Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-23
CITY NEWS.

Il uerS VIII De aTlncellng or the cO1l- mittee on bowling of the Y. M. G A. at s'o'clock tonight in the Y. NJ. c. A. gymnasium.
 &THe football squad of the '. NJ. c. X. will practice tomorrow night. The eleven will ill all probability play the strong Consolidated team of New Brit ain on next Saturday.
 TeamSters should be careful in crossing the Platts Mill bridge. Many of the blanks are in bad condition and holes are numerous. The whole bridge should be re-Dlanked.>
 ( The funeral of Mrs Auralie BlaiS was largely attended this morning from her late home I0S Wood street to sSt Anne's church where the funeral mass was sung: Ih1erment was i'll Calvary cemetery.
 Town Health Officer B. A. O'IIara will act as city health officer during the absence of Health Officer c. w. s. Frost. who is in N'fst Ashford, this state, where his brothar-in-law is seri- zously ill. r0T '. --.
 The junior members of the '. NJ. c. A. Will indulge in ramble in the woods on next Saturday instead of the regular gymnasium work. All the juniors are consequently requested to, | uteGE uIa Iue M: '. LA dt > o'clock sharp on Saturday morning, At the annual meeting of L'Inion Fraternalle Franchise. the following officers were elected for the coming year. President. c. Cable: vice-pres- ident, Frank Graber; secretary, R. l.. Brandely; treasurer, Joseph Weiss; serGeant-at-arms, J. Bayer and J.. B. Couguer. -.-- A very pleasant whist party was given by Miss Elizabeth Wallace at her home on Wolcott street last even I ing. Among those present were Dr McLinden. Dr Lally, Dr ,McLarney 1 and Edward Callahan; and the Misses NJ. and F. Guilfoile and Miss May Kane All present had an enjoyable 1 time and several proved themselves experts at whist. l The final meeting of the creditors of Howard B. Smith, q Waterbury shoe dealer. was held yesterday morning in 1 New Haven. No dividend was de 1 clared and there was no opposition to his discharge. The referee recom
 mended q discharge in the case of A l B. Pierpont of Waterbury. there being | no opposition from the creditors.
 l The superior court has adjourned | to Friday and the superior court room | was occupied by Judge Bradstreet this l afternoon hearing the slander. suit oi
 Mary Poppian against Geauto Erne | for $10O damages. The iitigants arc
 residents of Thomaston. Attorneys ! Bauby and Guilfoile represented the l complainant and Judge Etheridge o1 Thomaston the defendant Over {
 score of witnesses are on both sides l Santa Maria council, Knights of Go I lumbus of New Haven. will hold
 concert at the Hyperion theater o1 1 Sunday evening, October, 2S. A nn program has been arranged. Tn
 council will have memorial servic
 on that day and also on Monday fol
 lowing. The committee expects dele Kations of Knights from New York Hartford, Bridgeport and Waterbury
 The committee In charge consists o
 Thomas G. Coffee, Edward J. Carey
 Thomas E. Bradley, John J. Howar'
 and. William NJ. Mulcany. - s.~
 F. Collector w. E. Thoms came nea Il losing tho foreflnger of his left han
 tostiny. While opening q bottle of aI
 5ollinaris W q tar, uthen bottle 9jbrast. lan
 flew in all directions. one of the piece fstrikinG AIT Thoms in the finger, inflic1 Ing a bad flesh wound which will h l sore for some time. When some of NJ I sIDOmS 2 IrlenOS leirueu HOW ne me 1 with the accident they said 1t was goo enough for Him. seeing thatsha did no
 Know enough to- drink something tha I would not bother him until he had
 down. any way. no matter what
 might decide to do later on. @
 A number of fishermen have inter
 ested themselves in the preservation 1 of fish fn the local ponds and streams l3 Itsappears to be the object of som
 fshermen' to clean out n pond in n da Fl if possible when ever they. have an kind Of good luck. Thus the ensuin { year there is no fish or very little i . tllat pond. Within a week half dozen well Known young men took 12 : piekerel out Of a certain pond. Thi
 was nothing less than swholesal slaughter. Many of the fish wer hardly worth the bringing home an 3 some Of them they threw Away on th pead side. A law making 1t disd. }. .ameanor to take more than certai ! number of fish of q certain weight l
 now being agitated- q