Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-19
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 The sidewalk in front of the Lawlor property on Grand street is to be repair ed.
 The different courts of Foresters netted about S10O each by the recent union picnic.
 Mrs Paul Asheim ,who has been spend ing the summer in Germany, sails for home to-day.
 Mrs M. E. Kelly has removed her millinery rooms from 57 South Main street to 26 East Main street.
 Grape thieves are abroad. Vines in different parts of the city are surrepti- tiously depleted of their fruit.
 Albert Andrews and w. w. White of this city attended the annual reunion of the Seventh Conn Vols, which was held at Bloomfield yesterday.
 T. R. Howe, late of the United States hotel, Hartford, succeeds Arthur L.. Hayden as clerk at the Scoville house. Clerk Hayden has returned to Willi- mantle.
 After this month the meetings of Court Shields, A. o. F., will be held in fourth Thursday evenings of each month.
 The general conference of Congrega- tional churches in Connecticut will meet at the South church in New Britain November 5, 6 and T. exercises com mencing at II a. m. November ,.
 Andrew Martinez of Ansonia was to- day appointed trustee of the insolvent estate of Robert Banziger, the South Main street tobacco dealer. The ap- praisers report the estate worth S521.
 The postponed picnic and sports of Court Wolf Tone, A. O. F., will be held on the West End grounds Saturday afternoon and evening. A game of ball between Go G's nine and the Acmes will be a leading attraction.
 Thomas F. McGrath and Miss Maggie B. Lynch were married by the Rev Father Walsh at the church of the I'm macuIate Conception at II a. m. to-day, The best couple were John w. Walker and Miss Maggie Kiernan.
 Joseph Higgiston, aged 35 years, died at his home No 226 East Main street late yesterday afternoon after a brief illness with typhoid fever. The funeral will take place from his late residence to the church of the Sacred Heart at o'clock tomorrow.
 The St Aloysius cadets, 15Oi in number, who some weeks ago took the total ab- stinence pledge, will receive holy com at the church of the Immaculate Con- ception. In the afternoon at 3 p. m. they will be received in form and invest ed with their regalla.
 The registrars have been in session yes terday and to-day revising and ct ing the voting lists and receiving appli- cations of voters ito be made" The books will be closed at o'clock. This being an off year only a comparatively small number of applications to become voters has been received.
 The trial of Souder, the murderer of John Calvin, is under way in Hartford. : The evidence so far is about the same as was introduced at the former trial of the accused. It is said an effort was made to settle the case some weeks ago, the prisoners counsel agreeing to have their client plead guilty of mauslaughter. Attorney Eggleston would agree to no compromise.
 The contract for the complete construc- tion of a postoffice building Exclusive of heating and plumbing apparatus) at Bridgeport has been awarded to D. J. Curtis of Springfield, at his bid of S101,- 200. Connecticut brownstone will be uSSO III Vlle WOIh. lt IS lee(lleSS lO dllu the contract for the erection of Water bury's public building has not yet been given out.
 Willie, aged three years, son of James Renney of Bradleyville, Middle bury. was accidentally drowned by fall ing into Hop brook Tuesday afternoon. Willie was in the company of two little boys about his own age, who say that he went to the river bank to rinse his hands and lost his balance. He was taken from the water by his father, but efforts at resuscitation were of no avail.
 The meeting of the French Canadians at the hall of L'Institut Canadien Fran cais last night was largely attended. J. N. Baril presided and H. J. Lapalme acted as recording secretary. The object of the meeting was to encourage natu- ralization without regard to politics. A committee consisting of J. N. Baril, w. A. Hebert and Joseph Archambeault was appointed and will report at another meeting to be held Friday evening.
 The rain last evening for the second time kept many from attending the fes- tival of Court Meany's Pride circle, c. of F., at the City hall, yet there was a large be presented to the most popular chief ranger was spirited and the contest is becoming exciting. Dancing was kept up until near midnight. This evening there will be an entire change of pro gramme, including tug of war, an ex- hibition of skill and strength by Ed Mcdonald and Tim Meara, and a hori- zontal bar exhibition by Messrs Beau dion, Costello and Young.
 The Standard Oil company has ob- tained permission to erect a warehouse for the storage of oil from the common council of Hartford. The structure is to be of brick and will be in the neigh borhood of the New York and New Eng land and the Hartford and Connecticut Valley roads, where most of the foreign population live. The petition for per mission to build was shrewdly engi- neered and the privilege was actually granted before the public knew what was designed. It is said 10 be the inten- tion of the company to make Hartford the base of operations in supplying the surrounding towns and cities with oil. In Middletown the companys plans met with Instructions, and no further effort will be made to establish warehouse there.
 NEWS OF THE DAY.