Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-14
CITY NEWS

 Der 15 to IT, $1,500.
 The department of safety will meet tonight at s o'clock.
 Ask your boy if he knows what U. s. & Co tickets are good for.
 Mrs Joseph M. Kelly and son Ed ward, of Boston. are visiting at the home of Mrs Kelly's parents, MT and Mrs James Smith of Hawkins street.
 In the probate court this mornins Henry w Atwood, clerk of the board of charities, was appointed conserva- tor over Mrs Anne Hotehkiss, who lives in Waterbury near the Prospect town line The petition for the ap- pointment was made by the board of charities.
 There seems to be- a race on for the office of judge of the court of common pleas in New Haven. Judge Hubbard, the present judge of that court, is meeting with considerable opposition, or rather the opposition that met his first appointment has been revived. Judge Burpee is Judge Hubbard's champion in Waterbury and he has in circulation a petition among the local attorneys for Judge Hubbard's s re- appointment. So far no one has re- fused to sign it.
 The following are the new officers of Wadhams post c. A. R.a Comman. der, George Robbins; senior viee-com- mander, E. O. Howard; junior vice commander, Frank Merrills adjutant. George IL. Platt; quartermater, Harry F. Caswell; surgeon, H l.. Plumb ]; officer of the day, John Stevens; officer of the guard, Sylvester Shay; quarter master-sergea John Higgins; dele gates to state encampment, John Hig- gins, John l.. Saxe; alternates, E. O. Howard. Frank Merrill
 Waterbury tent. 36, Maccabees of the World, has elected these officers Commander, w. ,. Sllanahan; ieuten- ant commander. W1J. 0'Brien; record keeper, W J. Stlndin; sergeant, Fs H. Gotterel: first nastRFqof the guards, It1eorge F. Foley3 second master of the guards, John ). Degnan: sentinel, M. 1 H. Conlon: picket, John Sullivan; trus- tee, J, Fl. Lyons. The tent expects to 1 hold a public installation, with the as sistance of Supreme Supervising Dep 1 uty ]. Fl. Turpenfly of Providence, at the January meeting. The hearing Of theae SantaAna Es Greenwood suit ins the district court was delayed an l1oul. and half this morning by the failure of Juror John l Pierce of Southbury to arrive at 9:3G o'clock. The failure, however, was 1 hardly MT Pierce's fault He was late I by n minute in catching his train. Then he returned home and hitched 4lp I his horse and started for Waterb bufy. l He was seareelg 1well on the way when his outfit coliapsed in a snow, drift, making it impossible to get here on anything like decent time. It was al most II o'clock when he arrived.
 It was unlucky for Terrence Hines I that Judge BuTpee was not few min utes later in getting to thRfs court ropm l this morning. A minute more and i Hines would have been q free man, 1 He was the only victim of police vigi- l lance yesterday He was charged with ] intoXication and being common I drunkard, and Prosecutor Meigs had l told him to take up his hat and ..git'' and never show his nose inside the l court room door or he would suffer, when in came Judge Burpe and courl 1 assembled. Hines was arrested by i Officer Dunphy, and he was sentenced to thirty days in BroOkside.
 The committee for the leap year dance of the Catholic Women's asso- ] citation will meet Sunday afternoon at l 4 o'clock to make out the invitation list. All gentlemen's names should be sent in before that time. As the dance is to be given the niglA of a
 holiday, the demand for tickets has been very general. All to whom tick cts were sent for Aistfibltfoh should report as early as Tossibfe so tina t the exact number out will be known, It
 should be remembered that tickets
 are limited to tie capacity of the
 hall and as soon as all printed are dis.
 posed of no others can be obtained.
 The following are the new officers oi Mattatuck council. Royal ArcanHm
 Regent, G. Fred Moore; ;vice-regent M
 A. Barnard; orator, Wilbur H. French past regent, F. Schneider; secretary I George ". Watson; collector, IL. A I ITotten; treasurer George H. Benham
 chaplain. John M Saalfrank: guide
 Leon b. Hall; warden, George Miller
 sentry, Arthur Baker; trusteeg B. G Bryan; judges, George H. Cowell and IT. A. Spencer; :; representa- tive ito grand
 council. Ferdinand Schneider; alter 5 nate, Judson E. Hall. The delegates
 to the grand council are Ferdinand
 Schneider, Charles Wallace, Homer l I Northrop, Edward F. Lynch, Judsor I D. Hall and George W. Watson.
 T Heres an opportunity, never but
 once afforded Waterbury people; and
 now again, on5 Wednesday, Dece.nbel
 14th, The Upson Jewelrys Go will hold
 their annual exhibition of diamond.
 and other precious stones. loose and
 mounted. There win be several hun hdred thousand dollars worth to see
 land if you are looking for a suitable Christmas gift, here is your chance
 Prices will be exceptionally low, con
 sidering so high grade of jewels.