Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-16
CITY NEWS.

Next Thursday the members of Company G, c. N. G., will have a field day over at Summit.
 Edmond Lamourex of Gardner, Mass, is visiting his sister, Mrs Paul Gallipeau of 95 Cole street. MT Lamourex has travelled extensively and has just returned from a trip in Europe where he visited France, England and Spain.
 Mir and Mrs John Duggan of Bish- op street, left for Ireland a few days ago with the intention of remaining. This couple makes about the sixth that has left the north end this spring for the old country with no intention of returning. The Dug gans were over three years ago ar ranging about property left them by relatives.
 The annual examination for en- trance to the substitute corps of the Bronson library will take place on Friday afternoon, May IT, from ? to o'clock. The questions are pre- pared by Bernard Fitzpatrick and Miss Sperry, the librarian, who serve as a committee of the board of agents. Applicants are expected to have an intelligent knowledge of English literature and current events and must be not less than Is years of age.
 Good farm hands will find no trouble in securing positions for the next six months at salaries of $25 per month and board and lodging. A man who handles that class of help told re- porter to-day that at no time during the history of Waterbury was there greater demand for competent help, and curiously enough, he added, in all his years he never saw less of it in the market. Men can be found by the score, but a great many of them are unreliable and families don't want to have anything to do with them.
 An application has been filed with City Clerk Sandland for the double tracking of North Willow street be- tween Ridgewood and Johnson streets. The city intends to pave this portion of the street and it would be a good scheme to have such tearing up as goes on putting down railroad ties completed before the permanent pavement is laid. This and the matter of changing the pay ing bonds sold at the former meeting from coupon to register bonds will be acted upon at a special meeting of the aldermen Monday night.
 According to the expectations of the lawyers the bill to create the office of assistant prosecuting attor- ney will come before the legislature this week, and all of them are won- dering who will be appointed to the | office. There is not very much compe- titiOn for the office but the few demo- crats who had an idea that there was some chance for them have given it up. Representative Abner F. Hayes was in town last evening and appar- ently very active in the interests of some one. It is common report that | he is ticketed to succeed Wilson H. | Pierce as liquor prosecuting agent, and that he has the support of tbe county commissioners who make the appointment
 A great effort is being made to save the beautiful shade trees on Grandview avenue which come with in the lines of the proposed width of that thoroughfare. The board of public works has promised to make another visit to the premises before deciding one way or the other, and it is likely that they will go there tomorrow afternoon. The trees are ! 75 years of age and many claim that | their advanced age to say nothing oi l their beauty ought to be sufficient tC save them from the ruthless hand o man. Dr Robbins, owner of'the prop erty on which the giant monarch: stand, does not want to lose then
 and the neighbors are loath to SCI them go. too, so that the commission
 CTS are in a tight box.
 4 great many admired the flora
 bed on the green this morning. I looked better than ever before anC to some extent at least makej amends for the soreness created b! i the removal of the band stand. Al the beauty spots about the city lool good and in the opinion of some wht are not in the habit of advocating i lavish expenditures for anything. i
 would pay to have a few more O them. This feeling is shared ever ] by citizens who acclaimed with al their might against the Cooke ant North Main street park, one of then remarking to a reporter to-day tha while he was not in favor of 1t whel | it was put there he shouldn't car to see it removed now. He says h. keeps a nice bouquet in a vase al hi office all the time. but he doesn' want anybody to think that it come from the flower bed at Cooke ant | North Main streets. although they d | happen to be the same kind
 Readers of the Democrat vno con l template becoming benedicts. will find it to their advantage to get tht wedding ring of us. and at the same time look at our large and varied ss l sortment of jewelry. etc. for wedding gifts. Friends of the prospective brides and gr0oms will also do vel | -5T n~w