Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-31
CITY NEWS

1 Imbeciles. 's @'5 : Whist and reception given, by, the Young Ladies sodality of St Ann's church at Leavenworth hall,' Friday, February ?.
 Former City Sheriff John w. Me Donald has been appointed head of the detective force of the Consolidated road and will enter upon the duties of his office tomorrow.
 Another petition has been filed with the city clerk by residents of Water vile protesting against the crematory. This time the petitioners talk as if they are bound to have it removed to more suitable place.
 On Friday evening the senior and junior classes of the New Haven Nor f nal school will give reception in Le- nOx hall in the Elm City. Many young ladies from this city who attend
 the school will be present at the event.
 Yesterday. in accordance with the decision arrived at the hearing last week. Governor Roberts issued a re- prieve for Capobianco, the Waterbury murderer, until June 26, and Executive Clerk Rood took the reprieve to the
 state prison. @' s ! List of letters remaining unclaimed in the postofice: Benjamin Er,lnsen, Mrs Rose Cummins. Mrs Jennie Eagan. Carol French, William Kelly,
 Miss Rose Maloney. Michael McAllen.
 Miss Bertha Nichols, Mrs A. 4. Pon-
 tiOus. Mrs Katharine Quinn, John ! Reynolds.
 There was no city court this morn- i ing. The charge of theft of two ingots of copper worth $20. against the two boys, Louis Stapleton. 14. and W. M. Brazel. 15. was nolled for lack of evi- dence. The boys said they found the copper on the railroad tracks. There were no arrests made yesterday.
 The Connecticut Loan Co have opened an office in the Jones-MOrgan building. los Bank street. They pur- pose loaning money to any who may need it for an emergency. in sums from S3 up. and allowing them to repay it in small weekly payments. without se- curity and in strict confidence. This should prove boon to many.
 Mrs Helen Jarvis, for several years clerk in the office of the collector of taxes. who was expected back to-mor- Tow. after q vacation spent in the south. has notified Collector Reeves that she has decided not to return to {; her position. She is now stopping at Hampton. Va. Nobody will be en- ployed in her place for the present.
 Excavations on North Elm street by the Waterbury Clock Co are almost completed for a five-story building. The company. it is said. will manufac- ture gold and silver novelties in this addition, but the greater part of it
 will be given up to dipping It is stat
 ed to be the intention of the company
 to turn out q dipped product that can-.
 not be eXcelled in the country.
 There is good supply of valentines in the stores and from now on folks who have friends may expect to be remembered, and it goes without say ing that our enemies will not be slow to improve the opportunity to extend the compliments of the season. Don't take the comic valentine too seriously. The sender may be the best friend yop have in the world and takes this meth cd of finding out if you are easily wor- ried.
 The preacher on the occasion of Father MitchelPs first solemn high
 mass at St Patricks rhurch on Sun
 day will be the Rev Father Benedict.
 o. F. M.. a thorough Biblical student
 and one of the most scholarly and elo- quent men of the Franciscan order in the United States. The subject will be "The Priesthood" Father Mitchell will sing vespers in the evening at 1;30 o'clock. The officers of the mass
 aid vespers will be selected later.
 The board of public safety met this afternoon at o'clock and took up the question of reopening the case of ex- Policeman Miles McNiff. Al the meet ing held last Wednesday this matter
 was put over for a week to give Me Mfrs counsel time to look up his au- thOrities on this question of power of reopening the case. Roberts on Rules
 of Order was the principal authority
 mentioned. and this author says that if the last board had the power to re- open the case, the present board has also.
 The papers in two livorce cases were returned 10 Clerk Marsh in the superior court today. They were Ella W. Berry of Waterbury against Samuel w. Berry of MaybroOk. x. Y.. and Joseph Fairclough against Grace 1 Davis Fairclough. The parties in the i first named case were married on Sep ! tember ?. .'1S96 and it is alleged that on August ?. 19G2. the defendant de-
 serted the plaintiff Desertion is also the allegation in the other case It is
 said tO have taken place on Septem- Der 26. 1Hn. The parties were mar. rie,l on June r.. 1899.
 Inspector of School Buildings Slavin on his way to town this morning from his country residence 'out east" says
 he heard bluebirds enrolling good morning tO him. This. combined with
 the presence of boys and girls play 1 ing ''miggIes" on the streets and
 flock of wild geese being seen flying ! nOrtlIward a week ago. is a positive
 indication that The wOOichuck has
 gone out of business and that spring
 is around the corner Truant Officer 1 Deply and Clerk Fitzgeraid are un-
 der the impression that it was hen
 al'Om tO retire for the benefit Of the
 egg market that Mr Slayin heard sing
 ing