Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-20
CITY NEWS.

| CI armory tonight. The funeral of Leslie J., the Swear old child of MT and Mrs w. l.. Mos grove of Dikeman street, who died yes terday, took place this afternoon, with | interment in Riverside cemetery. H. $. Gulliver. professor of mathe- | matics at the Waterbury High school, is still detained at his home with ill ness. During his absence Gail Beck with, a graduate of Union college and foot ball coach of the High school eleven this season, is filling his place.
 McClure's Magazine for December will contain an intimate account of the fall of Richmond and the flight of the confederate cabinet. at the close of the civil war. This article is from the pen Of stephen R. Mallory, who. as secre- tary of the navy in the confederate ad- ministration. shared in the stress of those last days. The narrat tive gives picture strong and true of the clos ing scene in the sOuth's tragedy.
 \ horse belonging to W. B. Hitch cock. who lives on the Meriden road. stepped on live wire near the resi- dence of E. F. Wright last night and fell to the ground in heap and lay there for several minutes before he re- covered from the shock. The occu- pants of the wagon. Mr and Mrs Hitch cock. and B. F. Hoggett were very much scared. but none of them was in Jured. The company was notified and some men were at work repairing the loose wire
 Janit0r Loughlin, of the City hall building. calculates that there will be q great disturbance in the clements during the closing days of tine present month and the first week of Decem- ber attended by high winds, heavy rain and snow storms with Jack Frost cutting up all kinds of pranks. and in order to save the clerks and the habitues of the building he is put ting up the storm doors today and expects to be prepared to resist the assaults of the weather no matter what it may be.
 Bliss Perry. who will deliver the sec ond lecture of the Waterbury Women's club lecture course tomorrow evening at LeavenWOrth hall. will present to hls audience 'William Nakppeace Thackeray." with intelligence and fin lSh. for he is well qualified to treat his topic from the knowledge of scholar and the culture of man of letters. Mr Perry. who recently was offered and accepted the editors chair of the Atlantic Monthly Magazine. had be come known to the reading public through certain of his published writ ln&s. Of his stories mention might be made of "The Plated City."' salem kitteridge" and The Broughton House. and of his selections from Ed mund Burke and Walter Scott, which as familiar as compilations.
 Patrick Noonan was the only Dris oner before Judge Bradstreet in the city court this morning. NOonan was charged with intOXication. It appeared that four years ago NoOnan came tO town to celebrate the victory of Me Nlnley and has been celebrating ever since. The late repetition of the re- suit Of four years ago increased the naVOr of his cups and added enthusi- asm to his inclinatiOnS He was found on Grand and South Main streets last evening shouting for something. pre- Sumably for Mckinley. He scared q number of women and raised a general disturbance. He not only refused to stop when requested by Officer Cronin. but invited him to fight Officer Hayes was called upon to give assistance and the Mckinley admirer of the full pail was carried away. He was fined S3 and costs.
 
 talking about the need of electric lights in their neighborhOod. and hope that the selectmen will give them a couple of arc lights before the real dark and stormy nights set in. That is true. the people are talking" about this mat ter. but why in thunder don't they take hold of it in a business way and find out what the Splectmen will do for them in this line? Less talk and more practical work would have se- cured a few lights for that neighbor- hood long ago. It ought to have them. but public officials are not going around forcing electric lights upon people, and if the residents of Mohawk park don't want to sit in the gloom all their lifetime they should be llD and doing. else the whole town will be lighted while they are still pumping against each other once night spreads it's mantle over them.
 Persons wishing to .patr0nize the fair given by the Catholic ladies of Oakville in the basement of the new church. will find the trolley an admirable means of conveyance. The terminus is two minutes walk from the church. The fair will open next Thursday even- ing and will continue for five nights A splendid turkey supper will be served every evening and an up-to-date stage entertainment will be provided One dollar will do therfair. while the admission is only 10 cents. each ticket entitling the holder ito a chance on an elegant door prize The trolley will leave Waterbury for ,Oakville at and 37 minutes past the hour and leave Oakville on the hour and half hour. The last car will leave Oakville a 12 o'clock. midnight The last car that connects with other cars in the center will leave Oakville at II o'clock. the 11:30 and 12 o'clock cars running only as far as Exchange place. The company will give a half hour service
 Two hours with Minnigh is worth more to a student than weeks of study of history. and whenever he lectures >the school board should see to it that the scholars are brought out. Mir Minnigh's description of the awfully sublime scenes which occurred at Get tysburg were pictured in such a light as to throw cold type history in the shade. The lecture is one that should rnnr 1,a