Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-04
CITY NEWS.

The Catholic Women's association
 will hold their regular monthly meet
 ing this evening.
 John Allen was arrested this after
 noon charged with stealing horse be-
 longing to Wilbur Austin and E. L.
 Hellmann.
 Officer Meyers picked up a pair of
 gloves on East Main street this after
 noon which the owner can have by.
 calling at the police station.
 Miss Jane A. Clark, sister of Rev
 Father Clark, former assistant at
 the St Francis Xavier's parish, but
 now located in Bristol, assisted the choir of the Sacred Heart church at
 the services yesterday morning. She
 sang during the Offeratory an 70
 Salutaris'' and her singing created
 much favorable comment.
 The funeral of Mrs Rose A. Shields took place yesterday afternoon from the family residence on Sparks street, with service at the Immaculate Con ception church and interment in St
 Joseph's cemetery. The bearers were i William McGowan, James Delaney,
 Dennis Creary, Bernard Roland, Jos
 eph Downes and James Coyle.
 From present indications standing
 room will be at a premium next Fri
 day evening at the High school as Sembly hall when Miss Norton will ap pear in character sketches and humOr- ouS recitals. Miss Norton is recOg
 nized as one of the best portrayers
 of character in the country and it is
 therefore only fitting that a crowded house should greet her on her ap- pearance in this city. In addition to
 the entertainment furnished by Miss Norton, pupils of the school will ren-
 der instrumental and vocal selections. The second rehearsal of the drama s'Hoodman Blind," which is to be played by the members of St Joseph's
 T. A. society was held yesterday af- | ternoon at the society rooms and the
 members of the cast showed much ad- vancement from the previous re- | hearsal. It is an interesting drama
 and the tickets for the performance l will no doubt meet with a ready sale. | It is the biggest cast of characters that has ever been selected for an ] amateur performance and all are 1 working hard to make lne production | a big success. The next rehearsal will
 be held on Tuesday evening.
 The Waterbury lodge of Elks is not to be outdone by her sister lodges in | the state and the members have in contemplation one of the biggest min
 strel performances ever presented by
 any organization in the state. A pre- | liminary meeting was held yesterday 1 afternoon at which plans were for
 mulated by the committee to get the performance in working order A
 committee of twenty will hold the | reins of the arrangements and man. | agement and nothing will be left un- | done to surpass any of the previous 1 efforts of the lodge. The minstrels
 will be produced on the second or
 third of May in Poli's theater. | Contractor Edward McManus has | taken an appeal from the judgment 1 rendered by Judge Cowell in the dis l trict court in the case of CalabreSe vS 1 McManus, in which the plaintiff was l given a verdict of S4OO and costs. It | was long battle and was fought with l considerable fury on both sides. The allegations were that Calabrese was 1 injured while at work in a ditch for
 McManus on South Leonard street and 1 that owing to the severity of the in- | jury the man was permanently dis abled and would never again be able | to do rough work. Witnesses for whom the defendent had worked af-
 ter the accident testified that the man | was as well as ever and could accom- plish more in a ditch than any other | laborer in the Italian colony in Wa | terbury.
 A young boy, about years of age, whose name is Durant and who lives l in the Trott building on East Main | street, narrowly CSC Ned fro mbeing
 seriously injured yesterday afternoon. | As the trolley, which leaves the cen ctr about POS, was moving at a moder- ate rate of speed along East Main | street young Durant ran across the street near the Waterbury drug store, tro1 in nf hn He was struck by the fender and
 knocked to one side. A large crowd | quickly collected, thinking another | victim had been added to the trolley | list. but they were disappointed. Dr O'Hara was summoned and found the boy to be suffering more from shock than injuries. He was, however, | bleeding profusely from the nose. Be | sides this, he was free from injuries He was taken to hls home by friends. l The motorman in charge of the trolley | was in no way to blame for the acci- | dent
 The members of the Nassau club, 8 popular organization in the eastern section of the city, gave their first concert and solicable in their new head quarters in Reids building on Wolcott
 street Saturday night. About 9:3O the grand march commenced, which was led by William Palmer. president of
 the club, and Miss Susie Murphy. The dance program consisted of sixteen numbers, for which Prof Preston's or chestra furnished music. Shortly be- fore 12 o'clock the members of the
 society and their friends adjourned to the residence of Mrs l.. Morgan near
 by, where an elaborate spread was in
 readiness. Songs and recitatiops were l in order after all present had Dar- | taken of the many good things which l were served. The members adjourned l to the organizations headquarters. 1 where the remaining numbers on the dance program were whirled. It was
 most pleasant affair and a fitting public opening of the new headquar- ters. The clubs officers are as fol lows: William Palmer, president; John Monzani, vice-president; James Morgan. financial secretary; Lucien iYS0lf, recording secretarys Thomas
 Sprgan treasurer