Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-08
COLLECTOR W. E. THOMS EXPLAINS.
CITY NEWS

Cal O'Brien has purchased the cafe heretofore conducted by M. J. Colloty.
 Margaret M. Joyce, 134 Scovill street has sold her property to William H. Warner.
 A boy was born this morning to MT and Mrs John Cotter of s5T3 East Main street. +
 The Waterbury Military band will give one of it's popular concerts at City hall tomorrow evening.
 Operations have been commenced for the foundation of the new hotel at the corner of West Main and Prospect streets.
 Anthony Kane was arrested this af- ternoon at 3 o'clock by Detective OGorman., He is charged with keep ing a house of ill fame.
 The firm of Murphy & Watts have dissolved partnership and the business on East Main street will hereafter be carried on by Matthew F. Watts.
 Special forecast for Connecticut Fair tonight and Saturday; cooler to. night in north portions and on eastern coast; fresh north to northeast winds.
 A number of the pupils of the High
 
 Wilby, are visiting the capitol and oth- CT places of interest in Hartford to-day.
 Judge Peasley began the hearing of the case of Torkomian against Simons in the city court this afternoon. The suit is to recover. a commission on real estate transaction.
 Christopher, the five-months-old son of MT and Mrs John Griffin of Il Ber- gen street, died last night. The fu- neral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock with interment in St Jo- seph's cemetery.
 The "Shoulder to Shoulder" baseball team is playing the Bartenders' nine at Riverside park this afternoon. Before the game the players on the former team said that their opponents wouldn't be able to sell root beer for a month after the game, so badly would they be trounced.
 Attorney John O'NeilI has been ad mitted to practice in the United States supreme court in Washington. He was already entitled to practice in the United States circuit and district courts, thus all the, high courts of the country are now open to him. He is one of very few attorneys ill this part of the state that enjoys this privilege. Town Clerk Brett received a com munication to-day stating that almost every resident of a certain street has at least three dogs and that they are now confined in their cellars and attics and asking that Constable Pryor be sent there to look them up. It is cer- tain that some of the canines are hay- ing a vacation, but whether they are about their old haunts or not is some thing the constable will have to find out.
 Superintendent Doran of the board of charities and H. w. Atwood of the town store made a tour through Naug- atuck, Milldale, Oxford and Towantic yesterday afternoon in search of wood for use among the poor of the city. They think that they made good bar gain. but even so if they had been as wise before they started as they were later on they would not have ventured out. They got caught in the thunder shower and got such a ducking that they won't be the better of it for many day.
 The funeral of Bridget Christina Ladden took place Wednesday after noon from the family residence, 160 Mill street, with interment in St Jo- seph's cemetery. The floral tributes included a wreath from MT and Mrs William Ladden, parents of the deceaS- ed; cross, Miss Bridget Ladden; wreath, Miss Katie Ladden; bouquets, Mrs R. K. Brown, MT and Mrs Patrick Hurley, MT and Mrs Patrick Ladden, Alnie and Margaret Quilter, William Harman, Mary Fitzgerald, MT and Mrs Thomas Brown.
 Acting in accordance with instruc- tions from Attorney Meigs, counsel for Dr Rodman, a force of men called into the south end of the city this morning and put up a barbed wire fence on the private way leading to the Mulca'hy school building. Attorney Meigs rep- | resents that the contra ctors have done l considerable damage to the Rodman property aind that he shall look for damage. This leaves the school with out any entrance from the main streets | except a partially worked street through the Tracy tract from Baldwin street easterly. At the Grange hall in Mill Plain last night an interesting debate was held between teams from the Waterbury High school and the Mad River grange The subjected debated was, ':Resolved, that city life is more advantageous than country life" Benjamin Fair | brother and James Hurley represented the High school, while Clyde Miller and Clifton Heaton were on the oppos- ing team. The judges decided in favor of the High school team. Many per sons were present and enjoyed the de- bate, which proved most interesting. After the debate dancing was en- | joyed. Supper was served by the young ladies.
 After a lapse of fifteen years the 1 stockholders of Pine Grove cemetery woke up and decided to hold a meet ! ing. They didn't do this until the peo- pie of that district rose up in their might and declared that something ] should be done with the place. Direc- 1 tors were chosen as follows: w. B. Hotchkiss. A. B. Pierpont and Theo- l dore Munson. It was voted to raise the price of graves so that hereafter a I