Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1902-10-28
CITY NEWS.

Special forecast for Connecticut:
Cloudy and showers tonight.
Secretary E. S. Thomas Of the demo-
cratic state central committee was a
visitor in town to-day.
The polishers' fair closed at Meriden
last evening and several Waterbury
people We're among the winners. T. Il.
Shea won $40, Irene Lawlor So, j.. III.
-Hapenny $50, Katie Leduc $40.
Gustav FL. Baur, aged A years, died
last evening at 5 o'clock at his home,
81 Round Hill street, of cirrhosis Of
the liver after a long illness. He
leaves wife and three children.
Before the supreme court in Bridge
port to-day the case Of the Platt Mills
Go against the city for damage to then
property by reason Of the sewage emp
tying into the Naugatuck river, was
argued.
John Powers and Thomas Thaler
were arrested this forenoon by Detec-
tive Dodds, charged with thefts of a
number Of tools, the property Of Oscar
Bernier, carpenter. "a few days
after the theft the goods were found
in second hand store by Detective
O'Gorman
This forenoon Charles III. Schoon-
maker was arrested in civil suit for
$500. The plaintiff is Halsey w. Cur
tiss, who had Schoonmaker before the
city court yesterday for assault. The
present suit is to recover for a diamond
stud which Curtiss claims was lost in
the assault. Schoonmaker furnished
bail for $500.
The social event Of last week in
Prospect was the wedding of Miss
Helen Gertrude Moss of San Francis
co and Byron Luther Morse, which was
celebrated Wednesday noon at Morse
Holm. the Rev DR. John G.. Davenport
of the Second Congregational church Of
Waterbury officiating. Miss Ballard.
the Misses Lillian and Ruth Pierpont
of Waterbury,. cousins Of the bride.
Miss Rubie Morse and Miss Harriet
Morse. the bridegroom's nieces, served
refreshments.
Work on the water rents from May
to November has been completed and
shows handsome gain, notwithstand-
ing the loss Of revenue from the burned
buildings. The total for the past six
months is $50, ,1S7.53 as against S62.-
556.4S for the previous half year, a
gain of $2,631.O5. Mr. Byrnes accounts
for the increase by the installation of
meters which more than made up for
the loss on account of the revenue
heretofore received from buildings in
the burned district.
The good citizenship committee.
which was organized for the purpose
of preventing the Corbett-Rice boxing
exhibition from taking place in this
city, held meeting in the Y. M. G. A..
parlors last night. The meeting was
fully attended Plans to prevent the
proDosed bout were considered. but
nothing final was done in the matter.
Those present last night are fully in
earnest in their attempt to stop the
bout Another meeting will be held
on Wednesday evening at o'clock.
when something more definite will be
DONE
Frank Fransen of "a Wilson street,
while delivering milk for G. d. At
wood at 3 o'clock this morning on
Summer street, fell and was badly in
jured. He was taken to DR. Gailey's
Office and after an examination one
| Of his legs was found to have been
broken A temporary dressing was
placed on the injured limb and he was
lremoved to his home in an ambulance
Doctors Galley and Anderson to-day
| set the fracture which was found to
| be compound and very serious one.
| He will be confined to his home for
ten or twelve weeks