Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-05-28
A new fire hydrant has been placed in

A new fire hydrant has been placed in front of D. J. Caseys store.
 A large hoisting engine to be used at the cut near Scovill's Hume arrived to-day.
 D. H. Tierney has removed his real estate office over the rooms formerly oc- cupied by him.
 The railroad commissioners will make their annual inspection of the Naugatuck road tomorrow.
 Company A will close their season of drilling this, evening. Company G will conclude theirs tomorrow evening.
 The gates at the Bank street crossing of the Naugatuck road are being removed some distance back, thus giving moro street room.
 There will be grand sacred concert at Jacques opera house next Sunday evening, Concert company.
 buglers, mounted on horseback, paraded the streets to announce the coming of the great show June 4.
 The Second Division, A. o. H., are hard at work practicing for their coming game with the First Division. As yet the hines have not been announced.
 The Waterbury -Naugatuck directory for 1888, has been issued by the publishers Price Lee & company of New Haven, and presents very creditable appearance.
 As this is the last week for the paying of taxes before the percentage is added, on Decoration day the collection office will be open all day and until eight in the even ing.
 Joseph Weibel, the New Haven brewer, failed to obey subpoena to appear as 8 witness in the city court Saturday. The police wagon was sent for him, and he was fined g for contempt of court It has been estimated that the average life of Q watch is five years, and that during that time 5000, ,000 watches are made and sold. In former years, before the labor saving ma chinery, now so extensively used was in vented, the annual output for each man em- ployed was fifty watches; now with the help of machinery each man employed at the business is enabled to turn out 15O watches annually.-Jewelers' Review.
 Arrangements for the dedication of the Putnam monument at Brooklyn are now | almost completed. The dedication will take place Thursday, June IA, and on the same day the soldiers monument, erected 1 by the Hon Thomas s. Masior at a cost of 1 SIC, ,000, will also be unveiled. The town | of Brooklyn has appro opriated $500 toward the entertainment of the Grand Army posts which will be present at the dedi- cation of the latter.
 There will be rehearsal of the princi- pals of "Fantine" at the opera house to- night and a chorus rehearsal tomorrow night. On Wednesday night the opera will be presented, and judging from the recent rehearsals and the presentation al Bristol it will be success. Between the acts the Banjo club will render selections, thus relieving the audience from waiting. The Banjo club is but recently organized but their efforts have been attended with large measure of success.
 The Connecticut catalogue of the soldiers which has been in preparation by Col George M. White, the assistant adjutan1 general for three years, will go to tho printer June ]. It will require foul months to put the book through the press and read the proofs. A force of 40 clerks in Washington, D. o., and five in Hart ford have been engaged for long tim' upon it. The work will be in two volumes the first containing the names and records of every person from Connecticut wht served in the revolutionary war. The stat' never had any record of her soldiers pre- volumes printed and 1 1000 of them will b. sold at S5 each, the others being dis tributed according to statutes provided The appro priation of $45, ,00O will be on tirely exhausted.