Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-04
CITY AND SUBURBS.

The summer term of the public schools will close June 29.
 Mrs Fallon, sister-in-law of D. H. Tier nay, is visiting in town.
 The annual collection for the pope was taken up at St. Patrick's church yesterday. St Margaret's school will give their an nual entertainment at the school to-mOr- row evening.
 Miss Lulu Powers, of New Haven, is visiting with her uncle, Philip Riley, on South Main street.
 The board of fire commissioners meet at 7:30, and the court of common council at s o'clock this evening.
 The Watert6wn Silk company will put $5,0OO worth of new and improved ma chinery in their factory this summer.
 Waterbury has good representation of her young men with the circus, there be- ing over 40 of them employed with the show.
 The Holmes, Booth & Hayden company's factory will remain closed this week in order to make some repairs to the ma chinery.
 This morning one of Forepaugh's private detectives were stationed at each railroad station and gave excellent assistance to the local police.
 A Frenchman has invented thermom- eter which is so sensitive that the needle is defected two inches whenever person en- ters the room where it is.
 John A. Moran, who is member of the board of directors of the K. of O., will go to New Haven tomorrow to attend quar- terly meeting of the board.
 The judges, both of the supreme and of the superior courts, will meet at the capitol k0l ko %la oil ~k %, G., S9, and to appoint a successor to State At torney Hamersley.
 Work will be commenced this week lay ing the new iron main up the side of East Mountain. The work will take about two weeks, and when finished will increase the pressure quite 8 little.
 There was a runaway on West Main street this morning. A horse dashed down near the Naugatuck track without a driver, but was fortunately captured be- fore doing any damage.
 Next Friday will be appropriately ob- served in all the Catholic churches as the feast of the Sacred Heart, and particularly in the Church of the Sacred Heart, which is named in honor of this feast.
 At the meeting of the common council tonight it is thought both branches will concur in the election of police commits sioners, over which there has been dead lock since the forming of the new council Ten cars crowded with people came down from Bristol and Plainville on the New England road this morning. Sever extra cars on the 9:10 train on the Nauga tuck division brought up large delegations from the Naugatuck valley towns.
 The clustering on the inside of tn, masonic temple has been finished, and tht steam heating apparatus will be put tt work for three weeks while the wood fur nishing is going on in order to keep tn, dampness out of the keln and wood.
 Sportsmen are overjoyed to find thei fear regarding the destruction of quail an. partridge by the blizzard unfounded. 4 number of them have secured the wood hereabouts since the buds have broken ant find there are plenty of both species o birds.
 The Maple avenue sewer is almost com pleted ano work is progressing nicely ol the sewer that is being laid from Washing ton to River streets. Workmen were bus Saturday distributing the 2O-inch sewe pipes along the line of the proposed sewe from Dublin to Baldwin streets
 Bishop Williams paid his annual visit the Episcopal churches in this city yestel day, visiting St. Johns in the mornin where he administered the rite of confil nation to 21 members of the church. the afternoon he visited Trinity and gay confirmation to class of 29 pupils.
 Although the grounds about the ne1 parochial school have been fenced in tn lot has been common playground for al the boys of that section and number o windows have been broken. Rev. Fathe Mulcahy yesterday gave notice that here after all trespassers will be prosecuted
 Mo r. |, committed suicide last week, applied t. John w. Gaffney for work. He was tol, to come around the next day, but remarke, that he would not be alive, remark tn significance of which did not occur to M Gaffney until he learned of the suicide.
 The managers of the Watertown fai have made contract with the "Aeronau of the Parachute'' to make an ascension September 19, the second day of the an nual exhibition. At the height of a mil or whereabouts he drops from his balloon and descends with 8 parachute to tn ground
 Judge Fenn has handed down his deci sion in case of l.. G. Atwood vs estate o John c. Booth, giving judgment for tn defendant to recover his costs. The actio1 was to recover the amount of several pro missory notes alleged to have been paid b, the defendant during his life. The amour sued for was $4,0OO, with interest.
 The plate glass windows were placed without accident in the front of the stor receotly occupied by c. w. Elkins ol South Main street. The store is to be oc cupied within short time by baker Kelly and will be fitted up similar to his Nortl Main street store. MT. Kelly will use it a awholesale confectionery store, and say it will be the largest in New England.
 Lawrence Brennan's foot which h, burned with molten metal at Scovill' cutlery shop has now turned out yer, badly It was supposed at first that tn burn was only superficial, although when tn shoe was taken off thin coat of metal hat formed over tho instep. MT Brennan wen to work the next day, but now the burr has ulcerated and the chords of the foot ar laid bare.
 The Holmes, Booth & Haydens compan, are having iron bands placed around thei big mill chimney. A single workman iron New Jersey is doing the work and attract no little attention by the fearless ease witt which he walks arOrnd tho for, of tho 1Rt