Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-03
CITY NEWS.

Special forecast for Connecticut: Fair tonight and Tuesday; colder; fresh west winds.
 Joseph Diamond, the smallpox pa tient is very sick man to-day. Asiue from this there is nothing new i'll the situation.
 John McEvoy, graduate of Holy Cross college, has commenced the study of law in the office of Attorney J. E. Russell.
 The Third church basketball team will play the Green Peas of the |. MIG. A at the I. NJ. c. A. gymnasi- um tomorrow night.
 The committeee which has in charge the arrangements for the four nights fair of the Merrimac \. O., which will be held in the City hall shortly after Easter. is making great preparations to make it q grand success. me stage program win be given each night.
 Israel Varboncour, aged 46 years died yesterday morning at the allns- bouse after a few weeks illness. He leaves one son, Israel The remains were removed to AugerS undertak- ing rooms whence the funeral Will take place this afternoon at o'clock
 In the city court, civil side, this af- ternoon, Judge Peasley heard the case of Samuel Forman against Camille Mascalo. The suit is for S1OO damages and the claim is set up that the plain tiff sold the defendant q quantity ot goods valued at $50 which he refused to pay for.
 Superintendent B. W. Tinker has re- turned from Chicago where he attend ed during the past week the annual convention of the National Association of Superintendents of Schools Super intendent Tinker on his return trip witnessed some of the terrific damage which has been caused by floods i'll different states.
 Special prayers were offered during the masses in all the Catholic churches in the city to-day for Pope Leo XIII. who began his jubilee year this morn ing. The pope has been reigning twenty-four years, and the exercises of the jubilee will continue until the twen- ty-fifth anniversary comes around, March 3, of next year.
 There will be no criminal term or the district court this month, and the jury will not assemble here next We'd nesday in consequence. All of the cases were disposed of by settlement except two and the witnesses in these cannot be reached. Some of them are professional men who are not in the state. The civil side of the court will open on the 24th.
 At Turn hall on Scovill street large number attended an entertainment last evening given by the Turn Verein Voerwaerts. Two farce comedies were given entitled Die Tante Aus Der Proving and ''Au Die Luft Ges- etzt." Everyone present seemed to en- joy the productions heartily. The la dies taking part were the recipients of handsome bouquets.
 On next Sunday a mission will be commenced at the church of Our Lady of Lourdes. Tn mission will continue for fifteen days. Special services will be held ill the morning and evening, at which the Rev Father Karam will be assisted by priests from New Haven. At the conclusion of the mission the devotion of the forty hours will beheld. It is now thought that the work ill the construction of the new Italian church will be begun early in May
 Property owners on South Leonard street between Porter street and Sixth street are preparing q petition to be submitted to the aldermen tonight, asking for sidewalks ill that street, both sides, between the points men, toned. The place is thickly settled on the west side and it is understood that almost all the owners of prop erty interested have signed the peti- tion This is the third attempt they have made to get walks there.
 Martin Casey was sent to the hos pital to-day by the board of charities, suffering from case of blood poison ing. Casey belongs in Hartford, but has been here for some time past. He worked at the Branch last summer and came to Waterbury when the bad weather set in and got job driving team. In some way or other he got a slight scratch on his knee q couple of weeks ago which finally developed into blood poisoning and his condition became so serious it was deemed ad- visable to send him to the hospital.
 The Hammer club is considering whether it will celebrate the coming St Patrick's day or not Many of it's old members are out of town and several of those who finger about the old haunts are connected with or ganizations that are planning to re- member the day. One of the Ham mer club fellows said this afternoon that the club will hold a banquet supposing there could not be q soul there but himself. The observance of St Patrick's day is becoming so popular in Waterbury it would seem as if it would be good plan for all societies that wish to hold banquets on that day to come together and have union rally every year. It would save expense and would bring all the boys together.
 About thirty employees of Foreman William Stanley's department of the Scovill Manufacturing company en- joyed a bus ride to Seymour Satur- day. They stopped at the Seymour house, where they spent several hours in a jolly manner. When it was time to return, the party found that the bus would be unable to re- turn owing to the condition of the roads, caused by the storm. The