Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-05-09
CITY NEWS

Ex-Mayor Kilduff spent Sunday in
town visiting friends.
"A son was born to-day to Mr. and
Mrs Michael Enright OF 1892 South
Main street
The regular monthly meeting of st
Mary's #. A. society will be held to-
morrow evening at 8 o'clock In st
Patrtck's hall.
ated on at her residence, 81 Johnson
street, on May B, is reported as resting
comfortably.
The Concordia benefit concert takes
place tonight at Concordia hall. An
excellent program has been prepared
After the concert there will be dane
ing.
At the First Congregational church
yesterday the following committee
was appointed to consider the resigna-
ton Of the Rev Joseph Anderson, ID.
d.: Earl Smith, f. B. Rice, G. F..
Goss, r. r. Stannard, r. B. Hoadley,
G. w. Beach and Alexander Dallas.
The foreclosure suit Of Frederick H.
Gray against e. A. Lewis on a mort
gage for 800 was heard by Judge
Peasley in the district court this af-
ternoon. The defense Is that the mort
gage was paid up in labor. Decision
was reserved. The litigants live in
Middlebury.
Attorneys Bronson and Seery had
another whack this afternoon at the
suit of the city against s. Il. Cam for
500 taxes. The point involved is
which of them had authority from
former Tax Collector Thoms to enter
the suit. Decision was reserved by
Judge Peasley.
A very pleasant social evening was
held at the home Of Miss Lawson OF
735 Baldwin street last evening. Many
friends were present and the evening
was spent in a very enjoyable man
ner Among those present were mem
bers Of the Independent baseball team
of Danbury, who crossed bats with
the Washington Hills Saturday after
noon. Solos were rendered by Il.
Burke. J. Gallagher, and recitatiQns
by Gus Hart and Martin Mccarthy.
Polls theater was packed to the
doors last night when the Rev Oscar
Haywood of the First Baptist church
delivered the second of series of ser
mons or lectures, which will be held
during the summer months. His
subject was '.The Outsiders, or How
to Save the City" During the course
OF the lecture the speaker said: .Now
I don't want to shock you. But / will
say, that If the organization of Christ
ians could be maintained, fS it was
possible to maintain the organization
without church building, 1t would be
blessing If every church building in
| Christendom were burned tonight
The mistake of the present day is that
we confine Christianity to the church
es., We do not go out for men,"
The police station had a strange oc-
cupant last night. The stranger was
young colored girl from South Caro-
| lima who arrived here from New York
| on the o'clock train. She had been
engaged through an agency to work
| in the household of Mrs William Ty-
| Ter of Middlebury. The girls passage
was paid from South Carolina to this
city and when she arrived here she
expected to be met at the station by
Mrs Tyler. But she arrived day
| earlier than she was expected and sc
| there was no one at the station to wei
come her north. The girl was per
| picked for "a few minutes and finally
sought a police officer, to whom she
| told her story. The officer brought
her to the station where she occupied
/ q chair in the inner chamber until
some perg@a ggom Mrs Tyler's called
for her