Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-26
CITY NEWS.


 with her sister, Mrs A. G. Weed.
 Charles Egan, student at the Uni vcrsity of Pennsylvania dental school, and Edward OBrion of Georgetown, are home for the holidays.
 Engineer William J. Bergen of Cleveland and his wife and child arc spending the Christmas holidays at tho home of Mr Bergens parents, Mr and Mrs Edward Bergen, on Baldwin street.
 At the Third Congregational church on Sunday morning the subject of the sermon will be Christmas and Child Labor" In the evening the title of the sermon is God Over All and in All On Friday evening the subject for the address will he The Ascension of Our Lord.
 Edward D. Noonan. son of Mir and Mrs D. p Noonan of Wolcott street, is spending the holidays at his home in this city. Mir Noonan. who re- Ceived his degree from the University of Virginia in June, is working for the government on geographical maps in various parts of Virginia.
 The jury on the case of Collins against Cooke, Terryville suit, gave the plaintiff a verdict for $500 damages in the superior court Thurs day afternoon. Collins, while buy ing a paper in Cookes drug store stepped into an open trap door and injured his right leg.
 Mrs Jennie Corcoran. who runs q boarding house on Scovill street, won her case for $22 for board against Charles Mclean, a bricklayer. She has been given judgment for the fall amount with costs. This seems to contradict popular opinion that board bills under s25 cannot be collected.
 Mrs S. Freedman of the well known Bargain millinery, and son, MaXy, of A Park place, have gone 10 New York to spend the holidays, where they are guests of Rosa NJ. Levite. SOC Tenth avenue. MT Freedman will also spend a few days at the leading miliners to copy the styles for the coming season.
 Albert Hummel. member of the high school football and basketball teams was operated upon Thursday afternoon for an injury he sustained wear ago during a basketball game. That injury was aggravated by an other injury he received last fall in d football game The operation is eblieved t& have been very success full.
 Universalist services will be held Sunday at 10:30 a. m. Divine wor- shipan sermon, Rev. W. F. Dicker- man. D. D., pastor. Bible school and kindergarten at noon. 1:3O ?. IT,. the Paraoh of the Israelitish bondage Place of meeting. corner of North Willow street and Wild wood avenue. A cordial invitation to all
 Attorney NJ. J. Byrne, acting for Michael Fleming of Beacon street, manager of the Waterbury Trucking Co, has brought suit against the Con necticut Co for damages of 5000. A trolley car collided with a truck Mir Fleming was in charge of on North Main street a week ago and put it out of business. Mr Fleming was also injured. He brings a personal suit against the company for dam ages of $500 to cover his medicine and doctor bills, and fer the damage the load of furniture on his truck sustained, he being responsible to the owner of the goods.
 Almost all the stores in Exchange place were closed early last night and the place was so dark and dreary looking one could not help notclng that it is poorly lighted. There is an electric light at Cones corner and another at the Apothecaries Hall but these are far from what the place ought to have. There should be d light at the corner of Harrison ave nue and Exchange place, one at Browns corner and another oyer near he hackmen's stand, But perhaps some public spirited citizens will take the hint from the PostOffice Square association and give us an electric arch from Browns block across Ex- change place to Cones. What a grand thing that would be If R K Brown took it into his head he would do ii himself and maybe if the alder men would put them in mind Of it the trolley people would do nice thing for once and construct a great electric arch there for the benefit of their patrons and not have them moping around in the darkness half the time In all seriousness, Ey- change place should be better ligh-- cd no matter who foOts the bills.
 There was no Baldwin street troI- ley service last night for about an hour and the number of people who were disappointed and went away rowing vengeance on the manage ment was large One group proposed that the mayor and the board of al- dermen he asked to inquire into he cause of the irregular Baldwin street schedule While the disappointed ones were pitching into the trolley somebody remarked that the car was coming in and all looked westward. and sure enough a Baldwin street car was on hand Thank God" ex- claimed more than a dozen voices. adding that it was about time, and then the crowd rushed into the street. but to their great surprise the car was sent back to Waterville, and that was the last seen of Baldwin s-raat coach for +hraa aua r+ars af O n