Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-23
CITY NEWS.

The monthly collection at St Patrick'S church last Sunday amounted to S644.
 There will be a meeting of the Third Order of St Dominic ill the Sacred Heart church after vespers tomorrow after noon.
 The Dominican fathers, under the leadership of Rev Father KcKenna, will begin a two weeks mission in St Peters church, Hartford, tomorrow.
 Henry Dowd, aged II. was arrested by Officer Dodds this morning for stealing backing brush from the Waterbury Boot and Shoe store yesterday.
 Judge Cowell to-day heard witnesses and arguments in the case of Patrick Woods against NJ. J. BrzeZinski Attor- ney Root appeared for Woods and Attor- neys Everly and O'Flaherty, of Hartford, for Brzezinski.
 St Paul's NJ. E. church will celebrate its first anniversary tomorrow with ap- proriate services. The Rev w. w. Bow disll, formerly of this city but now pas tor of the Old John street church, New York will preach at the morning ser vices.
 The Waterbury hospital has received a gift of 0,00O from an unknown donor and the managers are in agony because they don't know who to thank for it. We suppose we might as well own up first as last-it didn't come from the Rec ord otfice.-Norwich Record.
 James Fenning of West Cornwall came to town yesterday, got exceeding drunk and indulged in a five cent shine While the artist Italiano was performing the latter contract James fell down and had to be taken to the lookup in an ex- press wagon. His little dissipation cost him So.
 Three we'll known young men started on fishing trip to Long Meadow last evening. On the way they lost the road and discovered later that they were in Southbury. This morning they have kept rather mum about the affair and it will be some time before they start on another trip.
 Mrs Frances Bacon, of New Haven. and others appeared before the judiciary committee yesterday afternoon asking that penalty for negligence of duties oe attached to the law requiring the se- lectmen to take children from the aims houses and send them to the county home.
 E. J. Finn is selling shoes. slippers. rubberS, etc, as low as any dealer Tn town, but he does not sell Si.00 shoes for fifty cents as we erroneouSly stated yesterday. He is, however selling the famous S4.00 London shoe for S2 5O. They are going off like hot cakes and if you want a pair call at his store at once.
 Dominick A. Walsh of Philadelphia, Pa., has completed a handsome monu- ment on the plot of H. F. Downs, in the Meriden cemetery, to be ere :ted by the Knights of Columbus in memory of their late brother, Michael AmeS. The mon- ument Is of brownstone and when put together will stand fifteen feet high It is the first monument erected by the Knights of Columbus in the state.
 John P. McGuerty the young expert in telegraphy, who for some months was press operator in this city but who re- gently accepted fiattering offer on the New York Evening Telegram, is mount ing the ladder of fame three steps at a time. In a letter he says he expects in a few months to accept an offer from Jay Gould to jointly bull the market and squeeze out Russ Sage. Mac" is one who would thrive and grow rich and fat in an open boat in mid-ocean.
 James Reardon, periodical tramp who regularly visits this city, was fur nished with a pass to Waterbury to-day by Town Agent Todd. Reardon belongs ill that city and the authorities here think that if any place has got to take care of him Waterbury ought to have that privilege. The case against him for vagrancy was nolled in the city court, the understanding being that a police officer should see him safely on the cars bound for the Brass city.-New Haven Register.
 An official of the Southern New Eng land Telephone company said last, night that there would be no immediate ad- vance in telephone rates. The intention was to substitute metallic circuits for those now in use aud thereby afford a better telephone service. To do this would probably take three or four years. Then there might be an increase in prices, but not in a greater proportion than the improvement of the service. ''There will be no radical increase in rates on the present service such as has been noised about" he added, kand there is no occasion for subscribers lying awake nights thinking about it.
 The way the streets of this city are numbered makes it almost impossible for strangers to find a correct address unless after considerable trouble. Every year the directory canvassers eX- perience much trouble and annoyance in trying to right such errors as far as it is in their power. On West Clay street. one of the shortest in the city, several of the houses are numbered from 1 to 9, while two of them are numbered 90 and 92. On South Main street there are three houses numbered 225 and on Bank street there are several such errors. The numbers on West Main street also are unreliable. Half numbers are allowed and cause considerable trouble.
 LOOK in our window tonight and see the fine line of watches we give in our watch cubs. LAKE, STROBEL & Go, suc- cnssorS to D C. Callender watch makers