Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-10
CITY NEWS.

City Sheriff Mcdonald and his wife have brought suit against Mrs Mary Gagan fer Sl.G0n. loaned money
 Attorney r. X. Richmond bundled up his hclcngings this afternoon pre- paratory ito starting for New Milford. where he will ill future reside
 At Our Lady of LoUr,leS church. Lingi Colcilio and Miss Rosina Gio~ina. both of Union street. were. married at 9::;O Saturday night by Key Father karam.
 At 10 o'clock this morning the thcr- momet"r stood at 1U above, zero on Exchange place and II above zero at Attorney C. Gillettc's reSidence on Cooke street at the same hour
 The annual report of the Boys club is Cur and contains much valuable rCading matter. The club has started cut to raise funds for the purpose of giving q Christmas dinner to :i90 hoyS and no doubt everybody will want to lend hand.
 There was q solemn high mass at the church of the Immaculate Conception at 1O:H o'clock yesterday morning. in hGnor of the feast of the church. the Immaculate Conception. which oc- cured Saturday. The sermon of the day was preached hy the Rev Father Slocum.
 There was a large attendance at the regular monthly family gathering of the Concordia Singing S0riety in Con cOrlia hall last evening. The program included singing by M. J. McE,Voy and William Calder and selections oil the Zither by Arthur and Max Gross and Max Grincr.
 At q meeting of the St Thomas l.. and D. society yesterday afternoon at it's rooms on North Main street. business of little importance was transacted. The meeting Was :ld- journcd till next Sunday afternoon when plans will be considered for placing the society upon Il sOunder financial basis.
 Tn" funeral of Mrs Bridget Com mprford took place yesterday after noon from her late residence on Cherry street. NauCatuck. to St Fran ciSsS church. where service was con ducted by the Rev Father Sheridan The bearers were Thomas Hughes Edward Brennan. Patrick Dunphy. James Cuddy. John F. Nahpr and John T. Gorman. The interment was in St .IoSeph'S cemetery. this city. The funeral was in charge of Undertaken Mol':."tN-
 Thomas C. Pratt has resigned his position as drug clerk at McCarthy'S $ pharmacy and ill company With l.. Bar ribault. hero of the Spanish war, will start Up q new5 up-to-datp drug store in Brett'S block ;on South Main street This will be the second French drug store in Waterbury. and as there is a French population of G.n00. it ought to succeed. E. Shepard, formerly em plcyed at Cones drug store. has ac- cepted the position made vacant by the resignation of Mr Pratt.
 William Conlon. the 12-year-old son of Mir and Mrs William C0nlon of :i1 WCltOn street. met with q serious acci- dent Saturday afternoon while play ing Rugby with-a few companions in the lots off East Main street. He fell on q broken bottle that was embedded in the ground. intlicting q "ash on his . face reaching from his eye to his ear and also got a severe wound ill the neck. Tha cut on his face required twelve stitches and th2 one on his neck three. The last mentioned lab came mighty near Seyering the carotid ar tery. which would certainly have re- suited fatally. no matter how many doctors there might be on hand pr John r. Hayes was called.
 It was reported about town to-day that. the sacred concert given in the Opera house last evening by the So- cial Maid company was stopped by order of the local authorities. but such was not the case. however. and it is thought that the rumor to this effect got noised around on account of the fact that Manager Jacques is said to have diSapproyed of certain parts of the performance and went behind the curtain and suppressed such features of it as. in his Judgment. ought not to be exhibited before an audience ill Waterbury. That's the reason why the audience wondered why the show did not last longer. Some people thought it was just right. while others make no bones of the statement that it was stopped none too soon