Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-30
CITY NEWS


 A son has been born to Patrolman and Mrs John Dunphy of 154 Charles street
 Michael Thompson of Bridge street, had his collarbone broken while play ing football this week.
 Tracy Bros Go is putting up the booths for the town election, which will be held next Monday.
 Harold Watrous was appointed tenn porary manager of the High school basketball team to-day. Joseph Gull foile is captain.
 Real Estate Agent Tierney has sold for John H. Moran of Cherry street his house, 249 Bishop street, to Loren 20 Russi, who will improve and occupy the premises.
 Loretta, the 5-years-old daughter of MT and Mrs William Dunn of Water vile, died this morning of diphtheria. The funeral took place this afternoon, with interment in Calvary cemetery.
 Henry L. Wade, president of the Waterbury Clock Go, to-day filed a petition with the probate court for the appointment of an administrator on the estate of the late Dr Thomas L. Axtelle. There will be hearing on | the petition next Friday morning. The St Mary's T. A. society will give a leap year dance in the K of O. hall tonight. The young ladies in tend to make this dance one of the ! most enjoyable leap year dances given this year and the young men who have received invitations to attend are in deed fortunate.
 During the storm last evening an | al ffia icpIof nY1 1T l11711 str Qa1 l not far from the residence of Attorney HSlaVin, was struck by lightning and split from top to bottom. The shock was felt throughollt the whole neigh iborhood, yet fire alarm box on the ] pole appears to have been uninjured. The Rev Dr Anderson of this city l attended reception which was ten dered to the Freelove Baldwin Stowe
 chapter, Daughters of the American
 Revolution of Milford by four mem bers of the chapter who are residents l of Woodmont The reception was l held in the Woodmont chapel
 Edward Parker of Washington street, brother of Dr Thomas D. Par ker, will leave Monday to enter the AL bany College of Pharmacy. MT Par l ker is a bright young man and had a good position at the Waterbury Buckle Go, but concluded, and no doubt wise Fly, too, to take up a profession while he is in a position to take advantage of the opportunity.
 The funeral of Mary, infant daugh- 1 ter of MT and Mrs Ernest Benson, took place yesterday afternoon at
 Thomaston. Among the floral trib- utes were the following from Water bury people: Bouquets, MT and Mrs Al l T. n Fs SRY. T1.. 1 MT and Mrs EIitz, Miss May Lunny and Miss Ella Shanley; wreath from her aunts, Misses May and Tillie
 Kane of Thomaston.
 l William Flanagan and John Kelly. l two young men, were arrested to-day by Lieutenant Dodds and Patrolman Madden or warrants charging them with abusing horse which belongs to | E. T. Ley & Go. Flanagan and Kelly were formerly employed by Ley & Go. Last Sunday they went to the barn and took the horse without receiving permission. When they returned the horse at night 1t was in poor shape and is said to have shown signs of having been driven very much. Manager Mcdonald of the Water bury High school football team has arranged the following games; Wednesday, October 5, Bridgeport High school, in Bridgeport; Saturday, l October 8, Torrington High school, i'll l Torrington; Saturday, October 15, I Bristol High school, in Bristol. Other l games will be arranged later. There are about twenty candidates for the team and they have been practicing l faithfully for the past two weeks. The l list of coaches includes Dr Monagan, l Dr Herr, Prof. Gushing of the High school faculty, Francis DriscoIl, for merly member of the University of l Buffalo football team, and Joe Daly. l Peter Larocque, through Attorney l U. G. Church, has entered suit against I Frey T. Ley & Go, the contractors building the trolley extension in the I east end. He claims $3O0O damages, l and an attachment for that amount was levied upon the company's ma, 1 chinery. There are two counts in the complaint. The first is, to the effect l that since May 1 the company has in- l jured the plaintiffs business, carriage making, by blocking up the sidewalk and street in front of his premises so that it was virtually impossible for him or his customers to pass in and I out. The second count says that on account of the blasting operations the windows in his shop were shattered and rocks fell on and against his shop, 1 damaging it to a great extent. On one I occasion half a dozen sticks of dyna- mite were found under the building. 1 The suit is retMnable to the Noyem- Der term of the superior court.