Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-16
CITY NEWS.

! One good. sound horse, cheap. W. D. Kelly, City fish market.
 \ horse owned by Dr Lopez had his ankle broken on East Main street yes
 terday.
 Seats ordered for Hamlet" this ey- I ening at Polls must be called for not 1 later than 6 o'clock; any that are then
 unredeemed will again be placed on
 sale.
 William NJ. Gillette shot a horse for
 the Platt Bros Co yesterday. The night before the horse slipped on the
 asphalt floor of it's stable and broke
 its left hip.
 Samuel Gompers, president of the l American Federation, of Labor, and
 James O'Connell. president of the In-
 ternational Association of Machinists,
 will speak ill City hall Thursday night
 under the auspices of the local union I of machinists.
 All members of Hendricken council,
 K. of C., are requested to attend spe-
 cial meeting which will be held i'll K. | of C.. hall tonight. in order to initiate 1 ten candidates. The second and third
 degrees will be exemplified Thursday
 evening by an out of town degree | team.
 The Clowes-Miller case was argued
 yesterday ill the superior court room in | New Haven. The Parsons case will
 be reached late this afternoon or early tomorrow morning in the supreme | court ill Bridgeport. Counsel for the
 defense has been reinforced by Gen. eral s. W. Kellogg.
 Forest fires burned fiercely in differ ent parts of the town yesterday and did considerable damage to fences ill some ! places. It is dangerous business and should never be indufged in unless ] the parties starting the blaze are will i ing to watch its progress and prevent i damages to neighboring property.
 John Gildea. proprietor of the Ma | pie street stables, lost q valuable brood
 mare yesterday. He was on his way l home from Cheshire and had reached I q point about opposite Hamilton park when the animal stepped on q loose. stone. breaking the off forward leg. pr Keeley was called and after examining the nature of the injury concluded that ! the proper course of treatment was a bullet. The animal was valued at | $500.
 On Wednesday night at the Salya- l tion army, Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress
 will be given, illustrated by thirty-six
 stereopticon views. Among all the books that are written, the Pilgrims
 Progress always holds it's place in the
 hearts of the people. and the pictures l especially, will interest the children.
 Admission is free for children when with their parents A charge of ten
 cents will be made for adults in order
 to meet expenses. The meeting will
 commence at 8 D. m.
 There was a hearing before Referee Newton in New Haven yesterday morning on the petition of Henry A. Trow of Waterbury, for a discharge | from bankruptcy. The matter was not l disposed of Some of the creditors ob- l jected to those holding mortgages on | Trow's property to be considered pre- | ferred creditors, claiming that they 1 should share the same as the other creditors. There are two pieces of real l estate, and there was discussion con- cerning an order of sale, but the en- tire matter went over. ] There was a short but exciting rum away yesterday afternoon in the East End. A double team belonging to the l city department was standing on Vol colt street, near Howard street. when the horses became frightened and I dashed at a maddening rate down | hOlCOtI SlE0Hl. NGdE tue DdSe OIs Iuo I hill they almost collided with another city team. Fortunately there were l neither teams or pedestrians on East I Main street and the horses had a free ! path until they reached William street, where they were stopped. There was no damage
 A couple of Waterbury horsemen
 made things lively on the Naugatuck road Sunday afternoon, travelling with such speed that people thought their steppers were running away. They 1 thought their horses the best in town. but q lady finally came along seated in neat runabout and soon compelled sthe men and their horses to take her dust. The men had very fine anil malls but they were not in it with the one the woman sat behind, and more | then that they didn't seem to be able to handle them as skillfully as the fair Jehu. who appeared to be profession al at the business.
 Mayor Kilduff and City Attorney Kellogg are i'll Hartford to-day attend l ing the hearing regarding the appiica- l tion of the city of Waterbury for Der
 mission to make conduits in the public
 streets. To some people it may seem rather strange that the city should
 
 ] lature in order to do this work: but such is the case, however, and it is q l question if the corporations do not engineer things so that the petition will be turned down. Mayor Kilduff | takes the ground that if there is
 money in this business, and there is. the taxpayers should get the benefit | of it instead of the Southern New England Telephone Co or any other I private corporation.
 | The funeral of Annie Brady took | place this morning from the residence of her brother, Terrence Brady, 72T | Baldwin street, to St Francis Xavier's church, where a mass of requiem was
 celebrated by the Rev Father Fitz- l simmons. The pallbearers were James
 Kelliher, Thomas Kenney, William
 Hickey. James Degnan, Thomas Lynch
 and Owen Lynch, the last two named l being cousins of the deceased. The floral offerings were profuse and in- l cluded q beautiful anchor lettered
 Sister," from the sisters and brothers of the deceased: twenty-three carna- I lions, Miss Nellie Kirby; bouquet of
 roses. the Misses Bridget and Mary
 Lynch; a pillow from the shopmates of the deceased at the Waterbury 1 Buckle Go; bouquets. Mrs T. Sullivan