Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-27
CITY NEWS.
The bureau of assessment will hold

l meeting at 5 CLOCK tonight
 The Christmas exercises of St Nary's Literary circle will be held this even- ing at 7:30 at St Mary's convent All the members are requested to attend.
 Alfred. the IS months old son of MT and Mrs Pergi of Canal street. dIed last night. The funeral took place this afternoon with inIerment ill Calvary cemetery.
 John \. Ednundson is looking to the city for the return of $11.GU which he paid under protest as fine for selling milk without d license when le con ductrd q store on south Main street. The courts have decided that the milk license is not legal and consequently people who paid fines and took out ii- ceHS"S want to get hack their money.
 At q meeting of Toartic tribe, No P, l. 0. R. Nj. last night, the follow ing officers W,rs elected: Prophet II. E. Hadity; A,t,ien. Percy SanSom; senior sA.:::HUreA, W. l.. l'iatt; junior Sa@a"upre, Clifford VardoMarli; chief Uf records. r. M. Iierr4: cDlit ctUr of Wampum |. C. Munger: keeper of WalHpun-. E. L. TUt;lv; keeper of par aph@ru4Ii,l, Charles MoSgruNc: tribal trustee. VI. [. Hall: hall trustee. ". l.. iIal: @ret}ry Gf sick committee. ". 1T. Flint; chief of music, William San som.
 Excelsior council. o. |. 4. M., met last night and chose the following ofIi- 1 cyTS: Council. Fred <. Pitts: vice cuu&ciIor, Wallace Clark; recording secretary. \. J. Scott: \. T.. &.. John -t. Mckay; financial secretary. Prank i. Henry: trya&urcr ChaUncey Eeeley: 1 Ind. Fred Diakeslee: eN. Charles SheD- ard; I. r., r. C. Clark: 0. r.. r. II. | -; ,..y.-, ! taliy@s 10 Scate council. '. Henry. \.
 T. Scott. r. (. Clark. William Srlly. !. ". Tex; alrernItcs. Henry 6nrjic.1. 1 (. r. LCO!ni%, G. (. Iuttlc. <. Sv@iCE. Tine p3irouces2s at the assembly i'll l I,gLvpnWor'h hall last night Were Mrs | II, |. Wade. 1Jr<s G. [. White, Mrs C. ! s l:0GiHan. Mrs (. D. Mason. Mrs E. 1 V. itiuIlN. Mrs Fulton and Miss i IIjilarti. i'h- vu5nGliJ5ce i'll charge Wls Mr%s:S Irving II. Chase. Gaorle F. l Boyd. John II. GoSs. Charles V. Clark. ! Charles r. Bronson and Arthur C. ! Hitchcock. Those present from out of town were Miss Campbell and A. %. | EIAphtll from SGn Francisco: Miss | IarryL AEs4ni9: Mrs Lynda 3EaIr;soH. 1 Mir Barnes and |. \. Masun. New fIa- | ven: EJr and Miss Mason. Chicago: Nr
 anu Ms Whit1lesey. MiHdlet0Wu; and i Air Meyrimau of New Haven.
 ! St Cecilia's Sunday school and Ger ] man school ChriatInas-trrc entertain l lnent WAS greatly enjoyed last night by ! the NCunG peOpiG. their parents and i fliend... Thr ctlisthcnic movements | @CHo rhrCUgL nT the girls ami baby | polka. as directed by Miss Loretta l Hayes and the @ymn3atic exercises l taU:tilt the boys by Quo B0c!s and l drilled last evening b. Otto SchcN, ! ,,', | 4 veteran of the civil war. 'G3'GI. l John N'in%cryznaun. &5t;reI as St ! Nicholas. then led the children around i the huge chrs,blulu. when lho l,r5#- : eI5% were distributed by Miss Mary
 StAdlVr. the Sunday school surelin- ! IcnGe1u. aiGud l,!- Ter corps of assist i ants. The 1!cur WaS cleared. the cliii-
 GTen having grceteI in song. speech ] and musical selections. tna n2w-horn i Lord and King. and a s0:a'Jjr cvcnin% l was passed by Ih~ cl,.nrS and their
 dear ones. Miss May SEanlvy of II 1 West Main street won the water color i picture by Dr Martin.
 Christmas dCjngs at the Union
 Rescue mission opened ID very auspi- 1 coUSly i'll he af1lTG0n with tne cG3nl
 well filled with bright aHd cEDtctant 1 faces of little ones. : fter tho services ! under the direction of he SuDorintend-
 e7.t AIr& shepard, thc presents were distributed and many :; Hide heart
 was made to bound with tnc mUniii-
 cent gi1ts. Following ThiS the evening l service 0f the Rescue Missicn was
 v.'ry largely attended by an enthUsiGs-
 tie audience wlO enjoyed 10 tine full
 the rcciiatioIs. solo singing and in
 struMtntal music participated iu EE
 so ma.4y. The room Lad been very
 tastoru.Iy 1riHMei with greens maH.
 into various beautiful designs. lh@
 IIBOrcrs were unstintel ill leir efforts
 and pains had net baon spared hy
 .ycn~vo;7s hearts to make the occasion
 one long tD be remembered. This eTcsl-
 ing q brother from Greenp0int \. Y.. styling himself the 'Inpo"tpd Yankee, ? 1 will address the service and plenty of
 @ccI singing will cniiVen the meeting
 Some people are wondering why tAl
 city does not compel Edward NIc
 NEanus to complete the relayin@ of the
 blocks ever Great brook OF SUutl
 Main street and remove the ODstTUt:
 tionS that nave been there so long tha | many have come to the conclusion tEa
 Hey are permanent fixtures. That.
 lii.. way some folks look at it. bu 1 tI0se Who know the facts are wonder , ire why Nr McManl!s has nct mad,
 T big kick long ago about how he la , G>'G t+S5rti oil t-i--l JOC- 1iG HstS tIS lHygd on and off during tEe progress ! Of the work of widening the brook , and then when it came 10 putting bacl | the blocks many of them were pro , nounced defective and were throw1 out, so that there were not enough lief ! to cover the space that had beel , opened. and the city having no ney , ones. the contractor is obliged 10 wal . i until they get here. It would be muc . better 10 cover ir up with dirt and a Q i low it to remain there for the Wintc
 aud have the blocks put down as soc r as the frost leaves the ground ney
 Sprin;: than have the street blocle
 any longer. but it seems that the eft does not want this and insists 'upo ) waiting uctil the blocks arrive an
 then complete the job.
 Manager Dixon takes exception | = the statement in last nights Democrg
 in regard to the basket bah muddit : He says that all the trouble was sin
 ply-a case of misunderstanding. Thi
 wien the game was over he had i
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