Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-21
CITY NEWS

Il street have returned from q trip to the
 White mountains.
 Michael Horan was arrested this
 forenoon by Officer Walsh, charged
 with intoxication and defrauding a
 boarding house keeper. At the same
 time Thomas Gormley was arrested
 for intoxication.
 A meeting of the Sacred Heart drum corDs will be held tonight at o'clock when arrangements will be completed for Labor day. The drum corps has been engaged by the Brassworkers
 union for that day.
 Dennis Sullivan got into an alterca-
 ton with friend last night regarding
 the sailing virtues of the Reliance ana
 Shamrock III. This morning he got
 drunk on the head of it and was land ed in the police station before lo
 o'clock.
 The second of series of ladies nights under the auspices of Muicahy council Knights of Columbus, will take plac in K. of c. hall on next Tues day evening It promises to be even
 more enjoyable than the first one, held a month ago. s The executive committee of the Alumni association of the Waterbury
 Business college will hold a meeting tonight at 8 o'clock in the college
 rooms in the Jones & Morgan Co.'S building. Plans will be considered for a series of dances and sociables
 which the alumni will give during the fall and winter. The funeral of Lot Wing took place yesterday afternoon at the home of the deceased, 879 West Main street. The Rev MT Davenport of the Second Congregational church officiated The paIIbearers were Messrs Daley; Mar tel, Perrin and Rinkee of the Metro Dolitan Life Insurance Go. Interment was in Work Springs cemetery, Plants ville
 Washington has been heard from in the case of John Powers, who was ar rested yesterday charged with deser- tion from the navy. The local police
 were in doubt regarding the action the navy department would take in the
 matter, but it seems the department intends to punish Powers severely. as this is the second time he has deserted, though he has been not more than few months ill the navy.
 Registrar Flanagan has filed his lists |
 for the primary at the. town clerks
 office. In looking over them one no tices the names of q large number of
 men who have always voted the repub-
 Iican ticket. This is more so in the fifth ward than in any of the other dis tricts. Nobody knows what it means, but it is only fair to take it as an ev1-
 dersce of good judgment on the part of the men who have gone out of the g. Q. D. and embraced democracy.
 The Waterbury Tennis club consist ing of Bradford Webster Robert Platt. Arthur ELS, Oscar Stahl, w. Il.
 Partree and MT Krom will play the
 Meriden Tennis club on the Meriden Y. M. c. A. tennis courts a week from to-nlorrow. Nine matches, six singles,
 three doubles will be played. The Wa terbury players are in good condition
 and are confident of winning. On the
 following Saturday they will play the
 New Haven Tennis club.
 The Mattatuck Gun club has had fine rifle range built on Browns mea-
 dows on the Watertown road. The traps are new and up-to-date and
 electrical appliances have been in
 stalled. It is the Sargent system throughout. The range is located in a fine place. Surrounding it are numer- ous shade trees where spectators may
 sit and watch the shooting. The first
 match on the new range will take place tomorrow when the local club will
 have as an opponent the Bristol Gun club.
 Residents of Wagner and Bridge
 streets are much annoyed by a crowd of youths whose ages range from 16
 to 20 years of age, who hang around the corner of the above streets and
 make life miserable not only for the
 residents of that locality, but also for
 persons who happen to pass by there.
 They extend ropes across the side
 walk and street and thus trip up pedes- trians and horses. They do more than this, hiWeyer The other night they gave severe trouncing to q young foreigner for no reason whatso- ever. The residents would like to have the police pay that section visit once
 in while and break up the gang.