Waterbury Democrat., 1902-11-17
CITY NEWS.

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hold an important meeting tonight.
Mrs Winifred Phelan OF Winsted is
visiting Frank Phelan of Bishop street.
Miss May Cosgrove Of New York
and her sister. Lucy Cosgrove of Mer-
iden, are the guests Of Mrs A. G. Ken
yon of Bishop street.
There was to have been hearing in
the probate court to-day on the estate
of the late John j. Murphy to appoint
commissioners No one interested in
the matter appeared and the hearing
went over indefinitely.
A largely attended meeting of Null
cahy council, IL. of C., was held in the
X. of G. hall yesterday afternoon. Sew
eral candidates were initiated into the
mysteries Of the first and second de-
grees of knighthood.
The funeral of Beruta, the two year
old son of Mr. and Mrs Joseph f. Dam
isevicze of Drayer avenue who died
last might, took place this afternoon at
3 o'clock. Interment was in the fam
lily plot in Calvary cemetery.
Articles Of association of the Auto
matte Switch Co have been filed at the
town clerks office. The capital stock
is $4,000, divided into shares of $25
each. The incorporators are w. B..
Coulter. E. w. Wightman and j. w.
Mahony.
The sharpshooters Of the North
Square Gun club left this morning for
weeks hunting in the hills of Yer
mont. The party consisted Of James
Donahue. Albert Bley, Joseph Ry-
benzski, and Michael Peters accom-
panied them as guide.
Joseph Bruno. resident Of the
Brooklyn district, has entered suit for
divorce from his wife, Concetta Nor
rome Bruno. Attorney Guilfoile rep
resents the plaintiff. who claims that
while he was absent in Europe for
four months last summer his wife be-
came the friend Of Joseph Gregori.
who is named as correspondent In the
complaint. The case is returnabfe
to the superior court
Considerable excitement was occa-
stoned Saturday evening on North
square by a runaway. Mrs W. G. AUS
tin and her children We're driving
across the square when the horse bolt
ed without apparent cause. The car
riage was overturned and Mrs Austin
and her children thrown out. She had
baby about six months old in her
arms at the time and it was feared that
it was hurt. Mother and child were
taken to DR. McLinden's office, where
it was found neither had suffered any
serions harm.
Somebody went down BENEDICT
street last week with an axe and
struck at everything he saw ON the
way. One of the meancst things he
did was to give the steps leading TO
the Office of the water works a bang
that almost knocked if out of gear.
When Superintendent O'Brien saw
what had happened he jumped three
feet in the air and declared that he
would give his months salary to find
out who did it. There is a good deal
of deviltry of this kind going on all
over town. so much so that a man with
a picket fence alongside the roadway
| does not know what morning he will
wake up and find it badly battered. 1t
! is surprising how much damage OF
this kind is done on the public streets
without someone getting caught in the
act.
superintendent Kelley of the street
department has about concluded to
have the prosecuting attorney see what
he can do towards compelling the own.
| er of the property on Baldwin street
/ south Of the engine house, towards
making some changes there so that
cart loads of sand will not be forced
| onto the street every time it rains. The
/ place originally belonged to Thomas
Donahue, but it is now owned by Mas
| Neiman, who has been promising tt
do something there, but it seems ht
! forgot all about it, 1t is a bad .spo
and should be fixed by somebody a!
soon as possible. The public ha'
been finding fault about it for severa
years and If it remains in its presen
shape much longer the city is apt Il
get into trouble over Il.