Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-10
CITY NEWS.

Upson, Singleton & Cos.
 The Rev John G. Davenport, pas 1 tor of the Second Congregational
 church, will leave tomorrow for a | trip to the south.
 X surprise party was held on Sat
 urday evening at the home of Ed 1 ward Duane of 42 East Liberty street During the evening enjoyable selections were rendered by quar- tette consisting of E. Crecm, J. Irion,
 G. Shepard and G. Morrissey: piano selections by Lillian Walker, Nora
 Fitzmaurice and B. Burke; buck and
 wing dancing by Joseph Shea and Frank Shannahan.
 The signs No Smoking Allowed'
 in the Naugatuck station might just
 as we'll be taken down for all the
 good they do there. Any afternoon
 that one happens to drop into the station he will find smokers enjoy ing their pipes as though smoking
 was allowed. Yesterday afternoon shortly before the 2:49 train left the station there must have been about twelve foreigners in the sta tion smoking pipes.
 The Rev MT Pickop, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church of Thor- aston; the Rev MT Holmes, pastor of the Congregational church in Wa tertown; the Rev Sherrod Soule, pas tor of the Congregational church ir Naugatuck, and the Rev MT Stack man, pastor of the Congregational church in Cheshire, were present at the meeting of the Waterbury Min isters' club held in the Second Con- gregational church yesterday after noon.
 The railroad commissioners gave hearing at the Capitol in Hartford yesterday upon the petition of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad company for approval of the method of construction of the proposed trolley line from Woodbury to Waterbury. No opposition de- veloped to the plan. First Select man Charles s. Curtiss Of Woodbury was present for that town and En- gineer T. Charles Hart for the rail- road company.
 This was a beautiful sunshiny day and prompted many to get into the open who have not ventured out be- fore since the real cold season set in. Just one week of this Kind of wea- ther and anybody who is able and willing to work will experience no difficulty ill getting all he can swing into. There Is lots to do. but con- tractors have not yet commenced to organize gangs of workmen and as a consequence many are idle, but this state of affairs will not last much longer.
 In the city court to-day Judge Burpee imposed fine of $3 and costs on James Rigney. a hack driver for disorderly conduct ill front of the Chinese restaurant on South Main street last evening. There was only one other case before the court and no one could make either head or tail out of 1t. Rocco D'Ambrosi, ii seems, owed a sister-in-law of An tonic Carlino SC and late late evening, D'AmbrOsi accosted CarlinO and de- manded the money. What followed no one could make out, as the parties did not speak intelligibly to make themselves understood, consequently the case was dismissed without wit ness fees.
 Of the large number of cases that were down for hearing in the district court, criminal side. the following have been disposed of: Michael Hun nihan, assault s15: John T. Sullivan, policy, s1O6.75; Maurice Sullivan. policy. s55.75; William Scully, policy, s56.1S; George Phelan. policy, s31.75; Eugene Sirica, hunt ing without a license. $30: Michael Palette. receiving stolen goods SEQ: Martin Dalton. disorderIy house. s116.7O; Gladys Gray disorderly house. $l03.SS: Herbert Snow. viola tiOn of city ordinance. continued Sarafino Gianette, breach of the peace. nolled for sS252; Edward LOnergan, keeping open his saloon. noIled. for $50: Andrea Scopetta. breach of the peace. nolled for s14.52 and DOmenico ScOpetta. breach of the peace. nolled for S25.
 The Hon James II. Higgins. g.y- ernor of Rhode Island. was in town yesterday as the guest of A. J Lar- kin of WOodlawn terrace and A. tnrney F. P. Gui1fOile. They paid a visit to Mayor Thoms and other prominent democrats. It was stis! to-day that the visit of Governor may result in the bringing out of Mayor ThOms az candidate for governor Of Connecticut this fall. but whether this is SD or not nobody appears tO know. In any case t Is well known that Governor Higgins. who is a strong democrat. von out in a very doubtful state. and cen republicans are nov saying that v.fh Lilley on one side and ThOms on the other in race for governor. Thoms would come in ahead easily Gov ernor Higgins Is not a large man. but he is all there and talks like me who feels that if the democrats Bus their shoulders 1O the wheel at the coming election they Eill undoubfed- iy push the other fellows outside ghc breastw0rks. capture the white house and give the country a s,sw years peace and prosperity. 
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