Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-18
CITY NEWS

The board of public works will meet at s o'clock tonight.
 pr P. J. Keeley is reported to be i'll 1 at his home on North Main street.
 This evening there will be special the k. of c. fair.
 The Misses Margaret Brown and | Nettie Norton of Columbia are the 1 guests of Mir and Mrs Frank Seaman of Wolcott street.
 The town is putting down a new flooring on the bridge that spans the Mad river on South Main street, at Benedict & Burnham's. John Dillon and Thomas Parker, students of the Yale Medical school, are spending the summer vacation at l their homes in this city. Abraham Lincoln camp, s. of ", will give their shirt waist sociable at l Pythian hall, Waterville, Friday even 1 ing, June 2S. Excelsior orchestra will 1 furnish music and Prof Harper will prompt.
 The pupils of the seventh and eighth grades of the convent de Notre Dame enjoyed an outing at P1ne Grove in the North end all to-day. This after noon they were joined by the pupils of | the fifth and sixth grades.
 The street department is putting down a gutter between the City hall and the old library building, which will carry surface water into the basin on West Main street instead of having it run at will all over the yard and | into the cellars
 There will be sale of ice cream and cake at the Friendly league Wednes- day evening, June 18th, at which time specimens of work Of classes in dress. making, embroidery and hand sewing will be on exhibition.
 George c. Herr of this city, now a student at the University of Michigan, | is a delegate from the dental frater- nity of that college to the national convention of the Zi Phi Si dental fra ternity, which is being held at Buff | fa1o.
 The local members of the Mercantile | Cooperative bank are requested to meet at the Democrat office at o'clock Thursday evening, for the purpose of | appointing delegate to attend hear | ing for a permanent receiver, which will be held in Bridgeport Friday at | P o'clock.
 The fire department was called to the west end yesterday afternoon where a billboard belonging to Jones, | Morgan & Co, Bank street clothiers, caught fire fr@m the dumping ground and made a big blaze. There was no damage to speak of.
 1 The board of public safety will meet this evening. Among the items of busi- ness to be transacted is the appointing of six men to the call fire force. A member of the board said to-day that l he saw no reason why the appoint ments should not be made this eyen- | ing.
 Clothesline thieves are again at work. and one of these nights they will be treated to dose of something I they will not relish. The lines on Spencer avenue are the attractive spots just now, and last week several articles of wearing apparel were taken | from the lines, and early in the even ing, too.
 At meeting of the Barbers' union last night it was voted that all union shops close at o'clock Monday nights and at 9 o'clock on Tuesday, Wednes- day, Thursday and Friday nights, and at midnight on Saturday nights All
 
 shall be entitled to slaves.
 Owing to the absence of Governor Mclean and Lieutenant-Go Governor Keel CT with the Buffalo party, the Hartford Courant says that Senator Roberts, I president pro tenn of the senate, be- comes the acting governor of Connec- I ticut Arrangements have been made for the senator from the first district to attend to all necessary legislative business while his two superior officers are absent from the state.
 There is a big race on now for the positions of caretaker of Hamilton park, where, it is said, the city intends to do considerable work during the I present year. So far as can be learned no one is slated for the job and it is a question, too, whether anyone will be appointed this season. w. J. Snow is said to be anxious to secure the berth and no doubt there are others who would like to try their hand at it.
 The young Hustlers would like to arrange for a game of baseball with the Brook streets The lineup of the Hustlers is as follows: r. Altman, catch; J. Carroll, pitch; F. Scanlon, first
 
 short stop; J. Murphy, third base; T.. Hurley, left field; T. Hurley, right field J. Minicucci, center field. The Hustlers are requested to meet on Scoyilrs bridge at o'clock Saturday morning.
 Mrs Margaret Grimes of Hill street treated large number of her friends to a lawn party last evening. All of the members of the St Anthony's temper ance society of the parish of St Thom- as were present and also the young men of St Thomas club. The lawn was gaily hung with illuminated lan- terms, long rows of them here and there giving it a decidedly unique appear ance. The gathering was very success full in every respect.
 Bert B. Spurr, who has been con | nected with the barber establishment of George Kleeber for a number of years, has assumed the management of l 4I,,+ hnf fal 4I,o4