Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-23
CITY NEWS.

Certificate of organization has been filed in the office of the secretary of the state by the Spearo Clothing com pany of Waterbury.
 A months mind mass will be cele- brated on Saturday morning at o'clock at St Patrick's church for the late Mrs Mary O'Connor.
 Rogers and Brothers factory, which has been idle the past month, resum- ed work this week. Although almost ali the help is back, the shop is run ming on short hours.
 Howard A. kenworthv and Miss Anna J. Baribault were married yes terday at the home of Mir Ken worthys sister, Mrs I. R. Bissell, Steuben street, Warren park, by the Rev J. f. Vought of the Secoud Bap- tist church, Simonsville.
 Although there are not as many cases of grip in this city as there were a week ago, still the number is large. The mild weather followed by few days of wintry blasts, increases the number of cases materially. The grip has laid up more persons this winter than it has in several years.
 The annual report of the D. B. Will son Co was filed at the town clerks office yesterday. The officers are: President and assistant reasurer, D. B. Wilson: vice president and treasurer, E. w. Wilson; secretary, F. A. Alden; assistant secretary, George $. Stone. The officers act as directors.
 Papers in suit for divorce were served to-day by Deputy heriff John F .O'Brien upon Mrs Frances F. Knowles at the home of her mother, Mrs Packet, 31 Abbott avenue. The plaintiff, Charles H Kn0-les, is a resident of Lucas county, Ohio. The allegations ill the case were not mentioned in the notice of service.
 It is said that the residents of the eastern section of the city are plan ming to organize an improvement so- ciety The taxpayers of the east end think that for the past several years they have been neglected as far as improvements are concerned. A few of them recently got together and dis cussed plans as to the advisability CT forming permanent organization.
 The suit of the city against Harriet F. Seeley and other heirs of the es- tate of the late Edward ScOvill, was down for hearing in the district court to-day, but at the last moment pros pect of a settlement was announced and court suspended for the day. The suit was to recover some few hundred dollars taxes on property situated on Columbia heights.
 Miss Aline Le Comte, daughter of Mrs A. V. Convard, and Herman Frederick Bohl, both of 36S West Main street, were married yesterday afternoon at St Johns rectory by the Rev John x. Lewis, Jr. The at tendants were Mrs Laforge Mohl, mother of the groom, and Miss Marlc Le Comte. Mir and Mrs Boal left for a wedding tour.
 Attorney Abner r. Hayes to-day filed petition in bankruptcy against Mir Chamberlain, who until recently conducted the Raymond lunch in the Odd Fellows building and also the Hotel Waterbury on Center street. His liabilities amount to about S3.OOO and his assets $JO0. lere are eight suits pending against him for wages, amounting to about s1,2OO.
 Mrs D. Zaslave returned yesterday from New York where she has been for the past three weeks on account of the illness of her sister, who died last Sunday morning at 1:15 a. m. from malaria at the home of her parents. Mir and Mrs I. Lischinsky, 25 and 27 Ridge street, New York city. The funeral took place Sunday at.2. D. ID. Burial was in the Wash ington cemetery. Brooklyn.
 The United States recruiting office in this Tty is not overworked these days. tlc slime being rue Ot similar offices in other cities. Young men do not seem as eager to enter the service as they were few years ago and of late very few recruits have been en- listed The small pay of the soldier and sailor and the conditions under which each works seems to be the cause of so few Pnlistments.
 II is thought that the ,ase against John Edward Ney. the salesman charged with embeZzling about SSO from the New Haven Tobacco Co. for which firm he worked. will 6e settled tomorrow morning. Ney's friends in this city have raised SJ0D and as .he New Haven company does not wish To prosecute the young man. it is thought that it will effcct a settlement with tie prOssrutiHg attorney Of New Ha- ven.
 George Ellis was spokesman for a delegation of Wolcott street property owners who appeared before the board 'f public works Monday night and asked to be enlightened regarding tho present. status Of a petition present ssl to the city government some time ago asking for the layout of the upper end of that street He was informed That it is now in the hands of ihe en- -luspr and that the property owners will lp cited tn soon t0 be heard
 \ horse hitchad ID a wagon xifh a load of coal. the driver of which was in a house delivering a bagfui- took fright on North Main street this morning as the fire horses came pFsncing up the street. and with it's heavy load began a mad run The animal was xtOp0e1 just in time near Spencer areHUe bv a delivery clerk who grasped the trailing lines and saved away ouNthe bIt Of the fright enei beast until ne brought him to 6 standstiII.