Waterbury Democrat., 1902-11-24
CITY NEWS.

Cloudy tonight; Tuesday probably l showers; fresh to brisk westerly winds. George D. Bissell of Naugatuck, ad- ministrator upon the estate of the late Herbert Steele, filed his account in the probate court to-day.
 Some of the finest lots in the city, on Edgewood avenue and Piedmont street, will be sold at auction on Thurs day, Friday and Saturday.
 James and Miss Grace O'Keefe of Springfield Mass who have been wis l iting Miss Mamie Broderick of South Main street. returned home to-day.
 The officers and directors of the Catholic Women's association will hold a very important meeting this evening and all members are requested | to be present. The meeting will be 1 held at o'clock sharp.
 Joseph F. Corcoran bookkeeper at F. ]. Bolan's hardware store. and Miss Margaret DillaIe of Luke sts.eet will be married at St Francis Xavier's church at s o'clock Thursday morning. They will leave for wedding tour. l Jacob Zimmerman was engaged at 1 the Salvation Army barracks last week l by D. B. Wilson to work .on his farm. MT Wilson gave him fifty cents to pay l his way to the farm and that was the l last seen of tho man Aso far as MT Wilson was concerned Lntil this noon, when he was arrested for obtaining l money on false pretences.
 ] An Italian court of Fcresters of America will be instituted tonight at Congress hall and all the grand officers l will be present to assist i'll th& instl- tuition. The court will start offNSwith I a charter membership of 30. The name of the new court will be Verdi. Court Acme will have charge of the ceremonies ard social session wilL\ I follow the institution.
 E A high mass of requiem will be cele- brated at St Cecilia's church on I Thanksgiving morning at 9 o'clock for < all the deceased members of the Knights of Columbus. The mass will
 be given under thf auspices of Barce- Iona council. K of O, which. will meet
 in the K. of c. hall at S:30 and march ! in a body to the church. The melN
 bers of the other local councils are iIl- yited to attend.
 l A big real estate deal was consum- mated to-day, when John J. Sheehan. proprietor of the cafe at 223 South Main street, purchased the block at the corner of South Main and Grand streets known as the Humphrey block. The sale was made by F. H. Humphrey and the purchase price was not given. l The block is comparatively new one, l four stories in height and was pur-
 chased by Mr Sheehan as an invest \ ment He will still remain at ais old
 stand to do business and will not dis l turb any of the present tenants of the
 block
 President J. J. Mcdonald presided \ at the regular meeting of the St Jo-e
 seph T. A. society which was held in
 St Patrick's hall yesterday afternoon and was largely attended. Two new members were admitted A committ e, was appointed to orpan'ze q da' ati 2 club among the m mbers of tho so i- lety. The members of the society will attend holy communion ill body at T the 8 o'clock mass at the Immaculate I Conception chur Ii cn Sunday mdrning December q. The fair committee re- l ported that about $35 dollars had been
 made on the recent fair.
 Local football enthusiasts who went to New Haven on Saturday to see the Yale-H Harvard game. but were not for
 tunate enough to secure their tickets jln advance. say that the spectators jreaped big harvest. They charged ; from s to $12.50 for single ticket. T One time the price would be 8 and
 the next minute $S and $1O One man
 paid S12.50 for a ticket entitling him I to seat ill the stand on the Harvard side, opposite the center of the field. There were a few Waterbury people,
 who went to New Haven to see the
 game who didn't witness it They re-
 fused to pay any $5 for q $2 seat. 1 Horsemen are getting after young sters who make practice or using air I guns about the street. Yesterday al DOy LOOK aim at q horse and hit it in
 the ribs. The animal bounded and
 came mighty near tossing the occu. pants of the carriage onto the road- way. The driver was very anxious
 to see the fellow that had fired at his horse, but of course he could not tell Who did 1t. In the opinion of many people who have come to look upon the
 ar flfle as nEisance and not without cause, the city fathers should pass an olainance making the use of such
 weapons or the streets an offinse so
 llaI The oficers may be enabled to abate the nuisance. I The board of directors of the Busi-
 ness Mems association held an import
 uiiI AAcSllLS tlilS dIIefilOon Ill the Of
 ice of the clerk, Attorney Church. The
 object of the meeting was to take ac-
 ton upon the attempt to again intro duce the trading stamp in the business
 affairs of the community. The full
 board was present and President Hall
 presided. The meeting occupied the
 greater part of the forenoon. The re-
 suit was that the board could not see
 how either the business houses of the
 city or their patrons would be benefited lby the trading stamp, not only that, I but it's use would be detrimental to
 them, and resolution was passed
 calling upon all the business men to
 take measures against it entering into
 their affairs.
 An important meeting in regard 'to
 tbe vaccination of school children
 will be held tonight at the High
 school building. Tn accordance with
 vote passed at the last meeting of
 the board of eduscation Mayor E. G.
 Kilduff and the committee on ruJs.
 which consists of Charles Y. Kent.
 Dr George w. Russell and Dr Edward
 w. Goodenough will confer with Pros i, ecuting Attorney Harry R. Durant and