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

Home Companion Tree ot cAaIEe- The Concor,iia and VorwaertS soci- eties held their annual New Years en- terrainment in Concordia hall last night.
 There will be an anniversary mass Of requiem at St Thomas's church to- MOTION morning at o'clock for the late Mrs William Neville.
 Father Dunnigan of the Sacred Heart church. who sprained his ankle during the week, because of the in- jury was unable to celebrate mass yesterday.
 The firm of Austin X Woodruff. the well known painters and decorators. has been dissolved. The old store Will be run by Austin X Woodruff corpora ton. MT Woodruff. the retiring part ner of the old concern, has opened a new store at 145 Bank street
 Why not have a magazine when you can get one free of charge: If you pay your subscription to the Dem ocrat in advance The Woman's Home Companion will be sent to your ad- dress every month.
 The Boys club will go into its new auarters during the week. ahelr dlh- ing room and Kitchen will be all ready in a day or two. Work on the bulilihs is finished with the exception oI lew details which will be completed helore the end of the week
 Charles F. Preusser. brother oi
 -A-r Richard PreuSSer. a teller in the Dliie Savings bank. has written home that ha will return from his three years soiourn in Manila. P. l.. next May. MT Preusser has been travelling III the or;en1 in the interests of watch lh- dustry.
 Large crowds took advantage or the fine weather yesterday and the var. ous ponds in the city were covered with merry skaters. Al the Brass mil pond in the eastern section probably rhe largest number that was ever be fore out there was gliding around AT the Manhan a young fellow who was running benders broke through the ice and had hard task getting out
 The board of public works held d meeting at 1:30 o'clock Saturday night and passed resolutions thanking Clerk Reeves and the heads of the depart ments for the faithful performance of their duties during the past two years. Then the mayor and the commission CTS indulged in an affecting leave tak- ing and went their several ways sat isfied that they had done their work well.
 Attorneys Lynch and Bauby were in New Haven jail to-day taking testl- mony on the application of Joseph Yiolante for the poor debtors oath. Yiolante claimed he is not able 10 pay a judgment for S60. Attorney Lynch accordingly had him jailed and AttOr- ney Bauby secured for him the liDer- ties of the jail limits Whether or not Yiolante may be granted the poor debtors path he may be detained in jail another month.
 S. z POl is not allowing the grass tO grow under his feet and neither Is he giving the other theatrical mana gers around the country a chance 10 steal march on him. MT Poli has another theateT in mind. having pur- chased a lot in Jersey City on Satur- day for the erection of a fine play house. The land Is near tie center Of the city and is 115xloO feet. The th4- ater when completed will have cost the owner about S3pD1.
 Fiveyears-oId Harold Reed. whose adopted father and mother live in Phoenix avenue. in the frame building directly opposite the Jacques thearer. mysteriously disappeared some time ago and was picked up in New Bruns- wick. \. J.. yesterday by the police of that place. The h-py gave what iuf0r- nation he could. wAereupon the New BTunswick police wired the Water bury police for further particulars. The detective department went 10 work On the matter and azce-rafnasf that the bqy-S father. Norman l.. Reed has not t-=sn in town in s1ue time. Mrs Reed was not ar home. The bJy said be had he~n taken away by a man whom he cpuld hot Identify. How he got to New Brunswick is mystery. IT i- stated that Mr Reed m iEht te able uo explain. to sgule ex- rent at all events and tat he is non with the boy
 John Philip quinn. reformed gambler. was tie -T-aker al the | VI. C- i. meeting held in Jacques vaS-er- day and he prOvesi t0 be very interest i1- Co the large -zI1nf-er prpseu-- The sTeaksr. after dwelling hrieay on th- causes leading to gambling. lutr-fueeL paraphsrnalia and stared to show fEe su3ience some sF tfe tricks of rge trade. He proved 10 te g shark al -hrUwInz the dice and easily defeated srlTune zt the meeting that triesI rh1fr skiI against his- He siso exhffdre-T a -LsH faro b81 and sA9Eesi hOv eaSv lT was fer the man t-aIfnd to ff.sI -fe. -5ayerS- He had a smzH rguI4--- zhsei and Gbe Ez1ber ha wEzz.g 7a.Eld always win His skill with rEse Ta-rgEls devieeS ztozs-5 that ar ou- -fZe he nut have teNg rzrbHr ry1ra~ I u Ehe zsmbIfnE buS5asss Mr Duzuu z@s fairy good rzEkar and sussa-I Fsr ! -rEE his I<-e1eS a tiulefy vzru5z- b Eet rhe zane zEgne
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