Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-01
CITY NEWS

The board of finance will meet to. night
 Willis M. Ashborn and his hitherto friends, Michael Newyork and wife, are at law over 300 feet of hemlock l boards. Ashborn claims Newyork is in illegal possession of the boards and l has entered suit against him for $50 damages. The case is returnable to the city court.
 The aldermen will hold an adjourn ed meeting tonight. A full attend ance is requested. If something Is not done tonight ill regard to special I appropriations 1t will be rather late | to take the matter up next month so that all who wish to see certain pro- | jects now under way and which ought to be finished this year should get i around and vote on the question one way or the other.
 One of the select and enjoyable dancing parties formed for the season will be the fortnightly informal assem- plies in Prof c. A. Bailey's beautiful hall in the Citizens bank building l The series will commence on Friday evening and its attendants will be l composed of his former pupils and l their friends. During the winter spe- cial original novelties will be intro duced as well as the instruction of new popular dances.
 Mir Hallett's piano pupils will give their first recital of the season at $ o'clock this evening in the hall in the Citizens bank building. The follow ing pupils will participate: Misses Hazel Munson, May Phalen, Ruby Page, Cecil yaile, Evelyn Scott, Katherine Keenan, Libbie Dausch, Elsie Bergen, Annie Boyle, Nellie Heeney, Katherine Leddy, Gussie Keenan, Irene Phalen, Mary Boyle, l Rosa Katz, and Messrs Harold Rog- CTS and Charlie Saltsman.
 Bishop Tierney sent out letter yes terday giving notice to the clergymen of the Hartford diocese that a collec- tion will be taken up in all the church | es of the diocese on the third Sunday of October for St Thomas's seminary. 1 The object of the collection is to raise funds to pay off the debt on the new l building, which was erected in 1901.. The letter is to be read in the church. l es for two successive Sundays in ad- \ vance, in order that sufficient notice may be given.
 Attorney Guilfoile has been granted an injunction prohibiting Attorney Marcus from practicing law on his client, Michael Soochin. Soochin is a tenant of Judge Cowell, MT Guil- foile''s associate. Some time ago Isaac Grooski entered a suit against Soochin. The case was to have been heard last week, but owing to the election campaign in which Mr. Gull. foile was personally interested, MT Marcus agreed to let the matter go over until after the election. To Mir Guilfoile's surprise he found MT Mar GUS took judgment by default and then wanted to take execution. Twice MT Guilfoile held him off, but MT Marcus became so persistent that Mir Guilfoile was obliged to have an in junction issued restraining him from taking execution against Soochin.
 The funeral of John Hillard of New Haven, who died at the Hartford hos < pital on Sunday, was held yesterday afternoon at o'clock at the residence of Miss Theodate Pope in Farming ton. The service was conducted by ] Rev F. D. Buckley and Rev John N. Lewis, Jr. of Waterbury. Those present included President R. W. Huntington, Jr of the Connecticut General Life Insurance Go, A. P Day of the Connecticut Trust and Safe Deposit Go, Walter S. Schutz of Hart ford and Harrison Whittemore of Naugatuck. The singing was by members of St Johfi's choir. Water bury, and the bearers were Elliot Watrous, John Hdgerton, William Pit. kin, Professor c. H. Day, Osborne Day and Henry Townsend. all of New Haven, c. Sanford Bull of Waterbury and Stephen Dayoll of Boston.
 The girl, Mary Maloney,who was taken from the Star restaurant on South Main street, below Union street. few days ago, to Melrose. Mass, on the charge of having set fire to a house 1T that place, was discharged yesterday by Judge Aiken In the Middlesex Mass, criminal court. The worst feR !, ture of the case against the girl was , her own admission to State Policeman Rice that she committed tht. alleged in cendiary acts,b 1t turned out that shI . was in stress of mind when she made 1t. Her inexperience in the country her promise to return to Waterbury her age, 19 years, were taken into con sideration by the court and she was lS z go on a suspension of sentence. WhYl' employed in the Star restaurant sh, became acquainted with FTedericl :, Chilcott, a waiter In Brior's restaurant next door to the Star. and they are t
 be married in few weeks, according to Chilcott's statement.
 Frank L. Martin died suddenly yes
 terday afternoon at his home, 39 Wes
 Clay street Mir Martin had success
 fully combated an attack of typhoi
 fever, and though somewhat weak
 ened after it he was apparently q,
 over the sickness when heart troubl
 set in and carried him off with but 3 few moments warning. Mir Marti