Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-18
CITY NEWS.

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 Come early for the concert at Buckingham hall tomorrow evening. Concert at &, dancing at Q. Fultons 1 band.
 Tonight at Leavenworth hall the Jolly Fellows will give their first an nual dance. Galipeau's orchestra will furnish music.
 Tomorrow evening the Washing ton Hill A. c. will hold one of their regular weekly dances at their hall on Washington street.
 Isaac Beecher Clark of this city has taken the position of director oi the litchteld Choral society which was recently organized.
 The top floor of St Mary's hos pltal is now practically completed ana the furnishings are being put in. or course there is much to be done before the whole building will he ready Tor occupancy, but it is likely 1 that all the rooms will be finished early In the spring. It was said to- day that inside of one year the management will be obliged to add to the present building or put up an entirely new structure some place else
 On Christmas afternoon and even- 1 ing a social and dance is to be held at Buckingham Music hall. The af- 1 fair will be under the auspices of | The Locals, q social club composed of prominent young men about town. It is something new for Waterbury as in former years there was very little doing in this city in the line of dances on Christmas and many of those who cared for dancing usually went to the nearby towns to attend the dances given in those places. Galipeau's orchestra will furnish mu- sic and q very attractive programme will be offered.
 Special values in $2.50 trousers at l Upson, Singleton's & Co.'S. Open 1 evenings.
 One of the hottest contested elec- tions which has ever taken place among the Foresters of this city oc- cured last evening at the regular meeting of Court Rose Hill and re- suited as follows: Chief ranger, Pat- rick Pulley; sub-chief ranger, John | Henebry; financial secretary, John z. Bowling treasurer, Timothy Garren; recording secretary, Mich- ael Sheehan; junior woodward, Will 1 liam O'Connor; senior woodward, John Cummings; junior beadle. Leonard Haite; senior beddle, Mich- ael Lawlor; lecturer, Mago Shee- han. It was one of the largest meet 1 ings held by the court in a long time. After the meeting a social ses- sion was held.
 After a long pause the aldermen finally decided to change the name of that portion of Stone street be- l tween Baldwin street and Sylvan avenue, so that from now on the whole thoroughfare will be Sylvan avenue from Baldwin street clear out to the Pearl Lakes road, almost a mile long. That portion of Stone street, east of Sylvan avenue, ending | 1t Pine hill, will still retain the old 1 name There was some talk of the people up Sylvan avenue demanding I .Ompensa ton from the Stone street folks for allowing them to hitch onto the avenue, but if there was any thing to this it didn't appear at the meeting and the thing went through without an objection.
 Fulton's American band concert md social at Buckingham hall to- morrow evening. Concert at s, l dancing at 9.
 A committee consisting of John F. Elton, Otis Northrop, c. D. Nye, II. | {. Wade. c. A. Templeton, P. K. Cummings, George E. Selew and J. }. Hughes, has called meeting for o-night at the rooms of the Water ,ury Business Mems association of ,arties favorable to Congressman Hill for the United States senate. The election will be made by the gen.
 "al assembly at it's coming session. Senator Chase says he will vote for Hill, and Senator Hurley feels that r seeing the democrats are in the minority it is not for them to de- eide He thinks Hill the better man of the two. The senator from the seventeenth district should take q
 nom conditions in the aldermanic .hamber where the minority boasts If having nine votes against i've. Why not try that game in Hartford md see how it will work?
 At the annual meeting of the
 Vomen's Missionary and Social
 lnion of the First Baptist church leld yesterday, the following officers
 we're elected for the coming year:l
 President, Mrs Charles Wickwire; when school is not out until 1:lo
 ecretary, Mrs Hunter Dupuy; treas
 lrer. Mrs Warren Trott; foreign
 missionary, Mrs Charles Haight;
 rome missionary Miss McWhinnie; hospitality Mrs James Morsehead; )arish work, Mrs Victor NJ. Shaw; auditing committee, Miss Adelaide Frost. Miss Lottie Stanley and Miss Ilara Thomas. Mrs Warren Trott,
 reasurer, reported a balance in the
 treasury of $2S0,99. During the ear sS3139 was taken i'll and ;76369 expended. There was a bal- ance on hand at the beginning Of
 he year $223.09. From to o'clock the annual dinner was held.
 Among those present was Mrs E. k. Colby of the Connecticut Institute Or the Blind at Hartford. She was accompanied by one of the inmates 1f hat institution.
 Among the out of town guests at the wedding of Miss Blanche Adella Clarke, daughter of Mir and Mrs Fred !