Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-25
CITY NEWS.
Skating at the rink tonight.

are requested to meet tomorrow at their hall at 1:30 p. m.
 Edward Brophy of 414 East Main street. who was laid up with the grip for the last couple of weeks, is out to- day looking as hale and as hearty as ever.
 A class for beginners on the man dolin and banjo will be formed at the Friendly league next Monday evening. Full information about the class may be obtained at the league office.
 At Bunker Hill chapel tomorrow Sabbath school will be at p. m., preaching service at 4:13 D. m.; ser mon by the Rev Charles E. Granger. This will be MT Granger's last Sun day in Waterbury,
 Miss May Petit, daughter of MT and Mrs Joseph Petit of Bishop street, eel ebrated her tenth birthday last even- | ing. Many of her schoolmates and friends were present and many tokens of friendship she received from them. The little ones had few unusually pleasant hours before they parted for 1 their respective homes.
 At the Third Congregational church 1 tomorrow the Rev Charles F. Granger, l the pastor, will preach at 10:30 q. m. and D. m.: Sabbath school at II :45 a. m.; Juvenile Temple at 3 D. m. This | will be MT Granger's last Sunday as | pastor of the church. He would be pleased to see many of his friends pres ent at these farewell services.
 l To inexperienced patentees all pat l ents are of equal protective value. l They all have the seal of the govern
 ment and a blue ribbon but some pat | entees know the importance of claims 1 and 1t is to their skill and perseyer-
 ance in securing protecting claims l that O. A. Snow S5 Go of Washington 1 owe h part their reputation and suc- l cess.
 Some of the lady employees of the | Waterbury Buckle Co are talking of suing baker who sold them what I they supposed were cream puffs, but l which turned out to be composed of | some kind of stuff that laid them mp 1 for several days. This is a dangerous
 practice and people who practice it l leave themselves liable to arrest and punishment.
 Three children, named Loretta, Helen and John, respectively 9, F and
 13 years of age, were before the city court this morning on q complaint of l having insufficient care and education. They are the children of John Me Gowan. A brother of the children tes- 1 tified to the complaint and they were committed to the county home. Judge Peasley presided.
 The appeals in the cases of Matthew I Colwell against the city and Wilson T. m IL &1, 1,o I to have been heard in the superior
 court yesterday, but pressure of other
 business interfered and they went over
 to Tuesday. Colwell was given a
 judgment for $1 300 and Black a yer
 dict for $1,O0O after second retire
 ment of the jury. which on the first
 verdict gave $20O. This did not seem
 to satisfy Judge George W. Wheeler
 and he advised the jury to reconsider.
 The funeral of Prof J. B. Bartlett . will take place at 2:30 o'clock to-mor [ row afternoon. MT Bartlett was bor1 in Oliyet, Mich, October 5, 1S4S. He was twice married. His first wife .: was Carrie J. Townsend. They were married August 6, 1868, at Oberlin, o
 He married his second wife, Lily A Whitcomb. June 2S, 1876, at Lawrence sAdu. I1e lGdfCS lNO p1o(k
 erick E. of this city, by his first wife
 and Lillian of Claremont, Cal, by tn, second wife.
 r John Norlarty has secured the agen Icy for very valuable property iron ' the Multfplex Lamp Go. whose head quarters are 1144 Broadway, N. Y. I l is the result of eight years experiment :, ing on the subject of light for privat s residences as well as other purposes
 It is known as the new discovery Il
 the art of lighting" it is an incandes
 cent gas burner, having five smal
 mantels, which diffuses the light, eacl
 burner having capacity of 125 candl
 power, increasing the light of the ol \ gas burner from 1e to 125 candle DOW 7 CT The right of sale has been give1
 to London, England, for 910O.OO
 (S500.O00). The firm would find 1t al
 uphill job to secure a better man f
 Introduce the article into Connection
 than John Moriarty He expects f exhibit for sale the new light at hi
 headduarters adjoining Polls theate
 next Wednesday, January %.
 Miss May c. Johnson of Ansonia : sister of Dr Johnson of Torrington ' : died at the home of her aunt. NIr c William Heaphy. i'll that place. yesfer c day morning, after a short illness wit c appendicitis. Miss Johnson had onl
 been i'll with the disease q few day c and her sudden demise will come a e q severe shock to her many friends e of whom even knew that she wa e i'll the city. Miss Johnson went t C Baltimore eight months ago, where sh C had been living with q brother, re c turning only last week. Wednesda C she went to Derby to visit sa relative C and while there was taken i'll, he c sickness quickly developing into appen
 dicitis. Her condition became sue
 that she was removed to the home 0 ) her aunt on Chestnut street, wit
 whom she had been living since he
 return from the south. An operatio : was deemed advisable, but the diseas
 had made such headway that before I could be performed she breathed he V last, the end coming at 3 o'clock ye:
 terday morning.
 The fair for the benefit of St Thon
 ass church will open this evening
 the City hall. There can be no que'
 ton of the success of the undertakin
 if novel attractions continue to hay f~l any measure for people, A stage pel