Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-11
CITY NEWS.

tion at 265 Bank street
 W. T. Carroll. popularly known as Billy, has taken the agency for the Gem mop wringer. with headquarters at T. r.. Guests cafe.
 The regular business meeting of the Young Women.s Friendly league will be held oil Thursday evening, Decem- Der 12. at $ o'clock.
 The annual concert and sociable of the Sacred Heart drum corps will be held in the City hall tonight. Com mencing at < o'clock a concert Will De rendered by the American band orches- tra of eight pieces.
 The South End Social club will give it's first annual entertainment and so- ciable at Speedwell hall this evening. A whole lot of tickets have been sold and this popular organization is all prepared for those who attend.
 The conditions in the proposed set tlement with the creditors of the G. $. Parsons bank have been. generally signed by them and all preparations necessary to the payments to be made on the 16th of this month to all who have signed have been completed. List of letters remaining unclaimed in the postoffice: Miss Margaret Con- lu. Michael Conway. Mrs Nellie Cohn, I.lmer Delaway. John Pagan. 14T South Main; Edwin Hume. Peter Hansen, Norman Morse. Mrs Angeline Perry, Lawrence S. Taylor. August Dahlgrist.
 The popularity of the raglans with the young men and voting ladies needs no stronger proof than the amount that's being sold. The Credit Cloth ing Co at 9S So Main. after selling as many as they did have. again received two big cases filled exclusively with raglans for men and young men for their Christmas trade.
 .Is There Any Evidence That the World Has Made Real Progress?' was the subject discussed at the meeting of the Waterbury Women's club in the parlors of the Second Congregational church yesterday afternoon. Mrs ! F'risbie took the affirmative and Mrs Rogers the negative. Decision for the affirmative. Miss Gertrude Smith ren- dered two vocal solos.
 In Torrington yesterday the three copper thieves who were arrested last week for stealing copper from the Gee brass mill. were bound over to the siI- perior court i'll Litchfield county under al DOlu LII sN--ObV estCH. All OL luCht went to jail. not being able to furnish bail George Stanley, liveryman from whom one of the prisoners hired team, found the outfit yesterday in q livery stable in Torrington.
 \ most enjoyable whist party was given at the home of Miss Rebecca Charest of East Liberty street last evening. The first prize was award | a1 fo hnnIls- prize to Rose Bolan Piano and vocal l selections were rendered by the Misses Helen Leretag. Mamie Bergen. Zittie 1 Quinn and q piano duet by Alma and Rebecca Charest Refreshments were served and the party broke up at q late hour.
 | A unique lecture-recital on Russian 1 Life and AIusic," by Platon G. Broua- of. will be given this evening at Lea venworth hall at o'clock. Mir Broun- 1 off is q pupil of the great Rubinstein and conductor of the Russian Imperial orchestra. This is the first lecture of the course given under the auspices of the Waterbury Women's club. Tick cts for the course may be had at Davis x Yves. Single admissions will be 1 sold this evening at Leavenworth hall. l Course tickets S3; single admission, , i cents.
 1 A largely attended meeting of Hem dricken council, No 36, k. of C., was held last evening, when the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: c. K. Charles F. Mcdonald: D. F. K., William H. Monogan: financial secretary. James NJ. Lynch; treasurer, Edward r. Moran: recording secretary. J. J. Kelley; chancellor, Harry Ramon: warden, Frank T. Reid; chaplain. the Rev Father AIcGuane: lecturer, Jos eph F. Kennedy; inside guard. Henry Lynch: outside guard, John J. Dono- van: trustees. T. F. Conway, Martin J McEyoy and A. L. Hess.
 The program presented by the Amer ican band at City hall next Thursday evening will be one of interest. Ii will include the overture to ''ZaIpa. : excerpts from the 'Burgomaster, and new descriptive fantasia which is descriptive of village life i'll the older, times. This overture has been plared over 300 times by Sousa's band. Tn; famous descriptive piece, "A Huntins Scene" will also be presented for the first time at these concerts. The .'Jol
 ly Musicians, will also be played. ;,
 request. Two new marches by Direc tor Fulton will also form part of lie program. The entire band will be il
 attendance.
 The. custody of a little girl namef
 Wilkinson, held by a Mrs Wilcox ;r
 Brooklyn. N. Y.. has stirred up litig.,
 tion in which the Currie family of Gle,
 street is interested and Miss Saral
 Currie is plaintiff. The girls mother
 was sister of the plaintiff. Formerly
 the Wilkinsons lived here. Upon re moving to Brooklyn Mrs Wilkinson died. leaving her husband with tw,
 children. Archibald John and FIorenc.
 May. After the mothers death tn family went to board at Mrs Wilcox $ After time the father disappeared
 the boy was brought to this city an,
 Mrs Wilcox retained Florence. who's
 board for the past two years remain
 unpaid. and she seems to be held q
 hostage therefor. The matter is befor
 the courts of Brooklyn. Personal af lection is the alleged tie between tn
 child and Mrs Wilcox. who says sh
 will fight to the last ditch before sn will surrender Florence.
 At the meeting of the Naturalists
 club last night B. E. Bristol read
 paper on the Potter Wasp" A col a lection of moths and butterflies. col