Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-11-19
CITY NEWS

The St Thomas Cadets football team will play the Acorns at Riverside park tomorrow afternoon. The game will be called at 2:30 o'clock.
 The Odin Benefit association will give their eighth annual sociable at Turn hall on Jefferson street on Thanksgiving eve.
 Tonight is your last opportunity to visit the Washington Hill fair. The affair closes this evening after a very successful run. There will be dancing as usual and fine entertainment has been provided for.
 On account of the funeral of Alexan- der Bouet taking place at 2 p. m. to- ion Fraternelle Franchise will be post poned from to 4 o'clock D. m.
 The Merrimac Athletic club will give its seventh annual dance and promen- ade Wednesday, Thanksgiving eve, in Eagles hall. Music for the occasion will be furnished by Lallier's full or chestra.
 z J. D. Spearo. the well known credit clothing man, had very narrow es- cape from being crushed to death this morning about o'clock at the Nauga- tuck station. He was standing on the platform and was in the act of hand ing bundle to a friend who was on the train, which was just pulling out from the station, and was thrown one side and came very near rolling from the platform to the tracks. If he had it certainly would have meant in-. stant death.
 A. W. Castle, the marketman, met with an accident this morning which nec6ssitated his removal to his home on Kellogg street in carriage and the calling in Of physician. Mir Castle was preparing devices for hanging out Thanksgiving turkeys and while using the knife 1t slipped and the blade en- tered his thigh. infiicting an ugly gasn from which blood flowed copiousiy. Dr Castle rendered surgical aid. There is nothing serious about the injury. but it will be few days before MT Castle will be out again.
 X contract for the double tracking of the Nangatuck division from Wa terbury to point about three miles south of this city was awarded Thurs
 
 mour. This work is in connection with the roads plan to double track tho Naugatuck to the Junction with the New York division. Another railroad contract awarded is for the building of an additional track from Hopewen junction to West Pauling on the New England road. distance of about four miles. This contract was given to C. w. Blakeslee of New Haven
 St Mary's Literary club. of St Mary's Alumni association held it's first meet ing last. evening, with James Brennan presiding. During the evening a very pleasant program was carried out The Mandolin club. consisting of Miss Emma Boyle. Thomas Butterly, John Crane and William Keenan, rendered several selections; readings by Miss Nellie Calvin, Miss Catherine Casey and Gus O'Hara; song, Walter Casey, and piano selections. John Ryan Be fore the meeting closed Father Slocum made d brief address, showing the ben efits derived from such societies. Ar ter the meeting there was dancing, with music furnished by St Mary's or chestra.
 The following program was render ed at the entertainment given at St Paul's Me. E. church Inst night: Rec itations, Henry Lancaster, Clarence A. Woodruff. Miss Martha Bartram; piano solos, Miss Louise, Schmidtz. Mrs Laster Cornish, Miss Fannie l.. Mccormack, Frank J. Schmidtz; so- prano solo, Miss Grace Mccormack. and a drill by the following young ladies: Captain, Miss Carrie Korner; musician, Miss Bertha Granger: Miss Ruth Demming, Elsie Miller. Sarah Horsley. Nina Painter. Bessie Gran ger, Bertha Wells, Mable PringIe. Clara Parks. Laura Pringle Doris Strathern, Bertha Richenback. Ger trude Fornell, Anna Wier, Eva Hop- kins, Olive Duley and Clara Brown An orchestra composed of w. J. Deus Ter. c. B. Deusler, l.. NJ. Taber, r. Bachnan and Miss Ethel Eccles, rem dered selections.
 The cases entered by Dwight At wood against large number of al- legged administrators on estate of de ceased persons were given great set back by Judge Curtiss in the Common Pleas Court in Bridgeport yesterday. Of the 400 cases instituted. Mir. At wood returned only 15O. and by agree- ment of counsel for the defence in each of them, they were all to be tried in Bridgeport Court of Common Pleas. A week ago yesterday 1t was surmised that Judge Curtiss would announce that the jury would come in as usual in December and taking tbese cases, but 10 the surprise of all concerned no such announcement was made. Yesterday higger surprise same, the court informing the, bar that he would not call In the jury to hear the Atwood cases until January This was very good news for counsel for the defense but overwhelmingly sad for Toomey, Phelan and Toomey counsel for Atwood. The legislature ..nnvenas i'll Janua " and it Is rNRee tA cd that enc of tLC first things to be taken up will be some measure that will legislate MT. Atwood out of court.