Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-29
CITY NEWS.

Call and see the assessors to-day or tomorrow. If not you will have 10 per cent added to your ratable property.
 Judge Cowell will talk on "Pa- triotism" at an open meeting of the W. c. T. U. in Hamilton park to- morrow afternoon at -2::3O o'clock.
 Francis P. Guilfoile and Miss Margaret M. Mcdonald will be mar ried at g o'clock tomorrow morn- ing at the Immaculate Conception church.
 A large class of boys and girls received their first communion at St Francis Xavier's church yester- day morning. The children were very neatly attired and behaved in manner which won encomiums on all sides. In the afternoon the girls joined the Holy Angels society and the boys entered the Temperance Ca- dets' association.
 R. K. Brown, F. J. Larkin, Charles E. Egan, Charles G. Belden and Mrs Anneillo Bruss have filed with the city clerk notices of ap- peals from the award of benefits arising from the layout of South Willow street now known as Mead ow street. The cases are return- able to the September term of the superior court. They represent that the awards are not equitable.
 An elderly woman, residing in Oak vile, fell from an incoming trolley car at Oakville last evening and re- ceived bad shaking up, but other wise she was uninjured. The acci dent happened just opposite Davis street in Oakville. The woman had arisen to signal the conductor to stop but before the car stopped she had fallen off. The conductor picked her up and later she was brought home. The woman is unknown to the trol- ley company.
 Johnnie O the Woods, one of the states most famous pedestrians, ar rived in Waterbury yesterday on his semi-annual visit, coming direct from Thomaston. Notwithstanding the warm weather he was attired in two or three ulsters as usual, and wore a straw hat. Upon his arrival he inn mediately applied at the police sta tion for lodgings and was source of much amusement to all he met upon his way for when Johnnie reached the center about 200 children were fol- lowing at his heels.
 The Quassapaug trolley line is swiftly approaching completion, and the company is now putting on the last finishing touches along the line A new spur track has been built from the West Main street trolley line near the overhead trestle of the New Haven road, so that the gravel cars of the Connecticut company can load gravel from the embankment without going to Cotton Hollow for it. The gravel is being used in fill ing in along the line and will save much time in completing the line 10 Quassapaug lake, which is expected to be open some time during the week
 Charles M. Gilman, son of Mir and hIS I1ellTy GllH1dn or Montague City, Mass. and Miss Ruth c. Sher- man. daughter of MT and Mrs Fred erick B. sherman of 1,139 North Main street. were married Saturo.v at noon at the home of the brides parents. The Rev W. F: Dikeman of New Haven performed the cere. mony and the. ring service was used. The ceremony was performed in the living room and the couple stood under an arch of palms and cut flowers as the marriage was sol emnized. The wedding march, Lohengrins, was played by Miss El- sic Dixon, pianist, and Miss Mary De Boms, organist. The bride was gowned in a princess dress of lace net over white silk and carried a bouquet of bridal roses and maiden hair ferns. Miss Mabel Min;ie of Buckingham street and Miss Grace Childs of BOndville. Mass. were bridesmaids and wore blue crepe de chine. John Farnsworth of Turner's Falls, Mass, and Howard Dickinson of Northampton, Mass, cousins of the bride, were best men After reception Mir and Mrs GiI- man left on trip to New York. They will reside at no West Court