Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-08-18
Weather.
. For Connecticut-&enerallyf fair, slightly cool er, winds generally westerly
CITY AND SUBURBS.

The Rev Father Shadwell of Macon, Ga, was in this city to-day.
 The Rev Dr Anderson will preach at Woodmont chapel to morrow.
 City Auditor James E. Birrell left this morning for a vacation at Block Island
 A meeting of the Watertown Game and Fishing club is called for Monday evening. Miss Pauline Hausen of New Haven is visiting Miss Mary Duncan and her brother Willie.
 An important meeting of Che Third division, A. o. H., is called for Monday evening.
 The children of the Bunker Hill Sunday school enjoying Il days outing at Quassapaug to-day.
 Edward Doherty, clerk of the city depart ment of the New York pOstottice, is visiting relatives in town.
 A hoisting engine was last evening placed in position at Platt's new building to lift the second story iron work.
 The Waterbury Turn Verein accompan- jed by it's own drum corps, left on the $40 train this afternoon for Holyoke, Mass, 10 compete for prizes
 A large delegation from Nosahogan lodge, I. o. o. F., will visit the local lodge at Cheshire Monday evening to assist in doing degree work
 The mayors office is receiving thor ough cleaning and repainting. The old carpet has been taken mp and will probably be replaced by new one.
 c $. Chapman will deliver an address at the district convention of the Connec- ticut Sunday school association to be held at Pine Grove, Canaan, next Monday.
 F. Floyd Weld and Frank w. Whitlock will attend the annual meeting of the Con necticut Civil Engineer and Surveyors as sociation at New London, Monday.
 Mrs Addie Juckett, wife of William Juckett died at her residence on Cedar street last evening. Her remains will be taken to New Britain Monday morning for interment
 The funeral of Bernard Donahue, w ho died yesterday from the effects of a sun stroke, will take place from his late res idence to St Patricks church to-m morrow at 3:30 P. III.
 Thomas Hardy has opened barber shop in the Rink building. MT Hardy is we'll known having been in the employ of near ly all the leading barbers in town during the past five years
 Mrs Margaret Powers, of French street, died yesterday, leaving family of seven small children Her husband was killed by the caving of a bank some two years ago. Her funeral will be held at 1 80 to- morrow afternoon.
 The members of the legislative session of 1883, of which J. Richard Smith and E. c. Lewis were representatives from this city, and E. T. Turner senator of this dis trict, will hold their annual reunion at Hills homestead, Savin Rock, next Wednesday.
 A gallery full of ladies witnessed the final drill of Company A at the armory last night previous to going into camp. The boys acquitted themselves creditably and the captains of both companies, G and A, feel satisfied that they will do credit to Waterbury.
 Yesterday afternoon Senator Matthews, who keeps his team at the barn at his factory, dove out of the yard and had gonr some distance before he discovered that he had strange passenger A hen which had made a nest of robe i'll the foot of the carriage and had laid an eGs, there.
 Friendship Aodge, No /, Hermann Soehne, of this city, will go to New Britain Monday morning to attend a state cOnven tion of the order. The occasion will be q gathering of Germans in the jolly old fatherland style. The programme of tht day includes parade in the morning and grand concert in the evening.
 The democrats of Watertown will rais. a Cleveland and Thurman banner next Monday. J. B. Sargent and Joel A. Sperry, who spoke here last Thursday evening, will address the meeting. There will also be speaking by w. G. Wood anC Senator Holohan of New York, Hon NJ Shelley of Woodbury and Mayor Bough ton and John L. Lane of this city. Sander lands band of Oakvllle will furnish music
 T+ IL trough at the corner of the Green will not be removed, notwithstanding that the new one is to be erected on the east side. It i> said by some that the new trough will not be high enough for horses to drink from without being unhitched. The old one was placed there thirty years ago by Mayor Fisk and has done excellent service
 Six or seven years ago sidewalks were ordered on the south side of South Elm street between Union and ScOvill streets The proceedings were stopped by an ell juction prayed out by one Bronson, who since died. A year ago the sidewalks were again ordered, but no move seems to bt made. The streets central one and al noon and night is used fully much as South Main below Union, and should re ceive the immediate attention of the board.
 The Southern New England Telephon, company will probably soon begin renew ing its lines. The average life of a tele phone wire is not over six to eight years the many shifts and splicings necessary t' constant removals of the instruments leav ing vulnerable spots for the acids of tn smoke and air to work upon. The Southerl New England service except in the wires i in fair condition and good satis faction given at all points.
 John F. Whalen, the East Main street gro ceryman, who was assaulted by John Scad den July :, who in a fit of insanity badl cut Whalen's throat, has brought sui against Patrick Scadden, the young man father, claiming that John Scadden re sided with his father although violentl insane; that it was the duty of the fathe to properly restrain his son, which h wholly neglected, and that he is respon