Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-08

reception at Leavenworth hall this evening.
 Miss Katherine Glynn of North
 Willow street is spending few days with friends in hartford
 Miss Edith NJ. Norton will give hu- morous and dramatic recitals and song stories at High school assembly hall this evening.
 Division No ?, A. o. H., took initial steps last evening toward engaging either Major Mcbride of the Irish brigade that served in the Boer war, CT 1aude Come to give a lecture here.
 Edward J. Crandau, Is years of age, son Of Alr and Mrs David Crandan of -f2 Beach street, died last night at the home of his parents. The funeral will be held at o'clock Sunday afternoon.
 William Gillette, aged S2 years, died this morning at his home in Wolcott. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at 1U:3O o'clock. The re- mains will be taken to Washington, this state. for burial.
 On "Wednesday evening of next week pleasant sociable will be rendered to the members Of Glass c O. the l. NI |. A. Juniors in the parlors of the as sociarion's building. The sociable will ~C VI e NaiQi GS tIltSS W HIGH the Juniors of Classes X and B enjoyed recently.
 There was q lull in the canvassing business at the Foresters' fair last night, when John Nj. Joy decided to stir things up by announcing that he wanted to see all the canvassers They came around and Mir Joy put his name down on each book, and then w. E.. Qulgiey followed suit, thus keeping the canvassers rushing for some time. It was Meany night and the boys made things lively.
 J. H. Mccarthy, NJ. D., who is direc- torr of physical training in the Spring field Training school, has been secured to oficlate as referee at the '. NJ. C. A. state Indoor gymnastic meet, which will be held in this city on the after noon and evening Of February 21. Prizes of an especial nature will be offered to competing teams. To the association sending the winning team 8 handsome oak shield will be given, which each member of the team will be presented with silver loving cup.
 After the regular class work at the Y. NJ. c. \. gymnasium on next Mon day evening game of basket ball will be played between a picked five and the crack Rogers 6 Bros quintet. On Wednesday evening, March 13, re- turn game has been arranged with the Yale varsity five. As all lQyerS of basket ball know, the latter team only succeeded in winning out from the local team after one of the most ex- citing and closely contested games of the season, when they appeared here early in the season. The local boys expect to turn the tables this time. Sleighing parties left here last night for Naugatuck, Thomaston and made up principally of teachers in the public schools and their friends. Whats the matter with Bethany this season? Some time ago it was the | objective point of most all of the sleishing parties from the factories and other places i'll Waterbury, and 1t was all right for the business, too. Of course it was nothing unusual for Waterbury parties to drive as far as Ansonia and stop at Dermody's. but these were exceptional, Bethany being 1 as far as most people cared to go Tomorrow afternoon at o'clock the biggest slelshlng party ever seen in Waterbury will start from the head quarters of the Boys club on Harri- son avenue and after making q tour of the city trip will be made down the road as far as Naugatuck. The par ty will consist Of the members of the Boys club and Industrial school and the ride will be the gift to the young people by Alderman F. \. Blakeslee, who will be on hand with enough sleighs to accommodate about IO0 children. 1t will be great affair and everybody should be on the lookout for it. ELr Blakeslee will he in con- mand with Superintendent Combellack and others as lieutenants