Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-06
CITY NEWS.

d the !. NJ. c. A. gymnasium tonight. A man named John Lyons was ar rested this forenoon by Officer McNiff for stealing d child's cloak from 2 clothing store on South Main street. The funeral of John Kenney will take place tomorrow morning at S:30 o'clock from the family residence on Hopkins street with q mass of requiem at St Thomas church.
 The funeral Of Felix. the infant son i Of Mir and Mrs Anthony Muscovitz, of North Riverside street. who died yes terday, took place this afternoon with intermert in Calvary cemetiy. l Daniel Lawl0r Of Fuller street met with q rather painful accident yester- day afternoon having the index finger of his right hand smashed in q stamp ing machine at Scovill's. Dr Good enough dressed the wound.
 i The adjourned special town meet i ing to consider the Oronoke school question will be held in the City hail tonight The committee appointed to consider the matter will recommend i that the district be divided.
 1 Thomas Flahcrty. a former resident i of this place. died this morning in l Springfield, Mass. He was a brother l to Mrs Bridget Murphy Of this city and 1 had many other relatives and friends
 here who will regret to learn of his | death
 Thomas Doran. brother of the first | Selectman. left for -Ashvillc. \. C.. this i afternoon. MT Doran has been sick ! for a long time with typhoid fever. and ! though he has been about for some
 time he has not recovered strength
 and his trip to the south is for that
 purpose.
 1 The committee on pins of the class l of 1901 of the local High school. con | sisting of the Misses Butler. Johnson
 and Manville and Messls Devine and Murray, has finally selected q pin for
 the class. The one chosen is of neat
 design and is triangular in shape.
 The trick donkey owned by Denny i Ryan, the acrobat, get an idea into it's head this afternoon. the first it ever had. The idea proved rather serious for a woman whose name iS yet un- known. The donkey ran away while being driven by Mrs Ryan on West Main street and knocked down an old lady. who, however, was not seriously injured.
 The following cases constitute the
 criminal business to be disposed of at
 the present term of the district court
 which resumes next Monday. Many
 of the cases are in process of settle
 ment: State vs Thomas Conaty,
 state vs Thomas Conaty, state vs
 John F. Shannahan. state vS John Gro
 nan, state vS John McCabe. state vS
 Dennis J. Donnclly. state vS Samuel
 Wood. state vs Daniel Lynch. state vs
 Caroline l. Enlind, state vs Patrick
 W"inn.
 The rural free delivery system will
 go into effect one week from next Sat , urday and Postmaster Guernsey eN-
 poets that those who will benefit by it
 will ill return help him. He expects
 that every housckeeper or farmer in
 the district will invest in a letter box
 which can be had for the insignificant
 sum of a couple of dollars at the post
 office: that he will attach the same
 four feet high to d post outside his
 door. thus making it unnecessary for
 the carrier to alight from his wagon
 in taking or delivering mail.
 The rrmmagc sale by the Epworth
 league of the M F. church opened yes
 terday afternoon in the Milford build
 ing. corner of Center and Lcavenworth
 streets. The store was filled ycSter-
 day and to-day with purchasers. All
 kinds of old clothes. shoes. chairs. col
 lars, neckties. hats. etc. can be pur-
 chased at reasonable prices. There
 are great bargains in store for those who attend and the chances are that everything will have been sold out by Saturday night. when the sale closes. An efficient corps of clerks are in at
 tendance.
 daughter of Truant Officer William , Hurley, met with painful and seri- ous accident about 11:30 o'clock this morning. Since the death of hel x. mother the girl lived with her aunt, [ Mrs Michael Murphy. of Green street. and this morning while playing about the house she backed up against pail . of hot water and feli into it, Scalding her legs and arms badly. Dr Russell was called and made the little suffere,
 as comfortab ble as possible under the
 circumstances.
 Corporal Frederick Kuchnle. of the
 Seventy first New York Volunteers
 has been secured by Secretary Ross, of
 the \ M. C. A. association, to address
 the regular Sunday meeting for men at Jacques Opera house next Sunday afternoon at o'clock. The subject ot ; Mir Kuchnle's address will be "The Battle of San Juan As MT Kuch nle is very fluent and eloquent speak :, CT and as he has chosen subject witt : which he is thoroughly familiar. since ; he participated in that great charge Iii . San Juan hill. and had several thrill ing experiences. the address ought tt be one of the most interesting yet de livered at these popular Sunday meet ings.
 This morning Acting Medical EN aminer Graves, assisted by Dr Galley I performed ran autopsy on the body ot John Kenney at Mulvilles morgue and f found that the man had suffered q fracture of the base of the skull anG fracture of the back of the head | also an ugly cut on the nose. The in , juries might have been inflicted by i: {, fall and they might have been the re , 1 suit of 8 blow. Coroner Mix came tt I town on the II :12 train and heard the , evidence of Edward Cote of Abbot avenue. the man who reported to tht police that kenney was lying o1 Meadow street, but all he could tel
 about the case was that he came along
 there and saw the body stretched ou
 on the street and q man standing neal l. it. The man who was standing neal l tbp hD0V lpuueStel Cote to reDOrt ft