Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-03
CITY NEWS

Hargreave's circus is billed to ex
 hibit on the west end grounds on Au 1 gust 15.
 The Hammer club will honor Nil
 and Mrs Michael Kelly of Pleasant
 street with their presence thls even
 ing.
 The Misses Margaret and Helen
 Noonan of West Main street are spending two weeks vacation with 1 friends on the Hudson.
 General Manager Sewell of the trolley company said to-day that En. gineer Smith is talking up the grade question with City Engineer Cairns and that when they get through work | will be started on the extension of the Baldwin street trolley.
 Daniel Mccarthy has purchased the two houses situated on Brennan place known as the estate of Edward Bren- nan. Mir Mccarthy has purchased the property for investment. The sale was made through the agency of Daniel T. Harrington of 40 East Main street.
 If there are any lawyers in town who had hopes of seeing the court house building added to or improved this summer. they will be disappoint- ed. This morning County Commits sioner Walter stated that the building was never in better repair and that neither improvements nor additions will be attempted this year at all events.
 The electors of the Bunker Hill school district will hold another meet ing Monday evening to attempt to ad- just the tangle caused by the injunc. tion served few days ago enjoining the district from buying or building a school house upon the Green property, which at the meeting held last week it was voted to buy instead of the Guy B. Porter property. aa
 John T. Mourant assistant in the comptroller's office with his wife and two children Dorothy and Lille will leave here tomorrow for a visit to the former home of MT Mourant at the Island of Jersey. in English channel. They will sail on the steamship St Paul for South Hampton. MT Mourant will return about September 2, but his family will remain on the other side for probably a year. It is ten years since Mir Mourant say his old home Since that time his mother died, but his father and some brothers and sis ters are still there.
 The difficulty between the Consoli- dated Railroad Co and John T. Casey of Simon street and Washington ave- nue over the price of the latter's prop erty has been settled and thus is re- moved all obstacles in the south end of the city to the proposed improve ments by the company. Mir Casey, who was represented in the matter by Attorney Kennedy, held out for s12.- GOO. He said he owned the place Tor quite number of years and it was worth every cent he ased. The rail road company offered S10.OO0. The matter went before the railroad com missioners and a committee was ap- pointed by the superior court to set n price. Yesterday, however, the agents of the company and Mir Casey agreed upon price, 800. The purchase of this property gives the company a right of way clear to the west end.
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