Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1902-11-21
CITY NEWS.

The choir of st Francis Xavier .
church will have no rehearsal this
evening.
Owing to the fact that a number of
the players will attend the Yale-Har.
ward Football game at New Haven to-
morrow afternoon, no games will be
played in the Y. M. G. A. basketball
league tomorrow night.
DR. s. B. Mum began to-day to cir
culate petition which he proposes to
present to the next general assembly.
The object Of the petition is to have
the law making vaccination 'compul-
sorry repealed. He is not meeting
with much success.
The case of Jones lS Morgan against
the city was heard by Judge Burpee
in the city court this afternoon. This
is sequel to the case of Jones & Nor
gan against Olin p. Hart. contractor.
The city borrowed Hart's road roller
and meanwhile Hart ran up a bill
with Jones & Morgan The latter got
Judgment against Hart and the pur-
pose of this suit is to get their bill out
of what it owes Hart and which it
was garnisheed from paying him.
Commissioner NIcEvoy Of the board
of finance smiled last night when he
heard Superintendent Tinker say that
the number Of children was on the in
crease about the center. Mr. McEyoy
attributed this to the fact that people
who some time ago thought they
would prefer to live on the outskirts
had changed their minds and were re-
turning to the thickly settled districts
as fast as they could find suitable ac-
commodation He said there is big
demand for rents about town and he
thought it was likely to continue.
a private dance, which was ar
ranged by Messrs Preusser, Curtis
and Holmes. was held in Leaven-
worth hall last ilightA 1t was full
dress affair About forty couples
were present and enjoyed the dancing,
which consisted of twenty numbers,
all Of which were round dances. Mu-
sic was furnished by Faulmans or
chestra. Among the out of town
guests were Miss Brown Of Hartford
and the Misses Esteece Of Holyoke,
Msas The committee in charge is
deserving of praise for the success Of
the affair.
COnStableS LannOn anu TIyoE ga
nerienced no little difficulty this after
noon while eiecting Joseph Ancello
and family from "a tenement at 22
South Riverside street, which is own
ed by Camille Mascolo. It appears
that two families lived in the tene-
ment, each family occupying two
rooms. while the kitchen, where the
sink and water were, was used in COM
mon by the two families. When the
limbs of the law had elected the fam
lily they locked the doors of the two
rooms occupied by Ancello and also
the kitchen. Then the trouble began
The other tenant protested against the
door of the kitchen being locked She
had to use water and there was no
water except in the Kitchen But her
protests We're of no avail. The con-
stables were only doing their duty.
The woman's anger was then aroused
and she threatened to do up both Off
GERS who were planning in their own
minds how to avoid the thrust of q
stiletto. Finally the woman went
away in search Of policeman and
came back with Sergeant Pagan and
Officer Claffey. The matter was ex-
planned to them by the constables
and things were allowed to remain as
they were. The constables were lucky
to escape with their lives
.