Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-12
CITY NEWS.


 Miss Annie Moore of New Haven is visiting Miss Sadie GuilfOile of South Willow street.
 Mir and Mrs M. J. Keefe are receiv- ing congratulations over the arrival at their home of q fourteen-pound baby girl.
 Dr and Mrs kilmartin have returned from their wedding trip. They will reside in the Frank Brothers block on South Main street.
 There WAS q large attendance at the family entertainment of the Concordia Singing society in ConcOrdia hall last night An interesting musical and lit erary program was rendered.
 The Wigwam reservoir Is now up nine feet and a half higher tnan it was before the recent rain storm. The brooks are full and rushing into it at rapid rate. so that the supply is not likely to give out right away.
 A large number of people from this city left on the morning trains to at tend the Bridgeport centennial cele- bratiOn to-day. The Waterbury Mill tary band and the Hellmann Advance drum corps also went down. having been engaged for the occasion.
 The directors of the New York New Haven and Hartford road met ill New York Saturday and reelected the off | cers-president, John NJ. Hall; treas urer, William l.. Squire; secretary, l William D. Bishop, Jr. President Hall | was warmly congratulated on the sue | cess of his first year in office.
 Yesterday was the first time service was held in St Johns church since the | work of renovating the budding was 1 commenced. The attendance was very 1 large, and the pastor. Dr Rowland. 1 preached an interesting and inStruc- tive sermon on the gospel of the day.
 Mrs J. W. Mccoy. who for several years has conducted a boarding house l in Camps block on East Main street l and before that conducted a grocery | store and saloon at the corner of East | Main and Orange streets. has sold her | boarding establishment to Il Mrs | French of Wolcott It is Mrs Me | Coys's intention to conduct first class boarding house in New York city and she left for her new abode to- day. Mrs McCoy< many friends wish | her happy future in her undertaking
 People who have to ride over the Naugatuck crossing on Bank street are complaining loudly against the rough manner in which they are jared | and shaken up in crossing the tracks 1 It was bad enough before repairs were | made on the tracks but now it is much worse. A prominent doctor of | the city said that it was a very bad place and that ill riding over it one received a severe shock to ones ner- | vouS system. In any other city such a condition of affairs would not be allowed to exist and they shouldn't be allowed in Waterbury,
 A pleasant social evening was spent at the home of the Misses Bessie and Grace Neyrs on Wall street last evn- l ing where number of their friends l had assembled. The evening was pleasantly spent in games and other l amusements. Instrumental and vocal music formed q part of the evenings $ entertainment Joseph Lawlor and the Misses Alice Wolff and Bessie Meyrs rendered several piano select ions and Miss Grace Meyrs was heard in . soprona solo while Thomas Savers delighted all with q pleasing recitation. After had partaken of a elegant spread, the party broke up and wended their several ways homeward.
 Joseph NJ. LawlOr. a student at the Holy Cross college. is spending a few days in town with his parents on North Main street. Joe plays right l tackle on the Holy Cross varsity elp- ven and is one of their star players. The eleven played in Mddietown Sat | urdsy and was beaten by Wesleyan by the score of II to 6. John Shields of Watertown plays quarterback on the l Holy Cross eleven and is considered an excellent player. He is also spend ing a few days at his home. Both players will return to college on Wed nesday. Walter, Monagan. another of Waterbury's. representatives al Holy Cross. plays star game at right tackle on his class eleven.
 It looks as if Terrence Coughlan vii not have a monopoly of the ice trade in the South End Bernard Coyle who has retired from the hack ant trucking business. is about to engage in the ice business. and as he has al excellent place to build ' plant ther, is no reason why he should not mak, a success of it. The only dra whack t, , Mir Coyle and others who contemplat t, going into the ice traffic is the diff culty in securing suitable ponds tt harvest ice on. but it is thought .tha this will be overcome and that mex season will witness great change il the ice question in Waterbury O course these men are not going int; it for sport. but it is believed that the, can make money at it and at the sam
 time put the article on the market at , price that will be within. the reach o all. Mr Coyle's property is on tn
 summit of Baldwin street. south O : Washington street. and can easily b
 made an ideal spot to store ice in.