Waterbury Democrat., 1902-09-18
CITY NEWS.


 held a week from tomorrow
 Mrs George Stapleton and Miss Sta pleton of Bridgeport are the guests of MT and Mrs Mortimer Heffernan of East Main street.
 George Lambert of Naugatuck has been appointed director of the Connec- ticut Catholic Total Abstinence Union for New Haven county.
 Warren l.. Hall of this city was elected the member of the republican state central committee from the fifth district at Hartford yesterday.
 Special forecast for Connecticut: Fair in north portion; showers in south portion tonight; Friday, local showers; light north to northeast winds.
 Henry Cook has been appointed act ing captain of the High School Foot ball team by Captain Maurice Culhane, who finds himself unable to be present at practice all the time.
 The will of the late Mrs Fred Grohs is to be contested by some of the heirs. They claim undue influence In the drawing up of her will and Judge Lowe has set down September 26 as a day for the hearing of the contest.
 Sheriff F. J. Rametti to-day attach ed milk route belonging to Mrs Matty Griswold of Bucks Hill Mrs Gris- wold bought the route some time ago from John R. Wood and now he claims she has not kept to the agreement of the purchase. The amount of the attachment was $100.
 Superintendent Doran of the board of charities is home from New York, where he called to arrange for the operation which is to be performed on John KeIliher. Dr Phelps expects that the operation will be successful and MT Doran says that he hopes to see the patient back in Waterbury before long and on the road to re- covery.
 Ground was broken yesterday by Thompson Brothers for the cellar of the proposed new Mulcahy school in the south end. At first it looked as if the lot was entirely too small, but additional arrangements with the Tracy Bros make the lot 200 by 26O feet, which ought to be ample for the building and playgrounds. MT Thompson says he intends to push the work so that little if any of his con- tract will be unfinished by the time the snow fiies
 The case of William Schlag against Alfred (CharboneaD Colby was heard by Judge Cowell in the district court to-day. Plaintiff seeks to recover damages of $100 He alleges that one day as he was passing defendants house the latter's dog set upon and bit him and tore his trousers. Medi- cine and physicians attendance cost him $50 and new trousers $5. De- cision was reserved. Attorney Car mody appeared for the defendant and Attorney c. G. Root for the plaint- iff
 D. IT. Tierney of the Manila Testi- monial committee has medals await ing the following persons and wishes they would call for them: Thomas F. Lynch, William T. Betts, William Der win, John Andelis, John Dillon, Mi chael Deyoy, Thomas O'Rourke, Pat rick Corr, Richard Mclaughlin, James F. PartIand, Frederick Ward, Peter J. Wheelahan, Edward Reed John T. Hayes, Charles F. Blakeslee Maurice O'ReiIly, Michael Commerford, Louis F. Blakeslee, Edward M. Jennings.
 AL a SDSCId1 IlCtll1lS Ol thS SChtistA Labor union held last evening J. Toole, Thomas Gill, c. c. Hill, Joseph Fleming and c. E. Weed were appoint ed a committee to look after the ar for the benefit to be given by the Miners Glee club at Jacques Opera house Sunday evening next. The American band has been secured and will give short concert in connec- lion with the entertainment. From the manner in which tickets are going it is evident that the house will be filled.
 A number of we'll known young men about town have formed q new social which will be known as the Somerset Social club. The club, which will have commodious quarters in the building at the corner of East Main street and Phoenix avenue, over Drescher t& kiel's. starts off with fifty two members. The committee on con- stitution and bylaws consists of Frank Coyle, chairman; Warren Cook, secre- tary; William Colligan, Anthony Moore and Thomas Morgan. Organ ization will be effected at meeting next Sunday, when officers will be elected.