Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-03
CITY NEWS.

Miss Clara E. Morency, trimmer at I. Chase's, left here for New York on the 10:5O a. Ill. train. She will re- main two weeks
 The Sixth division, A. O. H., will hold an important meeting this even ing in Hibernian hall. A social session will follow the meeting.
 A litter of Great Dane pups ill the window of D. B. Wilson x Co.,, bred by E. w. Wilson, is attracting good deal of attention. This breed is somewhat rare i'll the state and lit ter of pups still more uncommon, if not unique.
 Court R. F. Phelan will hold an inl- portant meeting Wednesday evening in G. A. R. hall. Every member is ex- pected to be present, and bring along their due cards. This court will meet heerafter on the first and third Wed nesday in each month.
 C. s. Lang. the real estate broker, who, being too ill to leave his house at the time of the fire, lost every thing in his office, has secured new quarters in the Prichard block, cor ner Bank and Grand streets, and is ready for business agaln.
 The regular monthly meeting of the Catholic WomenS association will be held this evening at s o'clock. Every member is earnestly requested to be present, as the formation of classes and other important business will come before the meeting.
 The Emmet celebration will be held m. l. ,fer11@ The speakers will include Mayor Kill duff, John J. Splain, s. W. Wilby, Attorney F. P. Guilfoile, Leo J. Cur ley, Dr John F. Hayes, John Mori- arty, Dr Freney, Thomas F. Devine and others. The opening address will be delivered by J. F Madigan.
 On Friday, March '. at Il o'clock, Professor Van Sant of Omaha, one of the pioneers of ''touch typewrit- ing" will given an interesting talk on the art at the rooms of the Wa terbury Business college, ill the Y. NJ C.. A. building, West Main street. Miss Mabelle TWiss. successful touch operator" will give an exhi- bition at the same time All inter- ested are cordially invited to attend.
 The negotiations which were begun last week by Attorney Charles and Bernice Meigs for the purchase of the site on Bank street where the drug store kept by Cannon SS Webster stood are practically completed. The prop erty was owned by John Jacobs Of New Haven. It has q frontage of twentytwo feet and a depth of sixty five, and the price was about $1 200 q front foot. The purchase gives the Aleigses quite valuable piece of prop erty extending from Bank to South Main street.
 The adjourned hearing on the will of the late Daniel Chipman was again adjourned to-day for another week. There threatens to be considerable trouble over the will. The nephews, Edgar and Emmon Chipman, who were ignored in it, engaged Colonel Burpee last week to contest the prov ing of the will. and this morning At torney O'Neill asked for the adjourn ment. He has also been retained by the contestants. Undue influence on the part of Mrs Chipman and incom- potency on the part of MT Chipman when he made the will are the grounds upon which the will is to be fought.
 The forty hours devotion of the Blessed Sacrament was opened at the Sacred Heart church yesterday morn ing at the 10:3O o'clock mass which was attended by large congregation. The Rev Father Fitzgerald celebrated the mass The musical program was of an excellent nature. At the conclusion of the mass q procession Ll.z ID o1x i'll which about 150 little boys and girls participated. Last evening con- fessions were held, a number of vis- iting priests being in attendance. The forty hours devotion will be brought to a close tomorrow morn ing at 7:30 with high mass. The altar decorations are very pretty.
 The first stage rehearsal of the popular Irish drama, "The Colleen Bawn," was held on the City hall stage yesterday afternoon and it was very successful one This week there will be three rehearsals and by next Sunday when another stage re hearsal will be held, the play will be in almost perfect shape for 'presenta | ton. The demand for tickets is in- creasing and there is now no doubt but that there will be a we'll filled house on St Patrick's night when the play will be produced. srhere will be many interesting features in the production, as we'll as several eff maxes which will add to the interest The story of the play is also q very pretty one and will be unrayelled thread by thread as the play pro- 1 greSSeS.
 The Waterbury High school basket. ball team went to Wallingford on Saturday, where they added another victory to their large list by defeat. ing the Choate school team by inc score of 29-15. The game was played Tn the afternoon and there was . large attendance. The first half ot the game saw a beautiful exhibition of team and individual work by the players of both teams. The worL was or rapid nature The half ended with he score 1928 in favor ot the Waterbury boys. Tn the second half the local boys fairly outdid themselves. The home players were not in it and scored only 7 points tc me visitors IT points. The Watarg
 bury team consisted of Chapman ana Hannegan, forwards; A. Cook can. ter; Sanderson and H. Cook. gnards
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