Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-31
CITY NEWS.


 U. $. Booth, aged 3S years, died this morning at his home on Browns farms.
 The board of education will hold it's regular monthly meeting this evening at S:15 o'clock.
 All arrangements arc completed for the annual sociabie of the French Can adian institute, which takes place at LeaTenWorth hall this evening.
 Napoleon Lolla. infant daughter of MT and Mrs Napoleon Bernier of North Riverside stret. died yesterday. The funeral took place this forenoon, with interment in Calvary cemetery.
 Mrs Betsey Russell. aged SS years, died yesterday afternon at the home of F. D. Bristol in Platts Mills. She leaves one son. Dr Isaac \. Russell. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon.
 Waterbury closed her police court record as few cities in the state will close theirs, that is. without q session of the court this morning. Not q sin gle arrest of any kind was made from Saturday morning up to court hour this morning.
 A Spanish gourd is q peculiar look ing affair." William H. Murphy has h.rn presented with q species of this vegetable by a friend who has just re;urned from Cuba. It looks like mighty walking stick at first glance and it is lighter than the proverbial feather. It's contents are used as msdicine.
 Mrs w. G. Fulton. mother of Will liam F. Fulton. of this city, died rCs- terd8y at her home on Monroe street, Nl,yN ft,,,p -!g.fA will be held there tomorrow afternoon and the remains will be brought here in the evening and taken to Hall Me n0rial chapel. Mrs Fulron had many relatives in Waterbury whom she called upon frequently.
 Patricl; Cavanaugh. an East Main street barber, narrowly escaped being seriously injured while sharpening I razor in his shop Saturday night. The strCp came off the hook. letting tMe razor s'ip with considerable force. and bringing the keen edge of tie weapon against tine flesh between the thumb and forefnger. infctng a gash which it was feared would result in lock jaw Dr McLmden was called and put sev en stitches in the wound.
 Dr Lodge was to-day removed to the Waterbury hospital suffering from q slight attack of grip. Dr Lodge was besieged with severe attack of this same malady during the summer from which he did not entirely recover and this, coupled with an unusually large practice. has brought on his present illness. Dr Lodges many friends. hoth in this city and Nauga- tuck wish that a short rest in the Waterbury hospital will restore to him his lost health.
 The following program was rendered at the smoker given by the St JoSeph's T. A. society Saturday night: Song. Thomas Doyle; song. c. ]. Griffin: reading. James Calvin; song. John Savers: buck and wing dance. D. Me Donald: recitation. D. !. LawlOr: song, F. j. Fitzpatrick: song. Peter Dow ney: song. NJ. T. Quinlan; song, J. Cavanaugh: song. J. Delaney; song, P. Cavanaugh; song, NJ. Henna: "Old Oaken Bucket" James Freney: duet. T. Maher and W. T. Hughes. F. Fla herty and C. McGuire acted as ac- c0mpaniStS.
 A very plea sant time was spent last Saturday evening at the home of Mrs Thomas Morgan of WOlcotC street. Music and dancing were indulged in. Piano solos by Mrs r. MeerS and Miss Maude Delaney. Solos by Timothy Collins. Misses Susie Sullivan. Julia Reardon. Susie Murphy. the Bungalow quartetJe.. RecitatiOnS by the McsSrs Morgan. MOnizimi, Wolfe Among the Out-OftOWn guests were George Car mory. Miss Mollie English of New York and William Pames and Edward Murphy of New Haven. At 12 o'clock the party sat down to a supper which was enjoyed by all.
 The Southern New England Tele. phone company announces today general reduction of telephone rentals in all exchanges in Connecticut where the number of subscribers is less than 1GO. The cut is an important one and affects fifteen towns and 1.3U0 sub SCriberS. The present rates for party service. covering the town in which the exchange is located, makes the charge for domestic or house service twenty four dollars. and for business purposes thirtysiN dollars. with somewhat high CT rates for adjoining towns embraced in the exchange. according to the dis tance from the exchange to the center of the town. The new rate for party line service will he $1S0O per annum for domestic or house service. q re- duction of 9 per cent and S24OO for business service, q reduction of 33 1-3 per cent with corresponding reduc- IIOil TOT duJOllliig tONnS. l lie ele | phone company during the past year | has tried the experiment of a reduc- l ton to the new rates in the exchanges of Canaan. Norfolk and Stonington- | Mystic. with the result that the num- | Der of subscribers has been increased l by D per cent anG it is expected that 1 the adoption of these lower rates will l have similar effect in securing new 1 business. The exchanges affected by 1 the reduction are Branford. Danielson, ! Guilford. Litchfield. Manchester Mil 1 ford. Naugatuck. New Milford, Ridge | field. Rockville Southington. Saybrook, | Simsbury. Wallingford and Winsted 1 and their connecting towns. The re- 1 ducfion is in line with the general i changes made in this state in recent l years and in all cases the business Of | the company has increased proportion- 1 atelv to the reduction in rates. Patrick Hogan. who conducts a procery store on South street. enter l tained about thirty or forty of his l neiglbe1.e at his residence Saturday ! night. The menu consisted of roast 1 sheep. with all tie other good things that 20 with it. and those who were l farf1nafa 1nOuph to be among the