Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-12
CITY NEWS.

 meeting this evening"
 Eli Perkins, one of Waterbury's well known citizens, died yesterday at his home near Hancock Station.
 The Young School streets defeated the Young Brook streets 6 to to-day. The game was very interesting from the beginning to the end.
 Attorney Porter L. Wood. as execu- tor on the will of his late wife, filed his last report on the condition of her estate in the probate court this morn ing.
 The conservator of Sarah A. Curtiss, Charles J. Pierpont. filed his report this morning in the court of probate. The document credits the estate with an inventor of $4,S35.9l.
 The bureau of assessment will meet tonight for the purpose of hearing parties interested in proposed public improvements in North Main street, Riverside street, Silver street and the Watertown road.
 Thomas R. Manners, owner of Grandview Heights, ElmwoOd ana other large tracts of land in Connecti- cut has rented the corner office in the new Whittemore block next tU the Democrat building.
 Many of our readers who were un- able to secure tickets for the Glen Island excursion run a week ago Sat urday will be pleased to learn that similar trip is planned for August IT, an announcement of which will be made in due season.
 Walter Alton. colored youth of 19, was arrested Saturday afternoon by Detective Dunlap of New Haven, and taken thither charged with failing to support his wife who is but T. years old. Alton was employed as waiter in the Earl house.
 A search warrant was issued Satur- day by Acting Prosecuting Agent Brad ford Webster to search the drug store conducted by Irwin H. WOlcott on West Main street Last evening Con- stable Perkins visited the premises and found only the regular stock of liquors which may be found in any drug store, such as MT Wolcott's.
 Bertie Swenson. a deaf mute about years old. strayed away Saturday morning from his home near Hitch cocks pond and was not found until noon yesterday when he was picked up at AIilldale by a searching party, who had been securing the country for him from the time he had been reported lost. The child went out berrying with a couple of other youngsters and got separated from them and, not being able to make any noise it was difficult to find him. He was asleep in an open lot many miles from his home when the searching party found him and car ried him home to his mother
 The articles that have appeared in the Democrat during the past week regarding the constitutional conven- ton have borne some fruit. Already several parties have got together and l talked over the wisdom of concerted action on this matter, so that in all probability considerable attention will be paid to it from now on. Repre- sentative Guilfoile is being mentioned as a desirable man to represent Wa terbury in that convention, and so far as can be learned he is very favorable to all elements except perhaps the fel- | lows who have charge of the purse strings and who do not care to. run the isk of being disturbed. MT Gull foile would make good man in that or any other capacity.
 Everybody who attended the ex- cursion given last Saturday by the St Joseph's T. 4. society speaks in the | highest praise of the management. | Nothing was left undone to make l things pleasant for patrons of the or | ganization, and as the society has the reputation of doing things in a cred | itable manner it is no mistake to say | that it kept we'll abreast of its pre- | vious efforts in this line at last Satur- i days outing It was a delightful day and the big crowd enjoyed the run to Bridgeport and the sail from there i to New York very much. There was dancing to Hallam's music, with Pro. lessor Mellon prompting. The party arrived home about midnight and found trolley cars at the station ready l to carry them in the direction of theil homes.
 The will of the late Eli Perkins wal filed in probate this forenoon. MT Per kins lived in Greystone but was as wei known locally as though he had livet I here all his life. His estate is said t, be valued at about $G.O00 and all of i is left in trust to Judge k. A. Lowe, t, provide for deceased's daughter, Mir Frances Plumb. wife of William Pluml of Meriden, and also his son, Arthur E fin case of sickness and want" Judg Lowe is also requested to take charg of the estate to pay interest on mort gages, etc. He is enjoined from ex pending more than 5000 upon a suita ble monument for the family buria plot. Upon the demise of Mrs Plum the estate shall be devoted to the main tanance of deceased's grand children until the youngest shall attain majorit 1 whereupon the estate shall be divide
 among them. The grand children ar
 enjoined from disposing of the estat I in any manner, it being testator's dc
 sire that it shall be preserved unde
 the name of the Perkins homestead
 The document was drawn up on Octt
 Der 1, 1899, and witnessed by A. I
 Bradstreet, Everett R. Perkins an
 Miss Dora \. Egan. It is said tha
 another and later will has been found
 John Loughlin. janitor of the Git
 hall building, who is spending a Va cation at Savin Rock, has written |
 one of his old friends telling him 0
 an encounter he had with a dogfis
 the other evening. The janitor say
 he was fishing near the lighthous
 when a dogfish came up on the hool
 and before he knew what he had tn
 monster was tumbling and tossin ! aDOut in the bOaf and Scarin0 somo fl