Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-24
CITY NEWS.

The lenses in your spectacles or eye glasses may need changing. Crater guarantees satisfaction.
 The members of St Cecilia's parish and Sunday school will hold picnic at Belleview lake tomorrow afternoon
 The Sunday school teachers and choir of St Thomas's parish will have an outing at Quassapaug a week from Monday.
 Hotchkiss Bros of Waterbury began breaking ground yesterday for hand some shore cottage at Cosey Beach for c. W. Stevens. IT, of Branford Point.
 The case of the Equitable Manufac- turing company against James. D. Watts which was to have been heard in the district court to-day was inde- finitely adjourned.
 Rev NJ. A. Karam of Waterbury op- ened a mission for the. Italian Catho- lies of St Peters Catholic church in Danbury last evening to continue un- til Thursday night.
 At the Salvation Army tonight, Cap tain Taylor of Meriden and his lieuten- ant will conduct a special salvation meeting, commencing inside at p. m- On Thursday night Captain l.. Wilton of Canada will be in charge.
 Gus Wald, successor to the Schwarz Tailoring Go, has been obliged to give uD business for the present, owing to i'll health He will go to the Episco- pal sanitarium, Duchess county. N.Y., where he will rest for q few months.
 This is the season for berries, and daily the woods and lots on the out skirts of the town are being thorough r.I- h l crop of huckleberrieS and blueberries is said to be fairly good this year.
 List of letters remaining unclaimed in the postoffice: Miss Lizzie NJ. Blair. George Brear, H. M. Berry, Edward Bowers. Mrs Eliha Barber, Mrs Sarah T. Dorman, Miss H. B. Maxwell, Mrs Mary Murphy, z Ash street; James l.. Nichols, Miss Pearl B. Randall.
 The case against Patrick J. Shea for embedding from the Waterbury Furniture Go was nolled to-day by At torney T. F. Carmody, who specially represented the state in the matter. The reason for this action was that Shea's friends have made restitution to tie Furniture Co.
 The friends of Lillian R. S1nelledge rendered her birthday party at her home, 134 Griggs street, last evening. Music and games formed the eeyning's entertainment, after which supper was served. Miss SmeIledge was the reef pient of many useful presents, re. .=
 Mary A.. Kelly, aged I23. years, died this morning at the residence off her parents, Mir and Mrs Bernard Kelly of Wilson street. Besides her parents she leaves three sisters and four broth CTS, Celia. Theresa, Agnes, James, Robert, George and Edward. The fu- neral will take place Friday morning, with service at St Patrick's church and internent in Calvary cemetery.
 Don't overlook to-morrow's popular excursion, announced for Newport, in tO-day's issue. Parties who contem- plate going are liable to suffer disap- poihtment if they defer purchasing tickets until the morning of the ex- cursion. The extremely warm wealth CT has rendered this excursion douhly popular on account of the steamboat service offered by the steamer City of Lowell in connection herewith. N.
 R. William Hampson and George E.. SeIlew of the Hampson7 7Sellew Furni- ture Co, are home from New York, where they have made large purchases for the fall trade. MT Hampson says that the manufacturers made magnifi- cent displays this year at the July cx- hibit of the New York exposition On every hand predictions were made for an immense furniture business during the coming season.
 Manager Harrington has received a letter from Knobby Knowlton asking | hiru to secure for him an appointment \ as umpire. Knobby has been umpir- | ing in the New England league. In his letter he says he never takes a bluff from anybody Knobby, who is better known here as. a polo rather | than a ball player, would without | doubt make a better umpire than some | who hold that position in this league at the present time.
 In the office of Burpee & Carmody | this morning, State Referee H. C. | Newton gave hearing to the creditors | Of the Waterbury Furniture Co, who I asked that a receiver be appointed Ic Il close out the business. The creditors | were represented by about a dozen lawyers, and the company by Burpee | & Carmody. Otis $. Northrop was | agreeable to all concerned as receiver and he will be recommended by tht referee to the superior court for tha1 position under bond of 5000. The Ii
 
 about S75.000. Inventory amounted t $23 ,O0O. good debts $10,000, questiona- ble debts $2S, 1000.
 There is big demand for roomer about the center and in all other part: of the city near the factories. Tn, other day some one placed an adver tisement in the "want column" of thi paper stating that he desired a furn ished room for two. When he calle' this noon he was astonished at tn number of letters he found awaiting hi arrival. He took the whole of them il a good-natured way and as he disap peared through the doorway he lookel for all the world like one of Uncl Sam's mail carriers It is the old stor, told over again; if you want anything say so in the papers.
 John K. Gallagher, a well knowl resident of the Wolcott road, has un dertaken to get rid of his tenant James O'Brien. MT O'Brien objects t. leaving the premises, claiming he hat an agreement with Mir Gallaghe which entitled him to remain in pos session until the expiration of the tern of the agreement, which is due som, time in December. MT O'Brien, there fore, desires that his case be heard b. a jury, and the question of expens enters here. He claims to have vari ous crops in the ground, but his land lord is willing, or he claims to be, |,