Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-19
CITY NEWS.

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 1 Special forecast for Connecticut Fair tonight; Sunday probably cloudy with probable local showers; light variable winds.
 Allan ". Paige, the trolley magnate was caller at Colonel Burpee's office to-day in connection with some lltiga tion over matters in this town.
 Thomas Lillis.. delivery clerk fol Reid & Hughes has purchased the At wood farm in Oakville. and will take up his residence there.
 Howard. the 5-year-old son of MI and Mrs H. F. Joslin of 222 Cooke street, died last night of spinal menin gitis. The body was taken to Burning ton, Vt for burial to-day.
 City Clerk Ryan is in receipt of communication from Mayor Sullivan of Hartford thanking him for his tele gram of congratulations on his electloI as mayor of the Capitol City.
 The Waterbury Young Mems Chris. tian association to-day transferred lts mortgage of $23, ,0O0 from the Water bury Farrel Foundry and Machine Ct to the Derby Savings bank. The rate of interest will be lower.
 The Monday night class in physlea culture at the Friendly league vii meet the coming week only, with Shi Tuesday night class on that night. Inc l junior class will meet until further no tice on Monday at 4:30, instead ot Tuesday at p. III.
 T. Sullivan of the Brooklyn district received the gold watch offered by l the Buffers and Polishers' union ill I behalf of the buffers and polishers | who were on strike at the National 1 Cash Register concern i'll Dayton, O. The raff1e took place on Thursday night.
 Horsemen and others hope that the labor men will lose no time i'll getting together on the proposition to form q teamsters' union ins Waterbury. It is thought that 1t will result in giving us more careful drivers than we have at present and if it does this all good citizens will be willing to help 1t along.
 Court Shields, No 29. F. of A., will celebrate their fifteenth anniversary at Odd Fellows banquet hall Wednes- day evening, May [, by one Of their old-time suppers. Every member of the court always makes it a point to be present on these occasions and the present affair will be no exception. The committee in charge are making arrangements to accommodate every member of the court and it is expect ed there will be no vacant chairs.
 The short calendar of the district court was heard to-day in the superior court room by Judge Peasley. There was not much business transacted. Judgment for foreclosure was granted Attorney Edward F. Cole against VII bur G. Austin for S2.70o.S2 and costs. S52. .66. Law days first Tuesday and succeeding days for Austin and R. A. Lowe. Decision was reserved on the few motions that were. urged and all the other business of the list went oeyr to next week.
 The affairs of the defunct Parsons bank are in q fair way to being wound up In short time. Before Judge Case in the superior court in New Ha- ven yesterday Attorney Cole, acting for the receivers of the bank, moved for an order that they be allowed to file the final report two weeks hence. Tie motion was granted. The re- ceivers. H. $. Chase and J. s. Elton, have in their possession S12,000. This sum will be disposed of by order of the i court. What will be done with it is ] hard to see at present.
 Another of those delightful reeep- tions for which Professor Bailey and { his pupils are noted was the attrac- ton at Leavenworth hall last evening. i It was one of the best social func- 1 tions held in this city for some time. l About 50 couples danced to the music 1 of Faulman's orchestra. The twenty numbers were far too short for the | merry gathering and many numbers I were encored. The reception last night was to mark the close of Pro- lessor Bailey's dancing season. His school will reopen in September.
 4 small boy who said his name was Arthur Daniels was arrested last even ing charged with breach of the peace | Constable Booth made the arrest. The boy was said to have been found turn. ing on the gas in hallway in the I Daniels block on North Main street The arrest was the result of a plot to catch the party who was suspected ot turning on the gas every evening and l thus filling the railways with q dis agreeable odor. not to mention the danger of an explosion After being held q few hours and sufficiently scared the boy was let go. He lives on Farm street.
 The ladies' minstrels proved a draw ing card at the fair of the Merrimac Athletic club in the City hall last night the attendance being the largest of the week. The entertainment was very pleasing. New features were intro duced by the minstrels and the program was entirely changed. The vocal solos by the Misses Whalen, Leclaire, Pagan Henessey, Sullivan and several others were heartily encoFed. The choruses were all right and the mandolin and guitar selections by the Misses Dodds were finely rendered Tonight is tic last night of the fair and it is expected that a very large crowd will attend The drawing of the prizes will be held A good stage program has been pre- pared. Among those who will appear Is P. F. Ryan, formerly with the Crack erjack minstrels.
 Arrangements are drawing to com. pletfon for Company Gs ATischianza which opens at the City hall Monday night. The boys of c have dubbed their fete ''mischy' for short. At the 1 Openjnr of fbn fafa Afondav nicht the