Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-26
CITY NEWS.

|
 Roller skating at the Auditorium Monday night.
 Call ind try n deep sea wave at Birney's cafe Saturday night. Moriarty's undertaking night calls answered at store or at District Tele- graph ofhce.
 feDruary magazines now ready at Waterbury Stationery store, POI East Main street.
 The board of relief will be in session until o'clock tonight. This will be the last chance for presenting appeals to this board
 The second annual mask and civic bal of the Waterbury socialists was held at Concordia hall last evening. q large crowd being present.
 Through D. H. Iferney's real es- tate agency, Jacob Black and David Cohen disposed of farm in Wolcott yesterday to Giuseppe Amorrosi. Last night Ansantawae encamp- 1 ment. I. O. o. F.. served q banquet to the minstrel company that gave the | show for the benefit of the encamp- ment.
 The funeral of Mrs Ann Weiss will | take place tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from the family residence on Baldwin street with service at St hranclS Aayiers church and inter- l ment Ill St JoSeph'S cemetery | The funeral of Mrs Frederick Dyer will take place tomorrow afternoon at $50 o'clock from her late residence on East Main street with service at the house by the Rev Dr Rowland and ln terment in Riverside cemetery. Henry Nelson Hall, who died at Ma nila on June IT, 1900. and whose body arrived here during the present week will be buried tomorrow at 5 o'clock i with military honors. The funeral service will be held at Mill Plain chapel Dr Davenport will conduct 1 the service.
 The union Foresters' fair will open 1 in City hall a week from tonight and will continue through the following | week. The neat sum of S1 ,OOO will be given away in prizes together with q large assortment of very valuable ar i ticles of one kind and another An | interesting stage program will be ren- 1 dered each evening.
 At the Third Congregational church tomorrow: Preaching by pastor 1O:3O q. m., and D. m.; subject of morning sremon, "A Great Certitude"; Sabbath school 11:45 q. m.: Juvenile temple, 3 p. m.: Christian Endeavor. G:15 D. III. In the evening special patriotic ser ! vice Will be held in honor of the 1 queen. All are invited.
 Real Estate Agent Loren F. Carter has just completed three family l house on East Main street, which he has sold to John F. Maher of Wolcott street. Mir Maher will occupy part of the premises. MT Carter has also sold on Bunker hill to D. W. Stoddard twenty acres of wood and five acres of timber land to H. E. Jillson: also q large building lot near his residence to Mrs J. E. Lynn.
 At the smoker at the French Ca nadian Political club last night. Presi- dent L. Lavigne in the chair, E. s. Baubeault. hero of the Spanish | American war, delivered an interesting address on his escapades while serving as q trumpeter in the Second Massa- chusetts regiment He was in Law tons command and barely escaped with his life at the storming of Fl l Caney. Short addresses were made by other prominent French Canadians.
 Corporal Thomas O'Rourke, Con- 1 pany E. First Marine corps. was yes 1 terday presented with one of the war | medals which the board of aldermen 1 voted to all men from this city who served in the Spanish war. All the | medals, except about nineteen, have | been presented. By an act of con- gross, soldiers are permitted to wear these medals on their uniforms. Cor poral O'Rourke has already served sev- en years in the regular service. He had charge of the scouts ill his company while in the Philippines and can tell many a story of great interest. He is home on sick leave and will not be
 sent on foreign service any more.
 Dr A. Victor Kelley, and his broth
 CT William. who were arrested yester
 day on a body writ in default of q
 judgment for S20O with costs, S269 ir
 all. given by q jury in the district
 court q few weeks ago. did not go
 to jail after all After spending ar
 hour in confinement, friends came to
 their rescue and induced them to sub
 init to the inevitable rather than have
 the stigma of the county jail on them
 The doctor contends the verdict wa: unjust and was determined to spend
 months under restraint rather thar
 pay q cent The verdict was givel
 William Payeur in lieu of an Irish set
 ter, which he claimed the IAelleys tool
 from his premises. The residence of Edward Drake, ol i the upper Waterville road, was de stroyed by fire last night. The fir
 started, it is thought. from a defec
 tive fiue, and had gained considerabl headway before the family were awar
 that there was anything the matter
 John O'Brien, who lives in that neigh . borhood, saw the blaze, and after nc ' tifying the occupants, telephoned t.
 the fire department When the de T. partment reached there the building
 was practically destroyed, and tn
 chimney came down with crash. Tn
 only place that water could be ot } tained was at Nuhn's pond, and thi
 soon gave out. The estimated loss O. the building is about $4.oOO. It is h
 sured for $4,O00. A few articles 0
 housefurnishing were saved. Tn
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