Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-06
CITY NEWS.

heaQ UpSon, singleton & COS tnlr' tieth anniversary sale announcement
 The Rev Joseph Anderson, D. D.
 of Woodmont conducted service at the
 First Congregational church yester.
 day in the absence of the Rev Charles
 A. ninsmore, D. D., who is having a
 vacation.
 Morris Green of Summer street will trepresent the Degel Zion society o1 ] this city at the eleventh annual con- ventfon of the Federation of Ameri- 1 can. Zionists at Atlantic City on July
 10,i5.
 y,- An electric wire which was sending Tout sparks Friday afternoon near the corner of East Main and South Elm I streets prompted some one to turn in ian alarm. The alarm resulted in the { company being notified of the condi- tion of its wires
 A summer meeting of the State Business Mems association will be held at Hills homestead, formerly the Ansantawae club, Savin Rock, Thursday, July g, at o'clock. The local delegate to the state meet is w. s. Jones of the Jones, Morgan Go.
 The committee who had charge of l the recent class initiation of the locai 1 lodges of the New England Order of l Protection will meet tonight after l the meeting of Brass City lodge, in K of c. hall. A full attendance is | desired as this will be the last ses- | sion.
 List of advertised letters: Rev | Francis Atwater, Mrs c. E. Davis, Miss Catherine De Bowa, Julius c. Duchette, w. B. French, Michael Feinch, Ralph Gunther, Timothy A. Heulbert, W. J. P. Halstead, Arthur Hanna, Aloe Leolis, ChTs Leceberenz, Miss Alice Monroe, Jack Neukirch, T. J. Smith, Mrs J. W. Tracy, Jr.
 Fire started about S:30 Friday evening in a house occupied by A. Cohen at 112 Dikeman street. Light ed candles fell upon bed and as no one was in the house at the time the | flames threatened to burn the place out. John Riley, neighbor, and his 1 son went into the house and were do- i ing good work on the blaze when the department arrived. Damage $50.
 Austin Isham of this city and Miss Sarah Mattoon, daughter of MT and Mrs Burton H. Mattoon of Watertown were married at Christ church, Wa tertown Saturday morning at II o'clock The Rev H. N. Cunningham performed the ceremony. On their return from short wedding trip MT and Mrs Isham will reside at Morn l ingside.
 John M. Brewer of Hartford has been appointed deputy collector of division No to succeed Emil C.. Marggraff who died a few days ago. There was no one on the civil service list to take the position, consequently appointment by promoting from his office force which is under civil ser vice rules.
 John Fitzgerald, a driver for the Woodruff Grocery Go, had a slight mishap on West Main street last ! evening. He was in a light wagon when it collided with a trolley car near St Johns church. The steps of | the carriage and the guard rail of the trolley were knocked of and all hands were badly scared. The motor man and the driver talked sassy, each blaming the other.
 William Dooling, the 12-year-old son of MT and Mrs Patrick Dooling of 257 Hamilton avenue. was struck by an automobile while boarding a car near the corner of East Main and Hamilton avenue Saturday afternoon about 8 o'clock. The machine was owned and driven by E. P. Zimmer- man, agent of the National Cash Register Co. The boy received 1 broken thigh and several bad bruises. At first it was thought that he was injured internally but this does not seem to be the case.
 Clifford Bradley. who was once very well known in Waterbury, now runs a Sunday club in Chapel street, New Haven. Saturday Brad ley and the alleged steward of the club, George D. Block, surrendered themselves at police headquarters on charges of violating the liquor laws. Block was fined $50 and costs amounting to S75 and Bradleys case went over. After the last raid on the club Bradley fled town and until his surrender the police were unable to serve him with the writ. The club, it is said, has a membership of L. 500 and Bradley's counsel promised it would disband.
 Jeremiah Mccarthy of 15 Niagara street was severely shaken up Friday evening about 6:30 o'clock when he was struck by a car on East Main street just as he was about to go 10 his home. He had alighted from an East Main street car and was cross ing the tracks when a Cheshire car. which he did not notice, came along and hit him. It hurled him into the gutter and 1t was feared that shock alone might cause the death Of the man who is rather old. Dr Leonard was called and found him suffering from a bad scalp wound and an i'm jury to the elbow. Motormsn Alex ander claims he did not see the man until he was almost upon him.
 The mystery surrounding the al- legged disregard of certain requisi- tions from the board of education will be cleared up thiss evening per haps. At the last meeting of the board it was voted 10 invite Comp troller VI. D. Russell to appear and state his negative action on the re- uuisiti ions. Mr Russell stated this forenoon that if il is at all possible