Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-25
CITY NEWS.

The Star Social club will give a so- ciable at Speedwell hall Thursday evening, April II.
 Miss Annie Ryrnes of East Main street has returned from a short visit with friends in Hartford.
 To-day is Moses memorial day among the Hebrews. They will have services tonight at 7:3O o'clock with | preaching by Rabbi Rosenthal of Bridgeport.
 The funeral of the 3-year-old son of John smith of Spring street took place yesterday afternoon. with interment ill Mill Plain cemetery
 The funeral of William. 1G-months- old son of MT and Mrs John J. O'Con- nell Of Dublin street took place yes terdaE. with interment in Calvary cem- l etery
 The cast of characters irrs the play to be given by the Catholic Women s association will meet for rehearsal thlS evening at S::'O o'clock. James A Hynes. who has been on the sick list for some time was about town to-day and informed Democrat reporter that he will be at his office as uSu"l from this date forward The new lodge of Maccabees will hold a meeting tonight in For.sterS' hall on Bank street. when six caudi- dates will be initiated. State Organ lZer Johnson of Hartford will be pres eut
 The anniversary requiem high mas which was to be celebrated tomorrow morning for the late Mrs Ann Scanlon. Will be read on Wednesday, morning. owing to the many funerals which ara at tile Immaculate Conception church to-n1Orrow moruing
 A %albaGc collecting team belong Ing to the collector, HI. Nj. Rirnny faH away on Orange street this morn Ing. No damage was done either to horses or wagon. bat tie drivers; had lively chase which was enjoyed iy large number or people. The sight ot such q lumhering vehicle as q gar page wagon flying seemed to tickle tie observers.
 It was reported this afternoon in Ia circles that former Judge Stod- dard of New Haven had withdrawn his objection to the rcappoiItinent of Judge Wheeler of the superior court. and also that tie opposition iii Hart ford to th" same appointment led by Attorney IT Elc had decided to not aD- pear>at thr hearing before the 1egs- 1ative committec to hear the objections to .jGdgc Wheeler. The objections werr withdrawn, it is said. because they would prove futile anyway.
 A large audience. no doubt. will be present this evening at the Y- NI c. 4. gymnasium to greet Augustus r. Howell on his secouu appearance ill aterbCry. One nce;l not enter into any lengthy article as to the ability .l, ei,ter anMant which he furnishes He is well known and his reputation is well established ill this city owing to the hit he made on his last appearance in this city when he portrayed in q capable manner the different charac- ters of David Harum''
 There was q hearing in the district court before Judge Cowell this after noon on the injunction he granted a few days ago. restraining Thomas Neary of Naugatuck from ejecting B. A. Peck from certain premises Mir Neary claimed that two years ago he loaned about SG,OOO to MT Peck. that certain conditions were arranged then by which Mir Peck should return q portion of the money, that he also should receive q part of the income from two houses erected by the aI- legged loan and that all of these condi tions were violated. Decision was de fcrreu.
 X report was current to-day amonc the legal fraternity that the suit of the city against the Connecticut Light ing and Railway company for dam ages for crossing the sidewalk on West Main street with their tracks and wires will be settled. This was a suit for a permanent injunction re- strainin. the defendant from crossing the sidewalk mentioned at the point where the crossing was effected and for damages of $5,0OO. What the con ditlons of the reported proposed set clement are City Attorney Kellogg would not say, but he seemed as sured that the suit will not be tried. He thought it better that the board of public works should first know the conditions offered by the company be- fore they would become public prop erty. as the conditions may be reject ed by the board. Tomorrow evening the board will hold a lneetiig and this matter will be brought up From an other source it was ascertained that the company has not the ghost of a show in court and that it would com ply with the request Of the city and lay it's tracks at another point over the sidewalk. H0wvthis can be done, the authority would not say, abut he said that the company will do my thin3 reasonable rather than @. into court.