Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-20
CITY NEWS.

Michael J. Feeney, who was for
 years an employe of the Waterbury
 Clock company. is now resident of | Washington, D. C., and connected with
 large charcoal concern.
 The local branch of the Information
 al Order of Machinists will hold a. spe- cial meeting in Elks' hall Wednesday
 evening at o'clock, and will be ad- dressed by prominent speakers of the
 order.
 Mary, the infant daughter of MT
 and Mrs John Zebrosky of the Middle
 bury road, died this morning. The flu neral will take place tomorrow after
 noon at 3 o'clock, with interment in
 Calvary cemetery.
 l Joseph McGinness was arrested
 this forenoon in one of the brick hous- eS on Bishop street. McGinness is charged with intOXication and the off cers say that he was about to leap l out of rear window when they en-
 tered the house. The arrest was made by Officer Noonan and Truant Officer
 Hurley.
 Storrs Agricultural college will send
 her strong foot ball eleven to Water | bury on Thanksgiving afternoon to do battle with the old '91 champion Y. NJ. i C. \. team. There is no doubt but
 that the game will be a close and ex-
 citing one. as the college boys come
 to Waterbury with long string of vic
 tories and it remains for the Water | bury team to break its long line of conQuestS.
 Judge Cowell occupied all day in l the district court hearing the suit of Nicola Calabrese against Contractor | Edward McManuS for 5000 damages 1 The plaintiff is represented by Attor- 1 ney Russell and the defendant by | Judge Bradstret. 4 number of doc
 tors were on the stand during the fore
 noon giving evidence of a purely tech | nical nature. Calabrese claims to have | received injuries while in the employ 1 of and through the negligence of the 1 defendant.
 1 The work of weighing the mails will cease this evening. orders to that eff feet having come from the postal de
 partment in Washington. The weigh 1 ing of the mails has been in progress eight weeks throughout the country and the fact that it was carried on through one of the busiest periods in postal affairs in the country. a nation al campaign. has given rise to the re- port that a big poodle scheme is some- where connected with it.
 The case of Miss Nellie NJ. Evans against Dr William M. Horton of New Haven was resumed in the superior court this morning before Judge Wheeler and q jury. Miss Evans
 brother was on the stand the greater part of the forenoon and his evidence was very favorable to the plaintiff, vet it was very tedious bearing par ticularly upon his observations of his sisters health prior to '9S. when it
 is claimed she became the defendants
 patient. The case may last all day. Who says this is not good weather for putting down sidewalks? Why we haven't had better for that kind of business since last spring. and the people who induced the aldermen to change their law dates to May l, of next year, on the ground that it was too late to do the job this season must be laughing in their boots at how nice ly they fooled the city solons. If man was short of funds and asked to have the law date extended until he could get to it. it would be all right to give him a show. but men who have the dust should be compelled to toe the mark. but as q rule they are just the ones who are allowed to do things to suit themselves. It is not fair nor is it for the best interests of the con- munity to force public improvements upon people ill such way that they cannot meet the outlay. but those who have means and object just for the sake of being odd should not receive any leniency whatever.