Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-28
CITY NEWS.

under his jurisdiction will be closed on
Labor day.
The leaves are beginning to fall
from the beautiful elms on the green
and from now on Caretaker McEyoy
will be the busiest man in Waterbury.
The st AIMS drum corps paraded
| the streets last night advertising the
North End Social club sociable and
dance which takes place in the near
/ future.
Judge Hungerford was on hand this
morning to adjust differences in the
police court, but the prosecutor had
no cases, and his honor left for home
wondering how Waterbury manages to
maintain such an excellent reputation.
Decorations for Labor day still con-
tinue, and by next Monday Waterbury
/ will be attired in the most gorgeous
costume it ever donned. J. f. EWart
has been awarded the privilege of sell,
/ ing soft drinks at the dancing pavilion
at ~the picnic of the Central Labor
union at the Driving park or Labor
day.
The ReY Father Slocum, Frank Gull
foile, Miss Mary Guflfoile and Miss Al
bina La Prise left yesterday for Villa
Marie convent, Montreal, to attend the
reception of Miss Margaret Guilfoile
into the Sisters of Notre Dame. Miss
/ Guilfoile, who is a daughter of Michael
GuilfoiIe of South Willow street, is a
graduate of the convent de Notre Dame
in this city and is highly accom-
! plished young lady.
Waterbury council. No 10, Fraternal
Benefit league. will hold meeting this
evening, and after the meeting there
will be a musicale and a social session.
This council have secured the hall over
the Citizens bank, formerly occupied
by the Kimball music school, for their
future meetings. Supreme Secretary
Frank p. Tyler of New Haven and the
Hon James P. Glynn, past president Of
the Fraternal Benefit league of Win,
sted, will be present
Mrs Eva Catherine Markert. widow
of tie late John G. Markert, died at her
home, 139 North Willow street, at 1873
last night, after a lingering illness of
about seven months duration. The
deceased was one of the pioneer Ger
mans of this city, coming to Waterbury
in 1854 Four children survive her.
Mrs John Meyer, Mrs William j. Snow
Miss Laura B. Markert and Daniel J..
Markert. The funeral will take. place
at 2:30 Saturday afternoon.
Collector Thoms will turn over to
the aldermen at their meeting next
Monday night the names of parties
owing the city sewer, street and paw
ling assessments. The number now in
the hands of the collector are colnpar-
atively few compared with what has
been turned over to the city attorney.
The only unpaid water bill on the col
lector's books is one of $40 of the,
Plat Bros Co. This is one which the
company is conteSting on the ground
that the tax for Sprinklers is not le-
gal.
Fred Smith Of this city, a boy about
years of age, had a narrow escape
from being drowned at Shell Hitch
cocks pond yesterday morning. Young
Smith, who is staying at a cottage near
the pond, was playing on a. dockt in
the pond Yesterday morning when he
lost his balance and fell into the water.
Two ladies. one of whom was said to
be the child's mother, were standing
on the dock, and one of them ran after
a clothes pole and succeeded in pulling
the child out of the pond with it. II
she had been minute or two later the
child would have been drowned.
A portion of the New England
Watch Co.'S beautiful lot is being con-
verted into coal yard. Some time
ago a strip running along West Clay
street was used as wood shed, but
people didn't take much notice of this,
for it. did not impair the looks of the
place to any appreciate extent, but
after they saw the heaps of coal then
| they realized that the delightful green
sward that skirted South Main street,
ifamiliarly known as the watch shop.
| lot, at one time the rounding-up place
| for all the dogs in that neighborhood,
had lost all its primitive charm, and
| was henceforth to II nothing more
than an ordinary coal and wood yard
Health Officer Kilmartin said to-day
that he had nothing new to report rela-
tive to smallpox matters. The quaran.
tined residence on Washington street
| is closely guarded and the patient is
getting along nicely. In a short time
the isolation hospital will be in excel
lent condition. Superintendent Kelley
has put the roadway to the building in
| proper shape for travel and the place
| is receiving such repairs as are needed
A telephone has been installed in the
| building. The health officer said that
dog can spread the disease as well as,
a human Delng, and that CANNES in
houses where smallpox exists should
be kept indoors and not allowed TO
come in contact with anybody not ex-
posed to the malady.
Very little criticism has been heard
regarding Teddy Biggerstaff's Toronto
interview since Mr. Biggerstaff came
home and bearded the lion in it's den.
Teddy threw it into the trolley people
and their hackers, in Canada. and to
show that he was not talking through
his hat" he reiterated at home what
he had said abroad, and nobody APP
peared to question the truth of his
statements. AS matter of fact, there
was nothing new in what Mr. Bigger
staff said He simply put the matter
before the people in his own way, and
while there were a few frills and
| feathers tackled on, still the ground.
work of his contention was in the main
correct, and the man could prove ev-
erything he said by the journal of the
/ board of aldermen.
Sunday afternoon at 2 O'Clock in K.
of g, hall. Plat block, East Main
street, Major e. T. McCrystal of New
York, yice-p president of the Gaelic