Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-25
CITY NEWS

The board Of directors ana the officers of the Catholic Women's asso- citation will hold meeting tomorrow evening in the associations rooms.
 There will be a months mind mass of requiem celebrated at St Francis Xavier church Saturday morning at 7:S0 for the late Mrs Anna Ford of Sylvan avenue.
 Edward Schirrmann, who on June 6 killed Ida Potter in Danbury, was held without bail yesterday for trial before the September term of the su- perior court on the charge of murder in. the first degree.
 Walter H. Roberts and Miss Sarah A. Bommey were married yesterday at the home of the brides parents, MT and Mrs s. J.Bommey, Platts Mills by the Rev A. J. Bolster. Miss Hattie Roberts, sister of the groom, was maid of honor and Wilfred Booth was best man.
 There will be a meeting of Pine Hill league at the corner of Pleasant and Baldwin streets at o'clock to- night. The manager and captain of each team will please be present, as the applications of the Long Hill Juniors and Ponies to be admitted to the league will be acted upon, also the election of a new treasurer.
 Judge Wheeler this afternoon in the superior court granted a de- cree of divorce in the suit of Jen- nie Ward against Frank B. Ward, and alimony of $500. This case was heard some weeks ago. Ward is supposed to be somewhere in South Africa, Australia or the Fiji Islands. Tomorrow the case of John W. Wallis against Annie Eliza beth Wallis will be heard. It is the only one on the list. Mrs Wal lis is in England and has been there some time.
 A. W. Goldsmith and his book keeper, Mrs Charles L. Clark, were thrown from a buggy on>West Main street yesterday afternoon and while neither was seriously injured, both were pretty well shaken up. They were hurrying to get home before the shower, but the horse was in no par ticular hurry and by way of revenge for a crack of the whip it bumped the vehicle against a telephone pole at Judd street and tipped the occupants out.
 The funeral of Elizabeth Coffey took place this morning from the residence of her grandparents, MT and Mrs Patrick Boylan, SIS Hamilton avenue, with a mass of requiem at the Sacred Heart church by Father Shel- ley and interment in St Joseph's cemetery. The bearers were Matthew Riley, Joseph Gervais, Joseph De- cheur. Paul Fourier. The floral of- ferings included bouquets from Anna Mary Slavin, Margaret and Jennie Roper, Helen Joy, Mary Dwyer and Loretta Delaney and employees of the thimble department of the Scovill Manufacturing Co.
 Residents of Pine and Cooke streets who have been wearing long faces for the past quarter century are now wreathed in smiles and some of them feel like apologiZing to Mayor Thoms
 
 the lingering doubts they entertained in the early part of the season as to whether anything would be done up that way, now no more than before. But what matter about that. The face of the earth is being changed up that way and while everything need ed will not be finished this year some thing will have been accomplished and the rest will come in due time.
 A very pretty marriage was sol emnized at St Patrick's church yes terday morning at o'clock, Julia keough, wearing a gown of white silk with hat to match, was the bride, and James Doran was the groom. The attending couple was Nellie Casey and Christopher Kelley. The brides maid also wore a dress of white silk and hat to match. Father Gleeson performed the marriage ceremony and also celebrated the nuptial high mass which followed The church was well filled with well wishers and friends of the young couple. Mir and Mrs DOran have gone to Boston on their wedding trip.
 For many mornings girls who are employed in the local factories and who have to pass under the railroad bridge over Bank street in the Brook lyn district. have complained that an engine is allowed to stand on this crossing, about the time they are on their way to work and dirty water is squirted down on the street and sidewalks, sOiling the clothes of the | passersby. This morning was even worse than on other occasions and several of the girls went to their homes with their waists de- stroyed by the filthy refuse from the engine above them. The residents of ! Brooklyn say they have complained | time and time again about this nuis- ance and they now appeal to the Cisy authorities to see that a continuance of his abuse is prevented.
 The rain storm of last evening did a lot of good. but things could stand a great deal more The ground is paTched and in many instances the down-pour didn't much more than lay the dust It would take a whole days steady rain to give the ground a thorough soaking The weather prophets say Ee will have some more before tO-morrow. but it is a question whether they know anything about such things or not The long drought has had its effect upon the