Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-19
CITY NEWS.

puDncS hearty aDDfoVaI
 There will be q meeting of the City Amateur league at the rooms of the St Joseph T. A. society tonight at o'clock
 The replevin case of Sherman vs Blewitt, the horse case reported herelis yesterday, is returnable to the city court next Tuesday.
 Mrs Louis Brandmeyer of Water town, formerly of Waterbury, who has been suffering from neuralgia for the past two months. is convalescent.
 The infant daughter of Michael Drury, AIS. North Main street, has been extremely i'll for the past few days, but is now considered to be out of danger.
 The New Haven Union, for sale at all the news stands Sunday morning, and delivered by newsboys.. Order to- morrow. Interesting letter from Wa terbury.
 Judge George Fl. Cowell represented the local lodge of Good Fellows at the annual assembly which was held in Providence the other day. The judge is member of the supreme assembly.
 William F. Pryor, son of Constable Thomas F. Pryor, was removed to the hospital to-day to undergo an opera tion for appendicitis. This is the sec .ond attack of this illness he has been seized with.
 George Harrington, Jr, in solos, and ina duet with Miss Addie Partree, also Harry Blakesley, formed a merry troupe in themseives In vocal selec- tions on the last evening of St Cecilia's bazaar.
 The funeral of Horace A. Nettleton will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the family residence on Ridgewood street. Service will be conducted by the Rev Dr Davenport.
 Mrs. Mathew Ryan of South Leonard street will sail tomorrow for Ireland, where she will spend six weeks or two months visiting the scenes of her for mer home. Her friends wish her a pleasant trip and a safe return.
 There will be an important meeting of the Democratic association at their headquarters. 111k Grand street this evening. Every member is requested to be present, as there is a question of much moment to come up for adjust ment.
 Dublin street people are very much interested, in the proposed trolley line from Cheshire to Waterbury and hone that the city will do all in its power to operate the road They have given up all hope of getting the local company to go out there and are now looking to the rival concern to give them this much desired public convenience.
 Leayenworth hall will be the scene of a regala event tonight when the annual subscription closing reception by the members of Prof c. A. Bailey's dancing classes will be held at Leay- enworth hall. Only a limited number of tickets has been issued and an evening of pleasure is in store for those who attend.
 Sunday night at the Salvation Army Heaven" will be the subject. Several speakers will take part and suitable singing arranged. All are welcome and admission free. On Wednesday. the 24th inst. the last of the series of stereopticon lectures will be given at the Salvation Army hall, the subject being '.The Salvation Army at Home and Abroad" illustrated by over sey- enty views.
 | The item in these columns last night regarding the proposed private resi- dence of T. H. Hayes at Pearl Lakes. | were curios to know whether it was genuine or not We desire to assure cur Simonsyille friends that 1t was no random statement. It came from headquarters and at the proper time the Democrat will tell it's readers a great deal more about it.
 The board of safety will hold a spe- cial meeting this evening for the pur- pose of Investigating the disappears ance of the 300 pounds of copper which a number of policemen were sent to guard on the Meriden road. All of the officers implicated have been sum- | moned 10 appear befA'e the board. It is also expected that the last of the five new policemen will be appoiatec. The candidates have been very busy seeing their friends during the past few days.
 The announcement that Miss Anna l.. Ward would give her lecture, TUn- travelled Labrador and the Eskimo ,'' drew a large audience >to Friendly League hall last evening, in spite of its having been already given several times in the city. This lecture is of great interest, narrating as it does, personal experiences and observations among this little known people. An unusually large number of stereopticon views, as we'll as the curios exhibited at the close of the lecture, added great ly to the interest.
 The hearing on the proposed bridge across the Naugatuck river at Water vile. which was scheduled to come off in Hartford yesterday ,has been post poned until April 30. In the original draft of the bill Waterbury was made a party to the expense. but the pro- motors of it assert that this was n clerical error, the intention being to have the expense borne by Litchfield and New Haven counties. Mayor Xiii duff. Selectman Doran, IT. NJ. Rigney, Attorney Carmody. George Driggs, David D. Sprague. G. l.. Jenks. Charles E. Egan. Selectman John D. McGowan of Watertown. H. D. Dayton and Sen ator Mattoon also of Watertown, were present, but it was decided to let the matter stands until tie good and bad features of the measure can be seen in a corrected form