Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-18
CITY NEWS.

Is visiting her unclo, the Rev Father Crowley, at St Thomas's rectory.
 Fire did some damage yesterday in the store of J. l.. Anderson, corner of Bank street and Highland avenue.
 The stock of the bankrupt firm of l.. Simons, milliners, Bank street, was appraised to-day at about $500. The liabilities are about $4.50O.
 The thermometer at Cannon & Web ster's store at 2:30 o'clock this after noon registered 92 degrees, four more than at the same hour yesterday.
 The call firemen who were appoint ed by the board of public safety Tues day evening will be assigned to sta- tions upon calling at Chief Snagg's office. To-day Walter Lannon was as- signed to the Burton street house.
 Mrs Martha Ramp of Brooklyn has entered suit for divorce from her hus- band, Henry Ramp, on the grounds of intolerable cruelty and habitual in- temperance. Mrs Ramp has left the city for the present and placed her property in the hands of her counsel, Attorney c. G. Root.
 Although the ball game which was to have been played on Sunday be- tween Court Oregon and Court Pha- len, F. of A., has been postponed, nevertheless the players are practicing hard and the warmest contest of the season may be expected to take place when the two teams meet.
 Miss Agnes Murphy of New Britai.t arrived in Waterbury on the 5:13 train last evening, to spend a vacation with her relatives at Cooke street. Sue was accompanied by the Misses Angela and Margaret Maloney, who spent the 5 last two weeks ill New Britain.
 Defendants demurrer ifl the suit of the Dime Savings bank against Paul F. McAlenney has been overruled by Judge George w Wheeler of the supe- rior court. In his memorandum the court says that on the substituted complaint plaintiff has a good cause for action against defendant
 The many friends of Miss Josephine Coyle of Kingsbury street, a popular teacher at the Crosby grammar school, who broke one of her knee caps about two months ago, and has been under going treatment for it since in St Vim cents hospital, New York, will be pleased to learn that she will return to her home in this city tomorrow. The injured member is not yet suffi- ciently strong enough to enable her to walk without the aid of crutches.
 James Hamel, an employe of the Tracy Bros Go. met with q serious ac- cident this afternoon. With others, MT Hamel was engaged in changing q plate glass window at Snow's fish mar ket on South Main street, when the back of his hand came in contact with the sharp edge of the glass, inf1icting q deep gash extending from a point near the wrist to the tip of the fore finger, from which blood flowed copi- ously. He was taken to the office of Dr Rellemore, where the wound was dressed.
 At meeting of the board of man. agers of the City Amateur league in the rooms of the St Joseph T. A so- ciCty. last night, action was taken on the protested game between the Wash iEgtnn Hill 4. c. and Pastime A. c. The managers of both teams were present, as was Umpire Coughlan. All parties were heard. Umpire Coughlan acknowledged that he made wrong decision. He said also that he re- versed his decision, but the Pastime players would not resume play. A vofe being taken the game was award ed to the Washington Hill A. c. LIS SlSDC or w llllaul McCarTnY or NaGgatuck on Brook street this after ! nooE, surrounded by about q hundred small boys, all discussing base ball, at tracted a good deal of attention, and until people learned what was up | many wondered what was going on. l Just how the discussion started no one seemed to know, but, any way, the Brook street fellows challenged any Naugatuck team that MT Mccarthy might see fiji. to select to play a game for $50 a side and the championship of l the Naugatuck valley. MT McCarthy
 hesitated for a few moments and after l thinking it over asked the boys if the l Brook Streets had a record, and a chorus of voices shouted You betl 1 You betl We have licked every team 1 in Waterbury," The determination l shown by the youngsters scared the mal from the rubber town and he got out of accepting the challenge or being 1 accused of taking water by stating that
 he wanted time to have a talk with ] the managers of some of the clubs in Naugatuck and promising to give them
 an answer in a day or two.