Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-06-06
CITY NEWS

tonight.
 The members of the Debating club l of the Crosby High school will hold whist and dance in Music hall next Friday evening.
 There was hearing Saturday :n New Haven before Referee Newton on l the petitions in bankruptcy of John Littlejohn and Herman Kiesel, and it is believed that discharges will be granted in each case.
 l The New Haven Leader reports that Congressman Lilley of Waterbury, i who is the member of the republican state committee for the fifteenth dis trict, has stated that he voted for Kenealy for chairman of the commit tee,
 l The members of the graduating class 1 Of the Crosby High school have re- ceived their tickets for the graduating exercises which will be held June 8. Each member received ten tickets, six reserved seat coupons and four rush tickets
 At St Francis Xavier's church yes terday the bans of marriage were an- nounced for the first time between Francis x. Bergen, of the firm of Ed ward Bergen & Sons, contractors and | builders, and Miss Katherin G. Kane of South Main street.
 St Johns church never looked pret- tier than it did this afternoon, co., ] lection of flowers and potted palms rendering additional charm to the beautiful edifice, which was filled to l witness the marriage of Miss Eliza 1 beth Kent stone of Prospect street street and Frederick Kirk Stone of Rochester, N. |. The ceremony took place at $ O clock.
 A large crowd of people collected at the Naugatuck station yesterday noon to see the members of Company c, 0. N. G.. and about twenty-five of their friends off for the St Louis exposition. The boys made a stunning appearance and many good wishes for a safe re turn were shouted after them as the train whirled away. They will be ab- sent ten days.
 A large number of well known mer- chants, after careful consideration, have decided to give their patrons the celebrated Hunt trading stamp, having come to the conclusion that as this stamp offers to the customer the best inducements it would be the most sat l isfactory form of stamp advertising that they could adopt Accordingly arr engagements have been completed to open a branch premium store in this city at very early date.
 Negotiations for settlement of the 1 Plant will case are reported to have been successful and that such an nouncement will be made in a few days. The contestants of the will Horace c. and 0. E. Hoadley. who claim to be heirs at law of the late Mill l lionaire Henry Bradley Plant, will, it 1 is said, be paid large sum in money in settlement of their claims. This 1, l the only inkling so far of what the set tlement will be Several features of l the case were to be disposed of by the l supreme court this month, but accord ing to the New Haven papers the case l will not be tried and may be stricken l from the docket.
 l Father McKenna, the eloquent l Dominican preacher. was at St Fran cis Xavier's church yesterday and de- | livered two or three addresses. At the l 9 o'clock service Father McKenna paid particular attention to the boys and re- 1 quested as many of them as were will 1 ing to promise not to take Gods name 1 in vain to hold up their right hands and make solemn promise to that eff | feet. It was a most edifying sight to see the children with hands uplifted re- l citing the promise after Father Me Kenna, who, although now over 70 years of age. appears to be in the en- ! joyment of good health, and has lost none of the charm that made him a l popular missionary father in Water ! bury and all over the New England states many years ago Father Mo Kenna spoke to very large congrega- tion in the evening,
 Superintendent Hotchkiss of the street department had a force of men 1 at work Saturday night cleaning the i paved streets. The hose was used witn good effect and Sunday morning church goers wondered what had been going on while they slept. MT Hotchkiss is l operating q road roller on Leavenworth street to-day loosening up the maeadam prepara atory to giving it q top dressing with the same kind of material The
 machine is provided with number of i stout spolzes in the wheels which stick l into the crushe stone, thus Softening it so that the new coating may be able
 to hold on The roller works all right
 and is just as good as the old one for q frightening horses. There is nothing
 that ever came to town able to strike such terror into horse as the sight of
 6 steam road roller. No matter how O1Q or IeeDl0. the d1luldl, IL pf1cRS up
 its ears and tries to do all kinds of
 stunts once it gets its eye on it.
 The supreme court conyenes in New Haven tomorrow at 10 o'clock, and a
 livery heavy docket is to be disposed of
 the heaviest, in fact, in great
 many years. The appeal of Willis Vandemark is among the cases, and
 while that case has been given prece
 dence over all other cases from New
 Haven county, there are eighteen
 cases from Fairfield county ahead ot
 it. It is very probable, however, thai
 a great many of this number will not
 be heard, for it generally happens thai
 at the last moment a number of the
 cases drop out. The Vandemark case
 is the only one of a criminal nature or the docket and as the issue involved is
 practically new one, the contention
 of the appellant being that the facts il
 the case have been already adjudicated
 and determined by the superior court 4I o,,o. Lofora or.I +baraforo yayd a,,, a 1.s