Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-20
CITY NEWS

The Consolidated base ball team will.
leave on, the 1855 a. IN. train tomorrow
for Norwich.
The Peter Burns property on River
street will be auctioned off tomorrow
afternoon at $50 o'clock The sale
will take place rain or chine.
The Queens Daughters have writ
ten President Roosevelt's wife, re-
auestinc her to send some little ar
ticle to be canvassed on during their
Charity bazaar
If you want carpenter, call at Car
penters' and Joiners' hall, South Main
street. for union men Estimates fur
nished on all classes of work and job
hing promptly attended to. Tel 1926.
Shirt waist promenade at City hall
tomorrow night Military band. Wear
shirt waist. dance. be cool and enjoy
yourself. Music? Why, it's all
right. See program in another col
umn.
We are crossing the line between
spring and summer The straw hat
time has come and Epson, Singleton &
Cos stores good place to visit whetn-
er you want a 25-cent. one or a 50 one.
They have the correct styles.
The board of finance met yesterday
afternoon and approved the half
monthly payrolls. Collector Hunt ap-
peared before the board and asked that
an additional adding machine be pur-
chased for the collectors office, The
matter was referred to a committee
consisting of Comptroller Goodrich and
Mr. Hunt for investigation.
So far the police have found no
trace of the woman whom Charles Pa
retti claims robbed him of $3.50 in the
Bank hotel Wednesday night. But
| they claim to know who the woman is
and that she is well known on the
streets. 1t is assumed that she left
| town with her companion, the man
whom Paretti says assisted in 'robbina
him.
An application was filed in the pro
bate court to-day by a daughter of the
late William Mcclure Of Round Hill
street for an inquiry by the court tc
ascertain the heirs and distributes OF
the estate. The petitioner is a daHoh
/ ter of the testator. who left an estate
of about $500 He left a will bnt II
is very indefinite OH the point raised
'tby the petitioner. who is also admins
tratrix on the estate. and it is for hel
guidance in the matter that she filed
the application Attorney Guilf0ile ap
peared for the WILL and decision was re
served.
The entertainment at Pythian hal
Hast night under the management O.
st MichaeIs parish was we'll patron
lized. and all enjoyed the program yer!
much. Another crowded house il
looked for tonight The voting con
| test is beginning to get quite interest
ing it looked last evening as if ever
the dancers felt like turning deaf ca
to the enchanting melody of the or
chestra and pitch into the voting con
test for one side or the other. The pin
makers are especially active and ar
/ leaving no stone unturned under which
they Suspect to find vote. The EN-
ployes Of Berbecker & Rowland ar
| not letting the grass grow under thei
| feet. either. and by the time the poll
close they expect to have gathere,
enough strength to put the opposition
ont of business. There will be some
thing doing in the voting business to
+ night and tomorrow.
Where are the eyes that are perfec
in structure and function? Not on
pair in thousand are free from de
fects of some kind. Some are so Sigh
that the wearing of eyeglasses is no
necessary; in other cases the tempo
rary use of eyeglasses or spectacle
will correct the defects. A test will
decide what must be done, The Up
son Jewelry Co, opticians.