Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-04-10
CITY NEWS.

 club will be held in Concordia hall Friday | evening, May 1.
 Two plain drunks were before the police | court thIs morning. Judge Bradstreet | gave William Oliver Sl and costs and sus- pended judgment in the other case.
 Tie admission to the base ball game on the West End grounds tomorrow after noon. between the High school team and the TaftS school nine of Watertown, will be fifteen cents.
 Dr Bacon of New Haven was in town yesterday, and removed an abscess from the groin of the twelve years old son of Peter Bennett of Cherry street. The operation was witnesse2 by Doctors Hayes and O'Hara.
 Real Estate Agent William J. Schlegel has sold to Disley & Weyland the .large vacant lot on the south side of Jefferson street The prop'rty has frontage of sixty feet on Jefferson street, with q ten foot driveway. Messrs Disley X Weyland expect to build three story block for their plumbing and cornice business.
 Connor delights in having Ternan knock hot liners and grounders at him. Mike entertained Roger for an hour yes terday. and as he crawled to the club house more dead than alive the big first
 
 speed into those balls. They were too easy" Sun.
 John NJ. Burrall and Mrs Mary J. Bun nell were married yesterday morning in Ausonia. Rev Dr Davenport of this city performed the ceremony It the residence of the brides brotherin-law. William Wallace. Mir and Mrs Burrall left in the afternoon for Old Point Comfort, where they will be joined by Mir and Mrs E. NJ. Burrall.
 The case of Giovana Luffredi vS A. l. tS c. $. Chatfeld was heard before the jury in the district court today. Last fall while the new Congregational church on West Main street was being erected, a platform gave way precipitating several Italians quite number of feet. The plaintiff was seriously injured and sued the contractors for damages.
 It is reported that the number of coun- terfeit half and quarter dollar pieces now in circulation Is remarkably large. Local merchants find them occasionally, but the imitation is so good that they are seldom discovered before they go to the bank. The merchants say that they seldom bank silver. but ssimply pass 1t on in change without making close examination.
 Thieves visited the yard of Mrs James l luElt.N, OD OONScll street, DSLOIe " 0 ClOCh last night, and stripped from the line seven large, new sheets which had been left out to bleach. The yard of Mrs Dennis McGrath, corner of Orange and Corsett streets, was also visited. and the family washing carried off. The police hnve been notified, but 1t Is almost inn possible to discover the guilty ones. General Passenger Agent Babcock of the New York & New England is to publish pamphlet for summer business, entitled Mountains. Lakes and Seashores.' He has issued a circular inviting persons in country summer resorts along the line of the road, who are willing to take city ! bOarders. to send in their names to be in serted in the pamphlet. free of charge. Blanks and information may be obtained at the stations.
 The state parade of the Catholic Total Abstinance society of the Connecticut union will be held in New Britain, June 2Sth. At the last C. T. A. L. convention it was unanimously voted to hold field day in connection with the stqte parade An invitation has been sent to every society of the Connecticut and Springfield unions to participate in the parade. and it is eX- pected that there will not be less than 5000 men in line.
 Rev pr Martin will retire from the edi- torship of the Valley Catholic this week, having disposed of the paper to James NJ. Lynch and w. H. Jackson, who will con- tinue it with some important improve mentS. pr Martin is about to begin the erection of a church which made it i'm perutive that he dispose of the pare-. The Valley Catholic was first issued on November 15, 1892 with C. Collard Adams as business manager and Dr Martin editor. In January, 1893, Dr Martin bought out MT Adams and has since conducted the paper himself
 Companies G and A held battalion drill at the armory last Ii ,ht in charge of Major Dickinson. The exercise of guard mounting was commenced at 7:45. Cap tain GeddeS acted new officer and Cap tain Wolff as old officer of the day; Lieu tenant Carter was adjutant; Lieutenants IIalpin and Sandlaud. officers of the guard. and Sergeant Major Carter ser geaut major. The battalion drill was next reviewed. the companies being in charge of Captains Wolff and Geddes and Lieu tenants Halpin and Sandland. Tho differ ent maneuvers were skillfully executed | and eicited much applause. After the drill Major Dickinson was escorted to Company As room. where he was pre- scented with gold badge on behalf of the company. by Captain Geddes. The major accepted it with neat speech The badge is made in the form of two crossed guns with the monogram c. N. G. hanging under the guns. Across the badge is the inscription, "Chatfeld Guard A. No ,. 1854"
 The second night of the Central Labor unions fair was a repetition of the first nights success. Merchants who are in- terested in the labor cause were present Tn numbers and made their presence felt The stage entertainment was of a high order Joe Knox, the Waterbury boy who Is fast approaching the highest pin nacle of fame in his line of business, proved a whole show in himself. few weeks ago Knox strained the tendons of his right ankle. He had made arrange ments with the labor committee to per form and although in no condition, he would not disappoint them. His perform ance on the slack wire was something mar velous. especially as he was using A new pair of jacks and the wire was not taut enough. He fell from the wire because of this in the middle of his act. He insisted. however. on finishing the act and per formed his usual feats. Wilson, who was no other than Knox, came on again in m imitation of Frank McNish in silence and fun, and the old veteran himself could not but be proud of his imitator The sketcf which was to be put on by Knox ..rrl Smith had to be omitted as Smith WI, l:.- sent from the city. To night U nr'-ac- tions Wall be ten members :ror, the Turn Verein Vorwarts, under the leadership of P. c. Schwartz, and Mccarthy and Flana- gan in Irish specialists. The dancing be lore. aftsE and between the stage attrac- tions. IS also a big feature of the fair. Members of the Painters and Plumbers unions will be present.