Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-21
CITY NEWS

A boy was born yesterday to Mr and Mrs James Kelleher of 816 Bald win street.
 Holders of '.U. s. & Co tickets" can get their presents on Monday, the day before Christmas.
 The new officers of Division 2, A. o. H., were installed last night by J. F. Calvin.
 A public hearing will be held to. morrow morning in the aldermanic chamber on the appropriations as fixed and approved by the aldermen.
 Comptroller M. D. Russell Is out a handsome umbrella, a present he re- .ceived from friends in Ireland. while visiting therc Inst summer. It wns taken from Eagles hall last evening, no doubt by mistake.
 Last evening a number of yonng men met in the Citizens bank build ing and organized a literary and so- cial club to be known as Gamma Chi Phi. O1hcers were chosen as follows: President. w. 8. Brakenridge: first vice-president, Walter Hodgkinson: second vice-president. David Bolger; secretary. Willard A. Roberts; treas- urer. Frank Minnaman.
 John Blade was the only one be- fore Judge Peasley In the city court to-day. He was charged with intoxi- cation and nou-support of his wife and three children. Omcer Tehan arrested him yesterday at 260 Bank street, where he was b0thering pass ersby. Blade had nothing to say for himself and for intoxication he was committed to jail for thirty days and on the other charge he was given sixty days.
 The preliminary step towards clearing the ground for the new St Mary's hospital building at Union and Franklin streets was made to- day. when JameS Murphy of Bridge street with a force of assistants start ed to take down the barn and stables recently vacated by Martin Bergin's Sons, undertakers. Mir Murphy bought the lumber and will use it in the construction of . barn and stable on his property at Cheshire.
 A ramonstrance has been filed against the saloon conducted by Mrs t.eorge Knapp. at the entrance to the driving park on the Watertown road Attorney Btonson. counsel for the re- monstrants appears anxious to try out the matter and to-day tried to set . date for the hearing with .At- torney Lynch. counsel for Mrs Knapp. Whether or not this rcmon- sfrsnce 10 the same that was filed arainst the place when lt was con ducfed by Mrs Knapp is not certain. hut it seems to De, for 1t was never dlspoeed of.
 Mir Elton's remarks at the meeting of the board of aldermen "Wednesday night havp occastoned . lot of com meut. what he is reported ak hay ine said meets with general approval, but q great many don't Ike what he and his colleagues did. If Mir Elton believed tn keeping the rate of taxa- tjon down why didn't he approve the recommendation of the board of finance and let It stay at 14 mills and --Io, Instead of pushing it up 10 fsy" is a question almost everybody you hear dIscuB the question want an- sxereA
 At . meeting Of the board of finance yeaferdsy afternoon it vas votet to recommend 10 the aldermen shaf pefm1nsiou be obtained fron the xsnerni nnssmbiy for sn additional bona tmuo ef o1s.oee to complete the nxGn wo1os uryico h ufookIyn- A e1tck voo recslvs1 frum ! ". usruo- truognfer ef the old Ccuier r<hool 61nnr1rf afnl1ne fsnd. for tho % Gf G3.f14 1E1 vlD o0oo for FIT o@1 00ff1 m n11tu1f 1oo IT :||'