Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-31
CITY NEWS.

St Patrick's fair at Lyceum tonight. Roller skating Tt the Auditorium Thursday and Friday nights. Moriarty's undertaking night calls answered at store or at District Tele- graph ofhce.
 Abraham Lincoln camp, Sons of Vet erans. are preparing to celebrate Lin
 coin day in an appropriate manner. The Scientific society will listen to
 an address this evening on Smallpox
 and Naccination,' by Dr S. B. Mum. F. H. Cottrell, for four years with
 the l.. r. Haase company, has taken a | position with the LaPalme- Hoffman company.
 The l. A. of NJ. will hold an import
 ant meeting this evening at o'clock
 in Burns club hall. Every member should attend.
 John Carroll, of South Main street, was Injured at Benedict x Burnham's s
 by q heavy bar of metal falling upon his foot. Dr kilmartin was called. The remains of the late Polly Wedge, aged 77 years, who died at the home of H. J. Morse on Highland aye nue, were taken to Washington, this state, for burial.
 Assistant City Clerk George H. Net tleton, who has been suffering from an attack of pneumonia, is now on the mend and was able to make a visit to the City hall to-day.
 In the probate court today Joseph A. Cullen, administrator on the esta te of the late Mrs Margaret Harty, was granted an order to sell two lots on south Riverside street, belonging to the estate.
 A months mind mass of reouiem will be celebrated at 7:3O o'clock to- morrow morning at St Francis Xavier's church for the late Michael McNally, of Luke street. Mir McNally was q member of the Holy Name society and no doubt as many as possible of the members will be present.
 People who want to make sure that the officers will not be after them about getting the snow off their walks, should shovel them before the snow freezes. If not, it will require twice the amount of labor to do it and be- sides that. you may not be through with the job on time to save your- self from q visit from one of Chief Egan's finest.
 Kelley. or the street department, had a force of men out this morning, clearing the crosswalks, and had them in tolerably good shape at an early hour. What blessing it would be if the city was responsible for the condition of the sidewalks It will come to that. some day, and the sooner the better for everybody. The city should clean the sidewalks as well as the crossings and let the public foot the bill. Why not?
 James Cass. of Dublin street. for the past ten years an employe of the Scovill Manufacturing company, will sever his connection with that concern Saturday to accept the foremanship of the wire mill at the Waterbury Brass company. MT .Cass commenced to learn the wire drawing business when he was a boy with Charles Roper at Holmes. Booth & Haydens', over thir- ty years ago, and has kept at it ever since and is considered one of the best men in that line in the city.
 Is Mrs Nation, the saloon wrecker. coming to Waterbury? is q question now being asked by people who have kept an eye upon her movements since she started in to drive the liquor men of Topeka out of business by making smithereens of everything in their places. It is doubtful if this distin- guished character will pay us a visit Her presence might spoil the spotting game and result in serious financial loss to some one. We can't afford to spare this source of revenue to our friends. It belongs to them by yir- tue of their office and why allow it to go to others?
 In the two suits of the New Haven Trust company against Colonel Do- herty and Lewis A. Platt, Colonel Doherty was on the stand yesterday, making the third day OF which he has been under cross-examination. When Colonel Doherty is finished with MT Platt will be put on the stand. The case has been in court almost q month now and the prospect is that it will last this week. Two other cases for S1S,OO0 will follow. It is alleged that while the defendants were secretary and treasurer of the old Connecticut Indemnity association they allowed an agent named Schmidt in New York to inappropriate funds belopging to the concern. Yesterday Colonel Doherty testified that the company had entire confidence in Schmidt.
 At the advice of Dr Werner. town physician for the present month, John Ryan, son of Andrew Ryan, of 1O96 East Main street, was removed to the almshouse, suffering from insanity in q mild degree. Young Ryan, who is about 24 years of age. had been en- ployed at the Rogers x Bros factory for a number of years. He was q satin finisher and was one of the most skilled at his trade. Though he was always steady and temperate in his habits for the past few years. he has been mentally unbalanced Of late his condition has grown worse It was therefore deemed best to send him to the almshouse, whence he will be re- moved to the insane asylum at Mid dletown either tomorrow or Saturday.
 Henry A. Pallman of New Haven, and a prominent member of the lodge of Elks of that city, is in Waterbury in the interest of Arthur c. Moreland, the blind Elk. MT Moreland was at one time a prominent minstrel per former, when his eyesight began to trouble him. He then started into the Journalistic field and six years ago began the publication of the Elks