Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-05-10
CITY AND SUBURBS.

May 30.
 Forepaugh's advertising car No 1, will will arrive in this city next Tuesday.
 Officer M. Sullivan is taking the vacation allowed him by the commissioners.
 The Rose Hill Social club will give their annual picnic on July at the ball grounds. The Waterbury Watch company, are putting long distance telephone into their office. There was but single drunk at the police court this morning which was nolled on payment of S5 The Bunnell company have hung an electric light to show up their banner in front of the city hall evenings. The Pedestrian club will take their weekly exercise tom orrow morning, start ing for Naugatuck at 6 a. m. The costs in the case of F. R. Swift, editor of the Sunday Herald, ,who was fined $50 for contempt of court amounted $49.
 S. M. Burns, has a gang of men at work cleaning up High Rock grove, in prepara- ton for the opening the last week in June. Prof Thomas of New York, an expert in the art of tatooing in India ink and erasing old marks, has opened an office at 27 Phoenix avenue.
 The banjo club was entertained by E. M Hall of Gorman's minstrels, immediate ly after the entertainment at the opera house last evening.
 Kelly, the baker, to-day put soda water fountain in his North Main street store. and will shortly erect fountains in the South Main and Bank street stores.
 The show windows in E. T. Turner's store which were broken recently by Charlie Turner who made misstep while dressing the window were reglazed yester- day.
 Yesterday Mir. Burns, father of Mike Burns, went down to see his son at Bridge port. Tuesday Burns and Sutton had re- covered so far that they both went on fishing trip.
 cigar manufacturer, will give box of choice handmade cigars to any player of the Waterbury base ball club who makes home run in league game.
 John F. Bossidy, is somewhat recovered from his illness from lead poisoning to-day and his father who has been attending him left for his home at Lee, Mass, con- sidering his son out of danger.
 D. H. Tierney has purchased for 700 the property at 139 Bank street, 25x151 feet The passway will be closed up and new store built, to include MT Tierney's present office, which will be moved up stairs.
 Miss Martha F. Fitzgerald has brought suit against the proprietors of the Bridge port boarding house who had her arrested Monday, in the sum of $,5000, for defama- tion of character, false imprisonment and assault.
 The Cummings Combination company will give an entertainment and dance at the Main street theatre in Naugatuck this evening. Two busses will leave the green at 7:15 this evening returning immediately after tine dance.
 The actual laying of paving stones was commenced on Bank street yesterday. Six weeks will be required to complete the job, and meanwhile teams going to the depot will be obliged to go via South Main and Meadow streets.
 It is said that the cause of the mys- terious assault upon Harry Galway on Scovin street about midnight Tuesday night, was an argument he had over the respective merits of two game cocks at @ cooking main that evening.
 The Young Peoples Social club gave their last sociable of the season at G. A. R. hall last night. The sociables given by the club during the season have been great successes and last nights. party was kind of return party under the man agem ent of President John c. Latus. EVefyIn1nS paSSeu OH happily.
 The ladies' committee appointed to make arrangements for the coming strawberry festival and fair to be given by Nosahogan lodge, at City hall, May 23, 24 and 25, met yesterday afternoon and perfected the ar engagements. The members of the lodge are preparing a grand tableau that will require sixty people on the stage
 George Fenn, representing the Bristol Driving association was in town yesterday making arrangements for the opening meet ing of the association which 1t is under stood will take place June 19 2O-21. The date for the Derby races has been changed from June 12, to June 26, or one week after the Hartford meeting. At least four good horses will be entered for the eastern circuit dvring the coming season. Norton's Uno, Nutwood and Bessie, and Miss Miller, Uno is spoken of by horsemen who have watched him closely as dark horse.
 The French society, La ,Societe St Jean Baptiste, with their new flag paraded last evening to celebrate the victory won at the French bazaar. The procession was headed by the French band and Silver drum corps. After the parade the society accompanied by their invited friends, re- turned to the practice room on Meadow street where a bountiful collation. was served. Speeches were made by Messrs Joseph Archambeault, George Sancier, George Panneton, William Colbert, D. Chabot, Joseph Thibault and others The entertainment concluded with three cheers for the American flag, their adopted flag
 Almost nightly, now that the evenings are getting long, along the dark part ot South Elm street, from Union to Clay may be found a crowd of young rufians ranging from 12 to 20 years of age. These lads do not limit their blackgardism te profanity and covering everything witl tobacco juice, but insult passers by, using the most obscene language, and give ven to their over-development of muscula, power by pulling pickets off the fences destroying shrubs, etc. The boys hay, been voted common nuisances by the re spectable citizens in that vicinity, and i the nuisance is not stopped measures vii be taken to enforce law and order.
 The names of the successful competi tors for the Globes prize word conundrun are as follows: First prize, Grace Ger man, 8 Baldwin avenue; second, Philo B Porrv TTpion Gitv. third Gaoron w