Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-10
CITY NEWS

tcrday of the death of Miss Annie Cur ley i'll New York. She is a relative of EdWard Curley of South street and made many friends here while visiting last summer. Several relatives and friends from this city will attend the funeral in New York;
 The ball committee of the Knights of Columbus met yesterday afternoon and the various Sub-cOmmitteeS made encouraging reports. The use of d platform. which is going to be d pleas ing feature of their ball. will be given gratis 10 everybody for the general ad- mittancc of $1 a couple, 50 each addi- tional lady.
 Number Six:
 Billy tried one day with all his might
 To get the best of Bobby White,
 Rob's clothes gave in several places
 But Rilly's-waS all right you could
 tell by their faces
 Boys who expect to wrestle better go to |. $. X Co for their clothes.
 Coal took q drop of 90 cents q ton this morning, the surest sign that spring has come. This makes the price $7 a ton for stove and nut sizes. Dealers are of the opinion that the price will not go any lower and that it Will remain at this figure for a few months. Regarding rlmorS of coming trouble at the mines they know nothing further than appears in the papers.
 Mrs philena $. Moody, so years old, died yesterday at the residence of her son. Howard C. Moody, on Grand View avenue. She had been ill nearly nine weeks. Her son, Howard, was her only near relative and she had made her home with him since she re- moved from Toland Mass, twenty years ago. She was d woman of many sterling qualities and in her younger days exercised much influence for good in her native town. The. funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon with ser vice at the house and interment in Riverside cemetery.
 Mrs Margaret Baird died at her home. II South Wilson street. yester- day morning after an illness of but q few days. She visited friends in the north end of the city last Tuesday and on the way home she was strick- en with a paralytc shock. Medical at tendance was summoned. but to no avail and she slowly failed until yes tcr,lay morning when the end came. She leaves one son. John C. Baird The funeral will be he'd tomorrow morning at S:30 O'cl1ck to St Pat rick'S church and the burial will be in the family plot in Calvary ceme- tery.
 Edwin s. Hunt. collector of taxes has word or two to say to the read CTS of the Democrat to-day. His modest little card means q great deal to everybody who calls Waterbury his home and according as people receive their bills they should look at them and see if they are not big enough. If not, don't worry about that for the indications point to some thing larger next year. It might not be amiss to state in this connection that the collector is in no way re- sponsible for the size of the rate bills. His part of the work is to gather in the cash and turn it over to the treas urer, who passes it out as directed by the officials who lay the tax and spend it.
 Glasses are not always given to i'm prove eyesight. hut to relieve undue strains. in short to assist nature. Nearly n per cent of persons having defective vision have some amount of astigmatiSm. hence the necessity of % ing to an up-to-datc optician with scientific instruments. We have both. Examination free. The UpSon Jewelly Co opticians, 6S Bank street.