Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-18
The De,,,ncrat.
CITY NEWS.

 Lawn festival of the Amphion club at night.
 A special meeting of the board of fire commissioners is called for this evening at 7:30 o'clock.
 J. E. Watts, Bob McGrath, T. Hurley and J. w. Hodson will bulletin the Su- burban race to-day.
 D. H. Tierney has sold the Michael Higgins property, No HIS Bishop street, to John $. Neagle.
 Passengers can now leave the New England station at the D. Ill. train and arrive at Middletown at 10:16.
 Go G will holds meeting tonight and every member is expected to be present as the signing of the pay rolls is impera- tive.
 The marriage of Timothy Thompson and Miss Jennie Cunningham will take place at the church of the Sacred Heart tomorrow morning.
 The Southern New England Telephone company has issued the tickets for use of non-subscribers, according to the plan already outlined.
 The police have been notified to be on the lookout for a chestnut mare weigh ing about 900 pounds and carriage stolen Tn Merluen last nlgnt.
 The work on the East Main street sewer is not progressing very rapidly. The workmen have struck a ledge of rock and it will take a great deal of time blasting and removing it.
 Stephen McCabe, the we'll known un- dertaker of Meriden. dropped dead in known in this city. His wife has been visiting here during the past week.
 The annual reunion of the Army and Navy club will be held at Fenwick hall, Saybrook. next Friday evening. The business meeting at 1:l5 o'clock will be followed by banquet at o'clock.
 Cards are out for the marriage of Ed ward G. Blake of Hartford, commercial traveller for Bronson X Fitzgerald, and well known in this city. to Miss Mary T. Pillion, also of Hartford. The ceremony will take place at St Peters church "Wednesday, June 26, at 9 a. m.
 Sixyear-old Winfield Holdman. of 6 Canal street, while taking a ride on one of Miller X Strickland's coal carts the other day fell from the seat, between the forward wheel and shaft. His leg caught between the spokes and his thigh was broken. Dr Hayes Is attend ing him.
 Benjamin Benson. a 13-year-old boy, who was committed to the temporary home at New Haven for incorrigibility several weeks ago. made his escape Sat urday and walked back to this city. He was arrested yesterday. and was this morning sentenced to the Reform school during his minority.
 Arrangements are being made for q large excursion sometime next week tC consisti of 1000 people from Waterbury to go to Cromwell by the Meriden. Wa terbury and Connecticut River road anC from there by the Block Island steamer to Block Island. It is expected that ; similar one will be worked up in Meri den little later.-Meriden Republican.
 It looks again this year as if the cherry crop would be a failure. The fruit i ripe already, and has been in marke ever since the 11th. but it is scant il quantity and poor in quality. The con tinuous rains have spoiled what littl show there was for good cherries. Th' same thing is reported from the Hudson river counties and New Jersey.
 Don't fail to go and consult pr J. A Barbour at the Winthrop house, corne Abbott and Phoenix avenues, Waterbury Conn. Crowds of people visit him daily The doctor will furnish medicine enougl to cure any chronic disease for S2. H. 
 questions. Consultation free. The docto closes his professional visit here Friday June 2S.
 The case against John F. O'Brien charged with obtaining money unde false pretenSeS. did not come to trial to day, having been settled upon the dis covery that there was a misunderstood ing between the parties interested. Con stable O'Brien claims that he did no know the money had been collected b. O'Neill until he presented a bill to Henr, & Allen for the amount due him.
 Thursday this week is Corpus Christ day in the Catholic church calendar. an, was formerly holy day of obligation stricken from the list at the plenar, council held in Baltimore. Masses vii be celebrated on Thursday morning however, but Catholics are not oblige, by the rules of the church to attend The feast of Corpus Christi will be cele brated on Sunday next.
 The Third division. A. O. H.. held it regular meeting last night and the fol lowing officers were elected: President J. F. Phelan: vice president, E. Cullum financial secretary, E. Maloney; record ing secretary, T. Shea; treasurer, T. Bal rett; doorkeeper J. Hennessey: sergeant at-arms, J. Tyrell: standing committee J. Clatfy, J. Griffin, NJ. O'Connor. c Boylan and E. Bowe: sick committee NJ. McEvoy, J. Cronin. M. Fitzgerald, NJ Rush and D. Cummings: trustees. J. F Devine, T. Clatfey and J. J. Bowe. Tn new officers will be installed in tw weeks.
 George Batten, for sixteen years coach man for Sydney Dillon, the millionair of New York, arrived in Waterbury thi noon, on his way to Litchfield, the sum mer residence of MT Dillon. The sabl countenance of the driver shone with CT thusiasm as he recounted to the reporte the merits of the three handsome horse he had brought with him. X beautifl surrey built in the latest style occupie one corner of Hall Bros stable. Tn turnout will leave tomorrow for Litcl field and MT Dillon will arrive there t, morrow night. The start from Ne