Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1903-02-24
CITY NEWS.

/ CITY naII IAuEBudy GNGHlnS.
| DR. Wright will soon locate here per-
manently. He is anxious to find suit
able office.
Lovers OF good dance music, report
at City hall tonight. Military band
prom. Good music.
Special forecast for Connecticut:
Fair tonight; Wednesday fair in north;
fair, probably followed by rain or snow
in south portions; westerly winds be-
coming northeast.
At the meeting of the Retail Clerks
association, No 426, last night, many
new members Were received. Only
routine business was transacted. After
the meeting dancing was enjoyed,
many guests being present.
"Ocker," the well known trotting
horse, once the property of Thomas
f. Butler and now owned by Timothy
Brennan OF Bishop street, threw a shoe
on the Watertown road the other day
and hit herself in the lip with it, in
fiicting an ugly cash from which
blood flowed freely. A veterinary
was called In and in a short time af-
ter the accident the animal was In as
good trim as ever.
The Rev VIC. Curtiss of Norwich
gave an interesting lecture on "Indian
Basketry'' in the conference room of
the First Congregational church yester-
| day afternoon. "A large audience was
present and enjoyed the lecture. The
speaker was introduced by the Rev
Joseph Anderson, who referred to him
as an old friend and rejoIced In the In
i s~~ il, T,,S IA
and the primitive.
DR. w. N. Hammond, veteran of
the Boer war, delivered q very inter-
esting lecture ON South Africa at the
Second Advent church on Cherry street
| last night. A congregation of about
| 300 persons enjoyed the lecture, which
| lasted about two hours. Tomorrow
night DIR Hammond will again speak
at the Second Advent church, taking
as his subject, 1.-THE Mightiness of
Christ's Power to Save" Tonight,
Mrs Smith. wife Of the pastor of the
church, will speak on 'The Marriage
| Bond"
1 Some boys stole Il. II. Buffers horse
/ last night and after giving him run
about town left him on Grand street.
street, where the owner hltched it.
The horse is a flyer and outdistanced
all competitors ON the WATERFOWL road
yesterday afternoon, where a large
crowd collected to witness the sport.
George Panneton and w. H. Ruby
gave Mr. Butler a good brush, but
neither was able to do much better
than keep within shouting distance of
him.
Controller Rowe OF New Haven
has awarded the contract for the city
year book to the Mac" Printing Co.
The year book consists of about GOO
pages and covers the annual reports
of all the city departments for the
year 1903 The successful bidder
fixed the price at $1,498 That is near
ly $3.50 per page. Here I'm Waterbury
If a printer asked So for the work he
would be accused Of robbing the city
Last years report will soon be In the
hands Of the printer and it is to be
printed for less than $3.50 per page.
Now that the winter season is near.
~ over the bottom is falling out of the
price Of coal so that when fhe good
old summer time comes, when little
coal 10 used the public will be able K
purchase it at price somewhat near
the price that was asked before The
miners strike. Yesterday anthracite
was SO ton, to-day it costs SO ton
or $4.15 a. shalf ton. Last week So
was charged for ton of pea coal
Yesterday the price was reduced dol
lar Soft coal can be purchased to-
day for 81 ton, which is So cheaper
than the price charged on last Satur
|, day.
Last evening a complimentary dane
was given by several young men II
the members of the young ladies' physi
cal culture class in Friendly leagu
hall. The. hall was tastefully deco
rated, pink and green being the pre-
dominating colors. Palms adorned tn
front of the stage, while rugs, cas-
! chairs and sofa pillows combined t
\ make several pretty cosy corners
Faulmann's orchestra furnished must
for the dancing. Refreshments wer
served. The patronesses were: MI
George b. Sellew. Mrs Clifford N. We
5 ton. Mrs o. G.. Camp and Mrs Fran
\ Up. Welton. The success of the delight
full affair is due to the following con
mittee: John III. Curtiss, James A
Peasley DR. w. o. Beecher, g. b. Cam
and DR. FL. J. Abbott.
At a meeting of Townsend lodge /
Odd Fellows hall last night the frs
: degree was conferred upon two candi
dates by the degree team under til
direction Of Degree Master Jane
Johnson About fifty men participa
ed in the floor work The work d
the degree team was fine and was til
subject off much favorable common
\ upon the part of the many member
present. BY special invitation the dt
gree team of Nosahogan lodge, No 2
was present. About IL o'clock a
present adjourned to the banquet ha
where fine spread was served. Anon
those who made a few remarks wel
District Deputy Grand Master Il. i
: Woolworth and DR. r. G. Jones. vi
|, iting members from Springfield, Me-
Haven, Hartford, Naugatuck and New
port, Me. were preseSt. AS to- IL