Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-24
CITY NEWS.
Skating at the rink tonight.

l Saturday,
 I Robert L. Minor and bride have re turned from their wedding tour and will be at home after this date at 259 Broadway.
 The members of the Sacred Heart drum corps will leave on the eos train tomorrow night for Derby where they will attend reception and dance I by d Derby drum corps.
 l The board of public health visited l H. NJ Rigneys crematory at Water l vile this afternoon and made a thor | ough inspection of the plant and found l it in excellent working order.
 The appeal of John c. Gallagher of New Haven from the probate court s decision in approving of the will of his father James Gallagher, has been filed with Clerk Marsh of the superior court The O'Neills represent the ap l.pellant.
 Superintendent Kelley of the street department spent the greater part of yesterday looking over the roads ill the l outside district and intends to keep this up until he has made a personal survey of every street and highway in 1 Waterbury.
 l Tomorrow will be the last chance people will have to state their griev- ances to the board of relief during the I present year They will be In session from 10 to 12 in the forenoon, from 7 | to , in the afternoon and from to i in the evening.
 l You will be repaid by attending the entertainment at Polls tonight, the proceeds of which go to furnish and maintain a gymnasium for students at 1 Mount St Joseph's convent, Hartford. This institution has graduates in near ly all the cities of New England. Superintendent Moran of the alms- house expects to have a larger and bet ter crop of ice this year than ever be fore. He takes it off Shades pond l where the water is as clear as crystal | the year round and the ice, he says, is far superior to any in the market.
 A suit for divorce has been started by Mrs Grace McGivney against her husband. John Desertion is the al- legation in the case. The plaintiff lives in Ansonia and was formerly a belle of that town, while her husband lives across the river in Derby. At torney c. c. Root appears for the pc titioner, whose maiden name was Crit tenden.
 Charles F. Egan, dealer in scrap metals, has entered suit for S20O against Lapides & Carlson, junk deal- CTS, in New Haven. Mir Egan alleges that he bought $2O0 worth of metal from the defendants on the strength of a sample and that the goods were not mp to the standard they were to have been. The papers in the suit were served by Sheriff Rigney.
 The Waterbury High school basket ball team will go to Springfield to-mor- TOW where they will play the High school team of that city. The lineup of the local team will be as follows: 1 H. Cook and Sanderson, guards; 4. l Cook. center; Horrigan, Larllin and Chapman, forwards. The local team 1 is trying to arrange game for Febru- ary 4 in this ely win the Hartford High school team.
 ! Mrs Hannah Sweeney, wife of Der nard Sweeney os s55 Orange street, died last night Besides her husband. she leaves thr-e sons and three daughters, William, John, Bernard, Catherine, Nellie and Josie, and two sisters, Mrs Kate Saunders and Mrs Bridget Clark
 
 take place tomorrow morning at S:3O o'clock to the Immaculate Conception church. The interment will be in Calvary cemetery.
 It is probable that one or two more teams will seek admission to the City Amateur league before the opening of the season of 1902 The South End Social club, an organization of young | hox hoo I, Main street, will probably apply for admission to the league If this appli- cation is granted the league will then consist of seven clubs Some of the managers are opposed to an uneven number of clubs in the league. If the North End A. c. should seek ad- mission, a league of eight clubs could be formed.
 The members of the Catholic Wo- mems association held another jolly time last evening in the society $ rooms. There was singing and dane ing and refreshments and fun and the one who was not pleased could not have been pleased by any means. It l was one of the most pleasant of the home gatherings since this feature was established. Whist was played as usual and the winners of prizes were Miss Dora Egan, Miss Minnie Darling and Miss Jennie Lyons, and the consolation prize went to Miss Lizzie Quinlan.
 The number of callers on the board of charities appears to be on the in crease and it is probable that this will be he rule until the fine weather sets : in. It has always been so and 1t IS doubtful if the conditions will ever change. Although We are having an open winter, still there is nothing do ? ing among the contractors and as q consequence many families are i'll need of assistance What would Water bury do if it did not have so many charitable institutions that make bus mess of helping the poor? It is cer- tain that taxes would be higher One Fl of the members of the board of chari- ties told a Democrat reporter to-day that more charitable work is done ID Waterbury by private individuals than in any other town in the state.
 There was an exciting runaway on the Watertown road between 5 and o'clock this morning. The team be longed to Liveryman Curtis and was occupied by q young man. The horse | t+or+aa on ;ts made run in Oak kyille