Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-06-23
CITY NE WS.

Miss Lucy Pierpont will attend the teachers meeting at St Paul.
 The Rev Father McGivney of Thomas ton is rapidly improving in health.
 Attorney J. P. Kellogg' contemplates spending the summer months in Europe. Sergeant Cox predicts cloudy weather and rain, followed by fair, warmer weather.
 Phelan claims to sell the best tea and coffee in the country. See his new advertisement to-day.
 The examinations for teachers certifi- cates will take place at the High school building Saturday afternoon.
 Rev Father Beaudet of Canada deliver ed sermon at the 10:3O o'clock mass at the St Ann's church yesterday.
 President Harrison has signed the New London public building bill. Wa terbury, where art thou.
 The board of compensation will meet in the district court room at 8 o'clock to- morrow evening to give a hearing on the Bank and South Main street paving assessments.
 Company As picnic at High Rock grove July 4, promises to be a greater success than ever. The committee of arrangements are preparing an interest ing programme.
 ZAP Daggett is having hard luck with his postal-card contract. A government inspector visited the factory last week and destroyed 16 ,OOO, ,OOO of cards, weigh ing forty tons, which had been rejected as not up to the standard.
 Two or three Waterbury parties who were at the recent prize fight have hinted through their friends, to the Nau- gatuck authorities, that they would settle their cases rather than be arrested and the matter given publicity.
 The seventh reunion of the Naval Vet eran association of Connecticut will be held at the Atheneum, in New Haven, Wednesday. The business meeting is called for 12 o'clock, to be followed by a dinner at o'clock, and after that will come music, speaking and other exer- cises.
 Postmaster Doherty has received word from Washington that after July Wa terbury would be placed on the list of first class offices. Postmaster Dryhurst, who received like information for the Meriden office, extends his compliments to the gallant colonel of the Second regi- ment.-Meriden Republican.
 One of those accidents that ever and anon make life miserable for newspaper publishers occurred in the DEMOCRAT press room shortly after the last edition went to press Saturday evening. of the Waterbury Printing company the paper was printed and delivered to sub- scribers in good season.
 The annual convention of the board of government of the Knights of Columbus, will be held in New Haven tomorrow. The councils of the order in this city will be represented as follows Sheridan B. F. Reid and J. J. Mcdonald :; Carrollton-J. A. Moran and J. T. Boy Ian :; Barcelona-J. s. Neagle and J. $. Fay.
 Says the Middletown Herald: A care full record shows that nearly 90 per cent of all the girls sent to the industrial school in this city do well and make honorable women. With such facts be- fore us it is safe to say that no public institution in the state returns as large a revenue for the money expended as does this industrial school.
 The measure adopted by the Water bury board of trade concerning itinerant vendors should become a law. It will stop street fakirs from wheedling the put stop to many indecent jokes got off under the impression that thay are funny.-Ansonia Sentinel.
 The years longest day is here. The sun has reached its farthest northward point from the equator. There are over fifteen hours of light, and hardly nine of darkness. For day or two, he seems to stand at that limit, as if reluctant to begin that backward sweep in which he recedes 50 far on his annual journey.
 The Concordia Singing society is to give benefit concert on the evening of July 16 in the society hall, the proceeds to go toward defraying the expenses of the members trip to Hartford. Among the numbers to be sung at the concert will be she great prize song "Auf Offner See," tfty-four voices. Several English selections with sixteen voices will also be rendered.
 Census Enumerator c. w. Messer who has been working in the Abrigadol district, completed his labors at two o'clock this afternoon, after working until 12 o'clock every night and all day Sundays for the past three weeks. Il any residents of Dublin, Stone, Ridge Carmen, Bergin, Pleasant, Fuller McGill, Bridge. Baldwin, River, Soutf River, Washington, South, Hickory ol Quarry streets or Grove avenue hav' been overlooked, by reporting the fac before tomorrow night their name will be placed upon the list. Mir Messer of course would not say how man, names he has on his list, but it is safe t. say that the number will not fall shor of 4,5OO.