Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-28
CITY NEWS

morning the ground was covered with snow and visions of Halloween slefpll- Ing parties came before them.
 The alumni association of the wa terbury Business college will give q reception and dance in Leaveuwortlf hall on Friday night.
 The subject of Herbert M. Cassor,'s lecture at the Auditorium Sunday af~ ternoon will be .eThe Struggle Of the Many Against the Few.''
 Mrs Rachel Dyer. aged 51 years. died to-day at her home 2a8 North Main street. The remains will be taken to Trenton, N. J., for burial.
 John Coleman, the hackman, and Officer Tehan had a run-in at the Nauc4 atuck station this morning over the position the cabbies should take while waiting for passengers
 The final of a series of pool mafches between teams managed by William Moher and James Harmon will be played tomorrow night at Mohers place of business. Both teams have won one match and consequently fhe match tomorrow night will decide the championship.
 John O'Brien. who was arrested yes< terday on a bench warrant issued bv Judge Wheeler of the superior court. after his bail was forfeited. was brought before court today and put under bonds Of $1,O00. Yesterdhv O Brien was to have been in court fo answer to a charge of breaking into Charles Dondero's store on South Main street, near Sackett's livery stable. He falling to appear, his bond was called and by order of Judge Wheeler he was arrested on bench warrant At the same time bench warrant was also issued for the apprehension of Charles H. Cox of New York. O'Brien is stills in custody and unless he secures bail very soon he will be taken to New Has ven jail.
 A horse belonging to Minor the Grand street plumber, was nosings about the back yard this morning and strolled over to the entrance way to the cellar. Whether he meant to 20 down the steps or not nobody but him< self knows, but in any case lie felS so close to the door that he came near making the trip whether he wanted to or not. X mum Der of men flocked to the rescue and got the animal out of the tangle, but not before one of them had felt the horses hoof against his shin, making him wish he had not figured so prom inently as a member of the relief corps. After the animal was turned right side up and the field surveyed, all the danls age discovered was broken shaft
 Several members of Harmony and Continental lodges, F. and A. M, will leave here tonight at 6:15 o'clock from the Dublin street station to pay a fraternal visit to Center lodge of Meriden. One of the visitors. Fl w Atwood, will carry with him a very vivid recollection of his first visit to the Silver City lodge. About thirtv< five years ago. when MT Atwood wns 5 resident of Southington, about twen- ty or thirty of the boys called upon Center lodge and were treated fn royal manner. There was good sleighing and on the way home the ve- hicle broke down and the party had tc walk most of the distance. The snow was drifted and every other minute somebody wes shouting for help. MT Atwood went down an embankment and came near being frozen to death before he was fshed out
 The local recruiting office for tho United States army is not doing n rushing business. For the past threc weeks about five men have been en- listed. But the local recruiting of5i- cers are not discouraged. They say that this is good showing for Wa terbury, that New Haven has much larger population, yet the recruiting station in that city only averages five enlistments q month. The local officers say that there is a large nupH Der of applicants. but the majorj& them have some defect whi' & vents them from being enlisted
 applicants are foreigners who
 read English and are not citil this country These are
 Some of them are fine specini manhood and of the proper bull a soldiers life The recruitin ton will be kept opened until tie end of the aear.