Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-06
CITY NEWS

Albert J. Cassidy, a former local newspaper man and now student at Mount St Mary's, is home on few weeks vacation.
 MT and Mrs Henry Walsh left Thursday night for New York to visit friends for the rest of the week. Their daughter Eva will spend her vacation with her aunt in New York.
 Alexander Troup of New Haven Is sending out circulars announcing that grand reception will be ten dered William Jennings Bryan at Madison Square Garden, New York, on the evening of August 30. Mir Troup wants every democrat in the state to be at the reception and hear the great globe trotter and political economist and commoner.
 "A special meeting of the board of public safety was called for this af- ternoon at 4 o'clock to inquire into charges preferred by Sergeant Blake ly against Officers Patrick J. Hayes. The greatest curiosity was manifest ed about the inquiry owing to the popularity of the officer and the length of time he has been in the department and the good character that has been his always.
 Mrs Mary O'Connor died at 2 o'clock this morning at the residence of her daughter, Mrs c. c. Russell, IS Beacon street, after short ill., ness. The deceased had been a resi- dent of Waterbury for the past twen- ty years. coming here from New Ha- ven. The funeral will take place Sunday with service at St Thomas's s church. The remains will be buried in St Bernard's cemetery, New Ha- ven.
 There are not so many dogs about town as there used to be, but just the same, some of them are getting them- selves disliked and unless they do bet ter, their conduct may result in an order requiring them to confine their movements to their own door yards. A man was in the center today look ing for big St Bernard that had torn up his garden. He had a revolver in his pocket and swore that he had made up his nlindto shoot as soon as he got his eye on his tormenter. He was mad clear through and probably the dog surmised this and managed to give him a wide berth.
 Alderman John Hurley is around with lame back, the result of an impromptu cold water bath last Sun day. Through his generosity and good fellowship the alderman treated some of his friends to a little outing at Wattle's pond, a famous fishing re- sort near Watertown. During the day some of the boys went boating, and the alderman was with them. And as usual some of the boys got over fuMy and over went the boat and all in 1t. Everybody laughed, thinking it was a great joke, and 1t was for the time, but the alderman is paying for it since.
 Patrick J. Scadden of New Haven has brought suit against his nephew, Richard J. Scadden of Waterbury, to recover $1,200, money he claims to have loaned him. It is the old. old story, according to the complaint. The plaintiff is almost four score years and he claims to have given his nephew the above amount Of money in consideration for his board and keep for the remainder of his days, and that his nephew as soon as he got the money turned him adrift. The other side of the story is that the plaintiff could not be pieased no, matter how hard one would try. and that he preferred to live in New Haven than in Water bury. So to New Haven he went, and then he instituted suit. Dam. ages of s1,500 is claimed.