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

A branch of the Book Lowers libraryk < has been established at ! M BurraN & Co.'S store. Bank street.
 Mary Keegan has notified City Clerk Nettleton thar she will claim damages for injuries received by falling uponS a slippery walk on Burton street. near the engine house. At the annual meeting of Sumner league, held in Hartford yesterday. < J. E. Hatcher, of this city, was elect ed secretary, and Frederick Fitch, oA Watertown, treasurer.
 Attorney William E. Thoms who ig taking trip around the world, has been heard from at French oasis in the desert of Sahara. Ina pictorial pos- tai to James I. Cassin. clerk of the probate court, he tells of his tour. l Miss Louise Demmon, a retired no l tress of renown and leading instrl1c<s tor of elocution, will appear in Shakes pearean recitals at the Friendly League !hall tonight. She will be assisted by her pupil, Daniel F. Lawlor Miss U. <
 Emily Merriman, volinist, will also appear. The recital will begin at half. past eight o'clock.
 An interesting meeting of Mulcahy
 council, Knights of Columbus. waa l held last night. The recently elect~
 cd officers were installed by District 1 Deputy Hearn of Naugatuck. After ] the installation an entertainment was I held and banquet was served
 Among those who contributed to the l entertainment was Daniel K. LawIor,s who delivered several recdtatdons. The Sacred Heart drum corps iss
 making elaborate preparations for ths~
 grand concert and ball which 1t will
 give at the Auditorium on April s.
 Many drum comps from different parts
 Of the state will be present A fea-s ture of the ball which promises t0 be
 one of the most successful ever giv-
 en dn the city. will be a fancy drill by one of the best drilled corps ip New England.
 One of the huge trees that has stood s on the Bronson library lot for the paai, ninety years or more has been newrs down and will be chopped up intoA i stove lengths and. used for fuel Fors some time past 1t hHs snown signs of decay and 1t was feared that 1t would topple to the ground some windy night. ' so 1t was decided to put the axe to \ it The tree was planted by relative or Mayor Elton and was one of tho finest on the park.
 At meeting of the entertainmene committee of the Hammer club last night it was decided to issue invita- tions to few persons not members of the society, to attend the clubs annuaf banquet on the evening of March IT, The intention is to make the conlin1 celebration bigger and better than any of the organizations previous efforts. Some of the members of the commit. tee favor a short lecture as a part of the program, but so far nothing defi- mite has been done in that direction.
 A man who did business for a time as agent for a popular patent medi- cine remedy said to-day that the first aim of the proprietors was to get every man, woman and child to be- lieve that there was something thes matter with their kidneys. Tn doing this vast sums of money had to be expended in advertising, but after the masses got converted and commenced to look for relief from real or imagi- s nary ills such as the medicine was bill ed to cure then profitable patronage soon made up for the outlay and the cost of keeping the article in the market amounted to little or nothing because it spoke for Itself.
 Two Polanders, who are known as John Doe and John Jones, were ar feSUeU yeStSTudy dIteTnOOn Dy SuefiM{s Rigney and Constable Lunny. They ! are charged with stealing four sets of harness, number of tools, bags of i. meal and potatoes and fifty chickens from the barn of the Lockwood Brothers in Watertown about two months ago. There were three OF four person implicated in the burg larry. One has already been bound over to the superior court. One of the x men arrested yesterday was found on Railroad TIill street, the other In Grey stone. They were taken to Water town and locked up. The trial is being held this afternoon. It is expected that the men will be bound over to s the nextA term of the suueraor court