Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-22
CITY NEWS

tional series on Monday afternoon at 4 80. Miss Katherine Churchill, yio- linist, will assist. First church. All are welcome.
 It was great storm yesterday, but it did not keep the mothers from U. s. & Co.'S sale of boys reefers. Every size went but and years If you have a boy of that age better come in tonight as 1t will be the last chance to get them at $1.19.
 County Commissioners Walters and Prosecuting Liquor Agent Pierce were in session in the court house to-day hearing applicants for liquor licenses. On account of the death of Commits sioner Brewer the board will not hold a session Monday, but will sit We'd nesday instead.
 A ladies' class in plain sewing has been formed at the Friendly league and will open Thursday morning, Oc- tober 27. For further information in- quire at the office of the superinten. dent. Office hours 10 a. m. to 12:30, 7:30 to 10 D. m.; afternoons by appoint ment Telephone.
 Sheriff John B. Doherty has started in to secure the place on the board of county commissioners made vacant by the death this morning of County Commissioner Charles Brewer. The sheriff has in circulation petition to
 back up his claims to the office, and 1t is being generously signed.
 Mrs Josephine Bieluikas died at the Waterbury hospital yesterday morning and later the remains were re- moved to the family residence, 656 North Riverside street, opposite Green street. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at l 80 o'clock to St Joseph's Lithuanian church. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery.
 Leap year is nearly over now and it is about time some of the young men
 took their lady friends to the dances, the young ladies having been taking the gentlemen around now for nearly ten months. Gentlemen, take your lady friends to the Algonquin clubs | dance which, will be held in Leaven-
 worth hall Thursday evening, Novem- Der 10.
 The storekeepers about town are having considerable trouble in keeping their windows clean, and if the young sters who are the source of all the annoyance don't let up on the business some of them will have troubles of l their own before they are much older. Boys who find amusement in marking store windows had better see if they cannot turn their hand to some other occupation
 I The reception given last evening at Hiss Reeds dancing academy, 1OS Bank street, was largely attended by pupils and friends, about thirty-five couples being present. Miss Reed fn- traduced the Boston glide schottische. It made great hit and is voted the l leader of the season. The next dance l given by this popular school will be an old time Halloween dance, Monday evening, October 31, in Hamilton han. Music by Lallier's orchestra.
 The contest over the will of the late
 Louis Beardsley will be fought out in l the local superior court Tn New Ha-
 ven yesterday Judge Wheeler granted 1 Judge Burpee's motion to have the case tried here. Two of the heirs liv- iI ing in this state, a sister and broth CT of testator, took an appeal from the probate courts approval of the will, claiming that MT Beardsley was not
 competent to make a will when he
 made the one in dispute All of the
 estate was ileft to MT Beardsley's s
 neices, who live in Iowa.
 l Judge Plat of the United States dis trict court. mas decided that Benjamin l Witkowski has no legal claim to the
 lease O.. the premises occupied until re
 gently by the E. G. Kilduff Clothins
 Co., MT WitkoWski held the lease was
 his because 1t was Knocked down to i him at the auction of the assets of the concern. He bid SIP, but for some
 reason that was not explained at nf fhn Iss. I,r
 did not pay the money. Judge Platt'a
 decision was eagerly awaited by tho
 local attorneys, some Of whom were of
 the opinion that had Mir WitkowskI tpaid the money the court would have
 decided the lease to be his property.
 St Cecilia's fair, after four nights run. will close at the Auditorium, of
 Eagles hall tonight The weather
 has been all that could be desired and
 favorable indications prompt us to
 believe that the hall will be comforta.
 bly filled this evening. It's capacity Is comparatively unlimited, it's ventila- ton grand and the floor has no equal hereabouts. The musicians are re. peatedly encored. On the whole all who assemble nightly at the fair spend a pleasant evening and dancing and seeing their friends in bright and hap I py surroundings. The prizes will be awarded at the close tonight. The
 following is the stage program: Leon D Thierault, contralto and baritone soloist; Michael Curley, buck and wing I dancing; John Altman, the famous tenor, and the Rivers trio. The fair committee wishes to thank all who I helped to make the bazaar success T Consult Madame Marie, the fortune
 teller, at the fair tonight.
 I Are your glasses right? Vision
 changes as all things do with years,
 and the glasses that were just right
 few years ago may be all wrong to-
 day. Better let us test your eyes and
 see whether you need a change. Brok-
 en lenses replaced and spectacle frames repaired at short notice. The
 Upson JeWelry Co, opticians.