Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-15
CITY NEWS.

Military band dance at Goodwill
 hall, Waterville, Friday evening.
 Miss Dorothy Mason of this city is | the guest of Miss Margaret Barnard
 of Wilmington, Del.
 Andrew Cunningham of 939 Bald
 win street, who has been seriously 1 ill with pneumonia, is now on the
 mend and will soon be in the enjoy.
 ment of his former good health. ] Among the members of the G. A. 1 R. who went on q sail down the Con- ! necticut river after the eneampment i at Middletown last week were Will ] liam Tyrrell and William Thomas of
 this city. s 1 This is the last day for paying wa ter rents without the percentages.
 For the accommodation of people who may find it convenient to call this evening MT Reeves will keep his | office open between the hours of and o'clock.
 The Penny Prevalent bank at the Friendly league will close for the summer tomorrow, Saturday, May Is, The hour is from 3:30 to 4:30, All depositors should be on hand promptly if they wish to make with drawals or deposits.
 List of advertised letters: Mrs r. Boisyert (River street. Miss Ruth Clay Charles B. Collins. Mrs C. l.. Davis t3l w. NJ. Davis, Henry Lesco, Miss Bea- trice Laraine, Miss Ella J. Loomis, NJ. A. Lohse, Ernest Monk, Miss Mag gie McNally, Charles E. Nickerson.
 The case of the Hotchkiss Paper company against Winford E. Hotch- kiss for damages of $15,000 has been withdrawn from court. Attor- ney Root, counsel for the plaintiff to- day filed notice for the withdrawal with Clerk Marsh of the superior court. The contention was a fam fly dispute.
 Frank J. Stapleton and Chris Rus sell, two rival merchants are exea- vating for handsome new blocks on their respective properties. The Stapleton site will have to be work ed through solid rock before the proper depth is reached for the cellar bottom. Both blocks will be attrac- tive ones.
 If the city fathers are going to make an effort to safeguard streams or bodies of water, so that the lives of children will not be endangered, they might call up on East Farm street and see one of the worst holes in the city. It is dangerous spot for young and old, as the stream runs into sluiceway beneath the Chase Rolling mill.
 Joseph Slavin of Hamilton avenue and Joseph Walsh of South Main street, students at Nillanova college visited at their homes in this city yesterday. To-day they were to play with Nillanova against Trinity at Hartford. James Savage of Soutl- ington, also well known in this city is a member of the team and called on several of his friends in town yester- day.
 North end people call the att tion of Alderman Peter Hook to the fact that an electric light is badly needed at the corner of North Main and East Farm streets. There is no darker spot in the city as one passes by the factory on Farm street. There is some dispute as to just where the light should be placed but the McLinden corner is the proper location.
 The green never looked prettier at this season than it does to-day. The flower beds are getting along nicely and in a week or so more they will he we'll worth travelling miles 10 see. It is easier to save them from harm now than in the days when the town was full of cur dogs and Caretaker McEvoy couldn't leave The place for a minute with out running the risk of seeing the beds torn to pieces on his return.
 The contributions 10 the Anti-Tu- berruIosis league continues and aI- though they are being made rather ] slowly nevertheless the money is ac- cumulating The church of the Im- maculate Conception through the Right Rev. Monsignor William !. Sln- cum has just donated $IO to the cause other recent contributors were the Loyal Pride of the Valley Lodge, No :. 2s3. S10: First Methodist church SLIGO: total contributions s1.2naI.
 There promises to be much com petition among the stores on North Willow street. The opening of bakery in the Carroll block at the corner of North Willow and Ridge wood streets has caused John Tato. the fruit man. to make display of pies. cakes and cookies in his win dow at marked down prices. The cellar is being dug for the store which is to be opened next to Tato's and will be ready within a few weeks.
 Among the motions on the short l calendar list to-day before Judge was one for judgment by default in the suit of Mrs Emma i StrObel CHrran against her brother, George J. Strobei. Announcement 1 was made that by agreement of coun- sci an answer to the complaint shall i b. made within two weeks. if not judgment shall be given the plain | iii. \ few weeks ago a bill of par .icuIars vas filed showing that the ! plaintiff had given the defendant ! from time to time certain sums of money amounting to about sz.oOn.
 There shall be no setmsl hearing 0f the case of the Knights of Co., lumlus against certain Of the mem I 'gers to ascertain he oHnsrShip of I s0me sszI .nea. a fund vhieh has