Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-05
CITY NEWS

| Sl l ! 4NL W - The Second division, A. O. H., will hold an important meeting at 8 o'clock tonight. *.. The twenty-seventh reunion of the Scott famiy was held yesterday at the residence of Charles Loomis, Jr, Waterville.
 The first divisional O. H. will hold ! a meeting this evening and among the 1 matters to come up will be the elec- ton of delegate to the state conven- tion. County President John s. McCar- thy of the A. O. H. has appointed D. H. Tierney delegate to the national convention of the order to be held at Saratoga commencing July IT.
 Miss Margaret Hughes of this city who has been employed in the New Haven telephone exchange for some 1 time has been transferred to the local exchange. Miss Hughes is a toll line operator.
 John Melia and Miss Della Glen nan were married yesterday morn ing at the Immaculate Conception church by Father Slocum. The wit nesses were Edward Kelly and Miss Mary Glennan.
 Thomas Clarkson Lewis, Jr, of New Haven and Miss Lillian Viola Proctor of New York, formerly a trained nurse in this city, were mar ried yesterday at the church of the Heavenly Rest.
 Superintendent Morris of the de- tpartment of charities took John Greder of the Middlebury road to the Connecticut home for imbeciles at Lakeville this morning. The boy is 12 years old. -LsGeeh6la Ir. Miss Mary Helen Morgan and Ern- est Sutherland Garner were married yesterday by the Rev Father Slocum. Miss Katherine Meehan of Ansonia was maid of honor and Thomas Nor gan acted as best man.
 Andrew Riser of Sixth street was hit by train on the Naugatuck rail- road Tuesday afternoon and escaped with a fractured arm and few bruises about the body. He was standing on the bridge near the Mer- iden road when the train came along and hit him, throwing him some dis tance.
 John Mellin, boy of 10. residing on William street, was badly burned and cut about the face yesterday by the explosion of cannon cracker. He lighted the cracker, but did not think it was going off. so he went out in the street to take a look at 1t. It went off with bang and a deep gash was opened in the boys face. Dr McLarney attended him.
 Yesterday was just the kind of a Fourth which the storekeepers like, as the threatening weather kept great many people in town who 1T the skies were clear would have de- parted from the town early in the morning. As it rained all morning the stores were kept busy and those that remained open during the day did a very good business.
 The biggest band of gypsies that has struck Waterbury in years made short stop on Jefferson street to-day to get their horses shod. after which they headed down South Main street enroute for their summer quarters in Brooklyn. They had half dozen wagons. each one containing besides other things at least seven or eight small children, whose presence prompted one man to remark that there was no race suicide fin that crowd. They were Hungarians. The engagement is announced of George A. Goss, son of Mir and Mrs Chauncey p. GOss of this city. to Miss Elsie Marion Farrel, daughter of Mir and Mrs Franklyn Farrel of Ansonia. Miss Farrel is we'll known in this city. Mir Goss graduated from Yale in the class of 1903 and was widely known as a guard on the Yale varsity eleven. He has made a trip around the world and to the Arctic. Al pres ent Mir Goss Is connected with the 1vill Mfg Co, of which his father is president.
 The board of public works met last night and opened bids for the construction of sewage beds in South Brooklyn as follows: Fred T. Ley & Co. Springfield. Mass. s72,050; Rowe & Perini. South Birmingham. Mass, ss3.S5O; Coleman Bros. Bos- ton. Mass. s61.550: Bruno. SOlomone & Petitti. Boston, Mass. s51.1O0; Auguste SaucieT. South Framing ham. Mass. s52,O50. Owing to the fact that a full board was not in at- tendance. nothing was done towards awarding the contract. The matter will be disposed of at the next meet fling.
 The cases against Peter and Charles LOkitis and Joseph Frank for the row they had with their lcOuntryman. Michael AuksolOpoiius. Sunday night. were settled this af- ternoOn by their counsel. Attorney Bauby. The settlement in each case was for SIS. s25 and s25. rezpec- lively. IL Is now believed that the injured man is completely out of danger. Dr Thibault stated Monday morning that there were 90 many cuts and bruises on the mans head he could not say with certainty what the result would be But Tuesday morning the man was greatly i'm proved
 There are a great many ways of testing the vision of ones eyes. To know which method to adopt and to practice such methods with a sDpdIy amount of judgment has been our endeavCr for some yearS- We feel
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