Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-15
CITY NEWS

Miss Emma Kilroe entertained a number of her friends at her home ot, North Main street last night.
 On next Thursday evening the Washington Hill Athletic < club will hold its eighth annual concert and promenade at Jacques Auditorium. Iallier's orchestra will furnish the
 music.
 Daniel, the 10-months-old son of MT and Mrs John Cotter Of S7S1 East Main street, died this morning. The funeral will be held tomorrow after noon at 3:30 o'clock, with interment in Calvary cemetery.
 Mrs Mary Phelan, widow of tha Iate William Phelan, died last night at her nome, b7 Mill street. She leaves three <chfldren, Elizabeth, Annie and Wil- liam. The funeral will take place ut ? o'clock tomorrow afternoon with ser vice at the Immaculate Conception church and interment in new St Jos. eph's cemetery.
 John Lane of East Oak street, member of the class of 1903 of the Waterbury High school met with aia unfortunate accident yesterday. He was feeding press at the factory of the American pin Go when diamond ring on onexof his fingers caught in a piece of paper and before it could be extricated the whole hand was caught in the press. The diamond ring was smashed, the finger on which it was was broken and the three other fingers were badly battered. Dr Pomeroy rendered surgical assistance.
 The firm of Ziglatski-Marks of South Main street had some ornamental signs printed as an advertisement for its exhibition of the latest and pretti- est designs in wall paper. The word exhibition" was printed without an '1x' in it. The signs were placed in the window while at the same timeba pretty souvenir was set aside for the person who would first call the atten- ton of the proprietor to the error. John Sherwood, of the firm of Colby Sherwood, shoe dealers, was the first, and he received the souvenir.
 The Acorn Athletic club and the North End Athletic club played a game of basket ball last night at the North End Athletic clubs rooms, the former winning by score of IA to l. Features of the game were the pass. ing by the victors. The lineup of the Acorns was as follows: McNellis, right guard Shaw, left guard; Ma loney, center; MulAgan, right forward; Kane, left forward. The North Ends lineup was as follows: Michaels. right guard; Kennedy, left guard; Grant, center; Lewis, right forward; Egan, left forward. Referees, Shehan and Crough; timers, Curley and Pagan.
 Some of the property owners on the lower end of sylvan avenue are get ting up petition to be presented to the city government praying that the water main be extended from the pres ent terminus of the main in that street to a point beyond Edgewood avenue. They represent that within the past five or six years several houses have been built in the district commonly known as Mohawk park, but owing to the difficulty i'll securing water for do mestic purposes, to say nothing of fire protection, 1t is hard to get them rent ed and as n consequence some of the tenements are idle right along and the money invested in them is making nothing. More than that, the proper ty is depreciating and unless the city water reaches them In the near future the investments will be total failure. Such wells as they have yield all in- ferior quality of water and even this does not hold out during the summer months. They need city water. hy- drants and a. couple of fire alarm boxes.
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