Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-15
CITY NEWS.

evening.
 The ladies of St Patrick's parish will hold a business meeting in the parish hall tomorrow night at 5 o'clock.
 Miss Elise Carret left Sunday af- ternoon for Providence, R. l., where she will attend the commencement at Brown university. Her brother is member of the class '08.
 Bernard O'Neill has purchased of James E. Roe his two family house and barn situated at IS and 20 East Liberty street. The sale was made through the agency of Daniel F. Far rington of 337 East Main street.
 Bernard Costello, aged three years, son of Mir anrd Mrs Thomas Costello of Stone street, died at the family residence yesterday afternoon. The funeral was held this afternoon at o'clock with interment ln Calvary cemetery.
 Miss Margaret E. McNamara will leave for New York Wednesday evening and leave there for Clifton Springs, N. Y, where she will re- main until August 1, then join a party of friends to go to the White Mountains.
 The members of St Joseph's T. A. society who are to participate in the parade at Torrington June 20 will drill in St Patrick's hall tonight at 7:30. Adjourned meeting of the soci- ety will take place after the drill in the same hall.
 The bans of marriage were pub lished at the ii o'clock mass at the Immaculate. Conception church yester- day for the first time between Fran cis r. Guilfoile and Miss Margaret M Mcdonald who will be married on Tuesday, June 30.
 Center street merchants are now talking of an electric arch to give people better light in that street. With Center and Grand streets at their intersection with Bank street brilliantly illuminated all the other streets will soon want to fall into line.
 An important meeting of the oili- cers of the Catholic Wolnen's associ- ation will be held this evening. Every officer is expected to be present 80 that the financial affairs of the associ- ation may be settled, as no moro class work will be held until the fall.
 Leonard E. Auty, tenor, has been engaged as a permanent member of the First Congregational church choir. Mrs George Tracy of Hart ford, formerly Miss Wagner of this city, sang with the choir yesterday and her soprano solo was very well rendered. Frank D. Davis, the well known hackman, can be found at Shepard's stables at 20 Brook street Shepard has just moved his stables from Sco- will street, and Cabman Davis goes with him back to the spot where he started in the public hack business about twenty-five years ago.
 A party of young men and young women numbering about 50 sailed for Ireland on the Cunarder Caronia last Saturday from New York, expecting to remain away the wltole summer. The majority of the party were shop hands and as the shops are not running full time, they concluded they could spend their time to better advantage, all things considered, in the old land.
 Although yesterday was flag day it was generally observed to-day in ac- cOrdance with the request of Gov ernor Rollin S. Woodruff. Old Glory was flying in the breeze from many houses yesterday and 1t was also much in evidence to-day, although as many flags as usual were not to be seen near the center of the city. The day was not generally observed in the schools because class day exercises will be held tomorrow.
 A meeting of the business men of Grand and Bank streets will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at Benson's furniture store to foment a permanent organiza- ton for the purpose of throwing more lights upon these thorough fares. It Is expected that every merchant on Grand street, both sides of Bank street, and on Bank street for a considerable distance north and south of Grand. will be present and take part in the delib- erations.
 Some of the residents of Cooke street are very much displeased over the kind of road material thrown on that street Saturday. They admit that the street needs attention but not the kind 1t is receiving just now They want to know If the business of crushing stone has become a lost art fin Waterbury and suggest that the expensive crusher going to decay in the city yard he started up and stone broken up before 1t is hauled onto the streets and then filed into wagons and carted away again.
 Clarence Hollister, craureur for John B. Burrall, has been notified to appear in court at West Haven to- morrow morning and answer to a charge of overspeeding. Mir BurraD let the chauffeur take the machine yesterday to give some friends a spin and he headed them towards New Haven and kept going until he reached there. He doesn'. believe that he exceeded the speed limit and says that if they have anytaing on him it is for not lighting his lamps on schedule time. However, two off, cers dropped into town today and had chat with him about the affair They left with the understanding that Mir Hollister will be on hand when called, and no doubt ke will keep his word.