Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-26
CITY NEWS.

There will be an anniversary mass tomorrow morning at z o'clock at the Immaculate Conception church
 for the late Mrs Annie Sweeney of River street.
 James d.. Fitzgerald has purchased
 from William w. Schofeld threc-
 family house, 25-27 Laurel street.
 The sale was made through the agency of Daniel T. Harrington, 337 East Main street.
 The big alteration sale at the Vein
 stein Cloak store 6S South Main street
 is now in full blast and will continue
 for the remainder of the week. The. prices which now prevail at this pop
 ular cloak store will be no more after
 Saturday so those who desire bar gains in ladies suits, skirts, coats, waists Or millinery will do we'll to call and look over some of the bar lsl lias before the windup.
 VI Beginning tomorrow and continu- ing for four days the Union Clothing Co at 194 Bank street, in the Buck ingham building, will conduct big l clearance sale. Big reductions have been made in every department in both the ladies' and the gentlemen's garments and every article may be de- pended upon as being of the latest style Liberal credit will be given to any who desire it. This sale opens tomorrow and will continue for four days.
 Thomas Farley. an agent for the Singer Sewing Machine O.. and James Bracken, machinist for the FarreR Foundry Go will leave town for New York tomorrow morning and sail on the Cunarder Lusitania for trip to Ireland. It's twenty years since MT Farley was on the old sod and he proposes to take jaunt all over it this time. The length of the visit will depend upon the wealth CT and general conditions.
 While the city fathers are out Fri day it is hinted that they may decide
 to take spin up to the Branch and see how things look up there. To be sure, fault has been found with the cost of outings to the city water source, but they ought to be continued annually, and they can be at consider able less cost than formerly. It helps to have large numbers of people familiar with the water system, what 1t costs to secure it and the need of keeping it scrupulously neat and clean.
 Mayor William E. Thoms, repre- senting Mrs Anna Frances Ford, has brought suit for divorce from her husband, Joseph G. Ford, who is resident of Bay Ridge, N. Y. The plaintiff is sister of Mrs Magic Andrews Clayton and was married fin April. 1905. Soon after the mar riage. she alleges, her husbands con duct became intolerably cruel. Ford left town some time ago. Mrs Ford asks that her maiden name, An drews, be restored. As she is un- der age the suit is brought by her father, Rufus s. Ford.
 Every one will want straw hat for Decoration day and Doran & Torpey the matters at 203 Bank street have just received 100 dozen of the finest straws which will go n great ways towards supplying the wants O, those who are looking for new head gear for that day. This stock in- cludes split straw sailors and set brims for from S1 to S5; bananas from $4 to SIC; ladies bananas with latest shapes S6 to SS; chlldren's hats from Doe to $2. X speciality Is made at this store of cleaning and retrim- ming straw and panama bats of all kinds.
 There was a large attendance at the whist and dance given in the basement of St Thomas's church last night by the church choir. The com mittee in charge consisted of Miss Ella Brick, Miss Mary Fogarty. Miss Winnifred Delaney, Mrs William Keegan, Miss Margaret Neville, Miss Anna Mclaughlin, Miss Jennie O'Neill. Miss Catherine Denehy, Mrs Frank Fogarty. Miss Catherine Ne vile. Frank Egan. James Delaney. Stephen Montello. John McNellis, Charles Penney and John Sayles. The committee was under the direction of Organist J. Edward Keegan.
 Warren L. Hall and Ralph L. Bran- deley were initiated into the mys- teries of Mattatuck council, No 713. R. A.. at Red Mems hall last night. The event was marked by a ban quet, which was attended by some of | the grand officers, including Grand l Regent William F. Hoyt of South | Norwalk. Grand Orator John Burr of | Stamford. and Supervising Grand | Deputy w. F. Sturyall of Bridgeport | Edward 0'Conner of Florence coun- ell. Florence, Mass. spoke on the in- crease In membership in the councils of Massachusetts. Most of the mem- l bers of DeForest council. No 1928. R. A. of Watertown were in attendance.
 The Second Ward Improvement so- ciety will meet tonight at the resi- 'dsnce of Martin Mcdonald on upper | Cooke street. Some of the club mem- bers are beginning to De mistrustful of the present administration and if something isn't done on Cooke and Pine streets in the very near future somebody will get hurt. The engl- neers have been up that way and | drove a few stakes here and there. but whether this means that the su- perintendent of streets will soon fol- low in the footprints of the surveyors is something the interested parties do not know. The need Of water is also a burning question in that district. just as it Is Tn many other places. These and similar matters pertaining to the good and welfare of the ward l will be gone over fhorourhfv fn-