Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-15
CITY NEWS


 derrick at the Farrel Foundry & Ma chine Co.'S new plant.
 Garbage Contractor P. H. Carroll i lost a valuable horse yesterday after noon. It was taken sick in the morn ing and some time in the afternoon it was being converted into ashes in the crematory.
 A. B. Pierpont, through Attorney Thoms has brought suit against Thomas E. Holmes for $32. balance | due on a book account. The bill of particulars which was received to-day l by Attorney Lynch, counsel for Holmes, is very interesting docu ment.
 1 George w. Peffers jr. and Miss Lil- Han Baldwin. daughter of Mir and Mrs Baldwin of Litchfield were married Monday morning by the Rev Mir Har- ris of the First Baptist church. They | left on the II o'clock train for brief wedding trip Mir and Mrs Peffers on | their return will reside at B Water l town road.
 | The board of commissioners of pub | lie charities met yesterday afternoon and after passing upon the bills and other routine matters the question of fire protection at the Brookside home was discussed. It seemed to be the opinion of the board that a fire brigade should be formed at the institution. The matter was referred to the Brook side home committee with power to act
 Last night people had a very inter- esting time watching the eclipse of the moon. Early in the evening the sky was clear and when the eclipse began distinctly. For half hour the sight was indeed pretty, but then the clouds gathered and it became almost ob- scure. Last nights eclipse was sup posed to be partial one, the like of which occurs every eighteen years.
 Attorney Charles Bauby did very good service to woman who was in trouble Sunday night at Mount Car mel During the wild scramble for seats on the cars in the latter parl of the evening. woman had her pocket book stolen. When the genial Charles heard about it he immediately took up collection from the passengers and handed it over to the woman. who more than appreciated it. and thanked the lawyer very heartily.
 John Ryan. advance agent for Thomas Hargreaves circus which is billed to show here to-day had papers in a suit to recover for wages issued by Attorney Hayes this morning. Ky an claims that while on the road he was taken sick and the company left him behind upon overtaking him. He tried to get two months salary due him but failed, the company claiming that he did not keep his contract. The papers in the suit will he served this evening unless settlement is is made
 The school row in the Bunker Hill school district is over. The injunction which was served upon the committee q week or more ago by Alderman John ]. Macauley was dissolved yes terday upon a motion by Attorney Byrne. counsel for the district com mittee. The injunction enjoined the district from purchasing any property other than the Porter lot for school purposes the district at the last meet ing having decided to buy lot from Mrs Winifred Terrell for S6.OoO. This lot is situated on the Bunker Hill road and is 1I0 feet front by 300 feet deep. The district will now proceed to build on that lot.
 The Waterbury and Woodbury trol- ley company may proceed to business any day now between here and Quas- sapaug. The treasurer of the com pany. Attorney Y. R. Bronson. has bought complete right of way from Waterbury to Middlebury but beyond that point he has made no effort yet to do anything. The greater part of the way is on private property. thus avoiding any possible conflict with the municipal authorities of the towns the road will run through on account of snow and wear and tear of the highway Mir Bronson has al- ready said that as soon as possible the work If grading for the road bed will begin.
 The field day of the united courts of ForeSters. which was supposed to take place next Saturday at the Driving park. has been indefinitely postponed. Al meeting of the general commit fee last evening this action was taken owing io the fact that SO many people will go out of town on that day over the new trolley route The races which had been arranged will also huve [" he postponed until later date. Eight of the best horses in this city and Thomaston had been eutero,! for inc class F race. and this with the sTerial race would have made pre- gram worth going far to see. The horse owners this afternoon were noti- fiei that everything was all off and their entrance money returned
 NiceChaiTman Chapman presided at the meeting of the lfuargI Of e,iu-a- lion held last evening in the Crosby high sclooI office. The hoard was mo- tifed hy q communication from the bnari of finance that tlIe schedule uf salaries for the teachers and princf- pals was approved bv tlte later. \ petition for the illumination of iha Bark street school clOck was referred to tle committee on seliu0l houses. The l-oauI seems tO favor the project. 1l5e cyst If which hss not yet been aS~errainei A< the next meeting falls on the evenfng of sI-aIror slav. when in an likelihood most Of tie members 0f the board will Ise away. if was decisle,I to hold the meeting tbe following evening September : Our busy day iS over for a few weeks an1 We feel that this Is a gDOd time to csll attention tO our repairing depart 1 Fre--z We To eNuer- faure7-v r1ar--