Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-30
CITY NEWS.


 remain unpaid and the parties will now have to come down with the face of the bills and the percentages. More than half of them are cases where the parties forgot all about them.
 The board of public works will meet tomorrow night when it is ex- pected action will be taken regard ing the cleaning of the Prospect reservoir and raising money to com mence operations on the proposed new dam at the branch
 About 1 o'clock yesterday Chems- cal company No 2 was called to a block owned by James nenebry a' 459 West Main street. A chimney fire was oeg'rnipg to get to the roof when the firemen arrived. The dam age was slight.
 Mrs w. D. Dillsworth and Mrs Charles R. Hankinson of New York city and Charles G. Stead, IT, of Columbia university law school, were the guests during the Thanksgiving holiday with MT and Mrs Charles C.. Snead of 28 Bronson street.
 The lease conveying the property of the Connecticut Railway & Light ing Co to the Consolidated Railway Co has been filed at the town clerl;'s s office. It was signed December 19. 1906, and is good for 999 years. The lease is made up of 31 pages and con- tains about 37 lines to page.
 A case of considerable importance to all benevolent associations and societies was begun before Judge Burpee in the city court this after noon. It was the case of Anthon Kimohen against the St Cassimir Lithuanian society to recover $3o' The plaintiff claimed this amount IS due him as sick benefits from the society, while the defendant con- tends the plaintiff violated the rules of the society by engaging in game of cards in receipt of benefits. He received $16.40.
 The police here were notified to- day of an assault committed Satur- day on an old lady at Berlin named Nuremberg by three young men be- tween the ages of 19 and 25 years. They made off with $l0 in cash, two watches and three rings. They wore caps and did the work up so clevecly that the authorities are puzzled to know which way to turn 10 locate them. The authorities here are on the lookout for them and are also nosing around after the three ruff, fans who assaulted Miss Steele in Naugatuck.
 The funeral of Mrs Matilda Antil Dixon was held yesterday afternoon with services by the Rev Mr Lewis and Rev MT Dallas. The bearers, all nephews. were A. B. Dixon, Freder- ick James Dixon, Robert Dixon and John s. Dixon. The floral offerings included pillow lettered Mamma, from the sons: wreath from the daughter; chrysanthemums, A. B, Dixon and family; roses, Mir and Mrs William Dixon; roses and chrysan- themums Mrs J. w. Whiting; chrys- anthemums. from Joe and Mac; chrysanthemums. Mrs Frederick Fir kins: roses and carnations, St Johns Young Mems club; wreath. Sake & Floto. Inferment was in Riverside cemetery
 The board of education will hold meeting this evening at the usua time and place. and the committed appointed at the last meeting to draft legislation for the next legis lature by which the suburban schools may be entirely controlled by the board may make a report. It i' hinted that the committee, Com 1 missioners Monagan and Kelley, or looking over the city charter anu the rules Of the schools find man. obstacles and some of them may b' insurmountable. For instance, tho | board proposes to engage hereafter only graduates of the state norma schools for teachers whereas thu statutes provide that a certificate tt teach from the state board of edu cation shall be considert sn guarantee of the holder E com potency as teacher.
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