Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-24
CITY NEWS.

St JOSepnS Lllnudnlau udHu VIII give a promenade and concert this evening at Concordia hall.
 The regular meeting of First diyi- sion, A. o. H. will be held to-mor- row evening at Hibernian hall.
 Misses Mary Minahan and Mary Lawlor are among the Waterbury contingent that is passing the spring in Atlantic City.
 The Sunday Telegram will publish the list of prize winners at the charity bazaar next Sunday, only paper ill town to print them.
 Mrs Alonzo MacLelland of Luke street is able to be out again. Her two children, Elsie and Sedrick Mac Lelland, who have had scarlet fever, are out of danger.
 Henry s. Chase and Arthur R. Kimball of the Waterbury American sailed to-day for Liverpool, to be gone an indefinite time.
 The new evening class at the Friendly league opens tomorrow at 7:3O p. m. This is for the making of fancy and lingerie waists. There are two vacancies.
 Miss Mary Gloves was in Taunton yesterday for the purpose of meeting Mildred Holland in regard to the former playing the leading role in 'The Lily and the Prince" next sea- son.
 This evening at Eagles hall the Shop Biss Ball league will hold a concert and dance. It will be one of the last opportunities for some time as the hall is soon to be con- verted into vaudeville house. Lal- Hers orchestra will furnish the music for the dancing and for the concert.
 At a meeting of the directors of the Plume X Atwood Mfg Co, yester- day John Booth Burrall was elected treasurer to succeed the late D. $. Plume. H. H. Peck was chosen to fill the vacancy on the board of di- rectors, also caused by the death of Mir Plume. The directors approved the charter amendment, allowing an increase in the capital stock of the company of $25O GOO, making the to- tai $1,25O,OOO
 Daniel Lawlor of this city, who last season played here with the Poli stock company, will not come back to Waterbury during the summer months. Dan" is now playing the part of the villain in ''The Outlaws Christmas" part which he enacts very we'll. The company will con tinue to play right along into the fall and Dan" did not care to give up good part and good salary to come to this city to take chances with the Poli stock company. Complaint was made at the police station last night that the ditch ill Washington street for the high service was poorly protected and needed i'm mediate attention. Word was sent to the city yard and the wat, hman said he would have it looked after. Later at the meeting of the board of public works Mayor ThoLIs called attention to the nattcr aud the superintendent of streets was instructed to get after Long X Little. the contractors who are doing the work. There IS not d great deal of teaming on that street and it would he a good plan to close it while the ditch is open. If this is not done proper precaution should he taken to see that nobody gets into the iiole.
 The officers and teachers of the Second Congregational cnuc ch held a banquet last night at which the Rev James ". Rae of Hartford, secretary of the State Sunday School associa. ton. was the principal speaker. The toastmaster of the evening was the Rev H. Dewitt Williams, the super. intendent of the Sunday school, and the other speakers were tine Rev John G. Davenport, D. D., Mrs Gilman C. Hill. superintendent of the primary department. Wallace H. Camp. Miss Clara l.. Dodge. assistant superin. tendent of the Chinese department, John A. the Waterbury Sunday school association, Miss Alice Thonl- as. superintendent of the Chinese de pertinent. John A. Coe. ir. superin. iendent of the First Methodist Sunday school and Mrs Robert DeLnison.
 John vaill of Town Plot made a very common sense remark at the meeting of the board of public works last night when he said that he would be able to judge better as to whether he was damaged or not by the layout of South Wilson street when he sees the stakes in the ground. Mr Vaill was right. Few fully realize what these things mean until workmen come along and com. mence to fill in or cut down as the case may be. As rule considerably more damage is done by a grade that is disadvantageous than in any other way, but great many don't think so- Quite frequently you see a man make big fuss about the loss of a foot of land that doesn't amount to much anyway, while he is beautifully silent about a grade that leaves him up in the air or down in a hole.
 Readers of the Democrat vrlo con- template becoming benedicts. will find it to their advantage to get the wedding ring of us: and at the same time look at our large and varied as- sortment of jewelry. etc, for wedding gifts. Friends of the prospective brides and grooms will also do well to take the hint. as all our goods are reliable and fully guaranteed The