Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-06
CITY NEWS.

LulueTdu Ctlllrcn ana lnC6rm6nL IL Pine Grove cemetery.
 There will be meeting of Barce- l Iona council this evening. All the mem. bers are asked to attend this meet
 ing and listen to report from the na- tional convention now in session al
 Norfolk. Past Grand Knight, E. B l Kelley, jr is at the convention. Now that the board of health has practically settled the long standing | complaint of nuisance on account of stagnant water at Benedict's pond | they have another job to swing into in South Brooklyn. Assuming that the situation is as bad as represent ed, no time should be lost in looking into the matter and putting stop to it.
 Peter Beaucage of Naugatuck was arrested yesterday for taking $S from Mrs Anna Maxwell, also of Nauga- tuck. The arrest was made by Sher- if O'Brien. Beaueage secured bail and later settled the matter He said the woman gave him the money, made
 him present of it, and he could not understand why in the world she should have him arrested.
 The aldermen have a way of their own of conducting business in con- mittee of the whole. The old plan was to elect a chairman and seCre- tary and when they got to it make a report back just the same as if it were coming from another body al- together. But what's the use vast ing time when things can so right along without delays of that sort?
 In the city court to-day James Gaf- feny was committed to Brookside for ninety days to see if he could not be cured of his evil habit of drinking too much. For lettering and intoXicaIion Daniel Corr was fined ST and costs and Martin McEvoy S and costs For the same offence Peter Perrin was fined $10 and costs and Patrick Hart ford $J and costs. Daniel Slattely was fined $7 and costs for intoxica- ton.
 Mrs Keron Condron died yesterday at her Come on Putnam street, Hart ford. She leaves one son, Franklin Condron and daughter, Mrs Horace Williams. The funeral will be held at the Immaculate Conception church at 9:30 o'clock tomorrow morning The Rev Father Wilson, now assist ant at St Francis Xavier church, this city, will be the celebrant of the mass Mrs Condron had many relatives and acquaintances in Waterbury.
 The chief product of the Water bury Clock Shop. the Ingersol watch, came between prominent sporting men on a special train en route to Saratoga, yesterday. The only scrap on the train worth mentioning oc- cured when Seymour Butler ac- cused Edgar Murphy of taking his (Butler's) eighteen carat Ingersol chronometer. Why" said Murphy to Butler, you never owned an eight day clock, let alone a watch. Furth- ermore, l can prove that you can't tell time when you see it." That's all right" said Butler, but if couldn't tell time any better than you can tell good wine, wouldn't be in either the time or the wine busi- ness"
 People who expected awards of damages of $1OO.OO0 for the layout of Jackson street will be somewhat dis appointed at the finding of the bureau of assessment which was read to the aldermen last night and tabled. The damages mentioned in the report are as follows: Joseph McAuliffe $500; Nicolo PolambO. s2.U00: United Gas Improvement Co. S10OOO: W. F.. Full ton and Michael E. Keeley, S12.- 9T5: William E. Hotchkiss and Charles A. TempletOn. S46T: Waterbury Brass Co. SS,3lO: Connecticut Railway and Lighting Co. s17.655: George PIeller. S4J0: Waterbury Brass Co, S6,OO0 The benefits are as follows: Joseph McAuliffe. sT00: W. F.. Fulton and Michael F. Keeley. s4.32J: w B. HOtchkiss and Charles \. TempletOn. s325: Waterbury Brass Co, S2.lOO; Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co, sl.2OO; Michael F.. Keeley. S2J0: Wa terbury Brass Co. SI.2O0.
 The report of \. J. welton of the state meteorological bureau states the rainfall for the present year has only been POS inches in July. as compared with 29.19 inches for the same month in 1906. The mean temperature for July of the two years is about the same. being 72.15 for July of this year and 72.3 for last July. The hottest day this July was the 18th, when the mercury reached s4. The highest mark last July was Sg. reg istered on the 3rd and 18th. The lowest point reached by the mercury last month was g degrees On the 2Sth. as compared with 45 degrees last year on July :. The rainsln was 22S. and the greatest in twen- ty-fOur hours. 0.77. on the 9th. Dur ing the entire month of July there were only four thunder storms and eight rainy days During July Of last year there were thirteen rainy days with more or less thunder on each occasion
 If your watch Is unreliable, stops occasionally, gains or loses time. don't neglect to have It Overhsuled. Many a good watch Is ruined by in- attention It may only need cleaning. Whatever the trouble the Ups0u Jew elry Co. fsS Bank street. will remedy