Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-28
CITY NEWS

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 A neat fence is being put down in front of the property of Mrs F. l.. Mar tin on Union street and when this Is finished the houses will be painted and other Improvements made about the premises.
 The regular monthly meeting of Di- vision 1, A. 0. H., will be held Sunday afternoon, instead of on Thursday. This change has been made in order that all the members may have an Op- portunity to attend the mission next week.
 St Ann's fair will open tomorrow evening at the Auditorium and con tinue for eight days. Father Senesac and the committee having the affair In hand have prepared fine program of events. and those who attend will be we'll repaid.
 There are lots of new things this week you can get for U. s. X Go tick cts. The Champion" base balls, wire masks, gloves, auto sisters. auto pistol fires 300 times, hook and ladder carts, and the new suit case for school books. U. s. X Co.'S is the place to get your clothes.
 The appeal of David B. Wheeler from probate has been denied by Judge Case. Wheeler found fault with the account of the administrator. l.. K. Carter, and asked that some items in 1t be corrected. The probate court al- lowed the account and the superior court sustains that action. i"- ,laia The school teachers pension and ten ure of office bill has not been referred to the judiciary committee, as was re- ported. Representative Marsh, mem- Der of the committee. is the authority for this statement. As to the prospects of the bill being favorably reported MT Marsh had nothing to say. A fire last evening in ex-Fireman John Kelly's store in the Casey block on Baldwin street that might have re- suited in much damage. was extin- guished in short order by the ex-fire- man. The fire was caused by an alco- hOl cigar lighter coming in contact with curtain. The damage was slight.
 K. of c. men and their friends who want tickets for the big banquet on the twentieth anniversary of Sheridan council, May 9, should see some mem- Der of the committee at once. There has been good sale of tickets the past two days, and the outlook now is that there will be about 400 diners seated around the banquet table. Some good after dinner speakers will be there, as well as the best music aud singers.
 | The defendants demurrer in the suit of the Colonial Trust Co against Will liam Hanna and his sister, Elizabeth Anderson, both of New Britain, has been overruled by Judge Case. Will liam D. Richardson and Jean Jacques endorsed Hanna's note for $1.OOO. The note was paid by the plaintiff, who is seeking to recover. Messrs Jacques and Richardson are secured, but in case the company fails to recover fror the defendants they can sue them.
 There was another large attendance at the mission at the Immaculate Con- ceptiOn church last night, and man who was about the streets at 4:30 o'clock this morning says the church was almost filled to the doors at that time. Everybody is wondering where all the women came from and how they manage to get out so early. While it is true that most of them belong to the Immaculate Conception parish. many are members of the other par ishes and between the whole of them they make up a congregation such as the good fathers never before saw in any church during their missionary work.
 The Waterbury hospital is now equipped with handsome nurses dormitory. which was formally opened yesterday afternoon. It Is three story frame addition. with twenty sleeping rooms for nurses and domes- tics quarters It contains also a class room. trunk room and four new bath rooms. one of which is disin.
 fccting room for the nurses who come from the contagious disease cottage. The management felt the need of the dormitory for some time past and now that it is completed and ready for use
 tbey feel that the institution is equipped to render even better service
 than ever before.
 The Consolidated Railroad Co is
 turning things upside down at Platfs Mills. The cutting through Upson's i farm has been considerably advanced l during the past few weeks and th< foundations for the bridge to cross . over the highway leading to the Naug ; atuck road have been laid. A stan oi } engineers visited the work this after noon and took a general look over tht proposed route through the city ER ; rineer Easferbrccke. who prepared th< 5 plans fer the work said that the greas } ct haste will be made in every dt' ! partnezt and that if nothing inteff9e' ! tzaiD nay be runn1ng svef 0a Dev