Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-29
CITY NEWS.

Newark, N. J., is visiting friends in town.
 John Lyons of Baldwin street left to-day to spend a week at the Pan- American exposition at Buffalo.
 The local priests who have been at tending the retreat at Holy Cross col lege, Worcester. during the past week, returned to-day.
 Special forecast for Connecticut, and eastern New York: Showers and thun- der storms tonight and Sunday; lower temperature; brisk south to southwest winds.
 The office of the clerk of the superior court will close during the summer every Saturday at noon, and the office. of clerk of the district every afternoon during vacation
 James Curley died yesterday at the town house. The funeral took place this afternoon with service at the I'm maculate Conception church, and in- terment in Calvary cemetery.
 The L. Simons & Go, milliners, Bank street, have applied for settlement of their affairs in the United States court of bankruptcy. The principal creditor is. R. Ballerstein of Hartford.
 The New England Watch company atnd Traction company teams are crossing bats at the Athletic field this afternoon before large crowd. The Y. M. c. A. team is playing at Water vile.
 Let not the weather deter you from attending the meeting in the City hall tomorrow afternoon to hear MT Cowen of New York speak on the machinists' c4y, l0c hnor1 hor r16 lad n this city.
 The financial affairs of the F. w. Dains Go, painters, on North Main street, are in the bankruptcy court. The creditors are represented by Rep resentative F. F. Guilfoile. Liabilities amount to about $4,00O.
 Prepare we'll for the Fourth of July by enjoying the third of July. You can do this by attending the picnic to be given at E.1leview Lake by the em- ployes of the Matthews & Willard con- cern.. They are making big prepara- tions for this picnic, so that good time may be in store for those who at tend
 Vacations at the postoffice have be- gun. Carriers James Slavin, Charles Tom1inson and U. Warner leave first, Clerk Thomas OReilly starts next week, and Edward Moran has re- turned. Hereafter Sunday afternoon mails close at o'clock instead of 4:3O On July 4th the postoffice will be closed at noon, and there will be no afternoon collections from the boxes. If one has any mail to send drop it in the boxes at the main office.
 If one wishes to enjoy himself on the of fnr n7sn nv n of TI114v 4 ha aO111H do so in no better way than by attend ing the picnic and games which will be held at the Driving park by the Third division, A. o. H. The games will be of an exciting nature, consist ing of foot races, throwing the ham, mer, etc; and there will be dancing to the best of music as furnished by the American band orchestra. Tickets may be obtained from the members of the Third division.
 This was another scorcher and as q result of the extreme heat several out door laborers quit work this forenoon. At times there was a good breeze, but it required the grateful shade of q tree or awning to render it of much value, and as these could not be sought by all many had to take chances with the weather and trust to their physical endurance to pull them through. Many left to-day for the shore and will not return for several weeks, and then they will come back brown and tanned and full of renewed vigor, which will enable them to continue the race for existence in this busy world. Others are resolved to make the best they can of things as they find them right here in Waterbury, and will manage to get along without tasting the invigor- ating breezes that blow inward from the sea or sweeps through the groves on the mountains. The spending of the summer around the old haunts is q matter of choice with some people, but with others it is a question of neces- sity. They have no option in the mat ter and show good judgment in en- deavoring to reconcile themselves to their fate, for good share of the comforts of life are derived from a peaceful mind, and if this be missing tourists find it difficult to extract much real enjoyment from what they see in their travels. Several of the factories will close tonight for week, and crowds of the employees will shake the dust of the town off their feet until they start up again, At 3 o'clock the thermometer registered 93, although earlier in the day it reached 94