Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-26
CITY NEWS.
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 street has been i'll at her home for | three weeks. I Miss Teresa AIeMahon of Bridgeport | is the guest of Michael Guilfoile and | family of South Willow street. i Tom Graham, superintendent at the rescue mission in Sing Sing, will speak | at the rescue mission in this city to- night. C .-
 Miss Selma Kaiser of Central ave | nue, who has been spending about ten weeks with friends in New York, has | returned home. - There will be a months mind mass | of requiem celebrated at the church l of St Francis Xavier Saturday morn l ing at 7:3O, for the late Richard Le- Roy. ..- The St Aloysius football eleven will not go to Thomaston tomorrow as | they. intended, the game having been cancelled by the Thomaston High school.
 Mrs Hattie Bradley, wife of Willis Bradley, sign painter, has entered suit for divorce through Attorney P. L. Wood. Habitual intemperance is
 
 Waterbury to the north of us and Bridgeport to the south, are both suf- fering from lack of water, and unless rain comes before winter sets in they will experience a famine. We don't know what consolation We can offer unless it is to allow themselves to be annexed to Ansonia, where we have water running to Waste.-Ansonia Sen tinel.
 There was a large attendance at the annual supper and sale of fancy work of the Kings Daughters of the Second Congregational church in the church parlors. last night. The fancy work booth was in charge of Mrs Colley and Mrs Burton; palm tree table, Mrs Henry French; candy booth. Mrs Fehl; flower booth, Mrs A. F. Taylor. h. strumental music was rendered by Mrs Scott. Supper was served at 9 o'clock under the direction of Mrs Reid and Mrs Spencer.
 The first of a series of concerts and dances to be given in COncordia hall, under the auspices of the Concordia Singing society took place last night and attracted large attendance. The concert program, under the direction of Prof Saro, was a rare treat and pleased everybody. The scSiety's quartette rendered several selections, and Joseph Henry Mooney sang with good effect. The efforts of Mrs P. Kestel, soprano from New York city, were we'll received. Faulmann's or chestra furnished music for dancing
 The trolley car on the East End line which is due to arrive in the center nf 1.n- .J@ near the Sacred Heart church. The cause of the accident was a rather little but bulky piece of wood. Sup erintendent Sewell was summoned and he, with the assistance of Conductor Knapp of the derailed trolley car, fix ed matters all right so that the trolley arrived at the center on scheduled time. This was due to the fact that the trolley waits for about five min utes on the switch before starting for the center. A large crowd gathered about the scene of the accident, think ing that another victim had been add ed to the trolley list.
 Joseph Buckley, who is employed at the electric light station, had a sin gular experience a few days ago which came near costing him his sight MT Buckley is the father of the boy who was killed by trolley car on North Willow street some years ago. The other day he was passing through the electric light station when a light of immense power f1ared up. The intense brllliancy of the flash sent a severe pain dartlng through his forehead and for while he was rendered sightless. Later he found that his sight was ac- tually impaired, and for the past few days he has been obliged to wear col ored specatcles, but he is on the road to recovery.
 The Brass Citys of River street de- feated the Sluggers yesterday by score of to l. This is the second time the Brass Citys defeated them. The feature of the game was the rushing of Manion of the Sluggers and Malley Of the Brass Citys. The lineup was as follows: Brass Citys. T. NIallev first rush; NJ. Bolton, second rush: I Brehsalan, center; N. Manion, half back; J. Minicuci, goal. Sluggers. A. Manion, first rush; D. Sullivan, second rush; Jim Malley, center: ], Charles, halfback; R. Wilson. goal Any one wishing for a game cali on Manager Malley. II River street. The Brass Citys would like to challenge the Free Silver team again. The Free Silver team put an item in the paper sdSlu lHdl they ueIeateQ the Brass Cftys but it was all bluff.
 Jennie Lefebvre, the girl arrested in New York yesterday in company with May Dillon, is the adopted daughter of John Lefebvre of this city, an en- ploye of the Hall & Upson Ice Go. She is 15 years old. The Dillon girl Is the 12 year old daughter of MT and Mrs Thomas Dillon of thIs place, who sep arated some time ago. The mother is now living in Westville under the name of Mrs Tucker. They had planned visit to the mother of the Dillon girl and went to New York first in sorder to throw the adopted girls parents off the track. The name is Le- febvre, not Lefeyre. A family of the latter name reside on Round Hill street, but the girl there of that name should not be confounded with the runaway. The fact that the girls were missing from their. homes was report ed at the police station here Wednes- day, but Chief Egan knew nothing about it. s-..-
 The first annual S0ciahIa and donna