Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-01
CITY NEWS.

Attorney c. G. Root is said to be quite i'll at his home in Milford. The board of public safety will hold another special meeting this evening.
 Special forecast for Connecticut: Fair tonight; Sunday probably show CTS and falling temperature; brisk to high south winds.
 The forty hours devotion of the Blessed Sacrament will be opened at the Sacred Heart church tomorrow morning at the 10:30 mass.
 At the meeting of the French Cana dian institute last night four applica- tions for membership were received, making twelve to be acted upon at the next session.
 The first robins of the season have arrived. A resident of Bunker Hill says that the sweetest bird notes he has heard in years warbled from the throatS of two of these early visitors this morning.
 It willbe just month to-mor- row evening since the big fire visited Waterbury, which eat up million and half dollars worth of property, and temporarily knocked scores of peo- pie out of business.
 The following games ill the Y. NJ. c. A. basket ball league will be played aT the I. M. c. A. gymnasium tonight Eagles vs Lobsters, Normans vs Mon- itors, Business Men vs Stars. The admission to the games. will be free. The first game will be commenced at S o'clock.
 Commissioner J. Franklin Taylor of hoard nf al ie, scheme for board sidewalk on the east side of Bank street for the accom- modation of the public during the re- building process on that side of the street. So far his efforts have been successful.
 Anchor lodge, N. F. O. P, will give Red Mems hall Tuesday evening. March A. A number of the grand of ficers will be present. An interesting entertainment has been prepared Kit tie Middlebrook Holton will render several recitations and readings.
 After a long delay, the ruins of the Scovil house, where it is believed William Kahn perished when the building was burned on February 7, are about to be carted away A large force of men and teams went to work at the job to-day and they will keep delving away until all the Wreckage has been cleared away.
 Mrs keough, 194 Baldwin street. Specials for this evening: Boys pants, were 25c, this evening 19c; boys cor duroy knee pants, 4Sc; boys suits, were $2.25, this evening $1.T5; boys Windsor ties. 10c; one lot ladies' hose. Sc; one lot of boys heavy ribbed hose, were 15c, this evening He; one lot la dies shoes, were $2.25, this evening S1 95.
 The St David society of the Nauga- tuck valley will hold their third annual celebration in Germania hall, Ansonia, this afternoon and evening. The ban quet will be held between and : o'clock, the concert from ' to 9 and a social session from 9 until midnight The society has many members in this city and it is said that about fifty of them will be present.
 Until catch basins are placed at the south end of Bishop street, North square must remain the dirtiest place in the city. The water flows down from Bishop street, covering the pave ment where it is traversable to the
 
 like today pedestrians have their choice between a foot of slush and three inches of water to wade in.
 A meeting of the St Joseph's Aih- letic association was held in the club rooms last night. President William I. McKennerney presided. There was q large attendance. Business of q rou- tine nature only was transacted. Man ager McKennerney intends to have q winning team in the field this season and will have his players out for prac- tice as soon as the weather permits.
 The big fire and the smallpox scare have not depreciated the market value of property i'll Waterbury. Bids are being received by the city clerk for bond issues ordered by the legis- lature just the same as if nothing un- usual had happened, so that the city's credit is as good as ever The bids will be opened May ', when represen- tatives of the different competing firms will be present.
 Real Estate Agent William J. Schlegel returned to-day from New York, where he has been for the past two days. In answer to a query of Democrat reporter as to the latest Ill re2arQ to lnc oCONlll uOltSc SiLS- AlC replied that there was nothing new. As vet no sale has been transacted. Several parties would like to purchase the property. As to the rumor that John Wanamaker of Philadelphia would purchase the property and would erect large building for one of his branch department stores, he said that he had met representative of the Wanamaker firm in New York but no deal had been closed.
 Tn the city court to-day John #. Kingsbury, whose arrest is told of elsewhere, was bound over to the su- perior court under bond of $4OO. Both Hubert NJ. Rigney and his brother, the sheriff, testified against him. Kingsbury plead not guilty, vet when he took the stand ill his own defense he appeared more anx- ious to take from Sheriff Rigney the credit of his arrest in the Belleview hotel on the Bowery, New York, than to clear himself of the crime. He gave no account of the watches or the bank book. which represented the $2OS. The gold watch was valued at $50 and the silver one at $5. Kings bury did not furnish the bond.