Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-12
CITY NEWS.

session of the public schools was nelu.
 Special forecast for Connecticut: Snow tonight; clearing Thursday; light to fresh westerly to northwest winds.
 The Ladies' auxiliary of the A. 0. H. will hold meeting tomorrow even ing in the Knights of Columbus hall at o'clock.
 The fire loss on the building occupied by Reid & Hughes was adjusted to- day. The loss was $41,000 and the ln- surance $4o,00o.
 R. s. Rasmussen, the florist, who was burned out on Bank street, has taken up quarters at Miss Dillon's art store, 6S Center street.
 Execution was granted to-day against the Berlin Iron Bridge com pany on behalf of James Brennan of Naugatuck for a Judgment of $3,00O.
 Attorney c. l.. Meigs, agent for the Meigs building, South Main street. which was burned down in the big fire, is already figuring on plans for new and larger building.
 An American flag in the debris on | the site of the Reid x Hughes store 1 has attracted considerable attention. It went through the fire without scorch. and apparently is in as good condition as ever. If 1t isn't removed to-day it will probably be missing to- i morrow morning.
 Gradually the losses sustained by ! the recent disastrous fire are being set ted To-day In Colonel Burpee's office the damage to the Hayden build ing, situated near the Waterbury Ma tional bank on Bank street, was fig ured up to be $40OO, covered by an in- surance of SSOOO The main cause of delay in adjusting the losses is due to 1 the insurance being distributed among various companies.
 The second regiment shoot for the Ieavenworth medal will be held in l July instead of October. It has been the experience of officers that the members of the regiment lost inter- est in shooting matters after Septen- ! Der, and it is believed that more men will compete in July. It is probable that the officers will decide soon on improvements in the matter of rife practice.
 Mayor Kilduff and Commissioner Mahaney, the committee appointed to fit up the old probate office in the City I hall building for the use of the coll lector of taxes, have secured plans of such changes as are desirable aud have had the work of putting in the | fixtures attended to. It will make very handosme office and will be much more convenient for everybody than riding up several stories on an l elevator. I Drescher & Keil, who were burned out of their cafe in the rear of the Scovill house and who day or two later purchased Bob McGrath's cafe at the corner of East Main and Phoe- nix aevnue, are now safely installed in their new quarters. They are not full ly prepared, however to take care of the big business that has followed them and within a few weeks thay will remodel the store east of them and use it for cafe. The price paid for this cafe was the biggest that has ever been paid for saloon in this l state. and the sale was brought about through Henry Doerr.
 The Dramatic society met at the residence of Mrs Frederick s. Chase of Grove street last evening. There was good attendance. Two plays will be presented by the society some time in the spring. The exact date has not as yet been ascertained. The two plays selected are "The Russian Honeymoon and My Lord in I4iv- cry" The cast of characters has not as yet been completed. Some of the best amateur actors in the city will appear in the plays, which are of such nature as will give those per- sons appearing in them abundant op- portunity to display their ability.
 To-day marks the opening of the Lenten season, and for the next seven weeks many who have been prominent in social life for the past year will be an unknown quantity in the bathrooms and at the theaters until the season Is over. Others who do not cut much of q figure in the world, and who are comparatively unknown outside 1he family circle, have ways of their own of making little sacrifices and have sta ed out determined to observe the season of fasting and prayer in q proper manner. The attendance at rhe churches this morning was large. The blessed ashes were distributed in the Catholic churches and the ceremony will be repeated this evening.
 The big safe that for years occu- pied a place in the ante room Of the aldermanic chamber in the City hall building was removed to-day to the l former headquarters of Chief Snagg, where it will be used by the collector until his office in the old probate court room is ready for occupancy when it will be given a permanent berth there. If that huge safe could talk and was mean enough to do it, I it could tell startling tales of nefari- ous schemes concocted under its nose by the republican members of the board of aldermen, who invariably re- 1 tire to that room whenever they want to put up jobs on the unsuspecting l democrats. who have to make a hang out of the lobby while the nabobs are l planning their destruction on the ir- i side. For the first time in it's life the safe is about to have more con- genial companions than it has been 1 forced to associate with when every
 man who brushed against it was a 1 dyed-in-t -the-wool republican.