Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-22
CITY NEWS

The board of directors of the Mer- chants association will meet tonight.
 Miss Loretto H. Hayes will reopen her class in dancing and department on October IA.
 Mrs O. J. Benjamin of Norwich, for merly of this city, is the guest of MT and Mrs John A. Lilley.
 Everyone is hunting for the word furniture in the Hampson-Sellew ad $5 rocker for first correct answer
 Edward Barrett. a keeper in Ossin- ing, IN. Y., state prison, was the guest Sunday of John Dawson, the furniture dealer.
 Charles B. Pearson Of Naugatuck has entered suit for divorce from his wife Alice. His counsel is Attorney Thoms. and he alleges desertion on April 21, 1900, ten years after their marriage.
 The promenade given by the Water bury Military band at Eagles hall last evening was well patronized. All popular airs were played and the band had to respond to many encores.
 Henry J. Handle of Naugatuck, this afternoon, f finished a cash bond of $500 with Clerk Marsh of the superior court for the release of his son Victor, who was bound over in the city court this morning for horse stealing.
 Francis Donal1ue, son of MT and Mrs Thomas Donahue of Walnut street, left for Holy Cross college on Tuesday, where he will join the other Waterbury students, and finish his education in this well known institu- ton.
 A woman from Thomaston drove in to town to-day and after disposing of her farm products started to do some shopping, She left her team hitched on South Main street opposite the Apothecaries Hall company's building. | When she returned the blanket with which the horse had been covered was stolen. The thief has not yet been ar | rested.
 Grand Master Workman Hugh A. Keenan and Grand Recorder James A. Knox, of the A. o. U. w, both of New Haven, are in Waterbury making ar engagements for the grand lodge session which will be held here October 20. MT Knox was formerly a popular Wa terbury man and was given cordial greeting by his old friends and ac- quadntances every place he called They will be the guests of America lodge tonight.
 The father of Victor Hendle. one of the Naugatuck youths who tried to dis pose of a team belonging to Hank Loucks in order to go to Paraguay, the lazy mans paradise paid a visit to the police station this morning. At the request Of young Hendle Chief Egan paid to him $142 of the $15O which Hendle took out of the bank be- fore starting on his trip Hendle sennior said that he would secure q bond for his son.
 James D. c. Murray has completed his work of taking the military enroll ment in the fifth ward. This is a big district and the canvasser had to make visits to the Cheshire, Woodtick, Meri- den and Wolcott roads. It was neces- sary to hire team to do part of the work. The district was thoroughly covered and about 2,50O names were secured, which is 400 or 500 more than last year. The other canvassers also have their work nearly done.
 A very important meeting of the Catholic Women's association will be held this evening, and every member as well as those about to join the or ganization are expected to be present The classes will be formed tonight and the teachers will be present to arrange for everything pertaining to successful seasons work. The fol- lowing classes will be started this evening: French, penmanship, art, elocution, arithmetic, grammar, short hand, physical culture and dressmak- ing.
 A handsome Thomas motor car is on exhibition at the auto station of the E. H. Towle company to-day. Repre- sentatives of the concern which manu- fractures them, were there to explain to any interested persons the workings of the machine which is T model one of it's kind. Among the many persons who were given ride about town in the machine in order to see how smoothly it could travel was mayor John P. Elton. The machine attract l ed much aGSccetion and many persons inspected it Gsring the day.