Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-22
CITY NEWS.

Mrs P. J. Brennan of 27 Johnson avenue. is seriously i'll with neuritis.
 Oficer John Bergin Is confined to |his home on Union street because of illness. Joseph Riley and Miss Celia Ar mold of Baldwin street, were married in New Haven on Friday afternoon.
 The board of public works held an outing this afternoon and toured the first, second and third districts. The presidents of the various so- cieties that have been working for the charity bazaar are requested to meet in the secretary's ofice in City hall this evening to receive returns for tickets.
 w. F. Downey, whose home is on Melton street, who at one time was clerk at the Connecticut and later at the Winthrop in Meriden, is now em- ployed at the Hotel Worthy in Springfield.
 All persons having combination tickets on picture of Mons!gnor Slo- cum will kindly make returns before 9:30 o'clock tonight at Children or Mary's booth, to Miss N. Higgins at Charity bazaar.
 Yesterday morning Frank Chis- holm, a graduate of Booker T. Wash I ington institute, spoke in St Johns church. In the evening he was heard at the First Congregational church. His theme was the need of better educational facilities for the colored people of the south.
 Last evening a big brush fire in the woods some distance beyond Cal vary cemetery attracted considerable attention and passengers on the Cheshire line watched the blaze with interest. The fire lighted the sky so that the blaze made 1t appear as though some big building was going up in smoke.
 I George Champlain, who has been at the Waterbury hospital since Sat urday, March 2, the morning of the railroad wreck pear Riverside park, in which he was injured, has almost fully recovered from his injuries, and at the hospital to-day it was stated that in all probability he would return to his home in New Haven this week.,
 John O'Donnell and John Purcell, while driving out West Main street last evening, collided with a heavy wagon and were thrown from their carriage. Purcell received a frac- , ture of the collar bone, while O'Don- nell bled profusely from several cuts. , The fellows were taken to the home . lof George Partree nearby and later removed to their homes.
 I J. !. Kelly, financial secretary of Sheridan, council, K. of C., will be at the office of the general secretary of the Charity bazaar committee in city hall tonight, to receive money and books from members of the coun- lcil. James Carroll. of the Second division, A. o. H., will be there, too; \ for the accommodation of members of the division who have returns to make.
 Colonel Liscom camp, Spanish War veterans of Waterbury, will be greatly encouraged if the friends and . relatives of deceased veterans will kindly inform the Memorial day committee of the names and where buried. All information will be gratefully received by Chairman w. J. Hawthorne, 423 East Main street Comrade Gus Asheim, 1S0 South Main street and any comrade of the camp.
 The Films, jr won a double header , yesterday defeating the East Ends in the morning at the golf lots by the score of. II to 1. The feature of the game was the pitching of Kennedy for the Films; the East Enders only having two hits. In the afternoon game the Films beat the Brass City team. "A to IA. The Films would like to play any junior team in the city. Any team wishing a game call or write to the Goodwill Socia club, 27 Ridge street.
 The members of the local Jewish societies gave an entertainment las night in Speedwell hall, in aid of thu sufferers in Roumania. The pro i, gram was as follows: Overture by tn, De Vito orchestra; song, Holy City, Miss Addie Myers; recitation, Will
 Father Die?" Helen Mendelbaum
 address, "The Young Man of To 7 day" Samuel Zellick; violin solo, "I Trovatore, Louis Raphael and Mis- Anna Zaratowski; quartet. "The Sol emn Oath" A. Promsell, Mrs Feitle son, Miss Celia Goldstein, Miss Esthe Goldstein: song, Love Me and tn, 1 World is Mine," Miss Addie Meyers v Reclamation, A. Promsell: Marsel
 aise, violin.
 John Lukuwics of Westfield, wh
 has been at the Brookside home fol
 several days, and who started out t beat Dr Tanners long fast, change, ;. his mind Saturday, and has such al u appetite now that if friends had no
 come to the rescue the board of chari
 ties soon would be looking for a spe
 cial appropriation. He was visite,
 by his brothers to-day and appeare,
 glad to meet them. They are goo, s people and show a disposition to d
 all theys can to bring their brothe
 back to his rational mind. He wa 'i all right until he paid visit to thi
 city. After that he didn't kno,
 what he was doing and in this re
 spect his condition has undergone n change since ho was eanf fo fh