Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-16
CITY NEWS.

John Doran of Danbury spent Sun- day at his home on Pine street.
 City Attorney John F. Kellogg left today for Providence on business trip.
 This afternoon AttorneyNE NE. +. Cole was appointed administrator upon the estate of the late Frances J. Smith, who was the widow of Edward s. Smith.
 Special forecast for Connecticut: Fair tonight; colder in northern DOT ton; Tuesday fair, with slowly rising temperature; brisk west to southwest winds
 Attorney Samuel IT. Mccain, whose office is in the Odd Fellows building, will leave for Grantsville, W. Va, to make his resistance permanently there. He has been rendered valuable offer.
 The Holmes, Booth x Haydens bas- ket ball team will play thS Boys club on Wednesday evening of this week. The club would also like to arrange for tussle with the Knockabouts vf Brooklyn.
 Real Estate Agent William J. Schle- gel today sold for William H. Lowe, the real estate man and plumber, his residence property at 34 Park avenue. Truman $. Lewis was the purchaser. He will improve his own property by adding on part of the Lowe lot.
 At the annual meeting of St Mary's T.. A. society yesterday officers were elected as follows: President, Miss J. M. O'Neill; vice president, Miss Kate Mulligan; recording secretary, Miss Annie Byrne; sergeant at arms, Miss Frances Courtney. Miss O'Neill was appointed state editor.
 The Rev John c. Davenport left this afternoon for New Haven where he will deliver a lecture tonight on ''The Puritan in the Old World be- fore the Foregathers' Day meeting ot the New Haven Congregational club.
 The public schools will close Friday noon for the Christmas holidays. On Thursday and Friday Christmas exer- cises will be held at the different schools. The teachers will receive their salaries on Friday. It will be welcome news to them to hear that they will be paid for the entire month.
 The funeral of John Fisher took place yesterday afternoon from his late home in Waterville with service at St Patrick's church by the Rev Father Gleeson and interment in Gals vary cemetery. The pallbearers were John Humphreys, James Cavanaugh, John Mclaughlin and Julius Mar chant.
 The first battalion drill of the sea< son will be held at the armory to- night at o'clock. Major Tilson or New Haven will be in command. The drill will be preceded by guard mount, the officers being as follows: Officer of the day, Captain Fitzpatrick of Company G; officer of the guard Lieu- tenant Sandland of Compony A; super- numerary officer of the guard, Lieuten- ant Hallinan of Company G.
 The big task of sending checks in settlement of depositors' claims against the Parsons bank has been started by Burpee & Carmody. To- day mountain of envelopes addressed and each bearing check showed that considerable progress has been made4 A force of three men is engaged ad- dressing the envelopes as fast as they can and inserting the checks in them The sum to be paid out is about $43, GOO.
 Mayor Kilduff was one of the speaks CTS invited to address the voters Of Meriden tonight on the subject or their local election, which takes place tomorrow. Mayor Kilduff reluctantly was obliged to decline the honor, how ever on account of pressing business engagements. Among the other speak CTS who will endeayor to impress upon the democrats of Meriden the wisdom of re-electing Mayor West will be Mayor Denis NIulvihill and Mayor Ste phen Charters, the recently elected executives of Bridgeport and Anso0 nia respectively.
 The board of aldermen will hold an adjourned meeting tonight for the purpose of considering the school esti- mates and to transact any other busi-. ness that may come before them. Una less something unexpected happens this will be the last session of the present board of aldermen. There is no reason why the meeting should not be over ill few minutes. The repub- licans have everything fixed so that discussion on the part of the other fel- lows will not amount to anything SO far as changing the program already outlined is considered.