Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-14
CITY NEWS

On November 20, Eagle hive, No 16. Ladies of the Maccabees, will give a whist party and dance in Fraternity hall.
 Real Estate Agent William J. Schle- gel has sold his tenement block at the corner of Avon avenue and Mattatuck Terrace to Lugi Perrella. Mir Perrella has purchased the same as an invest ment.
 The executive committee of the Alumni association of the Waterbury High school will hold a meeting Thursday evening for the purpose of making arrangements for their an- nual dance which will probably be held on December 2S.
 Tickets may be obtained from pu- pils or at Miss Reeds dancing acad- eny, 108 Bank street, for the >recep- tiun and dance, Nov 16, at I. O. o. F. hall, Cheshire. Cars will leave Ex- change place every half hour, the last car for home leaving Cheshire at ten minutes of one All who have attend ed the affairs given by this most se- lect and popular school of dancing know what a good time to expect Thursday evening.
 The Federal Cash Register Go has brought suit against John P McCar- thy, 671 East Main street, for S1Oe damages. This suit, if it is ever tried, will prove interesting. Mccarthy, it appears, bought the cash register on the representation that he could use it for week or so and if it did not prove satisfactory he could return it at the expense of the manufacturers. In other words. he took it on trial The machine did not meet his expectations and he shipped it back. The company claims he had bought it.
 The big whist party which will take place on Thursday evening will be the principal feature of the St Joseph T. 1 A. bazaar, which takes place in the Auditorium the last four nights of this I week. The committees have spared no pains to make this a grand success. There will be accommodation for 500 people to play whist, and 1t will be better for those who intend to play to be on time. Whist will start promptly at 8 D. m. After whist there will be dancing until p. m. Faulmann will ! furnish music. Moonlight waltzes will be another feature during the four nights. A few of the many attractions of the bazaar are on exhibition at Fitz- patrick's shoe store on South Main street.
 Whether it is due to the exception ally fine weather or desire to spend Thanksgiving day in the best possi- hle manner, nobody appears to know, but in any case the number of forth coming marriages announced in some of the churches Sunday has occa- stoned good deal of comment and if they keep coming in for the next few weeks at the rate they have been for the past week, single folks of mar riageable age will soon be something of a curiosity on the streets of Wa terbury. At the Immaculate Concep- tiOn church fifteen couples were called and it is said that the number will be increased by a dozsu or more next Sunday.
 Through the courtesy of the board of education. room on the second floor of the Barnard school has beer offered to the Bronson library as z branch station for the circulation O. books. During the past week a selee ton of popular volumes has bee, placed there. and the room will b. open 10 the public every Friday iron 2:30 to 5;30 in the afternoon. One o the library assistants will be presen to help people in their selections. Al an added convenience for the people O the Brooklyn district, books which hay, been drawn from the main librsr, may be returned to the Barnarl branch. and applications for other vol tunes will he received. In this wa, the long trip across the river will b saved 10 those who wish 10 take aa vantage of the new privilege.
 The trolley company Is rushing tt, conduit business in the public street and will soon have all the work cos, templated for this season finished The excavation now being made Q, South Main street. opposite Grans street, was dug down to what in workmen consider the grade of tn place before the street was made They explain this by nice Ioam foua, about eight feet below the surface 0 the road he'd. Considering the numfe of holes. some call them pitfalls. open e1 in the street it Is surprising hov people manage to keep clear of them This was due in a measure to the ex treme vigilance of the man in eharg of the job who was constantly on th ground and appeared to have his eye all over his body. He is able to sa behind him and at both sides as wei as in front and the strangeSt part 0 l it all fs that one would think by tFa way he get around that he was Tt1 noticing anything. Whoever he is b has less Co say and sees more tbai any other man that ever Operatei fo the company in Waterbury. When D gets through with the conduits th trolley coupany ought tO give him position o1 one of the cars.
 Before long yOu will be wonIsrini what to give the father. son 0r broth CT for Christmas He may have watch so-caile1 from it's general pfsi of wheels plates etc but does 1t kee lime to the sec0ud- Our importe
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