Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-03-23
CITY NEWS

will meet tonight in K. of C. hall.
 X daughter was born this morning to Mir and Mrs M. J. Ryan of Cottage place.
 M. Gavegan Is in Waterbury calling on his old friends ill the interest of the Boston Pilot.
 The funeral of Miss Lucy Dee will be hrld from the family rcSidcnc" in Hopevillc to st. Francis \avlcr'S church to MOTION morning at S:3o o'clock.
 Contractor Mctirath has the contract of tearing down the old structure oil the I.illCy property on south Main street and digging the cellar for the proposed new block.
 A meeting of the Catholic Women'S association was held last evening. An nOumcemcnt was made that all the classes would begin d new term this week. Anyone who wishes to take advantage of this last term may ar range with Miss Corden. the Superin- tcndent, who is at the rooms every af- tcrnoOn except Saturday from , to !, and every evening from ' 30 to 1O. Another millinery class will be added There was some discussion of plans for the closing exhibition and enter tanment which will take place in May. Next week another meeting will he held.
 Sanitary Inspector Callahan. rein forced by the whole police force. is do- ing good work about the back yards of the city and if they keep it up for Il week or two everybody will profit by the inspection. In some of the big blocks. close to the center, tenants make q practice of throwing otfal and refuse of every kind from the wln- doWs in the yards and those are the worst the authorities have yet encoun- tered. All these cases have been re- ported and if the parties do not heed the warning within q reasonable time there will be something doing.
 The committee on abatementS held q meeting last night and heard about a dozen persons relative to abatement of city taxes. Over a hundred petition CTS. who had asked abatements and had been notified. were not represent ed. This made the board mad and they
 
 them up. It makes d great deal of work for the committee and after go- ing to the expense and trouble of send ing out notices and receiving no rr- Sponses it begins to look as if the pe- titioners were trying to play q joke on the board. Anyway. the board got hot over the matter last night and it is likely that mora will be heard from it later on.
 The third annual field day of the Knights of the Golden Eagle will he held in Waterbury next August. The task of arranging for the reception of visiting brethren from other cities of the state. of securing suitable grounds for the various athletic events. and the providing of refreshments. will fall up- on Amity castle. of this city. Grand Chief Hewlett of New Haven has in dicatcd his intention of being present at the meeting this evening to assist in this preliminary work. At that time also the question of the forma- ton. of q K. G. F. baseball team in Waterbury will receive attention. The first degree will be eXrmpliticd on at least one candidate.
 The will of the late Sarah Town. send was filed for probate today. Mrs Townsend died March l1 and lived on Center street. She left all of her prop crty which amounts to about SI .0DO i'll trust with Frank J. Rametti for her two children Henry and Emma. The interest from the funds and whatever other income that may accrue from the estate shall l@ deposited in some say. ingS bank by thu trustee for the bcnr- fit of the children until they reach their ma ioTity. In ease however. the trustee deems it necessary he shall giv, the children inc interest or whatcvcr other money which the estate may dr- velop There will be q hearing on the will next "Wednesday The witnesses to the will were Mrs Catherine Hub bard. Minnie F.. Byron and Margaret Conly.
 IL costs T stranger fifty cents nuwa days to land in Mcriden. The city i, following the example nf T western town that needed town hall. I'm leading citizens were too poor to hu! the land. they did not want ihcmSelvc, taxed. so a bright mind suggested I 1 button coinncmoratlng the erection oi q town hall. made and sold for lift! cents each. In this way Sio.gRI WI, raised and q magnificent hall was built Nowadays. the moment q per>oI aIightS from trolley ear or a tran in Merilcn. he is asked to buy a hut ton which beaTS this inScTpton: "Meri den Centennial. June ln-lti. 1:Hai. Il k iutltp~Sihl.s tn get in or out of tiI, Silver rity without buyng one of th"s, buttons. Evcryl,Ody < selling them ant everybody k wearing one. Ii is , pretty button at that and well w"rti the money
 Why not have at done rightE Thcr, are ali kinds of clOckmakprS who 'ls alI kinds of work. We have "uly OI' kind and that k the best io iFe had Clocks called for. repaired and reIurnp1 to yOur home for moderate sum l The -p~on J-.welry Co. IS Bank St