Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-06
CITY NEWS

CITY NEWS
 The board Of charities will meet this afternoon at o'clock and an hour
 later the department of health will
 have 8 session
 There will be special meeting of
 Court Wolfe Tone. 5. Of A.. this even
 ing to take action on the death of
 James Scholar.
 A special meeting Of the Waterbury Medical association will be held to- morrow evening to take action on the
 death of Dr H. L. Griggs.
 The Chemical Hose Co responded to
 still alarm of fire this morning at
 TAO. A small fire in the chimney of
 <. !. Kingsbury's residence on Pros
 pect street was quickly extinguished.
 What promises to be an interesting
 cuoit match will be played at William
 Moher,s place of business on North
 Elm street Friday night. Patrick Con-
 nor's team will try to defeat Moher's.
 The match is creating much interest.
 Advertised letters at the postoffice:
 Mrs Will Colby, Catherine Clearwater,
 Mrs Aldeni Gagrie, Miss Mary Giiligan
 Mrs M. A. Holden, Miss Nellie Keenan,
 Mrs Minnie Laskey, Miss Pollie No
 Oarthy, Myron Murton, Miss Myra
 Norton, Mrs B. Thompson.
 Members of the Catholic Women's
 association are requested to take notice that the meeting tomorrow evening
 will be called to order at 8 o'clock, as there are several matters of impor-t tance to be brought before the meeting and a social time has been prepared to follow.
 Notice has been served upon the city by Attorney Slavin, representing Sylvester Shea of Fuller street. that the latter fell on an icy sidewalk De
 cember 3l. sustaining injuries that caused him business loss and physical suffering, and that unless settlement
 made forthwith suit will be entered
 Meyer Schoenfield proprietor of Credit Clothing Go, 10 Exchange
 Place, was married yesterday to Miss Annie ErshIer, at Columbus Hall, Hudson, New York. MT < Mrs Schoenfeld will leave for trip to Old Point Comfort, Va. and Chicago. On his return he will live on West Main street.
 The City hall has been engaged by. lIl6 I. A. n. " dlHdulS pOSly NO 9S, AOE l the production of the military drama,
 t.The Arrival of Our Regiment,n by 1 the New York stock company, on Janu- ary 14. The proceeds will go to the post and the performance is guaran- l teed to be first class and will be under the management Of A. F. Kendrick. The cold spell returned with a ven geance last night and the weather l was nearly as cold as the night be l fore. Early this morning the ther-
 1nometer registered from F to Is de- l grees below zero. To-day the weather grew nlilder and at F o'clock l the thermometer was about IS de- I grees above zero.
 l The. Talma club will give it's min l strel performance in Leavenworth hall 1 on Monday evening, January IS. As 400 the number of tickets will be linn ] ited. Each member will be allotted three tickets. Tickets will be sold only to members of the club until 6 D. m. January 12. After that date members desiring more than the allot- l ment and the public will be served. Some time ago committee was ap- pointed to inquire into the adyisability Of new door at the entrance to the City hall building and reported that l one be put there which will swing both l ways. Plans to this effect have been prepared and are on file i'll the office. All this was done long before the ca tastrop1le at Chicago. It is feared that l the talk about the condition of the hall will cost the city few thousand l dollars in rent. that Is assuming that l people take what has been said on the I matter seriously.
 Mayor Elton does not propose to be annoyed by callers knocking at his private office. and henceforth people who want to see ,-.- executive will have l to enter by way of the door leading to the office of the city clerk, the second
 door to the right as you step into the lobby. In order to post callers the l word Mayor was printed over 'sCity Clerk on the plate glass this after l noon This Is certainly a move in the right direction, for under the old plan it was out of the question for the
 mayor to have 8 word with anyone in private.
 People who know something about the main entrance to the City hall are having laugh to-day at the hullaba- loo raised about 1t yesterday at the
 meeting of the board of public works.
 It swings outward and was made to operate that way in 1876, when A. E. Rice was mayor of Waterbury. As 3
 matter of convenience for everyday
 use a small door in the center opens inward, but when there Is anything un- l usual going on Tn the building the
 catches are unloosened and then the door becomes one piece and the whole
 thing swings out as soon as one ssss his hand to 1t