Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-29
CITY NEWS.


 | Miss Kittie NJ. Reilly of Derby spent Sunday in Waterbury as the guest of her cousin, Miss Jennie Flynn. \ | In the court of probate to-day At l torney T. F. Carmody was appointed l guardian over Gertrude Cairns.
 The meeting of the beard of educa- tion. which was scheduled to take place tonight, has been postponed un- 1 til 9:30 o'clock tomorrow morning. There will be special meeting of | Court Linden tonight at o'clock sharp to make arrangements for at | tending the funeral of John J. Shields. The '. NJ. c. A. football eleven will go to Woodbury, Saturday and will | line up against the strong eleven of that place. The boys are confident of victory. They will meet for final practice Wednesday evening.
 At the |. M. c. A. building tonight there will be a competition between l the members of the gymnasium squad. The event will be three standing broad | jumps and will be decided on points as follows; first place, 10; 'second,' '; third, ,; fourth, 3; fifth, 1.
 l The mandolin and guitar classes at l the Kimball school of music will have | two lessons a week hereafter and for l the same price as they have been pay l ing for one. The teacher at the school 1 is going to give the pupils full re- l turn for the money spent.
 There was q large attendance at the | smoker given yesterday afternoon Ill | Congress hall by the Waterbury Dem 1 ocratic association, and the affair was a great success from every point of | view. | The Waterbury Military band will l fill the first engagement under their new leader, George H. Rowe of Bos- | ton, Mass, on Thursday evening, No
 vember l. for the democratic rally, at | the auditorium. MT Rowe was solo clarionet for several seasons with Gil | mor's celebrated band and other bands | giving concert tours. also leader of the Brockton and Bridgewatery bands, l Mass. ..,-. | Armed with search warrant a few police officers searched the dwell ling apartments of Joseph DansZe- wiecz, corner of Leonard and Bank street, yesterday and found two un- opened kegs of beer. They were re- moved to the police station. 1t is claimed that the kegs were the prop erty of another tenant of the building and that they were intended to create | mirth at q party to be given to q | bridal couple in the evening. Dansze- wiecz runs q saloon on Bank street.
 The board of public safety is hay | ing an outing this afternoon for the purpose of looking at the condition of the fire houses With Il view to getting at what will be needed for the run ming expenses of the department next year. There is big demand for more boxes in different parts of the town l @l 4l,.,4 F. 1>~4 ter way of strengthening the efficien- cy of the fire department than by put ting the people in a good position to communicate with it when fires break out. #
 A reception was given at the home of the Misses Grimes on Wall street last night in honor of their guest, Edward Doyle, who | is employed as telegraph opera tor in Pittsfield. Many friends were present and they spent the evening l pleasantly in games and other amuse- | ments. Among those who contributed to the evenings entertainment were James Cassidy, William and Alice | Hughes, who sang very sweetly and the Misses Margaret Cassidy and May
 Kane who rendered several piano se- l lections. | w. c. Nichols, who has conducted | grocery store on East Main street for
 some time, is again in financial diff | culties. Friday last the business was
 taken possession of by Attorney John | P. Kellogg in the interest of MT Nch- | ols's creditors. Mr Nichols has left | town, presumably. for good During
 the last year he sunk $1O,000 in the
 business here, The money belonged
 to his sister, Mrs Cooperthwaite. a wenifhy resident of New York city | This is the second time MT Nichols has
 experienced financial reverses during the short time he has been in this city. A meeting of the creditors has
 been called for Friday. | The snior and junior brancehs of 1 the Y. NJ. c. A. basketball league will | play their first games this week. The I senior branch will be composed of nine teams, the junior branch of four teams
 The former will play on Thursday
 and Saturday, the Junior on Tuesday
 and Saturday afternoons. The sched-
 ules of the teams and dates for compe-
 tition will be posted tonight. Com
 mencing on next Saturday night and every Saturday night until the close
 of the season all members of the as-
 sociation will be permitted to witness
 the games without cost while a small ! fee of ten cents will be charged to non
 members Two games will be played I each evening. This year every per
 son who plays on the basketball teams
 must be member of the Y. NJ. c. A. T and take some part in the gymnasium ' class work This week also will see T the opening of the bowling league
 which is composed of six teams. They will play on Monday and Wednesday
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