Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-27
CITY NEWS

l Division }, A. o. H., will hold its regular weekly dance this evening in 1 Hibernian hall. .S h& i On next Wednesday evening the fifth annual promenade Of the Big Seven Social club will be hefd in the Auditorium. .s
 The meeting of St Mary'ss T. A. so- ciety. which was to have been held to- morrow, has been postponed until Sum- day, February 4. 2.
 On Monday evening at the High 1 will give concert for the benefit of the senior class.
 1 An anniversary mass was celebrated ! this morning at St Francis Xavier's church for the late Mrs Rose Hanrahan of South Main street. .7f ,......,..
 The funeral of Elijah, Leach of Simonsville will be held tomorrow af- ternoon from PIP North Main street with service by the Rev Mir Brooks and interment in Pine Grove ceme- tery.
 Tonight at City hall the Military band will entertain the lovers of good dance music. A.. J. I.allier has ar ranged very popular program. The dance will begin promptly at $50. Prices popular.
 The funeral of the late Mrs Julia A. Strickland, who died yesterday at her home, 8 Fairyiew street, will be held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, with service by Dr Davenport and interment in Riverside cemetery. TT
 The cases assigned for hearing ill the district court next week are. Anna M. Carter against E. F. Cole as admin istrator on the estate of the late Jean Jacques: John J. Macauley against Bernhard Rosenfeld: Bernard J. Null crone against the city, and the Farm ers' Loan and Trust Co against H. Sorel. .'...-
 Mrs Joseph Spender died this morn ing at S:30 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs William Morrissey, Is Tracy avenue. She was 15 years of age. The funeral will be held at 2:30 Monday afternoon at the house. The deceased leaves her husband and one daughter, Mrs Morrissey, and one son. William Spendef.
 Father Dunigan of the Sacred Heart church, who sprained his ankle a couple of weeks ago, is still unable to attend to his duties. Although the in- jury was considered slight, it has proved much more serious than it was at first thought and it will be some time before fthe injured limb will he entirely we'll. Father Illusion of St Francis Xavier's church will assist Father Shelley for the present.
 At the annual meeting of Williams College Alumni association of Connec- ticut. held at Hartford yesterday. the following officers were chosen: Presi- dent, S. E. Elmore. Hartford; vice-pres- ident. Judge q. NJ. Darlington. Win sted: secretary and treasurer. w. M. Wilcox. Middletown: teastmaster fpc next year. the Rev John N. Lewis. Waterbury; executive committee. pr c. J. Rankin, Glastonbury: C. W. Rule Pennington; L. F. Root. Waterbury. J. H. Murnane. for many years mo. torman for the trolley company, has been advanced to the position of in- spector. The new wage scale for the trolleymen. beginning February l, is as follows: First year, 20la cents an hour: second year, 21 cents: third year, 22 cents: fourth year and after. 22R cents. The old scale was 10. 20 and 21 cents an hour. The same increase goes into effect in other places in the sys- tenn of the Connecticut Railway and Lighting Co.
 Many will attend the services in the Third Congregational church to- morrow with the expectation of hear ing Rev Benjamin F. Root read his resignation. The trustees of the church and all his parishioners are doing everything in their power to have him change his mind but it is doubtful if he will reconsider his de- termination of reading bis farewell address. Some of the ministers are now trying to urge the minister to re- main, saying that his salary will be raised to six hundred dollars.
 In the city court to-day before Judge Peasley q complaint against Joseph McGuinness of the fifth ward was nolled. Yesterday McGuinness was arrested on warrant for beating his wife, and it developed to-day that ha has no wife and that it was all mistake. so far as he was cOncernei at all events. John Ditko and Andrew Benik were charged with breach of the peace. These men live in the Brooklyn district and Wednesday night last they got into q row Benik's head was cut with the edge of table spoon and his left eye was discolOred. It was shown that Ditko was the cause of the disturbance and be was fined S1O and costs. Benik was discharged.
 There are two kinds oi watch re- pairing. good and bad. If you have not already tried our work. do 50 at the first opportunity. Every job is guaranteed and We know full we'll that our workmen are uBegualled in Waterbury. The Upson JeweIry Co. watchmakers.