Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-29
CITY NEWS

terday.
 Patrick Shea of Court street had one of his fingers smashed while work ing at Roger & Bros factory Saturday.
 Walter F. Burns, the three months old son of MT and Mrs Hugh Burns of 40 Union street, died yesterday. The funeral took place this afternoon with interment in St Joseph's ceme- tery.
 The jubilee in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the promulgation of the doctrine of the Immaculate Concep- tion will open in this diocese on Sep- tember 8 and close on December s. The circular of the bishop relative to this matter was read in the Catholic clleIchcs yesterday.
 Daniel Tehan, aged II years, met with a very painful accident on Sat lrday. He was walking through q lot above Washington street when he stepped on a broken bottle and a part of his foot was almost cut off. Dr McLarney placed eleven stitches in the gash.
 Residents of Hickory street are an- noyed by the doings of crowd of young fellows that make their head quarters in that vicinity from morning till night, and sometimes till very late in the night. If few of these young. sters find the hand of the law laid heavily upon them they will have only themselves to blame.
 Mrs M. H Furey of Brooklyn, N. Y., who is the guest of Timothy O'COn- nell and family in the DeWs cottage at Lake Quassapaug, met with an un- fortunate accident yesterday. She was 0I1t H7huixy ond NxnI1xA I1o Ha came frightened and started to run away she jumped out Her right leg was broken in two places. Dr Good enough reduced the fractures.
 Frank Miller has assumed his old position, the one he had before the trolley strike, as a conductor on the cars. He has a regular run on the South Main street line. When Mr Miller deserted the strikers ranks and assumed a position as starter for the trolley company, he said that he saw no reason for the strikers to kick as he had been promised the position be- fore the strike. He further said that he would not go back as a conductor on the cars.
 Saturday night broom caught fire in James J.. Dwyer's store, corner of South Main and Washington streets. Someone sent in an alarm and 1n a few minutes the Brooklyn engine was on the scene, and little later appar- atus from the other houses arrived. The fire amounted to nothing, but a big crowd collected and made things interesting for the officers. Last night Louis Kiperano tipped over q lamp at his home on M1ll street. Box 16 was pulled and the department re- yIoa h tinguished before it did any damage to speak of.
 Mrs Fred RomeIl and Mrs Lewis Liehold of Pittsfeld, Mass, are the guests of Mrs Edward Fesch of 794 leave this week for New York, whence she will sail on a trip to Germany. Five genera tions of the same family were represented at a dinner at the home of Mrs Fesch yesterday. The generations were represented by the following persons; Mrs Fred Romell, aged 79 years; her daughter. Mrs George Gensler, so years; her grand daughter, Mrs Edward Fesch, 4 years; her great-grandda daughter, Mrs Howard Curtis, 21 years; her great great7grandson, Percy Curtis, aged 3 years. A photograph of the family was taken.
 At a meeting of the Gaelic Literary society yesterday officers were chosen as follows: President, T. F. Luddy; | vice-president, Miss Hannah Mori- 1 arty; financial secretary, Miss Mary l Conroy; treasurer, Miss Rose Shanna- han; recording secretary, H. B. Nor l iarty; principal, Miss B. Sullivan; 1 vice-principal, John T. Brosnan; standing committee, John Kearney, the Misses Julia Sullivan and Annie Rice; librarian, James Foody. The l question of giving an entertainment in the near future was discussed and a committee appointed for that pur- pose. The society will open begin ners class next Tuesday night and all l interested in the study of the Irish language are invited to be present.
 The additional premium list made up by enthusiasts in the promotion of the coming agricultural fair, has prompted q great many who were hesitating to make entries and it now l is certain, unless there is exceptional l ly bad weather, that the fair will be a complete success and that will mean it's repetition every fall. The fair committee has been unremitting
 
 1 offered inducements and secured at fractions such as have never been seen in Waterbury before The ex- hibits have been increased three fold, 1 and the prizes have been. graded so there is an incentive for everyone to enter good stock or handiwork for 1 the exhibition. On the third day of i the fair will be the peg race. This | is a most interesting and novel sight
 The horses are unhitched, stripped of | their harness, which is hung on pegs and the horses tethered to the rail. At the signal the drivers dash for then, hitch them up and start pell meli | No kind of vehicle or harness is pre- scribed. It is case of get there and
 the race is productive of the widest kind of laughter and applause. 1 Those dreadful headaches caused often by over exertion of the eyes, as they attempt to overcome their own defects of vision, can be relieved only by the use of properly fitted glasses. Don't postpone having your eyes thor