Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-23
CITY NEWS.

at City. hall on Thanksgiving eve.
 There will be months mind l requiem high mass celebrated at St | Francis &avier's church, at 7:3O to- morrow morning for the late Mrs Mar garet Shugrue.
 Mayor Kilduff arrived home yester- day and was at the hearing regarding the city's share of the money appro- priated for town roads in the superior i court this afternoon.
 Helen Augusta. only child of Nichol as and Emily Combellack, 55 Abbott avenue, died last evening, aged eight months. The funeral will take place | tomorrow afternoon at 2:3O o'clock, with interment in Riverside cemetery.
 The crosswalks on Center street, at Franklin court, have been raised and put in position so that pedestrians will no longer be in danger of breaking their limbs passing over them. They were too low and caused many people l who got jared on them to use some | very naughty expressions.
 | Mrs M. It. phippeney has brought suit against the Atlas Assurance con- | pany of London, England. to recover S4,O0O for insurance which she claims she ought to be paid to indemnify her for loss by a fire in her house. Dep l uty~ Sheriff Senk of Hartford has served papers on the insurance com missioner in the suit.
 Edward King, the boy whom the se lectmen thought advisable to have committed to the insane asylum. has | improved so much during the past few days that it is now thought he will re- cover. Yesterday he was examined by Dr Freney and he thinks the boy " hn to in q short time. Kings mind became deranged while ill with typhoid fever
 Pug" Attorney James E. Russells brown mastiff. that never met any thing in the shape of dog that it did not whip. Succumbed yesterday to a severe attack of the grip at pr Bland'S infrmary. and was buried last night beside Medical Examiner AXtelle's Doe" in a secluded spot near River side street. where the roar of the mighty Naugatuck shall finger about his grave until times no more.
 After transaction of routine business at the meeting of Court Martin He'll mann, F. of A., in FOresters' hall. last night, a smoker was held. during which an interesting program was ren- dered, including remarks by Deputy D. T. Griffin. NJ. T. Smith. Paul Ashiem and A. J. Broderick. Songs were sung by Michael White. A. F. Farrell, James McGuire, Joseph Wright, Thom- as Crean and r. !. Walsh. Casey at the Bat was recited by A. F. Web Ster.
 Samuel Root has bowed to the in- eTitable in removing the veranda from his building on the corner of West Side hill and the WatertOwn road and clearing the way for the improve hn ci al-ip in, h., -i,; ity. At present the place is q verita- ble sight" The grade of the high way is being raised about two feet and the mud is as many feet deep. But when the job is finished the road will be one of the s;roothest in the city and the great improvement will then be fully appreciated.
 AIr Hallett's pupils musicale will occur at the Friendly league hall this evening at s o'clock. The pupils who will participate are the Misses Beatrice Drake. Libbie Dauch. Hattie Reeves. Etta Levin. Annie Wildman, Bessie Legget, Emma Blanchette Edith Rodgers. Mae Smith and MessrS Claude Wright James Hurley. Harold Rodg- CTS and Charlie Saltzman. The racit- al will be free to pupils and friends A silver collection to defray expenses
 
 cital. Leo Race will sing
 This evenings program for St Mich ael's parish fair which E is now run ming in St MichaeI's parish hail. Wa terville. is as follows: Family album. members of the St Paul's Episcopal church: piano selection, Miss Cora Barker; duet. Michael Curley and John Altman: solo. Mamie Martell: Mozart mandolin club will render selections. The voting contest stood last night as follows: Mary Farrell. 14S: Maggie McAahon. 12G: Jennie Downs, 6G; Cora Barker. @: Ella Grilley. 45: Dora Brennan, 2S: Anna Kennedy. 20: Mabel Sullivan. :; Annie Birge. ,. Oyster supper will be served from to g. Those people who are going to partake had better come early and avoid the rush. St Thomas drum corps will be in attendance.
 Professor Alexander Wilder of New ark, N. J., talked upon China and the Chinese" at the Friendly league hall last night and handled the subject in d clever manner. The lecturer was Tot prepared to lay all the cause for the trouble in China at the door of the Chinese. On the contrary, he made no bones of the statement that much if not the greater portion of it, could De traced 10 lne cOnuucI or tlle alileu powers and believed the trouble would never have occurred if we had mind- ed our own business and let China do likewise. He dwelt at some length up- on the efforts of the Chinese govern ment to exclude opium and tie man. her in which England had pers stcd in forcing it upon them. China saw that the use of opium was fast becoming aD vice and bent all her energies to- wards putting it out rof Beaeh of UtlJe people, but England was making mon ey at it and kept sending it in there, regardless of the welfare of the Ieo- pie and the wishes of the government.
 Emanuel Trivolfi, an Italian, who claims to belong to Waterbury, alleges that he was held up while waiting at the Milford station tonight by two well dressed men who took from his S1.75, all the money he had, after first beating him into insensibility. Sheriff Mallory placed such credence in the n,.%