Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-31
CITY NEWS.

D.'s pond.
 The Bronson Library will be closed on New Years day.
 Legs lamb 1Oc, chickens 12 to 16c. at Castles market tonight.
 The annual wave of morality is how ering oyer the town. To-day there was no city court. Not an arrest has been made in some days.
 The military examining board Of which Colonel Burpee is member will hold session in Hartford OF the l2Ih and 18th of January.
 Professor H. t. Reiter of Princeton will be the speaker at the mems meet ing in the opera house next Sunday. His subject, will be, Lessons from the Gridiron.
 Nosahogan lodge, I. o. o. F., met last night and elected these officers \. G., W. l.. Wildman; N G., Frank B. Fisher; k. s. F. 5. Williams; treas urer, Henry T. Steadman; lodge trus- tee, D. L. Dickinson.
 Frank M. Grant, who formerly con ducted the Senate billiard and pool rooms on Exchange place has filed, through Attorney Thoms a petition III bankruptcy. His liabilities are 3,3l4 and his assets are S2l25.
 Last evening the fire department was called to Ine residence of Calvin A. Pinney, 94 Fairview street, where a Christmas tree had started to blaze The fire was eXtinguished by a stream from the chemical engine. The dam i age was slight.
 List of letters remaining unclaimed in the postoffice: Wells Goddard, Miss Mary Leighton, Earl G. Meny, Miss Viola Mitchell. Charley Otis, Mrs i Louise Smith, Hugh J. Trainor, Eddie Elmer Wilson, Mrs Clara Wilson, Miss Flora Johnson.
 The members of the Grace Baptist | church met last night to welcome home the pastor. Rev Isaac W. Reed and his bride, Miss Lillie Gordon of Richmond, Va, a graduate of Harts- horn college, and very accomplished young woman. A banquet was served.
 Miss Anna Jewell, the pianist, who will assist on January 9, at City hall, Francis Archambault in a song re- cital, will render many classical selec- tions from the great authors. She Is renowned in New York as great artist and her playing is very seldom dupli- cated Tickets at the Driggs & Smith Cos, 49 Center street; l.. Pratte's, 234 South Main street
 George Ercott, for whose arrest an order was issued by Judge Burpee in l the city court last Saturday morning, has apparently fled the town, at ledst the police have been unable to find him. Ercott was charged with non, support of his family and the case was continued for thirty days to give him an opportunity to arrange matters with his wife. He failed to do this hence the order for his rearrest.
 A whist match took place last nigh between team consisting of Principa Thomas F. Deyine of the Bank street school, Bradford Webster, Charles D Davis and L. R. Carter, and a team from the Waterbury Duplicate Whis club, consisting of William J. Allen, A Mendelssohn, Archie Jones and JOhI l Somers. The games were played a ] the home of William J. Allen, 30 Spen Ger avenue, and were won by Captai1 l Webster's team by the score of II to ? I Comstock lodge, K ol :, met las night and elected these officers: 0. c. l J. w. Phelps; V. C., l.. l.. Hall; P, F B. Hull; NJ. of W, George c. Pettijean NJ. of F., F. S. Phelps; NJ. of B., W. B Scofield: K R. S, W H. Black, Jr; NJ at A, William White; I. G., c. R. Man 1 vile; O. G., George Graham; trustee for eighteen months, Robert Mackie The newly elected officers will be in stalled next Tuesday ill Pythian hal by G. D. D. Charles B. Pierson of Naug l atuck.
 R@<a,, e,l short calendar in the city court to-day was a demurrer by the co-defendant the Consolidated railroad company l the Bridgeport Steamboat company for S10O for the loss of a valise. The lat, ter claims they handed the vaIise to port, for transportation to this town. Hence the demurrer was sustained The difficulty now is to ascertain in what capacity one defendant was act l ing toward the other.
 The state bowling tournament for the Young Mems Christian association championship will be held Thursday, January 1. on the new alleys in the Ansonia Y. NJ. C.. A. building. Six teams have entered the contest-An- sonia, New Haven. Bridgeport, Mid dletown, Hartford and Waterbury. l Waterbury will be represented by Will liam NJ. Hodges, who bowled at three state tournaments; Fred c. Jaeger, To- cal Y. NJ. c. A. champion for two years. and Howard s. Neal, last years state champion A large number of local how1ers will go to Ansonia with the team.
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 Attorney Minor made another at. tempt last night to attach the two $4O0 violins owned by George Tomp. kins, superintendent of the button de. partment of the Scovill Manufactur. ing company, the man who has great difficulty in living on S3,0O0 a year according to his own story before Judge Cowell in proceedings brought against him by B. R. Kelsey. Con- stable Carmody was the attorney $ messenger this time, but he was nc more successful than Sheriff Rametti Mrs Tompkins opened the door to the l officer and informed him when he ] made the demand for the violins that i they were her property. That settled 1 it and the constable left