Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-15
CITY NEWS.

| Knights of Columbus hall this evening. Every member-is requested to be pres ent.
 There is nothing new in the smallpox situation. At present but four places are quarantined and only four patients are at the isolation hospital. People on the upper floor of the block on Ward street will be let out Saturday.
 The members of the Merrimac A. c. rendered a banquet and reception aI Knights of Columbus hall last night to the young ladies who assisted them at their recent fair. The banquet was an elaborate affair. Before the banquet there was dancing.
 Company G, c. N. G., is holding it's field day at Riverside park to-day The. soldier boys spent the morning chiefly i'll rifle practice and this after noon they went through several drills. They had their cooking equipment on the ground and there enjoyed their dinner.
 The contract for supplying coal at i the almshouse has been awarded to John MeElligott Frank Miller & Co 1 secured the contract for coal for the schools and the city hall building In case we should have big strike the dealers will not be bound by tine con ditionS of their contracts.
 Father Slocum has placed signs in the cemeteries under his charge warn: 1 ing hackmen and others against fast driving in the premises or crossing plots. It also forbids boisterous con duct and other kinds of misconduct all of which is covered by city ordl nance Anyone caught offending against these rules will be prosecuted
 The fifth annual banquet of the Wa terbury Business Mems association will be held in Odd Fellows hall to- night. J. W. Hodson will cater and 1 will have everything in readiness at S:3O o'clock. Faulmans orchestra 1 will render music The hall will be handsomely decorated and it Is expect ed that every business man in town will be in attendance. Tickets are $2 each and can be procured from the committee.
 The lawn mower is being run over the green. The man who Is doing the pushing says that the grass is, evener and that there is more of 1t than there has been for some time past. But of course the seats will soon be out and and these with the band concerts will attract such large numbers that the grass will be stamped out of existence. 1 Whats the matter with Kelly the baker. For years he has been first to cali attention to the need of placing the seats on the green at the approach of fine weather Has he forgotten all about this familiar theme?
 For years people have been finding fault about pole in the sidewalk in Brook street, east side, where the walk Is so marrow that a person has just room to pass between the pole and q brick building. You never could get thresgh with an umbrella over your head. The. other day pedestrians breathed easier when they saw force of men digging up the pole. Their joy was of short duration, however, for as soon as the old pole was removed 8 new one was set up in the same spot and now the conditions there are about as bad as ever if not worse,
 At the annual meeting of the Centra Band of Kings Daughters yesterday afternoon the following officers were chosen: President, Mrs A. l. Good
 
 Benedict; second vice president Mrs T Donaldson; recording secretary, Mrs R E. Colby; treasurer, Mrs c. Reed; worl committee, Mrs J. c. Cutler, Mrs 4 D. Thoms, Mrs Rose Lott: sick commit tee, Mrs E. Shepard, Mrs R. Ward Mrs Nj Geer; flower committed Mir A. D. Thoms. Mrs F. ELS, Mrs J. G Cutler; membership committee, Mrs I N r ID .z1I NlF-. J. NJ. Colley; advisory committee, Mir c. o. Robbins and Mrs J. Abbott; mt sic committee, Mrs 4. Latin and NIT R. E. Colby.
 Between smallpox, fires and strike Waterbury is having lively time of this year. The strike at the loc. freight station appears to be eausin merchants and manufacturers mol inconvenience than anything else, an l curiously enough, while many are su y fering heavily on account of the diffe ence between the railroad officials ar their help, still most of them take u ground that there is more merit in tn strike than In anything of the kiI
 that has come to their notice in year They appear satisfied that the men hs :. not been getting anything like a sQua
 deal and that they didn't quit uni
 their condition had become well his er uncomfortable. This is a bad state
 affairs and 1t looks as if it were up )c the railroad people to remedy the ev
 The suit of Benjamin R. Kelse
 erustee against Austin B. Pierpol
 was finished in the superior court ye
 terday before Judge Robinson and q
 cision given for the defendant. TT
 suit was feunded upon alleged frau st Pierpont went into bankruptcy sos
 after he had disposed Of farm to b ,o son for sum far below its fair ma
 ket value. This put the son Arthur
 a bad light and he testified that he hs
 worked for his father as foreman wh, D they conducted business on East Ma
 street and that he also worked for hi
 as foreman on the farm. That event
 ally he bought the farm, stock al
 tools, giving his note for S3, ,000, assul F ed mortgage of S4,000 and his fath i owed him In wages $1,OO0. The cou
 found there was no fraud and dete
 mined the case in favor of the defen 1r ant
 to The funeral of Edward J. Derw
 took place this morning from the fai
 fly residence on Sarsfield street with
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