Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-20
CITY NEWS.

ana Mrs Michael Saunders of 16 Cherry street was run over by Spen- cer x PierpOnt's team yesterday af- ternoon and received several severe bruises. Dr Freney attended him.
 St Cecilia's fair begins tonight at City hall. Dancing will be the princi- pal feature of the entertainment each evening. This is superb weather for a fair and everything indicates a large attendance and good time for all.
 The dance and reception which was to be given by the St Thomas Literary and Dramatic club at their rooms on North Main street last evening was postponed on account of the various other attractions until Friday of next week.
 Philo Newall, a formean in the Wa terbury Brass company's works was able to be out yesterday for the first time in few weeks. MT Newall has been laid up with the consequences of a collision with a bicycle rider on the Watertown road. His face was badly cut, one of his knees was knocked out of joint, his right side was severely bruised and he was generally done up. He is still lame.
 At the annual meeting of the Water bury Indian association yesterday af ternoon the following officers were elected: President, Constance c. Du- ROiS; cc-preSidentS, Mrs Augustus $. Chase, Mrs Otis s. Northrop, Mrs Charles F. Chapin; treasurer, Mrs Thomas Donaldson; secretary, Alice Chase. Miss Dubois read an interest ing paper on the mission Indians of Southern California.
 The electric lights in portions of the north end have been very much neg lected for the past few weeks. For two consecutive nights last week the light at the junction of Bishop and Burton streets was out all night and during the week previous it was out at intervals of hours. On North Main street near Division street the same state of things prevailed one or two nights. Last night the light on Eliza beth street might as well have been out for all the light it gave.
 A very pleasant time was spent at the house of John J. ByrneS on Vine street yesterday afternoon. It was the birthday of John Byrnes, Jr, and the young people who gathered at the ByrneS home were nicely and pleas ingly entertained. The entertainment lasted from two until six o'clock and all tlee little folks were sorry to break and selections and one of the pretty features of the afternoon was the vio lin playing of Miss Annie ByrneS.
 Some of the school enumerators have completed their laborS and have reported the number of children of school age in their districts as follows: Bank street, CIT; Porter street. 32O; Merriman, ,226 school children di- vided as follows, between the ages of to years, 129; , to years, 343; s to 14 years, 566; 14 to Is years, 1SS. N-n hi, ,rrto Snh oh between the ages of 4 and years: 216, between the ages of , and s; 3S} be tween the ages of and If years; 126, between the ages of II and 16 years. The evening schools will open in the | Crosby Grammar school building on l Monday, October 20. The sessions will be held on Monday, Tuesday, Thurs | day and Friday evenings. from 1:15 to 9:15 o'clock. The High school course is a three year course, and the grammar school course is a four year course. Students may enter any class | for which they are qualified Diplo- | mas will be given to all who complete either the High or Grammar school | course. This is a splendid opportunity | to acquire a good education gratis, and | without losing an hour away from ones work and it is hoped that q large number will take advantage of it. Notices of the opening of the even ing schools have been posted in the factories by School Clerk John J. Fitzgerald.
 The second annual dance and re- ception of the St Thomas Cadet drum | corps was q gala affair and was at | tended by large audience. At about 9 o'clock Cams orchestra struck uI the music for the grand march | Thomas Courtney. leader of the drum corps and his sister, Miss Frances Courtney, led the grand procession, il which there was about forty couples The program consisted of about twenty dances of every variety SC that the most fastidious person was satisfied both in quantity and quality The music furnished by Cams orches tra was of q high character. Presi dent Joseph Kelly was the efficien grand conductor and he was ably as sisted by the members of the foo committee and reception committee whose names appeared in last even ing's Democrat.
 Mayor E. G. Eilduff and wife ceIe brated their crystal wedding last nigh at their home on State street, and tn affair was one of the great social funt tions of the season. The place wa beautifully decorated with a great va
 
 tumn leaves and presented cheerfl
 appearance. An orchestra filled tn
 house with sweet melody and fu
 nished music for dancing. The pre-
 ents, principally cut glass, were yer
 beautiful and filed one of the lare
 tables. A bountiful spread was serve with John O'Neill as master of cert
 monies. The past fifteen years hay
 been spent very happily by Mayor Xxi = duff and his wife. and their friend
 hope that the joys they have known
 the years that are gone will renal
 with them through all the years thi
 are yet to come and that the occu
 renee of their golden anniversary wi
 find them in as good health and spiri
 and as free from care as they are t
 day.
 The public appear quite pleased vii
 the asphalt street that is being mao
 on portion of West Main street, an about the only fault heard about it | fhof doaS mt aytpnd for anouo