Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-01
CITY NEWS

No matter what way March goes out it is certain that it came in as
 white as a lamb.
 Wednesday all day you will receive double trading stamps at Frank, the
 shoeman's, 2O3 Bank street.
 Barcelona council, K. of O. will hold
 an important meeting tonight All
 tn emembers are requested tc be pres
 ent. The work in hand includes the initiation of several new members.
 It is expected that H. W. Atwood
 will be chosen agent for the city hall
 at the meeting of the board of public
 works this afternoon, to succeed Thomas K. McMahon, resigned.
 At a meeting of the Waterbury Az
 ricultural Fair and Cattle Show asso- ciation last night it was decided to hold the annual fair on the trotsing park on September 20 21 and 22 The
 program will include trotting matches. Mark l.. Reilly, who has resigned
 his position as window dresser and advertising agent for J. B. Mullings
 6 Son, with which firm he has been employed for many years, left to-
 day for Kansas City, where he has
 accepted similar position with
 Rothschild &s Son. His many friends wish him as much success in his new
 position as he attained in his former one.
 The evening schools will close next
 Monday, March z, as by that time the department of education will have
 complied with the law regarding even ing schools. Diplomas to the gradu- ates will be presented by Vice Chair
 man George s. Chapman, as Mayor Elton will be in Boston that evening The exhibits for the Worlds Fair at St Louis will be shipped Tuesday
 morning, or as soon as possible. though the fair will not open until May. Exhibits from all the evening and day public schools of the country will be placed on exhibit. The non-commissioned officers of 1 Go A and Go G, were examined last l night by the examining board, which consists of Major McCabe of the first l battalion, Major 1ilson of the second 1 battalion, Major Norton of the third battalion, Lieut. Amos F. Barnes, bat 1 talion adjutant of the second battal- 1 ion, and Lieut. Arthur c. Hitchcock,
 battalion quartermaster of the second battalion. The officers were examined
 in the school of the squad, school of l the soldier and school of the company l by Major McCabe, in extended order
 by Major Hilton and in guard duty by Major Tilson. The officers appeared 1 in dress uniform, wearing the regula- 1 tion blue uniform and white gloves. After the examination the members of
 the examining board were entertained at the Abagadasset club by the local
 officers. l The department of public works will
 meet tonight at o'clock in the city
 hall annex for the purpose of hearing parties interested In the application of the Connecticut Railway and Light 1 ing company for approval of it's plans for the extension of the service from Cole street by way of Baldwin street 1 to the Pearl Lake road. This is a l question which every citizen of Water bury has right to be heard on if he
 wants to, but it is expected that peo-
 pie owning property abutting upon the 1 streets through which it is proposed
 to lay the rails will be interested more
 than others and on this account a big l delegation is looked for from the
 south end of the city. People who
 want the trolley should be on hand 1 early and say a good word for it. l Of all things never neglect your eye sight. Every one at the age of 35 or 40 years begins to have some amount 1 of visual error. It is much cheaper to have the trouble eradicated at the
 start than to wait five years for com
 plicated troubles. The Upson Jewelry 7 Co, es Bank street.
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