Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-24
CITY NEWS

A girl was born to Mr and Mrs Roger Walsh of Hopkins street a few days ago. @kHkM
 A certificate of incorporation has been filed by the Waterbury Cigar Go. capital $2,O00. ....@'.
 There will be a months mind mass at St Patrick's church tomorrow morning at ' o'clock for the late Owen McI<eon. '
 Christian Hauser is the president. treasurer and secretary of the recent ly organized Waterbury Realty and Investment Go, capital $2O,0Oo.sn,.
 Mayor Elton signed the amended application of the Cheshire Street Railway Go for the extension of the service from East Main street to the town boundary yesterday afternoon.
 David Sheehy of Baldwin street is the happiest man in the fifth ward. His pool team went to Thomaston Monday evening to try measures with Martins team of that place and Shee- hy's defeated them about thirty points. --Ae game was the attraction of all Thomaston for the evening.
 Their appetite for strong drink brought Oliver 1T. Terrell and John Sloane before Judge Peasley in the city court to-day. They were found by Officer Hickey dn the rear of a sa- loon on Bank sreet, sleeping on an ash pile Each was fined S5 and costs and put on probation sixty days. List of letters remianIng unclaimed in the post office: Miss Nellie An drews CD, Mrs Lawrence Agnew, Pat rick Brown, Mrs Abby R. Bickwell Chas Fl. Bennitt, Mrs c. A. Barnes Miss Edna Barbar, Richard Conway Miss Lizzie Duffy, A. N. Fowler Jas Herbert, John F. Mannix, Clarence P. McArthur, Howard Michael, Miss Ma mic Ryan, T. W. Toft, Wilbur, Van Fleet. '1'N#
 At the meeting Of the Waterbury Women's club yesterday afternoon the president. Mrs Otis s. Northrop, made few remarks relative to the death of the late Mrs E. A. Smith. After the transaction of the regular business Edward Sanger of Nauga.
 tuck, accompanied by Mrs <. w. Chapman, sang "The Charmed Cup and 'Sing Me ito Sleep" The liter ary subject was ''The Colonial ePe-
 riod." Miss Katherine B. Hamilton read paper on that period entitled
 Furniture and Costumes,'' prepared by Mrs Gilman C. Hill. Mrs U. De
 Hart Gulick read paper on "Art and Architecture" and Mrs Ger trude E. Cooke spoke on literature in colonial times. .
 The local municipal lighting plant was in full blast last night and showed up the City hall annex to better ad- vantage than ever before. The gas was turned off aud even then pedes, st cdo usual bTilliancy inside the building and inquired what it all meant It is the best practical demonstration Wa terbury has ever had Of how foolish 1t is to be paying big money for what can be had in much better shape for an outlay of few dollars. Ii 'e mystery how difficult it is to make peo- pie see that they have been and still are standing in their own light on this matter. While 1t is true that the law prohibits the city from lighting the streets with a plant of its own, the coast is clear in the City hall, the sev- eral school buildings and fire houses, and probably after people have an op- portunfty to see how it can be made to work i'll such places they might get together upon the question of carry ing 1t farther an keep up the agitation for the repeal of the law which pro- hibits them from lighting their own streets.
 Children are called stupid and dull by teachers for no more reason than that their eyes are not as the eyes of other children. Perhaps they do not see as well as they should, cannot study long without pain, and eventual ly, if too much driven, become soured in disposition Parents, you take a ! grave responsibility upon your shoul- l ders when you neglect these signs. Ex- , aminations free Upgon Jewelry Go, cpticiansss @ ~ ; 4=s etss 7