Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-15
CITY NEWS.

John Baldwin Of River strectis laid up with q sprained ankle.
 The Park Road school district has elected the following officers: Com
 mitteeman, William H. Rubey: clerk. William, s. Pech; t.easurer, Thomas Lockwood: collector, Porter l.. Wood. Frederick Goetz, aged 66 years, died last night at his home, ' Oak street. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at ? clock, with service at the house and interment in Riverside cemetery.
 Contributions for the Christmas tree 7 at the Friendly league should be sent i in early next week, as this treattt for i the poor children of the city will be | held on Thursday evening, December | 10th. Many applications for tickets | have been received. Presents of toys, | fruits, candy or money will be ac- l ceDtablc.
 In accordance with the general | movement throughout the country for l the advancement of the Baptist creed, l special meetings will be held ill the | First Baptist church beginning on l New Years eve and continuing two
 weeks. under the auspices of the pas 1 tor. Rev pr Parry. assisted by several 1 well known evangeliSts. Special l music will be rendered every even 1 ing under the direction of the organiSt. 1 Miss Airline Elton. The annual meet | ing will take place on New Years eve
 and will be followed by a watch night 1 service. This is what is termed tine ] twentieth century movement. decided
 upon at a meeting Of the Baptist as
 sociation held in New York last week. The board of finance held q meeting l laSt oh ctS tn rlr tIA ,.:t1
 attorney 10 submit an opinion regard ! ing the matter of the offer of $t.00D ] to the Mad River Watch Co i'll set i clement of all claims against the city | for water pumped from the Mad river. and also on the question of raising 1 $10O0U to meet the first payment of i school bonds which will fall due next | May, and for which no provision has i been made in the regular apprOpria- l ti0n for 1901. In reference to the re port of the treasurer of the school sinking fund it was voted to report back to the aldermen how the SIS, 300 is checked off. The board will hold
 another meeting Monday afternoon at o'clock. The rural free delivery system went into effect in certain sections of the town today. with Walter F. West of Hill street as carrier. The route is
 tWenty-One miles long. contains 15G
 families. with an aggregate member
 ship of TOO persons. The line of march.
 as the circus men would say, is as
 follows. Out the Plank road to the
 corner at the pumping station. thence up to the shear shop up through Mill
 Plain on the upper road after cross
 ing Twin bridges, thence as far as the
 Mor1itt-SCott place. The carrier turns
 about at this point, retraces his route
 to Twin bridges going across the river
 tC upper Mcriden road. crossing that
 thorOughfarc and going south to the
 old Cheshire turnpike. coming out near
 the new St Ioseph's cemetery; thence
 to East Farms school house thence
 north. crossing the Meriden road to
 Woodtick. thence over the hill west to
 the upper Wolcott road coming down
 as far as Mark Warmers corner.
 thence across Chestnut hill to Bucks
 Hill school house through Pearsallville
 to the post office. Five collection boxes
 have been placed at the following
 points. Near the school house at East
 Farms, at Woodtick. at Mill Plain. at
 Bucks Hill at Pearsallville. The mail
 will be delivered and collected every
 I0y