Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-08
CITY NEWS.

Skating at the rink tonight. Special forecast for Connecticut: | Fair tonight and Friday; colder to- night; brisk westerly winds. 1 The committee of arrangements for
 the Bartenders' unon ball will meet l this evening at the Mixologist club l rooms.
 l The Cooperative Coal Go will hold
 a meeting Sunday evening at 7:3O in l Carpenters and Joiners' hall, South Main street.
 l Miss May Conlon of Waterbury was
 bridesmaid at the wedding of John
 Farrell and Miss Frances O'Donnell in
 Ansonia yesterday.
 l In the probate court to-day Theron | l.. Waugh was appointed guardian over his minor children, Mabel May
 and Burton Romaine.
 l A handsome group picture of the
 Brooklyn Athletic clubs champion | baseball team is on exhibition in the l window of E. J. Finns shoe store. l The American band will give one of | it's popular concerts at City hall this l evening. A fine program of concert | and dance music has been arranged. John McAvoy assistant undertaken at Mulville's, who has been on the sick l list for the past few weeks, was at his post to-day in his usual good health and spirits.
 Prof McCormick's prize dance will be held in Speedwell hall tonight. A
 prize will be given to the best dancer among the ladies. Good music will be furnished for the dancing Be sure and attend.
 Joseph Jeatto of South Elm street
 had one of his hands severely crushed
 while at work in the shipping depart
 ment of the Benedict & Burnham con-
 cern to-day. Dr J. J. Thibau1t dress ed the injured member.
 Miss Christina Bowman of Water bury, who was injured in the Sandy Hook wreck, at the time of the Dan- bury fair, has sued the Consolidated road for $2,OO0 damages. Attorneys
 Candee and Morse of New Haven ap- pear for the plaintiff.
 It was a very merry crowd that
 gathered at Miss Reeds dancing academy, Knights of Columbus hall, East Main street last evening About 50 couples passed everal happy hours at her reception. The time pass ed all too quickly to suit the dancers.
 George Monroe of Waterville has entered suit against Elmer D. Tullar, Q grocer in the same place, for recov-
 cry of a sleigh which he claims to loaned him last winter. Attorney Rogers is counsel for Monroe. Tul- lar has refused to return the sleigh and gives no excuse for retaining it.
 Postmaster Guernsey has not as yet completed his annual report of the business transacted during the past year at the local postoffice. He says, however. that the amount of business was much in excess of that transacted during the year previous, For one quarter alone there was $1,50O more business done than during the core spending quarter of the previous year.
 A fine basket ball game will be played at the local armory tomorrow night at S:15 The opposing teams will be Company G of this city and Com pany G of Danbury. The Danburians defeated the local team in game i'll the hat town several weeks ago, but since then the local players have shown a big improvement in their playing. They are confident of winning to-mor row nights game.
 Mrs Keough, 194 Baldwin street, commences the eleventh annual clear ing sale this evening. One case of gents heavy twilled shirts in black and black and white stripes, 39c; one case of domet flannel 31ac; one case, was 10c, this sale 714c; one lot ladies' fan- mel waists soc, were 9Sc; one lot waists, were $1.25 and $1.50, this sale 75c; la dies muslin underwear, corset covers, from 9c to 79c; ladies' night gowns from 39c to $1.50; one lot ladies' fan nel skirts, 23c; one lot ladies' furs from $1 to $5.
 A whist club which will be known as the Sans Souci whist club has been formed by several well known persons | about town. There are sixteen mem bers and the meetings will be held 1 every Sunday evening at the home of ! some one of the members. Progressive | whist will be played and fine prizes | will be awarded. The first meeting l will be held on next Sunday evening at the home of Miss o. Chaput on Ma pie street The officers of the club arc as follows: President, J. Albert | Brown; vice-president, Evan Jones; secretary and treasurer, Miss Gertrude Auber; committee on rules and rcgu- i lationS Dr IL. J Thibault A. Breuy |