Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-13
CITY NEWS

John A. Mccormick and Thomas J
 Dougherty have bought the black | smith business of Frank Peters on Spring street. They will take posses sion in few days.
 The annual report of the department
 of charities is out and contains the us
 ual amount of information regarding l the Brookside home and other matters
 relative to public charities.
 Superintendent Doran of the town poor has not yet sent his resignation to the commissioner of public charities,
 but he may do so any day from now
 on and then embark in the grocery
 business in the Hefferman store on East Main street.
 It is rumored that Roger Connor will
 accompany Thomas Moran on his trip to Ireland. Mir Moran was only about a year old when he came to Water. bury and will need the assistance of
 somebody who has been, over there
 recently. Roger toured Ireland few
 years ago and knows every inch of
 ground in that country.
 The officers of the several divisions and Ladies' auxiliary, A. o. H., will meet this evening at 8 o'clock in A. O.. H. rooms to complete the arrange ments for their memorial exercises to be held on next Sunday afternoon at St Patrick's hall. As thIs will be the last meeting held for this purpose it is hoped that every member will be pres ent.
 At the semi-annual meeting of Wa terbury tent. No 36, K. 0. T. M., last evening, the following officers were elected: Commander, William J. OBrien; lieutenant-commander Frank Logue: record keeper, W. J. Shanna- han; finance keeper, Everett Mans field; chaplain, William E. Moran: ser geant of guards, Frederick Degnan; first master of guards. J. Wilman; picket. F. Foley: sentinel, F. Cottrell; master at arms, T. Coyle; trustee, J. A. Sundin.
 Chuck Connors, the mayor of China town, New York, and his bundle. will grand march and do a few spiels in Eagles hall at the hobo dance given by the Washington Hill A. C.. Per haps there are some who never heard tell of Chuck Connors and wonder who he js. but if they visit the hall Friday evening they will be convinced that he is the king of spielers in this line with his bundle. who is also one of the best. Quite a few have tried to imi- tate Chuck and his bundle on the stage. but were poor impersonators of the original Chuck. to whom 1t seems to come natural. There will be big hobo parade tomorrow night from the club rooms. All those who wish to join in the parade should be on hand at the club rooms at I:30 o'clock.
 Godfrey Dubuque of Bank street, who has large real estate interests in the south is likely to have to make a trip there and probably to Spain before long in order to prove his title to the property. There are others interested in similar claims. among whom might be mentioned Nathan B. Craig of Han over. III. who writes to Mir Dubuque informing him that owing to the march of progress in the neighborhood of their possessions and the difficulty in de termining boundary lines it has become necessary to send some one to Spain to look up the records. The property is very valuable but it seems inroads are beginning to he made on it and if not surveyed and monuments set up on it in time large portions of 1t will he fenced fin and made part of other property. Mr Craig wants such pa pers and other information there are in possession of the Dubuque family reist- ing to this matter as quickly as poesi- ble. After these have been looked over 1t is understood that an agent will be sent to spain to look up the original documents.