Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-11
CITY NEWS.

Upson, Singleton & Co.'S $1,50 to $5.
 American band dance at Bucking. ham hall, Saturday evening. Com plete change of programme.
 Christmas sale knee pants suits $l, sizes 3 to lG, on Saturday only up- son, Singleton & Co.
 Ferns, Ferns. Special large Bos- ton ferns, 35c and soc Olson & Lunden, florists, next to Polls tne- ater.
 A lady to sing for illustrated songs may secure employment at the | Majestic theater, opposite Polls theater by calling at 204 Bank street.
 Miss Gertrude M. Reed of Cherry street, who is taking a course in the vocal department at Yale, was a So- | lolst at recital given by Charles Rabold at College street hall, New Haven, this afternoon.
 Deputy Sheriff John O'Brien plac- ed an attachment for $500 on prop erty owned by the Albert Bros, junk dealers, in favor of Joseph Arnone of Danbury. The dispute is over bal ance of $375 said to be due on payment for a load of scrap metal
 A meeting of the Fifth division, A. O. H. will be held tonight at their hall on East Main street. Election of officers will take place and other important business is to be brought up. A large number of candidates is to take the first degree. Every member is earnestly requested to attend
 After deliberating an hour the Jury in the superior court yesterday afternoon rendered a verdict for Pat rick c. Barnes to recover $500 in his suit against the city He sued for S2,00O, alleging that a wall on h property on Railroad Hill street was undermined and razed by an excava- tion made by the contractor in build ing the trunk sewer along the Nau- gatuck river at the place in ques- tion. Thirty feet of the wall fell down.
 The following persons, all promi- nent in commercial life enjoyed a banquet at The Elton last night: James s. Elton, John P. Elton, Hem ry H. Peck, F. l.. Frisbie, Jr, of this city; Charles F. Brooker. Charles H. Pine and Major Alton Farrel of An sonia; Charles F. Lindsey of Meriden Timothy E. Byrnes of Boston, vice president of the New York, New Ha- ven X Hartford Railroad Co.,, Major A. F, Brooker E. J. Steele, James S. Doughty, E. H. Hotchkiss, Isaac w. Brooks and Orsamus R.. Fyler of Torrington.
 This was hard day on horses. Their feet went from under them the moment they entered upon the smooth pavement and it was a mir acle how they escaped without breaking their bones. The storm came up rather unexpectedly so that few were prepared and as a result many had to leave their loads on the streets and take their horses to the blacksmith shop. And how the pro. prietors of the smithies did smile when they saw all the horses coming their way. If there is any money in the business they must have made enough to-day to put them in posi- tlon to do nice things for their friends at Christmas, for every one Of them has all he could swing into.
 Quite number of small boys are having the time of their lives in the district court this week. They are witnesses in the case of William Far rlngton, pupil in the high school, against Cheponis & Panarauskv. grocers on Hill street, for damages of $2,OOO, It has been some time since a case was so warmly contested as this. Yesterday one boy was under cross examination five hours, but he never faltered in his story. Earring ton lives on Burton street and one day last winter while cOasting, he was run into by the defendants wagon and his right leg was broken. To-day the jury visited the scene of the accident.