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

Frances \. the i've years old daugh- ter of AIr and Mrs John D. smith of Birch street, died this morning.
 Mrs Edward Simmons of -Asklcy. Ia. who has been visiting the family of Mrs William Kennedy oI south street for the past three months, returned home to-day.
 The Derwin Mandolin. Banjo and Guitar orchestra has decided 10 hold no moro reheaIsal& until after the Christ mas holidays. Their next meeting will be on Thursday night. January ,.
 Mrs Dinah Dunbar. age 90 years. died this morning Ut her home. 24 Gilbert street. The funeral will take place Friday afternoon at o'clock with intcrment in Riverside cemetery.
 In the '. Nj. C. A. junior basket ball league one of the fastest and most interesting games of the season was played yesterday afternoon be- tween the PurplcS. who are at the tail end and the Whites. the leaders in the race. The fOrmp" won cut after d hard game by the scCrc of ,i-i.
 James Fitzgerald of Brooklyn has en- tered suit against the city for $500 damages. The papers in the shit were served to-day by Constable Lannen and were drawn up hy the O'NciliS Fitzgerald claims that while riding his birycic on North Riverside street he sustained injuries by coming ill con- tact with q barbed wire which was the hroDerty of the city and intrudcd on the highway.
 At meeting of the High school basket ball team to-day. Edward EyIncs was elected captain. ByrnCs had as an opponent II. Cook. Five T follows: Byrncs ,. II. Cook ?. one not voting. Chairman Jesse Devinc was then asked to decide i'll favor of either candidate but he declined A toss-llp was tEcn proposed and was agreed upon. ByrrcS winning the toss. There is no doubt but that ByrneS will make a capable and efficient cap t;,::=
 The fourth squad contest was held 1 Monday night in the '. M. C. A. l gymnasium. The events were the | standing broad jump and climbing the i bar. Squad B won with 20 points to | it's credit. squad \ second. oS points, 1 while squad ( failed to score even one | point. Selbie won first place ill the 1 standing broad jump. with jump of | & feet II inches. Brown. second. $ | feet 10 inches, and ChattlctOn third. l S feet f inches. ZiGiatski won first 1 place ill the second event. with 1I 1 points to his credit while Brown close i ly followed him having If points. | The new electric light sign on the i southwest corner of the Waterbury ] Furniture Cos plant on Broadway was i the principal attraction last night fcl i people who crowded into Exchange ] place. The sign stands in an upright i position and is composed of the letter: 1 in the word 'MoriartyS," througl 1 which seventy-siX- electric lights pro ! trude their. fiery heads and make III quite pretty picture. The sign cal 1 be read from Exchange place. butsonc; l YOU reach appoint below the City hal 1 building it looks like one solid mas: | of fire and this fact prompted many tC 1 inquire what it was all about.
 With the exception of putting dowr
 a few Belgian blocks. Contractor Me
 Manus has now completed his con ! tract on the new conduit for Great | Brook at the corner of Grand ant South Main streets. It was a tedious 1 job. so much so in fact. that it is gen 1 eraIly believed that there was nt | money in it for the contractor. He Wa: delayed on and off, once for nearly :
 whole week. in the good weather, ant
 this kept him back so long that tn
 rain set in upon him and made tn
 finish quite expensive. 1t is goo' piece of work. however. and that i what concerns the public. not whethe
 the contractor lost or made on the jot