Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-18
CITY NEWS.

The Upson, Singleton & Co have a
 special line of suits for short men,
 SIP to $19.
 The stamp station of the Penny
 Prevalent bank at the Friendly
 league will be open to the public on
 Saturday afternoons from 3:30 to
 4:30.
 The annual reports of the local
 savings banks show the total amount
 of money on deposit here to be
 $12,476,615.76 This sum is de-
 posted by 90,077 persons. The ac- counts range from less than $1 to very large sums and in many in stances represent the savings of a life time.
 What a change is taking place in the west end where the work in con-
 nection with the new Union station
 is being done. Work has been started
 on the foundation for the new station
 and within a few weeks it will be
 well under way. Much filling in is
 being done and this continues every day, as the amount of filling yet to be finished is large. Although couple of the wholesale dealers have moved
 their business, some are still at their old stands, but will have to be soon on the move as the time allotted by the railroad has almost expired.
 Business was light in the city court to-day. Michael Lyons was committed to jail for thirty days for intoXication. Elmer Halstead and John Wall were charged with violat- ing the probation law by not paying their fines. Wall had paid $1 out of a fine of $5 and costs and Halstead owed $1 out of like fine. Suspen- sion of the old sentence was in each case revoked. Alexis Daudis had run in with a fellow countryman two weeks ago and fled to Holyoke. An other man was engaged in the row and a week ago he was fined $15 and costs. A similar fine was inn posed on Daudis to-day.
 Harmony lodge, F. of A. M., en- tertained a number of out of town visitors last night, including David L. Durand of Los Angeles, a past master of Harmony lodge. During the evening John H. Clark was made the recipient of beautiful white lambskin apron, as a token of the fiftieth anniversary of his elevation to the office of master mason. Short addresses were delivered by Letson T. Wooster of Seymour, William Webb, oldest member of the lodge; ;11o Augustus I. Goodrich, the Rev R. A. Nichols, c. c. Commerford, John A. Stringer, Henry w. Atwood and Howard E. Chapman, the master of the lodge.
 At a meeting of the board of troller Russell said that he had ex- amined the accounts of the city and the amount of $5,000. It was then voted to recommend to the aldermen that $2,500 be appropriated for ad- ditional water supply, $500 for Hamilton park, and $1,000 for pub lie lands and buildings. The matter of increases in salaries for the fire | men went over to the next meeting. blIl Ol llC OOtS lOl Sc ] hire was referred to the City at- torney for an opinion as to whether l it can legally be paid by the city. | The warden was ordered paid S400 l on account, and the board also ap- | proved the rent of the pound at Rig | ney's stables, which amounts to S5 | a month.
 A wedding occurred Wednesday ev- ening at the home of MT and Mrs Will liam J. Simpson of Plainville. when their daughter, Miss Anna Matilda | Gordon Simpson, became the bride of | Robert John Dick, a we'll known | young Waterburian. The marriage was sOlemnized in the south parlor of the house before a bank of palms ferns, carnations, chrysanthemums. and foliage. Rev J. A. Churchill. pas tor of the Methodist church. officiat- ed. using the impressive ring service. The young couple were unattended, but preceding them in the march from the front parlOr. where the brid- al party formed, to the south parlor, where the ceremony was performed, were the brides six brothers, Harry. James. Hugh. John. William and Rob- srt. The procession entered to the strains of the wedding march. render sd by Miss Josephine Churchill. The bride was gowned in white silk and wore a bridal veil. She also carried a shower bouquet of bridal roses. The house was beautifully decorated for the occasion, autumnal eolors pre- dominating. The front parlor was be- iecked with carnations and autumn leaves and presented a particularly attractive appearance. Among thes gifts was a purse of s1OO in gold from the family The groom is en- DIoyed as a maehinist and toolmakeri by the Waterbury Brass company Af- ter a wedding trip to New York and D. C.. Mir and Mrs Dick Till reside in Waterbury. where they sill be at home to their friends afteri December l.