Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-14
CITY NEWS.

to Mir and Mrs George H. Nettleton of Ridgewood street.
 John Bergin of South Main street has returned from Hot Springs, Arkansas, where he was for several weeks undergoing a course of treat ment for his health.
 One of the finest maps ever made of the city has just been completed by the Waterbury Guarantee Title com pany. It is twelve feet square and ev- cry building lot in the city is marked iii it.
 The forty hours devotion which opened at the ITnmaculate Conception church last Sunday morning closed at 8 o'clock to-day.
 In the city court yesterday Judge Cowell gave a judgment for the plaint- if in the suit of Trepanier against the city to recover $14. The city had ten ,dered Trepanier this amount but he refused it. Trepanier was a nurse for the city during the smallpox epidemic.
 Superintendent O'Brien of the water works department complains that team sters use very little care in driving by
 hydrants. Several hydrants have been
 broken during the past few weeks by teams backing into them. One was
 broken this morning.
 The Abra gadasset club expects to oc- cupy its quarters in the Mulaings block on Bank street about May 1. The club will have seven rooms. Two chefs have already been secured, the furnish ings have been purchased and every thing is in readiness for the opening of the rooms just as soon as the build ing is completed The club has about 150 members
 Joseph Skelly, one of the men i1.i,1r- edin the local railroad wreck. who has since been at the Waterbury hospital and whose recovery at times was al- most despaired of, left to-day for his home in Bridgeport, convinced that tle Waterbury hospital is a first class place for man who needs constant attention on the part of physicians and nurses. FlaheIfy, another of the vic ums, Is doing well, too, and will be all right in short time.
 It does not look as if the strike at Benedict & Burnham's would amount to much. The men who remained at their work were given the advance in. wages asked for and it Is said that all of them would have got 1t had they, re- mained at their benches It is thought that there was some misunderstanding all around. Some new men have been taken on. but whether this will inter- fere with the others getting back is something not generally known.
 About forty members of the Young Women's Twentieth Century club sur prised their president, Miss Sara Spearo, last evening at her home on North Elm street They first present. ed her handsome Venetian vase after which they had jolly good time. Among the out-of-town members were Abram Spearo, of Columbia college, Marks Barret of Patterson, N J., Miss Rose Futile, Miss Mary Burros, the well known amateur artist, and Miss Sophia Finklestein.
 The funeral Of Mary Mccarthy took place this morning from her late home on River street with mass of re- quiem at St Francis Xaviers church by the Rev Father Curtin and inter- ment ill St Joseph's cemetery The bearers were Daniel Mccarthy, Joseph Mccarthy, John Powers, Patrick Col lins, Timothy Collins and stephen Walsh. The floral tributes included a pillow lettered our Mamie" from John Mccarthy and family; piece representing faith, hope and charity, employees of the Wa terbury button company; bouquets, Mary and> Nellie Hartnett, Mary and Nellie Kelly, MT and Mrs Nfullany. Nellie and Lizzie Flynn, Carrie Bergin and Lena Donovan.
 It is understood that the board of public safety will have no time to do. vote to anything during the balance of its term but listening to charges brought against the different officers Some people claim to have so much evidence against the officers that they will have to use the City hall buildinp in order to make room for the number of witnesses that will be cited in If this be true there will be lots of snort at the sessions of the board for it is said that the officers intend to strike back. One of them is said to have had a "go" already with man who "sassed" him for standing too lone at a certain point. The officer Is reported as having told the inuuisitive spotter to go pay his debts and that he would be busy for the balance of his life: bnt the citizen thought this none of tho other fellows business and threatened to report him. If this he true the no- licemen are in bad box. If every little chronic kicker is permitted to in suit officers on their beat 1t is hard 10 see how the men can 7n their dufy But the policemen should not Do dis over these taunts What they want to do is to perform their duty fearlesslv and trust to the public to stand by them This crusade is simply nolitical game and after it gets an airing and people have chance to see through it, many will wonder why they didn't catch on before