Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-14
CITY NEWS.

American band promenade concert at city hall Tuesday evening.
 Military band prom City hall, to- night. Swell music, fine program.
 Pabst's Milwaukee book beer on draught at J. B. Watts's, 150 South Main street.
 f'The AWak ening of John Grey" short story by James D. c. Murray of South street, is printed on another page of this issue.
 Fair tonight. Sunday partly cloudy to cloudy. with rain by. night; light to fresh variable winds.
 Mrs R. B. Cole of 1OO4 South Main street lefA this morning for Jersey City, N J., to attend the funeral of her brother-in-law, w. J. Minard.
 Nellie Elton of Unionville has been granted "a divorce from Ernest B. El- ton of Waterbury. Judge Roraback gave Mrs Elton permission to resume hetr maiden name of Bateman.
 A horse belonging to Charles Slim inski of North Elm street ran away on Wood street yesterday afternoon. One of it's legs was broken. The horses agony was ended by the horse being shot last night.
 The dispute between the heirs of the Grohs estate was to have been settled to-day, but the obstacles were not over come, some of the heirs demanding more than the others would consent to their receiving. The matter will prob ably be heard in the probate court next Monday, unless meanwhile a set clement has been arrived at.
 An important meeting of Barcelona council, Knights of Columbus, will be held tomorrow afternoon when ar engagements will be completed for the celebration of St Patrick's day in K of c. hall on Tuesday night A fine program has been prepared for the occasion and all members of the colln- cil and their families are invited to at tend.
 Real Estate and Insurance Agent J. A. Hynes has paid to John J. Dillane of Sylvan avenue the insurance in full on his property which was destroyed during the past week, amounting in all to $3,7O0. The building was in for S2,O00, the furniture $1OO, and the stock in the store S70O It didn't take half an hour to adjust the claim The
 
 fire and owned by John Dillane. ST. was insured for $1 ,25O.
 Judge Peasley in the city court yes terday afternoon decided the suit of the White-Simmons company against Baron Torkomian for the plaintiff. civ ing them Judgment for the amount claimed, S63.S The debt was for groceries delivered, and one of the ale gations stated that the defendant ate number of watermelons, a quart of peaches and two baskets of grapes. and smoked twenty-five agoodo cigars one morning. The defendant denied this, claiming that he ate only half a melon.
 Manager Lyall, of Reid < Hughes dry goods store, does not expect to oc- cupy the new building on Bank street until late in April or early in May at the latest. The fifth floor is already laden with stock. about S25, ,OOO worth being already laid in. but on account of the condition of the lower part of the big store it cannot be touched. The firm expected to be ready for business l in the new store Easter week at the latest, but it turned out to be only one more of the many disappointments l they have experienced in this respect
 At meeting of Spedwell lodge, K. of F., last night the second rank was worked on one candidate. On next Friday night the third rank will be worked by the full degree team. Prepa- rations are being made for reception which will be given by the lodge to I Grand Chancellor Howard G. Bestor of Hartford on Friday night April 3. Invitations to attend the reception will be extended to Comstock and Magnolia lodges of this city, Good Will lodge of Waterville. Columbia lodge of Water town and Gavel lodge of Naugatuck.
 A crowd of about 100 persons witness ed the basketball game at the armory between the Go A and the High school teams. The former won by the score of ? to 6. The score at the end of the first half was F to A. It was a good game for about five minutes and then Go A made a runaway race of it. The High school team was made up as fol lows: Thompson, center Nichols and Daly, guards; Mansfield and Spain, forwards. Co A. Selby, center; Me Keon and Spencer, forwards; Arm bruster and J. Dews guards. Joseph I Danaher was referee and William Mon: agan was umpire. Doyle and Cullhane were timekeepers while Connor and Schwartz were scorers.
 The funeral of Peter Ryan took place this morning from his late home on South Main street to St Francis church where a mass of requiem was celebrated by the Rev Father Elem ing. The bearers were Patrick Kane, Thomas Kane, Michael Kane, cousins of the deceased. William FitZmaurice, Frank Bergin and William Flaherty. The floral tributes included a pillow marked "Son," from the family; mound lettered Cousin" Patrick Kane and family; basket of roses, A. N Jones; wreath. Henry Conaty, Derby; pinks, MT and Mrs William Fitzmaurice, I Hartford: white carnations, Margaret and Fenton Connor; roses, Nellie and Maria Donovan. The remains were taken to Salisbury for burial on the S:33 train, in charge of MT Mulvine