Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-20
CITY NEWS

In the court of probate to-day Judge Lowe appointed Edward Barrett guardian over his nieces, Catherine, Loretta and Teresa Quinn, children of the late David Quinn
 Congressman George l.. LiIIey has been invited to be present at the launching of the battleshfp Connecti cut, which will take place in the Brooklyn navy yard on September %.
 Miss Carrie L. Eldridge of 146 High land avenue has resigned her position as clerk in the town clerks office. Miss Eldredge and John B. Clark, a we'll known member of the American band, will be married tomorrow night.
 Residents of lower Baldwin street complain of depredations to vines and shrubs and claim that the cutting is the work of an expert They have or ganized a night watch and if the of fender is caught there will be some. thing doing
 Frederick E. Chapman, an expert enced mechanic, who has been em- ployed by the Waterbury Machine Go for several years, has been appointed manager of the Bridgeport Foundry and Machine Go and will shortly enter upon his new duties.
 Miss Jessie Lemetta Griggs has been engaged as soprano soloist of the Trinity church choir, to succeed Mrs John l.. Bonn, who has gone abroad to study music. Miss Griggs possesses a rich. voice. the result Of much study both in this country and abroad. She has been a pupil of George M. Green of New York and Madame Picciotto, the famous teacher of Emma Flames and Suzanne Adams.
 The funeral of Joseph Larocque took place this morning from the residence of his son, Peter Larocque, Hollywood avenue, with mass of requiem at St Ann's church by Father. Senesac and interment in Calvary cemetery. The bearers were Joseph Gilbert, August Doningue, Joseph Pilon Clement liar pin, William Hebert and August Par ent. The floral tributes included a pillow lettered Father" from the childreni of the deceased.
 Chief Egan took a walk through the south end of the city yesterday after noon and those who saw him regard ed his presence there as an Indication that the whole territory is soon to be better policed. Their suspicious were confirmed when a couple of officers dropped into hitherto unprotected sec
  youngsters that has been making things quite disagreeab1e for the neighbors the past week or so.
 Prejudice is a funny thing some times. The other day a very stylishly dressed lady entered New York clothing store, leading her little boy by the hand. She told the first sales man she met that she wanted suit for the boy. ssYes, ma am, replied the salesman, politely. How would the little fellow like Russian blouse suit" 3Oh, dear, mol" said the lady, hurriedly, ''I couldn't allow that. But if you have any Japanese suits I might look at some" U. $. &5 Go say they have both kinds.
 Mrs Mary Pudim Bitker and her husband, Gustaf, parted some time ago, and yesterday Mrs Bitker brought suit for a divorce from him. They were married in Russian Poland, January 26, 1896; but, apparently, soon after the man transferred his af- lection to one Annie Suusid, and mean while made life miserable for the plaintiff. Eventually she found it inn possible to live with him and she left him in Poland. The papers in the suit were sent to the defendant yes terday by registered mail, as Sheriff Gillette did not care to take the trip to Russia, fearing he might be forced to join the army and go to the war.
 The police department is very active now with reference to the suppression of disturbances by youngsters who make a practice of cOngregating in large numbers under the electric lights and raising such a racket that neigh bors cannot think of sleeping until the army disbands, which is often not un- til late into the night. There is no reason why this should be SO People might be willing to tolerate an exhibi- tion of half an hours duration once In while, but when it is kept up for several hours and repeated every night in the week, then it becomes un- endurable and nobody wants it. To many it is surprising why parents al- low boys ranging in ages from 8 or 9 to 16 or IT years, to remain on the 1 streets in all kinds of company until they think well of going home. The usual answer to inquiries of this car- acter is that they cannot control them. but do they try? Assuming that what such parents say is true, their admission is the best argument that could be made by people Who feel az grieved at the conduct of reckless youths for seeking the intervention of the law to protect themselves from abuses which cannot be remedied in any other way. The sending out of officers in citg-ens' clothes is a move in the right direction and people who don't care to run the risk of getting into undesirable notor'ety would make no mistake in keeping an .eye to the movements of their childH from now on.s
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