Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-22
CITY NEWS.

Mir and Mrs 'Fenton Keefe of 6lO Baldwin street are receiving congrat- ulations. It is boy.
 The Silver Crown A. c. base ball team would like to arrange for game of ball with any team in the city av- eraging r to 19 years of age, the Pas time A. c. team preferred, Address all communications to NJ. Burns, ol Hopkins street, city.
 Sheridan council, k. of O., has ap- pointed the following committee to assist in making arrangements for Nc GiYney day: Mayor E. G. hlldulI, City Sheriff T. W. Mcdonald, E J. Finn. T. F. Donovan, James A. Hynes and John T. Boylan.
 The French Canadian institute base ball club gave it's first sociable and dance at the French Canadian hall, Bank street. last night. The following committee had charge of the affair: A. J. Lallier, John Hebert and J. Theberge. The baseball club. which consists of the following, acted as a reception com mittee: w Jarvis, D. Courtemanche, A. J. Lallier, F. Bouffard, l.. Scheppron, F. Lallier, A. Adams, N. Hebert and I. Theberge. 1,
 During the performance given by Anna Eva Fay at Poli's theater last night there is one part where she an swers any question that persons in the audience may have previously written. Amongst the many questions was one asked by H. H. Peck as to the where aboutS of a mileage book he had lost. Miss Fay went on and described the article and said. "You will find the book in the morning" and sure enough MT Peck has his book just as Miss Fay told him he would.
 At the smoker of the Waterbury Wheel club last night, the following program was rendered: Piano selection, NJ. Lang; Zither selection, M. Turner; vocal selection, NJ. Newman, and negro melodies, David Newman. A vocal solo was rendered by Robert Herr and a vocal duet by J. Dudley Phillips and Harry A. .Burnes The arrangement committee was composed of R. B. Col by, Walter Wooster and B. F. Chat field. The club will give smoker once a month.
 The suit of Giovanni Lombardi vs the Frank Miller Coal Co for $5,000 damages for the death of his brother, Antonio, was finished to-day. In his argument to the jury Attorney O'Neill, for the plaintiff, said that during his practice at the bar, which extended ovef a period of thirty years, he found that in hearings in damages the wit nesses for any corporation were never to be relied upon, especially if they happened to be in the employ of the corporation or company that was the defendant in the suit. So it was in this case, he said. The court deferred decision.
 Miss Margaret Hennessey, a pupil teacher at the training school, came near meeting with a serious accident this noon. With a companion pupil teacher she was walking down Bishop street and when opposite Dwyer's store, near Burton street, she stepped on the cover of catch basin. The iron plate or cover tipped up, precipi- tating her almost to the ground. The girl was falling into the hole when a man passing by caught her and pulled | her up. She hurt her right foot, to what extent was not then known, but she was able to walk down the street with the assistance of her companion.
 At the annual meeting of the State Firemens association in Hartford yes terday the following officers were elect ed: President, John R. Davis, Hart 1 ford; vice-president, Thomas H. God sail of Thomaston; secretary, John s. | Jones of Bridgeport; treasurer, Samuel c. Snagg of Waterbury; county vice presidents: New London, Robert H. Dunn; Afiddlesex, George $. Pitt; Fair field, Frederick H. Wheeler; Holland, Joseph Forster; Windham, Archie Me l Donald; Litchfe1d, Robert McGee; New Haven, J. s. Griffin. The report | of Treasurer Snagg showed the balance on hand at last report to have been | $2,S84.25; received from Connecticut state treasurer, $4,500.0O; total recepts, l $7.3S425; amount paid in benefits, $3,- 471.20; balance on hand, $3,913.O5. In the association account the balance on | hand last report was $322; received from Secretary, $1, ,535; accrued inter- est, $2,126.93; total receipts, s, ,665 15; total expenditures, $2,117.16; balance on hand, $1,547.40. The grand total re- ceipts were $11, 1,049.40; grand total ex- penses, $5,5SS.36; balance, $5, ,461. .04.
 The Porter woods copper question was mere boys play compared with | the north end copper affair which has | been on for the past few days and is likely to turn out to be as big a mys- tery as the out east matter Of course | the thing would not be complete with out the name of Sheriff Rigney, and he 1 is in it for fair, but so far he has not succeeded in getting to the bottom of it. The story was written up in the Democrat last week, but at that time 1t was supposed that the sheriff had found the missing treasure; but it seems that this was a mistake. The theft consisted of copper gate, about eight by thirteen, belonging to the Wa terbury Manufacturing Go. It was re moved from the big dam for some re- pairs, but before the company had an opportunity to replace it some one spirited it away. Itswas worth be tween S75 and $100. Sheriff Rigney was employed to inquire into the whereabouts. of the gate and he has left no stone unturned in his efforts to locate it. The water was drawn off at the time the gate was stolen, so that it could not have been hidden in the bottom of the pond. The suggestion is that the thief or thieves made good | job of it by taking it to a place of
 safety and then melting it up so that noSOne could identify it.
 , A most peculiar industrial combina-
 tiOn was effected on Burton street a
 few days ago which resulted in break |