years experience, will take the place left vacant by the resignation of Herbert Stratton at Nugent's pharmacy.
 This weeks issue of the Police Gazette contains pictures of Burns and Sutton, that look no more like the original than the original Pat Sheedy does like John L. Sullivan.
 The Grand Council of Red Men of the Connecticut Reservation, will be held at Norwich, on Thursday, May IT. Cass H. Bronson will be the delegate from the local tribe.
 The property of the Meriden & Water bury Railroad Company, was attached to the amount of $15O yesterday on con- plaint of Mrs. Margaret A. Doherty for office rent.
 The funeral of Patrick Burke was large ly attended from his late residence on Grand street, to St Patricks church, where 8 requiem mass was celebrated at 9 o'clock this morning.
 Justine, wife of Jean B. Thibeault, aged "A years, died at her residence on Third street, last night. Her funeral will take morrow morning.
 Sweeney of Naugatuck, will be glad to hear that she is entirely recovered from her recent illness which it was feared would prove fatal.
 Two large busses filled with Waterbury people attended the entertainment and dance given by the Cummings combi nation in the Main Street Theatre, at Naugatuck last night.
 In the superior court this morning, Judge Fenn granted divorce to Ida E. Richards from Henry Richards on the grounds of adultery. They both reside in Naugatuck and were married their in 1870.
 The funeral of Mrs Mary Finn, who died Wednesday, was largely attended from her late residence on Dublin street, to the church of the Sacred Heart this morning, where requiem mass was said by the Rev Father Traenor.
 Court Hancock, A. O. F. last night in- itiated fifteen of the sixteen members who are to form the nucleus of the new Court Stephen J. Meany. The new court starts off under the most favorable condition having a charter membership roll of III names.
 At Concordia hall this evening the so- ciety will give an entertainment for the benefit of those who took an active part in the recent fair and kirmesse. There will be singing by the society, and music by the Banjo club and the Either quar- tette. A supper will be furnished, fol lowed by dancing.
 The Ramblers Wheel club have changed their rooms which were over the Citizens bank facing the green to the side facing North Main street, and are having them entirely refurnished The sign used by the former Waterbury Wheel club, has been purchased and will be swung from the corner of the building.
 It is probable that no meeting TOT the election of president of the new Meri- den & Waterbury road, which position was held by the late Charles Dickinson, until the meeting for the consolidation of the Meriden Sl Cromwell and Meriden & Waterbury roads, which it is understood will take place at an early date.
 Almost 2,0OO people visited the Japanese Village at city hall yesterday, and all went away we'll pleased and speaking highly both of the entertainment and the manage ment. The illusion, the mermaid still con- tinues to be mystery, and the changes of programme introduced by Pro Roltaire at every performance make it more pleasing every day.
 In another column will be found g notice from the selectmen asking those who have accounts against the town, es- pecially accounts of @ year ago, to present them and get their orders. It seems that there are large number of those accounts out, and the laxity of the people in pre- senting them causes no end of trouble in making out the yearly reports.
 Patrick Sutton, who fought Mike Burns for $500 and the championship of Con-