Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-12
CITY NEWS

Mayor William E. Thons, after be- ing confined to the house the past few days with an attack of indigestion, was out to-day.
 At St Patriek's church on Monday morning at z o'clock there will be a months. mind mass for the late Mrs John English of South Main street
 Annie, the 15-months-old daugh- ter of MT and Mrs Patrick McKenna of 115 Dublin street, died this morn ing. The funeral will take place to- morrow afternoon.
 A trolley car jumped the track at Scovills bridge at noon today and was not got back on time to be of any use to people who wanted to ride to dinner, and many had to foot it or make long fast.
 A delegation of Knights of Colum- bus of this city will go to New Britain tomorrow to see the third degree worked on large class of candidates by Carmody council. The work will be in charge of District Deputy Hearn of Naugatuck assisted by J. A. Nee han.
 Waterville is very much interested in the meeting of the board of agents of the Bronson library called for this afternoon at 4 o'clock to take action regarding the proposition to estab- fish branch library in that part of Waterbury.
 Assignments made in the district court to-day were E. P. Quimbc against E. W. filling, January IS, and for the week following, the h. ternational Book company against J. w. Scully and John Stokes against the Connecticut Railway and Light ing company.
 At bar meeting in the district court to-day Judge Cowell allowed Mayor w E. Thoms $125 fees and costs against J. B. Wooster. This is sequence to the suit of Ho- ratio N. Clark of Watertown against ]. B. Wooster. who was represented by Mayor Thoms. Mir Wooster is resident of California.
 Michael Quilter of Maple street and John Mclean of Grandyiew ave- nue were arrested to-day on a charge of breach of the peace. Quilter. last evening elected his wife from his home in a very unceremonious man. ner. MeLean's wife was the recipient to-day of several blows delivered by her husband and when Detective Co., lesanto arrived at the house she C h hnuod tho ofocts nP Ng.,I oon-~ r,,,,., work.
 There were almost 1,s00 people at Polls last evening. but on several oc- casions the attendance was bigger. Manager Harry Parsons said to-day that the production of last evening was the same as given in Hartford and other Connecticut cities. One of the leading members of the company stated last evening after the perfor- nance that it was an imposition on the public to leave out some of the pest scenery.
 The salary of Charles Herman, a clerk in Woolworth's ten-cent store on East Man street, was attached to- day for board bill of s1O claimed by William Henderson. a driver for the Scovill Manufacturing Co. Later Sheriff Hannah of Watertown. hear ing that Herman looked like some one he was officially looking for. came to town and gazed at him only to find that he was not the man. The sheriff's man is said to have collected bills ard sold goods that did not be- long to him.
 Willis P. Sweatman. who portrayed he role of the colored gentleman fin George Washington. IT," last even ng. is an uncle of Benjamin Piatt of his city. Mir Sweatman is an old ime minstrel man and was one of he highest hlackface men in min- trelsy. Sweatman was at one time ,iven fattering offer to go to Eng and to appear in a vaudeville sketch, ioing four theaters in one night. but leclined the offer as he wished to tay in this country.