Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-18
CITY NEWS.


 4 daughter was born last Saturday .o Mr and Mrs Michael J. Keefe, 13 Bronson street.
 The American band will give q promenade concert at City hall Thursday evening.
 The storm of last night kept specta- tosr away from the armory, out i. did not interfere with the battalion drill of the two companies.
 An anniversary mass of requiem will be celebrated at the Immaculate Con- ception church tomorrow morning for the late Frank Coughlin.
 The subject of the address of Rev Father Fitzgerald which is to be given at New Britain. March 16, -sl be 'Irishmen's Devotion to Faith and Freedom
 Former City Clerk Richard F. Grady, who has been in business at PiEtsficld, Mass, hor some time past, js visiting friends in town. MT Grady may de- eide to locate here permanently.
 Mrs Dwyer Bush, one of the dress makers burned out during the fire, has taken room 199 in the new Prichard building, Bank street, and will be ready for business about March l.
 The snow storm put stop for the present to the work Of the bureau of engineering in making surveys of the new taxation districts. It will be re- sumed as soon as the weather perfnits.
 Notwithstanding the indictment weather. a fair sized audience attend ed the illustrated lecture on "A Trip to Picturesque Tunis and Algiers,' given in the Baptist church last night by the Rev Dr Parry.
 Committees are at work making ar- engagements for the observance of Rob- ert Emmet's birthday, which will occur on March 4; another proof of the truth of Emmet's own words, ''the man dies, but his memory lives"
 Chief Snagg of the fire department was well prepared for any contingency that might arise since the big snow storm. In addition to the regular horses at the fire houses four horses belonging to the street departIuent were kept in readiness for active ser vice, two at Burton street an l tw} at Seovill street.
 Miss Mary NJ Abbott will give talk on 'Whittiel'' at the Friendly league on Thursday evening, February 20, at s o'clock. This will be the first of series of lectures and talks to which league members will be admit ted free by their regular entertainment course tickets. Others will be charged q small admission fee.
 Now that the building ordinance is passed the next question 10 be de- ctded is who will see that it's proyis- ions are enforced? It is sai,i that the republicans have already agreed upon q man, the only hitch being tl,at ha wants larger salary than some of the city fathers think he ought to have. This will be strengthened out
 Herman F. Gartz of West Main street was completely surprised last Sunday evening when 35 friends called on him determined to celebrate his 42d birthday. A pleasant and iovial even ing was spent. Mrs Gartz proved l equal to the occasion and served a splendid supper, the party breaking up 1 after midnight, leaving some pleasant reminders of their visit
 The following certificates of incor- l poration were filed in the state secre- l tary's office yesterday: Mattatuek His torical society of Waterbury, without I capital; .incorporators. Frederick J. Kingsbury, Joseph Anderson, Annie L. Ward, Katharine A. Prichard, John 1 G. Davenport. David c. Porter, l Charles L. Holmes The Roosevelt Rough Riders club of Bridgeport, without capital; incorporators, Dr James B. Bagg, Walter T. French, George ". Dewey, P. H. Dean, W. c. Bird.
 l To-day a force. of men went to work fn the ruins of the Scovill house build ing for the purpose of finding out 1 whether or not William Kahn perished in the flames. Mir Truman told Dem oerat reporter that he had not the slightest doubt, and didn't from the beginning. but that Kahn's body was in the ruins. He said that he told everybody so the morning after the fire and since, but others thought diff ferently, and for that reason no effort was made to recover the body from the wreckage until this morning. If the body is there, the men are apt tc find it at any moment, and they may dig for several days before it is dis. 1 covered
 There was no city court today The barbers, Frank Barlow and Charles .AdOlph, who yesterday said they WOulC test the law requiring barbers to regis ter, changed their mind and will now register. Their case was all a mis take. They are strangers in the state and knew nothing of the neV laws which were passed to regulate and protect their craft They were under the impression, said Attorney Durant to Judge Burpee in the city court to day, that they were compelled to jofI a union, and having no use for sucI an institution, at least they said they would not join, they determined to tesl such a law. As they will now register the cases were nolled.
 If you should ask any employe ol the New England Watch company "Who is the incest man in town?" he or she would instantly reply Arthur O Jennings, secretary and general man ager of the New England Watch com pany And well might they say SO Yesterday the weather was fierce, es pecially about the noon hour, as g number of persons can attest. The walking was bad and the trolley ser vice was bad It would have been g great difficulty for the employees of the Watch shop to go home to dinner ant to return to work MT Jennings req lized this and consequently he had din v,e-s corvod f0 fI1n SQVpra1 hTIndradc nj