Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-24
CITY NEWS.

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 Patrick Sheehan and Miss Mary Gro nan were married at St Patrick s church Wednesday morning by the Rev Father Gleeson After returning from New York they will reside at the home of MT Sheehan's father, 292 Baldwin street.
 Superintendent Kelley is giving the green top dressing of loam and i'll another week or so the place will show the result of this care. The green and the trees thereon never looked bet ter than since some of the decaying limbs of the mighty elms were re- moved.
 The Waterbury Business Mems as- sociation gave a smoker last night III Odd Fellows hall Speeches were made by Senator Nall, Postmaster Guernsey. John Blair and others. Jos eph Lorrain of Boston rendered sew. eral banjo selections. It was decided to hold another social session next month
 The engagement of Miss Grace G. Curtiss of Simsbury to William F. Lamb of Waterbury was announced yesterday at an informal tea given by
  Grove Hill New Britain Mrs Henry Edwards Ellsworth. Mrs J. Preston 1 Carver. Miss Susan A. Ensign of sims l bury and Miss Margaret Starr or Bridgeport poured.
 Residents of the south end who nave been clamoring for a street to take the place of Lounsbury street from South view street to South Main street. hope the city will proceed with that job as soon as possible. At the present time there is practically no way of getting onto Lounsbury street from south Main street and people who live in that neighborhood are very, anxious to nave the new street made this summer. l George w. Blacknall of this city has secured through Hapgoods, 3Q9 Broad way, New York. very good position as salesman for Stephen c. Cond.t, one of New York's largest cigar manufac- l turers MT Blacknall's many friends here will join in wishing him great success in his new work, which offers many advantages for a man of his ex- perience and ability.
 The Chattanooga Times gives an ac- count of the meeting of the stockhol0- ! CTS of the Tennessee River Navigation Go, which was held April IT. The an- nual election of officers took place and all the old officers were re-electe1 for the ensuing year. They are: President, 1 S. r. Williams of Waterbury; vice pres
 ident " Bohl of Waterbury; secre-
 tary, !. F. Hendricks; treasurer and
 general manager, W c. Wilkey. and
 assistant secretary, J. R. Parker. The South African war sent the cost
 of horses skyward all over this coun- try, but it seems that the trolley strike I had more to do with putting up the I figures on horse flesh in Waterbury than anything else. Many people who
 used to ride to and from their work
 have invested in horses, thus creating | demand for trotters far in excess of the supply and when such condition
 as this obtains the price is sure to go 1 up It looks now as if the difficulty I in getting horses will be big boom
 for the bicycle business this summer.
 The fire department was called this morning to the Novelty Manufacturing Co.'S plant on Maple street, where a 1 lively blaze was fast putting the ven tilator out of business. While the dam age did not exceed few hundred dol- lars, the blaze was large enough to be seen all over town and people who 4 viewed it from the high hills thought some very big building was going up in smoke The ventilator caught fire from the boiler room and had it not 1 been for the efficient work of Chief 1 Snagc and his band of brave fire fight CTS the factory would soon have been one mass of flames,
 Contractor Macauley gave chase to about hundred boys and girls yester- day afternoon. all of whom he' charges with being parties to the mi thief done ] his property at the Mulcahy school building. The youngsters used the ! long blanks as teetering boards, and when too many get on at the same time l the timbers snap. Mir Macauley states that already about $100 worth of blanks have been ruined and that he does not intend to stand for it any longer. It is understood that the con- 1 tractor has employed some one to keep an eye upon the movements of boys and girls. too, who are engaged in the l business of amusing themselves at his expense.
 After the regular drill of Company e, c. N. G., last night. Sergeant Peter Lawlor of S6 South street, who is very popular with the members of the com pany was presented with a ten-years' service medal The medal was made by Tiffany & Go of New York. It is a bronze reproduction of the famous medal of the French Legion of Honor. contains the inscriptio~ Faithful ser vice ten years" and bears the coat of arms of Connecticut. The other long service men in the company are as follows: Captain n. F Fitzpatrick. twenty years: First Lieutenant Patrick Halpin. fifteen: Second Lieutenant Thomas Hallinan. ten; First Sergeant Thomas Lawlor and Sergeants F. F.
 Brett and John H. Powers. ten.
 The Upson Jewelry Go would suggest
 to all the young men who took their ad-
 vice about the engagement ring, that
 when they get ready to furnish the home they should pay them another
 visit and select their tableware, etc.
 and save something to put into the wedding present, which we shall be | .