Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-08
CITY NEWS

repairing go to Youman's.
 A son was born yesterday to MT and \ Mrs Dennis Dunn of Washington street. *, I The new officers of Nosahogan lodge
 l. O. o. F., were installed last nigh I by District Deputy Herbert J. Phelps I Thomas F. Butler was to-day ap. | pointed administrator upon the estate I of his wife, Mary Ellen, who died last \ week.
 The Daughters of the Queen held a l meeting at Mulcahy Memorial hall last night and received ninety-five new | members ,
 The Southern New England .Tele- 1 phone Go, which controls the entire tel ephone business in Connecticut, has created a new office to be known as state supervisor of the telephone op- orators. position that requires the | official to go from one exchange to an- other and instruct the operators and in- spect their work. The position has been offered to Miss Nellie E. Vincent, one of the operators in the Merfden ex- change. with good salary and travel | ing expenses, but she has about de cided not to accept it, as the duties of the office would keep her away from home most of the time.
 The Consolidated railroad company is having a new passenger steamer built for service between Fall River and New York. The new steamer will be 397 feet long and 8S feet wide, and will have accommoda ations for 2,000 passengers. The passenger traffic by the Sound lines making rail connec- tions for Boston increases at the rate of 20 per cent per annum and is very profitable It is said that in fifteen years the Fall River line has averaged the earning of 28 per cent per annum on the investment. The state rooms, bars and restaurants of the boats pay very well.
 There was no city court today, mak- ing the third day on which the police furnished no business of this kind. The annual wave of good behavior appears to be passing over. the town. It usual 1y comes about this time, when every body seems to be "broke' after the glorious Fourth But the wave is lia- bIe to be broken at any time and,the probability is that it will break this evening The dullness in police busi- ness is attributed to the hot weather and the number of factories that are closed or that have but just resumed operations after the Fourth.
 The case of Sopervs Tyler was before court again to-day. The price of a car load of oats is the issue. All the fore- noon Attorney O'NefIl, counsel for the plaintiff, spent in arguing point of law which took him as far back in the history of England as the reign of Queen Anne. The house of lords f. nally decided the case, MT O'Neill quoted. Though the money involved is not a large amount there has been as much law quoted on the case as though the amount was q thousands. MT O'NeiIl appears for the plaintiff, who is a we'll known farmer on Bucks hill, and Attorney Seery represents the defendant, a Chicago firm.
 Attorney Kelley, counsel for Attor- ney Bauby, administrator on the es- tate of Antonio Donate Fiorelli, has drawn up papers in a suit against the Consolidated railroad company for g., ,OOO damages for the death of Flor eli. The information alleges that on July 30, last year, Fiorelli was sec tion hand employed by the plaintiff
 
 question he with others were at work on hand car and had removed the car to allow a regular train to pass. They were about to replace the car on the tracks when an excursion train dashed by and killed F'iorelli. MT Kelley will endeavor to have the case heard in the Massachusetts courts. The court house lawn appears to have quite an attraction for moonlight parties. During the past week enough evidence to convict one hundred per sons have been on the steps every morning This morning Superintend- ent Magraw found the remains of half a dozen bottles of beer, chicken sand wiches, candy, cigarette and cigar butts and other things that go to make up a successful picnic. An envelope was among the things found that might lead to the identification of the picnickers. Superintendent Magraw does not object to people making prop 1 CT use of the court house and grounds nor even to holding 8 nocturnal picnic there but he does not care to be re- 1 minded every morning of the days of his youth.
 The home of Miss Catherine Dough erty, of Liberty street was the scene of a happy gathering of merrymakers last evening. Several out of town guests were present, among them be- l ing the Misses Breen and Hall of Naugatuck. the former being the well known singer. The card manipulat- ors were there in abundance and every one had a chance to learn what the l present and future has in store for them. Some of those present placed much confidence in the craft because 1 they revealed some facts of the past that were the cause of many smiles and other expressions of the face which told only too we'll how near the readers came to the mark. Among | the entertainers were the Misses Breen, Hall, Mahaney, Blansfeld and Dougherty. Others who are about to enter the professional ranks did not care to have their names appear. Re treatments were served. Those pres I ant aver that Miss Doupherty cannot