Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-16
CITY NEWS

Is this storm of to-day eQuinoctial? Looks like it.
 Lieutenant Dodds of the police de- partment is enjoying a short vacation. Miss Muncaster of Charleston, s. C.. is the guest of Dr B W. Mcdonald and family
 Mrs E. U. Lathrop is said to be quite ill at the home of friends in Nor folk
 Mrs P. T. Keeley and daughter, Madeline, have returned from the shore
 James W Fitzpatrick is enjoying two weeks visit with his sister Mrs J. M. Bennett of Providence
 During the storm this afternoon a tree at the corner of Kendrick and Leavenworth streets was blown down.
 The A. F. Taylor Go has entered suit against MT and Mrs Charles c. Downs for $75 for work done and property on Burton street has been attached to cover the amount claimed.
 Straw hats were blooming yester- day, but time works wonders. To day the straws are on the shelf, and as the date for calling them in is past, they will hardly come forth again this season.
 Four more dogs were dispatched to the happy hunting grounds this fore noon. In a few days the police will be in possession of a list of the owners of licensed dogs and then they will go 1 to work systematically to gather in those that are not licensed. | aerie of Eagles in Turn hall, Jefferson street Thursday night. After the reg ular business has been transacted a social session will be, enjoyed. The Eagles vii meet in Turn hall in the future and not in Concordia hall as has been stated.
 All machinists and toolmakers of this city are requested to meet at Cen tral Labor union hall this evening c. F. Donahue of Derby, president of the State Federation of Labor. will be present and explain some things about unionism. The object of the meeting is to form union among the machin- ists and toolmakers.
 The Salvation army will hold their annual harvest festival in their hall September 19 to p. Anyone wishing to donate anything to the same should send it to 73 Abbott avenue, or kindly let the officers know by postal and they will call. Captain and Mrs Had field are in command of the local work in this city
 Brief as was the wind storm that swept over the city this noon, it came near bringing serious results to one man. Daniel Fisher was passing on North square about 1 o'clock when a flower pot on the top story window of Donahue's building was blown down. It just tipped Fishers hat, bringing it down over his nose, and fell at his feet in pieces.
 A commissioner of the board of pub- lie safety was asked today what was the reason of the delay in filling the vacancy on the police force caused by the resignation of Officer Goggins. He said that it had been the policy of the present board not to appoint any per- son to the regular force unless every member of the board was present. For the past few meetings one or two members have been absent, therefore no appointment was made.
 The sporting element in the eastern section of the city are very much inter- ested at the present time in a pool tournament which is being held be- tween two teams. One is managed by James Mullen, the other by Michael Hannon. The opening games were played on Monday night and result ed in victory for lannon's team by the score of 192-127. The next games will be played on Monday night The teams consist of the following players: Mullen Wallace Dunn, James Keat- ing, J. J. Mitchell, Maurice Brick; Hannon' n's-A. A. Sheehy, Joseph Glee- son, James Carey and Patrick Phelan.
 Officers elected at New London by the Catholic Benevolent Legion yester- day are as follows: State president, Thomas F. Dorsey of New London; state vice president James Noonan of Bridgeport; Spiritual director, Right Rev Bishop Tierney of Hartford; sec retary, F. J. Phelan of Meriden; treas urer, Miles McNiff of Waterbury; ora tor, John c. Griffin of Middletown; guard, Michael Curley of Bridgeport; marshal, Patrick Murray of Ansonia; :; trustees, Thomas Conlon of Water bury, James Noonan of Bridgeport, Patrick Hlanrahan of Stamford; su- preme representative, John K O'Brien of MiddletoWn; alternate, Thomas F. Dorsey of New London. The next annual election will be held at Meri- Sep~