Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-11
CITY NEWS

pr E. A. O'Hara celebrated the twenty first anniversary of his en- barkation in business in Waterbury last Monday.
 The department of public works will hold q meeting at s o'clock tonight. The principal matters to come up. are hearings regarding the layout of Bald win street and Chapel street. the widening of Bank street from Grand street Southerly and the diScOntinuinS of a portion of Hayden street. Number Seven:
 One day he climbed the neighbours fence.
 Though Billy should have had more sense,
 For the bull dog on the other side
 Near got a piece of Billy's hide.
 If you are going to monkey with dogs go to |. s. tS Co for a Ruff x Turf suit.
 O. A. Ziglatzki of this city attended the meeting of directors of the State Business Mems association in Hart ford yesterday The directors passed a resolution opposing the monopoly now enjoyed by the telephone com pany. The trading stamp question and the peddlers and hawkers bills were discussed and referred back to the leg islative committee.
 Superintendent Moran of the Brook side home drove through Exchange place to-day with half dozen chick, ems in box which he claimed to have received from Mexico. He said that they are a breed of birds that lay the year round and can fight like sixty In the pit they are known as brass backs" a name given to them on ac count of their ability to stand punish ment.
 There were rumOrs of a big wreck on the Naugatuck railroad on the bridge that spans the Naugatuck river near Holmes. Booth X Haydens this morning, but it was not as bad as re ported. Two engines did come to gether and battered each others fore head Il little, but nobody was hur' and the engines themselves soon recov cred from the shock and were able tt move about as usual.
 The board of public safety held an eX eutive session yesterday afternoon fo the purpose of examining a number O policemen who applied for promotion The men were Stevens, Mullings, Mag | her, Dunais, Keirsted. Madden, MuT phy and Dunphy. These were pro noted from B to C, and Policeman Donahue from A to B. The promo tions with pay according will date iron | April 1. There are three vacancies Ol the police force. but nothing was sai about filling them.
 | The will of the late Stephen Il Bowen who died last week from il | jures received in a fall from a roof h was shingling, was filed for probate tt day. Mir Bowen left all of his estat which is said to amount to S50,0OO t his widow Julia. When the childre shall have reached their majority the shall each receive $lO0. Mrs Bowen charged with the education of the chi dren but if they are educated beyon the public schools the expense shall | charged against their legacy. UpO the death of Mrs Bowen the propert shall be divided among the children equal shares.
 Owners of horses state that the si uation on the paved streets is worS now than at any time during the vii ter. On East Main street the 6i blocks are very uneven and slip c them is apt to ruin q very valuab pair of horses so that they never wou be worth anything and yet the owne would not he able to get damages. X though one atmirer of horse flesh sa . today that the city is liable for ai accidents that might occur on Fla
 Main street until the blocks are relai The department of public works In
 notified the trolley company that il
 iob is not acceptable to the city al
 it Is expected that they will go over as soon as the weather clears m.
 Michael Reilly. formerly reside of this city. died last night in the Pr' ! byterian hospital in New York cii The deceased was for some time
 emplove of ]. F. Hodson and later a
 ell as coachman for X. M. Young. wi
 whom he went to New York about $ years ago. He was in the employ ! W. A. IdNb'I Nll'h NaiH
 with stomach trouble and was remov
 to the hospital. Resides his paren
 MT and Mrs John Reilly Of 2i Lu
 street. he lcaves three brothers. Tho
 as. Patrick and Peter Reilly. The
 mains will be brought tO Waterbury
 night and taken to the family re
 dence. Mir Reilly was T native of N, Il Hartford. hut came here with the r. |. of the family about fifteen years T; . The family was notified of his con ton and couple of his brothers Y
 ited him at the hospital.
 Glasses are not always given to i
 prove eyeSight. hut to relieve unl
 strains. in short to assist natu ) Nearly "a per cent of persons havi
 defective vision have some amount
 astigmatism. hence the necessity of
 ing tO an up-to-date optiCian wi
 scientific Instruments. We have lIO
 Examination free. The UpsOn yewe
 Co opticians. tS Bank street