Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-15
CITY NEWS.

A daughter has been born to Mir and Mrs Jacob When of 994 South Main street.
 Come Monday or Tuesday forenoon with Upson, Singleton x Go tickets. Store closes Tuesday at noon.
 Letters have been received from T. H. Hayes in Ireland to the effect that he is enjoying himself, the coun- try looks good, and the weather, a condition always to be considered in Ireland, was delightful. He expects to begin his homeward bound trip on July 26.
 There will be an important meet ing of the Painters, Paper Hangers and Decorators union this evening in Carpenters hall. William F. Me- Carthy of Boston, the general or ganizer, will be here and will have something of importance to say to those who will be present.
 The anniversary of the fall of the French bastile, and the birth of the re- public in that country was observed yesterday at Pine Grove under the auspices of the Sadi Carnot club and L'Union Franchise. Many not of French descent took part in the festi- vities, which included speechmakins by X. Dreyer and Ralph Bramdley and music by Lallier's and the Lith- uanian band.
 The members of the St Karl Barro- ans club and number of friends from, Naugatuck and Merlden, en- joyed an outing on Town Plot yester- day. FThe principal event of the after noon was ball game between the St Cecela's, and the Nine Germans of Naugatuck, which the former won by the score of 13 to s. Batteries were Eichman, Rappelt and Hench; Kings ley, Zehnder and Kraus. Umpire, s. Lucas.
 c. K. Flanders of Hartford spoke at Grace Baptist church on Kings bury street last night in support of the effort being made by the State Baptist society to raise by subscrip- tion the S55,000 which the society lost through its connection with Will liam Walker of New Britain. AL ready s31,000 has been raised and it is expected that the balance will have been received by the close of the first year.
 A battle royal took place Satur- day evening in the rear of The Elton on Prospect street between E. w. 'Biggerstaff's bulldog Balfour and At torney E. F. Coles shepherd Darby. Local sports have paid as much as s10 a ticket to see dog fights, but they never saw one to equal this. Balfour got Darby by the leg and a box of matches was used under his jaws to force him to let go, and he still held on. A large crowd gath cred and various were the sugges- tions made to part the brutes. his stick on Balfour's nose, wishing no doubt it was the nasal protuber- ance of the great English statesman, and that had the desired effect. Both dogs were severely cut up.
 While ascending North Willow Sdftl III lilS auNoAAbDlit ldSI tfenAilS about o'clock. Henry Stacllnan and party, encountered little trouble near Clowes's steps. As the machine was passing over the car tracks the gasolene tank ran dry and the auto became stalled between the rails. A Waterville car was cominw down tho line. and as Mir Stackman had not the time 10 get out of his machine and stop the car. he did the only thing that could be done. Standing in the machine he shouted to the motorman of the Oncoming car. and waved his hands 10 show that he was stalled. The car was brought to a halt. The automobile was pushed on the track. and after some gasolene was pro- cured. went on its way again.