Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-08
CITY NEWS
Bicycle repairing at Youmans.

| B'. of A., is requested to attend the
 meeting in c. A. R. hall tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. ... -oraa On account of the weather the out
 ing of the board of public works which | was scheduled for this afternoon did not take place.
 1 stabbing affair took place on Bishop street Saturday evening between two Russians, brothers-in-laW The diff culty was over family matters. The wound was inflicted on the right side and required a stitch or two.a It was not serious. The men were arrested, however, but as they were willing to make up and the public not seriously affected or interested, they were let go yesterday morning.
 With the impressive ritual of the Roman Catholic church, the church of the Immaculate Conception at Hartford was dedicated yesterday by Bishop Tierney, the ceremony being followed by a solemn pontiffcal mass. The cele- brant was the Most Rev Archbishop Dionede Falconio, the apostolic dele gate, who came from Washington to be present. Archbishop Falconio arrived in Hartford from Washington at 7:55 Saturday night and was met at the sta- tion by Bishop Tierney and many priests, also by Mayor Sullivan. Gov ernor Chamberlain and other state off cials. Father Slocum was deacon of honor at the mass, and Father Nc Guane, formerly of this city, was cen sor bearer.
 The funeral of John Ready took place yesterday afternoon rom the 1sAsy 1,i A7 Patrick Ready of Baldwin street, with service at St Francis Xayier's church by the Rev Father Fleming and inter ment in St Joseph's cemetery. The bearers were Timothy Bowes, James Preston, Charles Lachance, Robert Parker, Richard Phelan and John c. Reilly. The floral offerings included basket of sweet peas from employees of the Smith & Griggs Manufacturing Go; wreath, James Preston; roses and ferns, Winnffred and Katie Short; roses, Mamie, Margaret and Christina Horan; carnations, marked Little Friend'; bouquet, John J. Brophy; roses, the Misses Donovan; carnations, Mamie and Lizzie Kelly, Lewis, Mary and Lizzie Lawlor; roses, Mrs Laird; bouquets, MT and Mrs Dalleywater.
 The firm of Reid & Hughes has been subjected to great annoyance during the past few days by the antics of an unknown man who is liable to get him. self into very serious trouble. This man, on the pretense that he is rep resentative of the firm of Reid & Hughes, collects photographs, claim ing that the firm will enlarge and frame them for very small sum. Two or three instances have come to the firms notice where the parties recon sidered, and MT Lyall, manager for the company was greatly surprised at the claims set forth. Reid & Hughes have no such representative nor are they in the picture business in that way They wish all the town to un- derstand that they have no one col lecting pictures in the manner de scribed and that so far as they are concerned this man who claims to rep resent them is fraud.
 Mayor Kilduff was formally notified to-day by the railroad commissioners of the appeal of the trolley company from the conditions imposed on the company's application for the extension of it's service from East Main street to Cheshire, and for permission to lay tracks in Baldwin street and double track portions of North and West Main streets and East Main and Bank streets, as stated herein last week. The reasons given for the appeal are that the conditions imposed are "unneces- sary," unreasonable, 7 sunjust, :" "arbi- trary," and so on. Everybody connect
 11g4r f11 An do with this matter was led to believe that the company was willing to pay all the cost of widening West Main street and doing such other work as would be made necessary on account of the trolley tracks, but they must have been joshing the city officials when they said so. Tn their appeal they pronounce such proposition "un- just" oa-~
 For some time past a rumor has
 been in circulation to the effect that syndicate was trying to get hold of all the private property on the west side of Simons street and also the tract di- rectly south of the Burrit foundry, so- called, on Porter street There must be some mistake about this Tie only real estate transfers made in that inn l mediate neighborhood recently were those of the foundry property and that of the estate of Joseph Morrissey
 which have been purchased by Benja-
 min H. Fry & Co., who for some time past have been casting window weights and other articles in a portion of the 1 building. But other projects may be
 under way and probably before the l summer Is over all the rest of the prop l erty along the railroad from Washing
 ton avenue to South Fifth street will l have changed hands. It is situated 1 just right for manufacturing purposes l and in time what Father. Duggan used l, to say about spur tracks running I through that district to accommodate l big shops may come true
 How would nice diamond ring go for graduation present. Surely noth-
 ing could be more appropriate and at
 the same time less expensive when you
 consider full value received They cost l $10 and upwards, guaranteed by the