Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-02
CITY NEWS.

The board or 1nance will meet Co- night .'. The Concordia Singing society enter tained their friends at Concordla hall last night. U..
 Every caller at the Manufacturers National bank to-day received a pres ent of beautiful rose.
 The bookkeeping and choral classes at the Friendly league will have les sons this evening at the usual time. Miss Margaret Doran of Riverside park and her niece, Loretta Phelan, are spending a week in "Torrington. Court Hancock's new officers were installed last night by D. G. Chief | Ranger Dineen, assisted by Brother Bossidy. A social session followed. This is delightful fishing weather, and if it holds out some of the old timers will not know what to do with all the fish. they will have on hand.
 John Henry, infant son of MT and Mrs John Wood of Jackson street, died yesterday. The funeral took place this afternoon, with interment in Calvary cemetery.
 I The engagement of Miss Bessie Mus Ter and Albert E. Green is announced. Miss Musler is a sister of Jacob Mus Ter, proprietor of the Guarantee Credit Clothing Go. a,. 1 In the court of probate to-day Judge Benton of Naugatuck granted an appli- l cation for guardian over Lena Platt, IT, of Watertown. Miss Platt's mother, Lena Platt was appointed under a bond of $35,000, which was. filed. A lamp was tipped over last night l at the residence of Attorney Frisbie on blaze and fearing that it would spread stfll alarm was sent. in. The blaze was extinguished by the time the fire men reached the house
 l Work is being pushed on the new buildings on Bank street and in a short time some more of them will be ready for occupancy. When the stores and offices in the Camp, Jones' Morgan and Mullings buildings are ready considerable moving will be done by parties who have planned to locate I there.
 There was another hearing to-day be- l fore Judge Peasley on the motion for a bond of $1O0v for prosecution of the case of John O'Brien vs Frank McDon- nell. This time the bond was found acceptable Plaintiff s counsel, Attor. ney Guilfoile, made another motion for a jury trial and it was granted, and the case set down for hearing on the 18th of January.
 Tonight will be a gala one for the members of Waterbury lodge of E1ks. for Albert s. Chamberlain, the district deputy from Hartford, will pay the lodge an official visit. It is the first time the deputy has been in Waterbury since his appointment, and 1t is expected he I will receive a royal welcome. After the regular session, at which seven candidates will be initiated, there will be a little social session.
 The talk about the scarcity of coal has prompted, many to trust to wood altogether and in order not to be short they are purchasing this kind of fuel in large quantities. A man who has tried 1t says it is a mistake to say that green wood will not burn in a stove It will, but to get the best results one should have the right kind of stove. A man who has a wood stove and enough to put into it needn't care how high the price of coal goes. And this is the only way to teach the coaI bar ons a lesson. If housekeepers would manage to get, along without anthra- |cite for one six months there would not be. much trouble in getting it at the old figure. %
 There was a large attendance at the Iannual New Years night at the Y M IC. A. rooms last night. The program included the following: Prelude, Y. I'M. c. A. orchestra; reading, Mrs E. L. Ashley; piano solo, Miss Belle Black stone; vocal solo, Mrs 0. E. Beardsley {; gymnastics. Y. M. c. A. members; reading, Mrs B. l.. Ashley; piano solo, Miss Belle Blackstone; vocal solo, Mrs o. B. Beardsley; postlude, Y. M. c. A. orchestra. The following committee assisted the Women's auxiliary in en- tertaining: Mrs I. A. Spencer, presi- dent; Mrs A. M. Castle and Mrs w. B. Riley, vice presidents. Mrs Frank P. Welton, Mrs w. w. Manville, Miss Anna E. Graves and Mrs R. s. Ross received the guests in the parlor. The place was handsomely decorated
 The Employees Mutual Benefit asso- citation of the American Ring Go held it's twelfth annual concert and dance in City hall last night. The Ameri- tSdA dA1O 1(llldllG S OECuGSLTH nished music. Professor Pole prompt ed. The place was crowded. The committees in charge of the affair were as follows: Arrangement-F. W. Chesson, president; T. F. Dilane, R. Palmer, J. Tynan, J. J. Siebert, F. J. Ogden, T. Ellenor, c. M. Burritt, T.
 Kirby, A. H. Burritt, P. Higgins, Will liam Cosgrove, Miss M. Ryan, Mrs Mary Martin, E. B. Condit, T. Wagner, T. Lawlor, G. R. Thomas, G. M. Con- dit, Miss J. Casey; reception-F. J. Og- den, chairman: J. M. Burrall, jr, o. P. Carroll. George Hitchcock, D. w. Fay Tor, F. Kiersted, H. Simpkin, William Colligan, F. x. Trottier, F. E. Bur- Iritt, A. Coley, W. A. Lewis, C.. S. Brad ley, A. D. Hitchcock, J. B. Burrall, F. T. Spencer; foor-F. Chesson, conduc- tor; F. Horan, F. Meyer, J. Temple, J. Crowley, A. Rickenstein, William Bro- deur, F. Taylor, F. Lauper, D. Lane, r. Kendrick, William Pryor, J. Candy, H. Baker, M. Cavanaugh, J. Holland.