Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-28
CITY NEWS.

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 sted Saturday.
 Special forecast for Connecticut: Fair. tonight and Thursday; light northeast to east winds.
 The Second Ward Athletic club will
 have an outing of a political nature
 next Sunday afternoon in the woods adjoining North Cooke street.
 The overhead switch on the trolley car which is scheduled to leave the center for Naugatuck at 1:54, burned out to-day, making the car useless. Another car was brought into use and there was no delay.
 List of letters remaining unclaimed in the postoffice: s. M. Nornee Bron- son, Miss Mary Carter, Francis Elliott. Hulson NJ. Griswold, Dennis O,Leary, Frank Moran, Mrs J. c. Peck, Mar | garet Power, care Charles O'Connor; Miss Margaret E. Rowe (2).
 The picnic of the Concordia Sing ing society which had to be postponed on account of the inclemency of the weather, will be held tomorrow night at Belleview Lake grove. They will be I assisted by the German Military band.
 Complaint was lodged with Prose I OuIdALa lulS AE0AASl e peddler named Morris Blackman for cruelty to a horse. It is alleged against Blackman that his animal was too lame to walk, yet he whipped 1t 1 until 1t limped along. A warrant was | issued for his arrest.
 | There was no city court again this morning. The cases against two young | men who while on spree last evening l ran off with lantern from the opera | tions of Contractor Pidgeon on North | Main street, were nolled without costs. Whatever further business there was for disposal was continued to Thurs day.
 A very pleasant sociable and dance was given by the Women Brass Workers Protective association at | Congress hall last evening and was ! largely attended. Several vocal se- lections were rendered. Refreshments were served and everybody voted the | affair most enjoyable one.
 Delegates from all over the New England states are attending the con- ! vention of the COlored Methodist Sun l day School association which is being held at the Mount Olive A. NJ. E. church on Pearl street. About 100 delegates are present at the conven- ton, at which important matters will be discussed. Mayor E. G. Kilduff is slated to deliver an address of wei come tonight at o'clock.
 The funeral of Lawrence Canfield | took place yesterday afternoon at , o'clock from the home of his parents on Winchester avenue. The pallbearers were Edward Pierpont. Eugene Eggle- 1 ton, James Delaney, William Fleming, Frederick Honegger, Levi Hamel. Among the floral offerings were bas- | kets of flowers from Mrs Millette, Mir and Mrs Lewis Carpenter, cross from Mrs Hall. bouquets from Mrs J.. De laney, Annie Hall, Mrs M. Shugrue. Interment in St Josephs cemetery. One of the most popular excursions | of the year will be the one to Hanover park on next Monday, Labor day, un- | der the auspices of the I. NJ. c. l.. A. Last year there was only one special | train and there was not sufficient ac- commodation for all who wished to go, consequently many were disappointed. | This year there will be two special | tarins. which will leave the Dublin | street station at p. m. and will leave | Meriden on the return trip at 10 p. nj. | There will be number of attractions at Hanover park, including a State | league ball game, the switchback. fire works, etc. Purchase your tickets at once, as they are limited.
 There was hearing to-day in the probate court before Judge Lowe upon | the estate of the late William Smith. | which is situated at 112 High street. | The estate was to be sold at public auction. by permission of the probate | court this afternoon at 2 o'clock, and it was over the probable proceeds | lively difference between the heirs arose. The estate was divided in three equal parts between John Smith, | son, his wife, and Mrs Lucy Gill, daughter Some of them wanted to | buy the others portion and the latter asked more than the wouldbe buyers were willing to give. It was purely | a family difference of opinion, and like most such cases was very warm. The
 hearing was adjourned pending the
 sale of the property.
 There was some ambiguity regarding | the meaning of one paragraph in the article published in yesterdays Demo I crat on registration and the number who have called attention to it shows
 how eagerly political items are devour- ed by the average citizen. The state ment that people who came to the
 United States from other countries
 "and have resided here continuously since can be made voters this fall, ,'' | should have read that applicants who
 were born outside the United States
 but came here before they had attain
 ed the age of eighteen years and have resided here for the past five years will
 be eligible provided they can find wit
 ness to testify to that effect. There
 seems to be conflicting opinions about
 this, some claiming that a boy who
 comes here between the ages of r and
 IS can be admitetd to the franchise at
 21. This is not so. He must be five
 years in the country before he is
 eligible to become an elector. The only
 difference between his case and a per-
 son over Is is that he does not have
 to take out first papers. Of course,
 under certain conditions foreigners
 can be made at .21 even though they
 had not resided here for five years, but
 such cases are so rare that We hear of
 them but seldom. In general way it
 is safe to take the ground that you
 must be five years in the country be-
 fore you can be made an elector with