Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-09
CITY NEWS

Round or sirloin steak lie ID; rump
roasts be to 10c lib at Castles market
tonight
The new officers of Court Shields
were installed last night A social ses-
sion followed the business meeting.
Real estate owners affected by the
ordinance prohibiting reshingling Of
houses will meet in the aldermanic
chamber Monday evening.
An anniversary mass will be cele-
brated at the church of the Immaculate
Conception Monday morning at g
o'clock for the late Thomas Whelan.
The teachers and pupils OF the Mel
chizedeck Sunday school will hold it's
annual picnic at Forest park on Thurs
day, July %. A special car will leave
Exchange place for the park at 2
o'clock.
Great preparation is being made for
the annual meeting of the State Drum
and Fife association which will be held
here on July 30. The parade will be
held in the forenoon and the rest of the
day will be spent at the trotting park.
Sheridan council No "a, X. of O., led
all the state in its contribution to the
chair of American history at Washing
ton, also pays its per capita tax from
its treasury, and has now RENTED
monthly dues for six months, and Is
rapidly increasing its membership.
The American band will give, a
concert on the green next Thursday
night. This will be the first Of a series
Of six concerts which will be held on
the green. as in the days Of old. when
the green looked just as pretty as it
does now The public want the band
concerts to be held there and their
wishes will be gratified.
The funeral of Mrs Patrick Boyle
will take place from the family resi-
dence, % Wilson street. tomorrow af-
ternoon at /: 10 o'clock, with service at
st Patrick's church and interment in
new St Josephs cemetery A mass of
requiem will be celebrated for the de-
ceased at ST Patrick's church at 8
o'clock Monday morning.
A reader of the Democrat wants to
| know if an adopted child has an equal
right with natural children when an
estate owned by their father is being
settled up. An attorney who knows
Blackstone from A to z answers this
query in the affirmative. that is. pro-
vided the child was adopted according
to law. In that case it becomes
full heir,
At meeting OF the electors of the
Mill Plain school district last night the
plans and specifications submitted by
the committee for a new schoolhouse
We're approved. 1t was voted to prr-
chase new site and sell the old bufltl-
Ing and grounds as soon as the new
one is ready for occupancy. It is
probable that the new school will be
erected at the corner of the Meriden
and Woodtick roads, opposite the Mill
Plain chapel
The proposed plan to have the cigar
stores in the city closed from / to 5
o'clock on Sunday afternoons has met
with little favor from the owners of
these stores. The promoters of the
| plan claimed that the clerks have to
work long enough hours during the
| week without having to work on Sun
day afternoons. They claim that it
would not affect business very much
TO close the stores for few hours each
Sunday. The plan promised to meet
with some success until the proprietors
| of drug stores, who had been closing
their places from to 2 O'Clock on Sun.
day, decided to keep them open in the
future. The cigar dealers decided at
once that If the druggists couldn't af-
| ford to close for one hour it would be
injurious to them to close for four
hours ~ H
The annual outing Of the Waterbury
Business Mems association will be held
next Thursday at the Momauguin,
Cosey Beach. East Haven. The party
will leave the Dublin street station at
/ 1910 in the forenoon and will make
4 the return trip from New Haven al
| 7:30 in the evening. The fare for the
round trip, including trolley, will be
$1.05. The dinner will cost 81. The
railroad tickets can be had from Town
Clerk John Blair and the dinner tickets
are in the hands of President Charles
-. Nye.s 1T is an ideal spot for an out
ing and as many OF the members as
were present last year and great
many more will gather around the fes-
tive board this season. The tickets are
limited to $50, so that IL you want tt
make sure of being among the lucky
ones you should see Mr. Nye at the frs
favorable opportunity.
Tt was reported to the police last
evening that S. O. Robertson. an agent
for the Crescent Tea Co of Springfield
Mass, was way1aid yesterday on Put
nam street and robbed Of $40. The po
lice after investigating said there was
Inc truth in the report Robertson II
seems, puts up his outfit in a stable or
Putnam street, and as he was entering
it after watering his horse he was
struck, so he claimed, on the back OF
the head with either sandbag oil
slung-shot and knocked unconscious
When he recovered his money was
gone A woman living near by saw
the unconscious form PROSTATE on the
ground and screamed for help, ant
when a number of other women arrived
T they saw Robertson sitting on the dool
i sill of the barn smoking his pipe. The
police could make nothing out OF thu
story.
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