Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-22
CITY NEWS.

William Eccles of the Columbia
 boulevard is spending a few days in Boston.
 Miss Elizabeth Peters of North Main
 street is entertaining Mrs Thomas
 Butler of Norwalk
 Upson, Singleton & Cos January trouser sale is on. Look in their South
 Main street windows.
 Mr and Mrs s. A. Weinstein and
 their daughter, Miss Charlotta. were
 visitors in New York city this week.
 There will be an anniversary mass
 at the Immaculate Conception church
 Friday morning at ' o'clock for the late John T. Gerity.
 Horace Johnson was away off in
 that last guess about the weather
 The sage must be losing his grip, even gia this mild weather is responsible for q lot of it.
 Merritt F. Tompkins, tenor soloist Congregational church, has joined the choir ot the South Congregational church of New Britain
 Chipman street people are after a water main, but it $ likely that they will have to get street lines before it can be laid. The estimate of the engineer for the water is S1, 700.
 A note was received yesterday from Michael J. Greaney. Vine street, and James Donahue, North square, dated Charleston, $, C. Both were in great spirits and enjoying the delightful climate of that place.
 If Hans Rasmussen takes the hint he got last night at the board Of public works, he will get the Town Plot folks together right away and have them offer prayer to direct Judge Cowell to give an early and favorable decision on the James street injunction matter.
 The Vt ,ng ladies of St Mary's Al" .nl I give leap year party
 thursday night at Mulcahy Memorial hall. All preparations have been concluded and a good time is as sured to all who attend. Sixteen numbers will be danced. The danc- ing will start promptly at SEQ.
 Paul Traska and Julius Rrzezinski were arrested this morning on sus- picion by Officer Stevens. The men were acting in a strange manner in the west end aud the patrolman, thinking they might be sneak thieves, brought them to the station Nothing but a few keys were found on them when searched.
 A team of horses, the property of A. M. Larson, got frightened near the Bank street station last evening about F o'clock and ran away The ami mals had just carted a load of seen i cry to the station and their driver. Edward Grant, was about to ascend the truck when suddenly the horses went off on a gallOp. sped along Bank street into East Main. They did not i stop until they reached the barn on Water street.
 The matter of o6structiors on the sidewalks is now being considered and unless the powers that be change their minds the city en- gineer will be instructed to define the street lines for some distance in 1 all directions from Exchange place | The police claim they are handi- | capped in keeping the walks clear on account of the fact that in many | cases the walks are different widths i and some own strips of property in front of their places of business that they have a right to use. The in- tentiOn is to define the lines and then it will be an easy matter to enforce the law.
 A birthday party was held las: evening at the home of Mir and Mrs James E. Harmon, I79 Chestnut ave- nue, in honor of their niece. Miss Stella DOran. It was Miss Doran's l1th birthday and among the gifts she received Was a bunch of seven- teen carnations. During the evening there were games, music and danc- ing. The supper table was decorated with carnations and orchids. Those present were Joseph Hackett, Frank McKeOn, James McGrath. Camue. Kramer, Charles Bergin. John Bau- by, EleOn Warner. Dora Dion, Sadie Tobin. Grace Wolff, Katherine Dil- lon and Mildred DCran.
 The old saying about there being as good fish in the sea as was ever 'aught has no more application to the waters in this vicinity. because a Cer- ain commissioner of pubic works was fishing recently. The first day the commissioner landed 7G of fhe finest pickerel and the second day 5O more. Next day he shifted his scene ,f operations and accordingly a ,hange came OCT the spiTi. of the lream of all fishermen They saw. he ponds deyasted. fished as clean Is though a harrow was run through hem. for on the third day the con- missioner was out he brought home d ,ag full. and common report has it hat he is going to put all the fish in Hook.
 The people Of Nrugatuck have the ! argest depot in the state since the ,ld building was abandoned a wcel. lgO. and still they are kicking. The lew depot is =ituated aboJsF 1.500 .eet above north Water street. that g 1t will be IOcatcf there hen the ,ld depot building will be novel ,ntO The site BN this aTrangemert ,ne depot WiIl De made tO sf.frce for he people of NaugatuCk ard Union [ 'ity The present depot site is nGt .et closed in nor closed cvnr. nor IDsed under and that fs what makes it so large. the largest depCt n the state In the words Of ,rominent citizen of the toEn it is imply a big baTs lot ant there is I Ots of it- The people had an i'm lressiOn. and as usual Inc wrong ne. that the deDat would t1 located uTther south Now they have ar