Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-13
CITY NEWS.

Miss AIollie Corbett of New Haven is the guest of Miss Margaret Walsh of Baldwin street.
 Attorney James A. Hurley of New York was a visitor to his home in this city yesterday.
 Attorney Benjamin Marcus, for merly of this city, now of New York, is visiting relatives in this city.
 c. P. Goss was yesterday elected a director in the Stanley Works corporation at New Britain.
 MT and Mrs Thomas F. Jackson of North Willow street left to-day for a months vacation in Florida.
 Mrs George L. Lilley, wife of Con- gressman Lilley, held a reception at The Willard in Washington Tuesday afternoon.
 A petition in bankruptcy has been filed for White & Mohr, the coLtfac- torfs. Their assets are $3,a9O and their liabilities $14,SS2.96. William Haugh, who has been in San Francisco the past year, has TO- turned to town. He intends to re- main here for few months.
 The Rev J. J. Curtin of Waterbury and James M. Curtin of New Britain have been appointed guardians over the estate of the children of the late John NJ. Curtin of New Britain. Michael Lane was committed to jail to-day for thirty days for in toXication. He was found hammer ing at the door of saloon in the center after hours last night. John Blade was also up" for intoXl"a- tion. He was sent down for ten days.
 A suit to recover $26S.50 has been brought by Max Cassell and Lyman Alexander against Philip Segal, an attachment for $500 was made also. | On common counts the suit was brought. The plaintiffs claim to have sold the defendant dry goods and clothing to the above amount. The suit of Edgar Sutton against the Phoenix Bridge company for damages of S100 has been determined in favor of the plaintiff by Judge Burpee. Sutton supplied half dozen workmen l to the defendant company, paying | their railrad fare and board for cer- l tain period. This the company de- nied, partly, but rendered Sutton S1665 The judgment given him was for that amount.
 Yesterday afternoon about S.45 the fire department was called by box 42 to the Mccarthy & Moore block at 3S1 South Main street. Some clothes in a closet of the ten ement occupied by the family ot Charles Zell on the third floor ha6 become ignited and burned briskly. The chemical engine extinguished the blaze The fire is thought to ! have been caused by children play ing with matches. The loss was $50
 The Waterbury Bedstea! corpany is closing out it's bankrupt stock at 37 Union street and is offering everything in stock for 50 cents on the dollar. The stock consists cl beds, springs, mattresses, couches, comfortables. mattings, etc, and are all new goods. The sale is now on and will continue until everything is closed out The store will ba open every evening until 10 D. Tn Remember the place. 37 Union street, formerly Donnelly's plumbing shop.
 If you are not sure footed in slip pery weather, buy pair of creepers for fifteen cents and save yourself the trouble of picking yourself up from the icy walks, to say nothing of the risk of a broken limb. They are wOn- derful things. and it is q wonder any body ventures out without them in this kind of weather. A man who tried them for the first time to-day told a Democrat reporter that if he couldn't replace them for the same price. he wouldn't part with them for large amount of money.
 John J. Geraghty of the Second Ward Improvement association ha. assurances from Congressman George L. Lilley that every possible efuri is being made to secure the service ] of a mounted mail carrier for Cpptl Cooke and Hill streets, and Jthe. outlying sections of that ward. Il Mir Geraghty gets the man on horse back he will have gained a lap oI all the other town clubs. some O whom are much older than the On' in the second ward. But the earll bird does not always catch tn' worm.
 In the city court. civil side. this af ternoon. Judge Burpee heard the con tention between Robert ". Tyler oi Waterbury agaist Frank Daley Oi watertown in which a gasoline engine was involved. Tyler claimed he sOlt the engine to Daley for S1tO. s2o casl and the balance in payments of g. Daley represented he owned land iI watertown worth S4.Gs0 with an en ] cumbrance of S5JO. It is Ciaime, Daley failed to make his payments ana did not own the land he said he did Decision was reserved. The defens' was a general denial. and damages of s1Oo was claimed.
 Thomas O'Neill. an employe of th' Valentine Bohl company. has institut esi prOceesiings against the Conneeti cut company for damages of S5.tss O-Nein was a passenger On a tTOiley car on January II and as the car wal going along West Main street 1t jump ei q switch. throwing 0NeiH ana another passenger. named Patricl Walsh of the platform to the grUun,l 4 settlement for S1J0 is szId b hav' been made with Walsh, but O'NeiII