Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-15
CITY NEWS.

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 A mass of requiem was celebrated by Rev Father Broderick at the lm- maculate Conception church this morn ing for the late Loretto McNellis. Special forecast for Connecticut: Fair tonight; Sunday cloudy, probably with snow; fresh northerly winds, in creasing to brisk and high Sunday.
 Donate AIeo has notified City Clerk ! SI J. Ryan that he will claim damages from the city for injuries received by l falling on a croSswalk on EdnN street the other day.
 The entertainment committee of the 1 St Joseph's T. A. society are already 1 making preparations for the society's festival in the City hall from May to 10 inclusive.
 "A Jolly Court Session and Madam Pompadour and Her Kittens l are on the program for tomorrow J nights entertainment Of the Concor- dia Singing society.
 Sheridan lodge, N. E. Q. P, held an ! interesting meeting i'll k. of c. hall last evening. For the present this lodge will meet on the second and fourth Friday evenings in the above hall.
 The health of the people in general throughout the city is very good. Health Officer pr Kilmartln states diseases in the city at the present time.
 Tn the suit of Catherine Derwin ys John Gilmartin ct ux, ddge Cowell I decided this morning in favor of the plaintiff for S122.5O. The sum of S900 odd was asked. An appeal was taken 10 the superior court.
 James Grant of North Main street, i an employe of the Waterbury Button Co, was engaged in cutting buttons l yesterday afternoon, when the saw slipped and cut tue little finger of his left hand very severely. Dr Ellmartin placed several stitches in the gash.
 The handsome billiard parlors of J. W. Hodson, which were badly dam aged by fire and water during the re cent confagration, were opened up to the public again to-day. Everything has been strengthened out with the in surance companies and the parlors look to-day brighter and better than ever.
 l In pursuance of the vote passed by the board of education at it's last meeting, Superintendent Tinker con ducted an examination of the pupils of the higher grades of the Town Plot school on Thursday afternoon and Friday. The examinations were held for the purpose of properly grading the pupils.
 The civil suit of Robert s. Cooke administrator on the estate of the late Charles l.. Clark. against Chris tian w. Kott was heard by Judge l Peasley in the city court Damages of recovery of certain goods, which it was alleged the defendant held, be- longing to the estate of Mir Clark.
 X horse attached to wagon and driven by Irivng Atwood of Middle bury became unmanageable on East Main street this afternoon. threw his heels over one of the shafts and then plunged ahead until he collided with q team in front of Turnbull X Co.'S ill which a woman was seated, making quite a mfX-up. The wagon and team were damaged somewhat, but no one was seriously hurt.
 The case of Camp vs Cutler, popular ly known as the Platt block case, be gan to-day in the district court before Judge Welch of Torrington. It is 2 dull and tedious case to listen to. There was very little evidence, which sim ply concerned the lease between the litigants, and the rest was quotations from the law books. Tie probabilities were that 1t would not be finished to- day.
 The biggest congregation that as | sembled at the Immaculate Conception church since the mission crowded in there last night, the occasion being the regular Lenten devotion and the bless ing of the stations of the cross. Rev Michael Mann of Winsted, assisted by Father McGuane, performed the cere- mony of blessing the stations and also delivered a very instructive sermon on '.The Way of the Cross,
 For q short time today NJ F. Car mody, f,'le insurance man. was among the wes.-hy men of the city. He nas checks in his inside pocket for some thing i'll the neighborhood of SEQ O00 to he paid to people who lost their prop erty in the recent fire. He didn't have them long, though, and Il few hours after receiving them he was al- most as poor as some of the rest of the people he brushed against. Genevieve, the six years old daugh- fer of Mir and Mrs Valerian Aksoni of 37 Railroad Hill street, died yes terday morning after a short illness. The deceased came from the old country five weeks ago and one week after took sick and passed away af- ter four weeks illness The funeral twas held at p. n. this afternoon with interment in Calvary cemetery X very interesting meeting of tht Senior Debating club was held las , night. The subject of debate was "Resolved, that winter is preferred te summer'' Charles Jackson took tht place of Frank Hayes. who was ab sent. The affirmative was upheld by Charles Jackson and the Misses Anns Sweeney and Mamie Grady Their op moments were Jeremiah Lovett and thu
 Misses Hattie Banham and Margare Leggett. The debate was q fine ont and many forcible arguments were ad vanced on either side. The judges : Benjamin Webster and the Missa
 Nargaret Myers and Alice Vail de l cded in favor of the negative. Recita ; tions of a nleasng nature were deliv
 cred by John Butterly. Carl Schicl or5 +b<, SF;s,r1- pocos Gorpa1l kI;oa ya9