Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-18
CITY NEWS

| On Tuesday next Attorney John F. McGrath and his wife will leave for Savannah to be gone an indefinite period.
 Miss Edith Scranton of North Will, low street left to-day to spend two weeks vacation with relatives in New York and Orange. N. J. Although the snow of yesterday was light 1t made fairly good sleigh ing, but early this afternoon 1t looked as If rain was going to spoil 1t, much to the disappointment of sew eral sleighing parties that were form ing.
 Linford F. Root and wife will leave Sunday morning for trip to the West Indies and will not return till April. Had MT Root carried out his original plan he would have been in Kingston, Jamaica, during the earthquake. He had arranged to put up at the Myrtle Bank hotel which was wrecked.
 This World Doomed" is the title of series of two articles which Will liam Moulthrop of 69 Cherry street, this city, has written to prove that the end of all things is now very close at hand. He draws the facts on which he bases his prophecies from the Bible and recent earthquake his- tory. The first of the articles will be printed in Sundays Republican. l c. A. Colley has got himself into a peck of trouble over the water question. His position has pleased so many that movement has been started to run him for mayor next fall on an independent ticket. Mir Colley declares that he does not want the nomination or the office, but the foes of the meter insist that he will be obliged to accept, and there you are.
 The annual banquet of the Lumber Dealers association of Connecticut will be held at The Elton on Thurs day, February z. Albert Schumacher, secretary and treasurer of the Brass City Lumber Co, is president of the association and expects to see about IuO members here on the date of the spread. The banquet will start at 2 o'clock and some interesting after dinner speeches are expected. Lieu tenant-Governor Lake of Hartford is . a member oI the association and as Governor Rollin Woodruff has re- ceived an Invitation, both might be present at the banquet.
 Notwithstanding the fact that the winter has been mild. the number ot persons that have applied to the char ity department for aid is about the same as last year. The number on the grocery list is trifle smaller than usual. but otherwise the figures are about the same. At the present time there are about no persons al the Brookside home, some of whom have been sent there by the depart ment while others have been taken there as result of coming into con tact with the city court. The de- partment is paying the same number of rents that it has the past couple of years and furnishing fuel to about an equal number
 The lawyers are complaining of business. They say it was never so dull at this season of the year before and that unless things brighten up some of them will have to take up some other business. They have noth- ing to do but count their money and one lawyer counted his so often few days ago that he finally made up his mind he had four hundred thousand in the bank. but when he woke up lhe had only four without the hundred thousand Lawyers like to surprise , themselves once in a while. but un- . less things pick up they will be able ito afford only half bottle of wine at . their next banquet. At the last one . they had one bottle and some one l came near walking on with that. Ex- . cepting some small matters like board . bills and tax bill and little politics occasionally, they may be said to be out of job.