Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-18
CITY NEWS

The Sixth division, A. O. H., will hold an important meeting tonight.
 The regular monthly meeting of the Queens I,augLters will take place to- morrow evening at o'clock.
 There is said to be "a scarcity of ten ements in Waterbury and as a result rents are crawling upward.
 Commissioner O. l.. Holmes of the department of public works is home after a three weeks vacation, most of which was spent in California.
 There will be. a meeting of the Greater Waterbury Amateur league ill the rooms of the Acorn A. c. to- morrow night.
 A months mind mass was celebrat- Conception church by the Rev Father Slocum for the late Mary Noonan of | 149 South Main street.
 Half a dozen artists are at work on the ceilings and walls of Kleeber's barber shop on Bank sreet and when | they get through the place will look better than ever before.
 Many members of the Knights of Columbus attended the memorial ser vices in commemoration of it's de- ceased members. which were held by Barcelona council last night in the K. of c. hail. A fine program of exer- cises was rendered.
 Notice of appeal in the suit of Della bella ys the Holmes. Booth S Hay dens Go has been filed with Clerk Marsh of the superior court. The suit was for $5,OO0 damages for the death of Andrea Delabella and the jury's verdict was for the defendant The close of the mission for the women of St Thomas parish took place yesterday. It is said to have 1 been the most successful ever held in l that church. The Franciscan Fathers l conducting it expressed the greatest satisfaction with the results. Last | evening the mission for the men, which will last one week, began.
 Unless something unexpected hap l pens the board of public works will make report to the aldermen to- night on the application of the trolley company for turnouts and double tracks about the city. If the condi- tions are not right the aldermen will see that they are trimmed up and made what they ought to be.
 At the hospital at 3 o'clock this af- ternoon 1t was stated that the condi- ion of c. w. Merritt of East Hartford, q conductor on the Highland division, who was badly injured on the railroad yesterday. was critical. The condi- ton of Anthony Prapulenes, who tried to commit suicide Friday night, Is still serious. He is reported as hold ing his own.
 Several political meetings were held yesterday, but the leaders are not talk ing about what took place. They pre- fer to wait until they see if it is not possible to convince the men in all l factions to get together and run but one ticket. It is thought that this 4 condition of affairs will be brought about in some of the wards, but it seems almost too good thing to eX- l pect in all the voting districts. Every other democrat you meet wants Par ker. so that unless there Is a senti- ment in opposition to him that is be- ing kept in the background and will come to the front at the right time, he | will carry Waterbury by big vote. The rats in the court house building were on a spree to-day. They had not had such jamboree in long time, and they came near walking off with the only ton of coal on the premises Sheriff Gillette and Constable Lunny were responsible for this. They had about thirty gallons of beer to dispose of and ds they had sworn off some time ago, and all the court house at taches never touched anything like strong drink In all their lives the of f1cers had to pour the stuff into the sewers. This was the liquor that was seized in an Italians house neal Forest park last Sunday afternoon and cons;-:ed of three one quarter kegs and 6 number of cases of beer.