Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-27
CITY NEWS

I
 1 The regular meeting of Division NJ 5, A. O. H., will be held this evening Every member is requested to be pres ent, as business of importance will be 1 transacted.
 There was no city court today. Only one man was arrested yesterday an6 drunkenness was charged against him but when he recovered himself this morning he was let go.
 The members of the Merrimac A. C. entertained their friends last night at their rooms on East Main street. Good
 Improvements and alterations have
 been made at the rooms lately.
 MT and Mrs Michael Morrissey and
 daughter, Nellie, of Farm street yes terday attended the marriage of Miss l Alice Fleming and Patrick J. Noonan l of Ansonia which was performed by
 Rev Father Synnott. The youg cou- pie are esteemed residents of Ansonia,
 Visitors to the shore say that thus far the season has been decidedly un pleasant Last night the wind blew at Walnut Beach at a rate to make one shiver in his blankets and shout fol more Owners of cottages, getting them in order for the season form the [ tion so far.
 Two things appear to be uppermost
 in the minds of the people of Water
 bury just now. One is where will the
 much talked new hotel be located and
 when will J. F. Phalen's bread pans be ready for delivery? In a general way 1 the hotel question is by far the more 1 important, but it is surprising to notice | al Iu q breaches that of the hostelry.
 At a meting of Court Martin Hell mann, F. of A. last night the following officers were elected: c. R., Edward l Qua ghan: sc. R., J. J. Clifford; R. S.. c. J. Ke1driclz: s. w, c. Downey; J. H., H. O'NeiI; s. B., Wilfred Beranger; J. B., James Farrell; lecturer, NJ. J. | Smith. The court will hold a smoker at the next meeting. The court has 200 members and $2,300 in the treas ury.
 Adjutant General Cole has written to ex-Captain W. W. Bullen of Com pany E of New Britain, who headed the list of eighty-five men who peti- toned for a reorganization of the company. He explains that the peti- tion has been referred to the commit tee on reorganization of the National Guard and that it will not be acted upon until after the annual encamp- ment in August.
 The lawyers clerks are getting afraid they will not be given half holiday Saturday this summer. For the past two years this matter was engineered by the captain of the elevator in the Odd Fellows building, but this year he was prevented from agitating it. so the clerks, who are all young ladies, had to undertake it themselves this year. This morning they drew up a petition .and circulated it among the lawyers, who reodily signed it.
 The troubles of Mrs Mary E. W. Smith have been taken to the fedora, courts. Tn the United States district court in Hartford this morning Attor- ney Susan O'Neill, counsel for Attor- ney Isabella NJ. Pettus of New York, argued q demurrer plead by the de- fendant. Mrs Smith, This is an echo of Miss Pettus's claim against Mrs Smith for $7.500 for legal services. Referee Newton pleaded Mrs Smiths side to the contention.
 The following program was rendered at the annual June reception of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Y NJ. c. A. at the association building last night: National airs. |. NJ. c. 4. orchestra recitation, Yankee in the Catacombs. 2 Miss Jennie Burns; encore '.The Frenchman and the Flea Powder;;'' solo. '.The Swallows" Mrs Granniss male quartet, Messrs Webster Blath- erwick. Dennison and Wood: violin solo. Seventh Concerto by de Ber- tot. Miss Stanley: encore, "Berceuse 5 | Godard; recitation, "The Little Elf l Child" Miss Jennie Burns: male quar- tet; orchestra selection. The program was prepared under the direction of
 Miss A. F. Taylor. Ice cream and other refreshments were served after | the rendition of the musical program. Nine of Waterbury's police force are going to swing their clubs on the curves of the Bridgeport policemen's I base ball pitcher at the Athletic field l Waterbury, on Monday afternoon at , o'clock. The Waterbury police have been in training for weeks and their coach, the man who explained the newspaper mems nine which slaugh. 1 tered the lawyers last year. is tipping his friends to place their long green on Waterbury. That man is no other than Police Commissioner Lahey Socially, the Waterbury police are going to treat the Bridgeport coppers well. but they say that business is business, and they are going to dc things to them on the diamond. Off, cers Cayanaugh and Dodds are going to do the battery work for Waterbury and consequently Bridgeport's finish is already an accepted fact.
 1 Diarrhoea has already commenced l it's deadly work among the children Usually the disease does not set in until later in the season, but for some reason which nobody appears to be able to explain it started out in June this year instead of waiting until August or September The disease puzzles the best of physicians and none of them know any more about it now than was known years ago. It is surprising that an ailnent so common to the hu man family and apparently not yiru- lent malady should continue to baf1e the skill of the medical fraternity SC successfully that some people say that once it sets in you might just as well | let it take it's course as send for a doc tor. While it is true that many chill dren die of diarrh0ea, still it should be remembered that the number carried away by the sickness Is. very small in comparison to that which recover. The q o1oxv i,, o71inr fl, fa rafJu 7abuciai0u