Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-08-21
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 concert on the green this evening. Mrs John Martin is spending weeks vacation at Brighton Beach.
 The work of remodeling the Grand street chapel has been commenced.
 Mrs William H. Welsh, of Hartford, Is the guest of Mrs Jane Downey, Pleas ant street.
 Miss Louisa Heinrich of Meriden is visiting with Mir and Mrs Nicholas WenZel.
 A very pleasant party was given at the home of Miss Cruise on Pleasant street last evening.
 Superintendent Howe of the state re- form school proposes to establish news paper, all the work to be done by the boys.
 Michael Barrows, New England road employe, was struck by a train at East Hartford yesterday and painfully in- jured.
 The road board will meet this evening and open bids for the mason and iron work for tEe covering of the ScOvill race way on Dublin street.
 The examination of candidates for ad- mission to the state agricultural school will beg in at the state capitol Saturday, August 31, at 10 a. m.
 The funeral of Henry Wilton, who was killed at Bridgeport Sunday, was attended from his late residence on Car men street at p. m. to-day.
 Contractor Thompson, will complete the brick work on the new police station to-day. The Clay street school building has received the first coat of plaster.
 The News says that the Bridgeport barbecue September 12 will require 9 fatted bullocks, 30 sheep, 2,500 loaves of bread and other fixings on a large scale. Miss Josie Kane of Danbury, who has been for some time the guest of Miss Nellie Lynch. Pleasant street, returned home to-day accompanied by Miss Lynch.
 Robert Miles and Henry Byrnes, who ran away from the state reform school at Meriden Saturday, were captured in Hartford and taken back to the school yesterday.
 Mrs Mary Synnott has brought suit against the city to recover S1 1000 for injuries she claims to have received by reason of defect ill the sidewalk on East Main street.
 In New Haven, Fairfield and Litch- field counties the rail season opened yes terday. The rest of the state must wait until September 1 before it can legally bag these toothsOme little birds.
 Bids were opened at the treasury de- partment in Washington yesterday, for constructing a postoffice building and approaches at Bridgeport. D. J. Curtis of Springfield, Mass, was the lowest bid der, at S1O1, 200.
 The New York and New England rail road offers special rates for those who wish to attend the Hartford races next week. The fare to Hartford and return is S1.10 and tickets are good returning until August 31.
 It is predicted by some of the peculiar prophets that this brave world will go to eternal smash Oct. 16 this year. Those who are behind with their subscriptions to newspapers should pay up. It will be bad to find subscription unpaid' in the general settlement.
 Conductor Hart has been transferred to the morning train on the Meriden, Waterbury and Connecticut River road, and Conductor Ashton is now running on Conductor Hart's train. Conductor Lamb has been given the train formerly i'll charge of Conductor Ashton. Changes have been frequent of late.
 Persons who intend going on the A. o. H. excursion next Friday should re- member that a different tug and barge from those used last year will carry the party. The committee of arrangements guarantee that the trip will be made il four hours, and the excursionists car rest assured that they will arrive hom, in good season.
 R. w. Jones has rented q store in tn, Pritchard block. 151 Bank street. ant for the next few days will exhibit novel vapOr stove, which is pronounced the best thing of the kind in the market MT Jones has the exclusive right to sel counties and before leaving Waterbur, would like to place the agency for thi or any other town in his territory witt some enterprising man.
 The towns of Oxford and Monroe hay, voted, i'll pursuance of an act passed b, the late legislature, to surrender ZOa bridge, over the Housatonic, to tn county. Attorney Webb, for the towns appeared before the county commission CTS to ascertain what form of surrende was necessary. A joint meeting of tn county commissioners of this and Fail field counties will be held soon to decid the matter.
 The New York 6. New England rail road company has taken an appeal fror the assessments of benefits and damage
 
 change of layout of South Riverside an Burnham streets, on the ground that tn benefits are excessive and the damage inadequate. The amount of damage allowed to the road is S2, ,704.75, and tn benefits S2, ,53O, leaving a balance in tn company's favor of S174.75.
 Some people will never learn that le ter boxes on the street corners are fc letters only. This morning bulk newspaper addressed to a party Brooklyn and properly stamped was lei upon the top of the box at the corner ( South Main and Grand streets. Tn chances are that some small boy wake off with the paper and exchanged th stamp for stick of chewing gum or cigarette and in few days the sende will probably wonder why the pap, failed to reach its destination.
 Superintendent Platt of the weste1 division of the New England road Il; ha f011ovx,inor