Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-27
CITY NEWS.

r- "a I.. s- d --zE e sy-E < Tile regular monthly meeti,. the board Of education will be he,; .on- day evening at S:15 o'clock.
 The ladies of the Maccabees gle Hive will entertain their fricl. i'll Congress hall next Monday nign, -
 Real Estate Agent Thomas T has sold for Joseph Levetag his & family house on Third street to J;, Lord. -.,...
 There will be a grand rally for men at the opera house tomorrow after noon at 3:30' o'clock under the auspices of the Y. NJ. c. A.
 Alexander McRobb, Of 52 East Clay street. pressman for the Republican, was removed to the hospital to-day, suffering from an attack of typhoid fever.
 Anthony Moore, formerly an em- ploye of Blake & Johnson's, has accept ed position as collector for Moore, the fishman, who keeps fish store on South Main street.
 John SIcEvoy, Charles Delaney and Thomas McGowan, prominent Water bury democrats. left this afternoon for New York for the purpose of at tending the big democratic rally.
 The Bucks Hill Cemetery associa- ton have added another tract of land to the grounds. The property was pur- chased from George Faber and will be laid out at an early date.
 Tomorrow evening at 7:3O o'clock at the church of St Thomas, the Rev Father Brennan. of Torrington, will deliver a lecture under the auspices of the Holy Name society. The public in general is invited.
 Amelie l.. Lusch, aged 57 years, died yesterday afternoon at her home, 6S East Farms street. The remains will be taken to Cambridge, Mass, for burial Monday morning in charge of Undertaken Burrall.
 A very pleasant surprise party was held at the home of MT and Mrs John Wenzel, 70 Clark street last evening. Among the features of the evening were dancing. games and piano solos. These were enjoyed by all until the wee small hours of this morning.
 The water in the lakes around For est park is so low that one can catch more fish than he could comfortably carry away by merely scooping them in with his hand. A man caught sev enty-two perch and a mud turtle that weighed four pounds there yesterday.
 tlltlOu oOOEe Ol DJ OueIIN street, while working on q Jade at the Water bury Manufacturing Co on Thursday had the index finger of his right hand cut off at the first joint and had another smashed. The wounds. which were very painful were dressed by Dr Galley.
 John Brady, a stone mason, employ cd on the dam which is now being built near Belieview lake, was struck with the derrick yesterday afternoon and hurled off the masonry work falling q distance of over thirty feet, receiving painful but not necessarily fatal in juries. He was attended by Dr LaIly.
 A special misses class in physical culture for non-league members has been formed and will begin work on Tuesday afternoon. the 3Oth inst, at 1 o'clock. Girls from to 1G years will be admitted to membership. On next Monday and Tuesday evenings will be the last opportunity for new mem berS and visitors to be admitted to the evening classes during the present term.
 Melicent Porter chapter, D. A. R., held a meting in the parlors of the Second Congregational church yester- day afternoon and listened to an ad- dress by Miss Sarah T. Kinney. state regent of the organization. It was voted that the office of state vice regent be abolished. There was sing ing by Mrs Edward L. Frisbie. Jr, ac- companied on the piano by Miss Helen Frisbie.
 The board of public works met last night and adjourned without transact ing any business. The engineer eX- changed opinions with the board re- garding the best method of proceed ure with reference to the raising of the dam at the Wigwam reservoir, but nothing definite was agreed upon, eX- cept that as soon as the mayor and the engineer have a talk on the sub- ject, steps will be taken to commence making surveys.
 Sunday night at 8 o'clock Ensign York will conduct the service at the Army hall, corner of Grand and Bank streets. Mrs York, who is at present in charge of the army'S operations at Providence, R. l., is making a visit to her parents here for a short furlough, and her presence at the service will no doubt attract many of not only her own friends but also those of the late Captain York. who was so well known and loved in Waterbury. All l are cordially invited.
 The annual dance or the ADfanam Lincoln camp, Sons of Veterans, which was given in Pythian hall, Waterville, was an, enjoyable affair and was at tended by q large number. Before 1 the dance the Sacred Heart drum corps I discoursed lively music at the hall The music for the dancing, which con- | sisted of fourteen numbers, was fur. nished by the Excelsior orchestra while John H. Morrow was the effici | ent prompter. Last evenings affair will be repeated in a short time by the same organization. MT and Mrs Simons, the milliners gave a reception to their clerks at theil home on Grand stret last evening. The evening was pleasantly spent by those
 present. in games and amusements 1 soprano solos were given by the | Misses Austin and Daly, piano selec
 tions by Mrs Simons and Miss Rat
 Sczmanski, select readings by Mis-!