Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-02-03
CITY NEWS

1blne tikC Il lTlp III my alr Sn1p Sdt urday night. Filst stop, Auditorium. American band prom.
 A daughter was born to MT and Mrs Patrick ]. Flahcrty of 10 Pleasant street CD January 31.
 The St Thomas Cadets will hold a meeting tonight at 7:30 o'clock. A full attendance is desired.
 Mir and Mrs Simon Mccarthy of 1010 South Main street are rejoicing over the arrival at their home or q baby girl.
 All graduate nurses are invited to meet at Miss Strong's, 42 State street tomorrow afternoon between 2 and 1 o'clock. Any who cannot attend please send name and address
 4 social evening was given by the members of the Catholic Wo- mems association last evening. About forty people were in attendance. First. second and consolation prizes were awarded After the whist there was dancing. Next week the art class will take charge of the affair.
 The children's sewing class of the Queens Daughters will meet to-mor- row afternoon. The class thus far has been largely patronized and new pupils are joining every week. Any children wishing to become members Of the class are requested to be G1 hand tomorrow afternoon.
 The February meeting of Melicent Porter chapter. D. A. R., will be held Monday. February 6, at o'clock at the home of Mrs Henry l.. Rowland, IS Johnson street. Annual dues will be payable at this meeting. All mem berS are requested to respond to roll call by giving the name of some wo- m;m who was prominent during the revolutionary period.
 The will of the late John Lines was filed for probate to-day. It decrees that his estate shall be divided into two equal parts, one to be given to his wife. Sarah !. Lines, and the other to his son, Clarence. Mrs L;les, how. ever. is left the entire estate in case she finds her one-half of 1t nncessary for her maintenance. The widow and sen are nominated executors. Mir Lines was for many years one of the sunerintendnnts of the Scovill Manu- facturinc Co and was member of the legislature of 1903.
 The suit against the local Bartend. CTS union has been withdrawn. It was to have been heard in New Haven Wednesday, but the plaintiff, Samuel Eloyt. administrator on the estate of J. J. kiernan. printer. gave notice that he did not care to have it tried. Some time ago the Bartenders' union decided to issue n printed souvenir. and asked for bids for the work The contract was awarded to a Mir Ryan, who gave the job to Mir Keirnan. The work cost S2O0 and when Mir Kernan demanded his money he was informed the union would pay. notwithstanding that the union had no transaction with him whatsoever. Soon after Mr Kernah died and MT Hoyt was appointed ad. minstrator upon his estate.
 The other day one of the policemen found a huge bell on the street and took it to the station house. where it still awaits an owner. It is likely that it was dropped from milkman's wag- on who has lot of customers that are hard of hearing and carried the bell to anprise them of his presence in the neighhorhood. If nobody claims it the department of safety may decide to set it up in the tower of the Leaven- worth street engine house and use 1t to take the place of the o'clock gong. something which everybody misses al- though no one has asked that Stens he taken to have the service resumed since it became known that the trolley company has changed its mind abuit abandoning the use of steam at the Bank street plant
 Johnny and Emma Ray have been given some pretty hard knocks dur Eng the past few seasons on their old and threadbarc production. "A Hot Old Time" and perhaps some of the knocks were deserved. but in their new piece which they presented here for the first time last night they have q winner and hummer right from the start. II is sort of a musical com edy and is filled with fun and humor from start to finish. There is not a dull moment throughout the very in- ter7sting two nets and during the rest of the engagement here those who were bitter against the Rays should % to the theator this evan'1c or to- morrow afternoon ana evening and find rhat their bitterness will all he rhanred into Eond huwor. There are catchy SF'lgs and choruSrs. picturesque drills ard dances. a clever and really enioynlr performance. IL Is not ev- a~~eratius one b5r tO say that the show should he the biggest 7uorloy winner fhet the Rays have ever taken on the road.
 Have you old iewelryT Look into those seeret pla-eS where in days gone hy you have laid away some "old trinkais. Bring the old pieces in tn ns and have them made to look like new. Wen pay you cash for them as o,d gold. The UPson Jewelry Co. G Rank street