Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-15
CITY NEWS.

Miss Helen Table has resigned her position as Saleslady for Reid & Hughes to accept one as cashier for the City fish market, corner of Union and South Main streets.
 The Waterbury lodge of Elks will | hold an important meeting tonight to take action on the death of Thomas $. Miller. The lodge will undoubtedly turn out in | body to attend the | funeral
 1 Court Martin Hellmann, F. of A., will hold a special meeting in Forest
 CTS reading rooms tonight at 5 o'clock for the purpose of taking action on the death of their late brother
 Thomas Miller. Every member is re- ! quested to be present.
 A reception and dance will be ac- l corded tonight to the canvassers who
 worked so zealously q short while l since for the success of the fair of the ! Simonsville Athletic club. The recep- ton will be held in the rooms of the | Simonsvilie Social club and is an in l vitation affair, consequently those who l attend may be assured of having an enjoyable time
 Edward Maloney, the trolley car conductor. was hunting yesterday, with his friend, James Marchand, and captured q lot of game. The Held Of | their operations was in the vicinity of Watertown which. to some extent. eX- plains the fullness of their game bag. They shot thirteen squirrels and three rabbits besides a few birds, though their fellow employees say they bought the la+ter-
 1 Everybody except one. was so busy last evening buying Christmas gifts rh the law so that there was no city court this morning. The exceptional case became too eXhuDerant and danced on his own hat on South Main | street. He was such good fellow and it being his first time to get into the | clutches of the law that Chief Egan let him go home when he sobered up. Tonight at the Salvation army hall | the first meeting will be held in con- nection w4>h the visit of Staff Captain Agnes Mckenzie to Waterbury. Ad-
 mission will be free to all these meet 1 ings. and in connection with the same | q sale of work will be held. A variety l of articles have been given or made ! suitable for Christmas presents, and 1 before and after the meeting the same 1 will be on sale at reasonable prices 1 Coffee and cake will also be served. The cold weather for the past week | or so has covered the different ponds 1 in all parts of the city with a sheet of i ice capable of withstanding the weight 1 of few hundred or more skaters
 John D's and the East Brass Mill | ponds have already been tested by 1 lovers of skating and been found in q
 safe and excellent condition. the ice 1 being exceptionally smooth. The
 Manhan rink is also in excellent con 1 ditior.
 McClure's Magazine for January will
 contain the first installment in the Memoirs of Clara Morris, entitled "Recollections of the Stage and Its l People" This chapter describes the 1 famous actress first appea ra nee before
 2 New York audience and tells vividly
 of all the trials and triumphs on that i crucial occasion. Apart from its senti-
 mental value as the autobiographical
 work of our greatest actress. the dra-
 matic intensity of the writing gives to
 the article q literary charm worthy of it's high historic interest.
 The grabbing prowlers who have | been working in Waterbury for some l time past. took it into their heads to 1 give the houses . rest and turn their
 attention towards the dance hall,
 thinking, no doubt. they would fare
 better in the search for wearing ma
 tertal. So on one night this week
 they called at hall in the center and
 succeeded in carrying away several
 pairs of ladies' gloves. as well as a
 number of hat pins. They may have
 carried away more valuable goods. but
 We have not heard of it. The gang
 seem to like this city for they are
 making quite a stay.
 At meeting of the town school | d 1.,,| ,;,.l, :
 committeeman of the Town Plot and
 Mill Plain districts be authorized to ap
 point one additional teacher in thei1
 districts The appointment of a
 teacher in the Park Road district was
 confirmed. It was decided to let tha
 matter of change of text books stand
 until next year and devote the money 1 that would haye to be spent in this
 way to furnishing additional teachers
 The Oronoke school district recon 1 mended the appointment of Frank G
 SchmitZ as tax collector. to succeed J . J. Lyons, resigned, but it was decided
 to defer action on the matter until i , has been determined what shall b,
 done in reference to taxes. At tn, , last annual meeting the district voted to lay a five mill tax but the distric : has been divided since which will he ' cessitate some understanding regard r ing the collection and disposal of taxes < Charles Barnes, the livery keeper ! told story last evening of an encount 9 CT with black snake MT Barne , was fishing on Chestnut Hill reservoi , when a hugh black monster poked it
 head up in front of his boat in menacing attiture. MT Barnes an, , lis fellow fishermen saw at once tha the monster was only an unusual,
 large black snake but nevertheless
 they determined to dispatch it an, rowed toward 1t with that intention ) The snake, seeing them approach, dis
 appeared and was not seen again unti
 the fishermen were tying up their al . paratus. This time it undertook f
 cross the road that divides the reser yeirs and then battle took place
 With stones and fishing rods the snak
 WAS assailed, better weapons lacking
 The odds of longer lifetime were i
 favor of the snake until one of th
 | fishermen threw his bait net aroun