Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-12
CITY NEWS.

Iiendricken council. K. of C.. will hold it's regular meeting this evening in K. of C. hall. Business of import ance will be the program.
 The short hand class of the Catho- lie Women's association, which was to hold d session this evening, will not meet until tomorrow evening.
 The funeral of Albert Noether took place this afternoon with service at the family residence on Cooke street and interment in Riverside cemetery.
 John Earl, aged 27 years. died Sun day at the home of his mother. Mrs Doolittle, 23O Cherry street. The re- mains will be taken to Stratford for burial tomorrow morning.
 Dorothy. the iESant daughter of MT and Mrs Edward Kernan of South Main street. died last night. The fr- neral took place this afternoon, with interment ill Calvary cemetery.
 William Woods has fitted. up the store in the DeLowery block at the corner of Spencer avenue and North Main street. and will open tomorrow With q full line of drugs and medi- cineS.
 Don't take things for granted. Tie winter may be about over,'' but it is well enough to remember that just thirteen years ago to-day the greatest blizzard that ever happened, in the memory of most of us. began.
 The Star Social club is making great preparations for the annual sociable of that club. which is to be held at Speedwell hall OH Thursday evening, April II. IIellmann's orchestra has been engaged to furnish music and I'rof Harper will do the prompting.
 The free rural postal delivery has been so successful throughout the east ern part of the town and adjoining towns that the residents of Prospect have petitioned the government for a similar system. The delivery will be made from the local office. The peti- ton was forwarded to Washington this morning.
 Tho Smith Premier Typewriter Co have arranged to give q demonstration of touch typewritin@ aI MOnroe's BuSi- ness college Thursday morning at 1O:3O, when Miss Laura l.. Lewis of New York will give q demonstration on the smith Premier typewriter. Miss Lewis is considered most thor ough and artistic touch operator.
 The rainfall of the last storm, as IttdSuIttl DN N. .I. " tllou. amounted to 2.31. It filled the reservoirs to overhowin@. The only thing worrying the water department now is that the dam it the Wigwam reservoir did not happen to he finished so that there would have been no question about it's being filled for the dry weather.
 There was only one prisoner to- day before the city court. His name was Lawrence Kerwin, a blacksmith hailing from Hartford. Sunday even ing he found himself in this city. but how he came here he could not tell He was charged with intoXicatiOn and improper conduct and on the first con- plaint was fined SJ and costs. Sen tence was suspended on the latter.
 Rev NIr Gardner will address the meeting of the Union Rescue Mis- Jon Thursday evening. Every one is in- vited to attend these meetings. cnliSen- ed with special music and solo sing ing nightly. Much interest has been manifested in the services during the winter months. and the attendance has been unusually large. Donations of wearing apparel of every description received at 211 South Main street.
 The remarks made by q number of prominent speakers at the farewell services of the Y. NJ. C. \. state con- vention at the First Congregational church Sunday evening that immense benefits would result to the local as SociatiOn from the holding of the con vention in this city and that one of the benefits would be the liquidation of the debt on the local N- NJ. c. A. building: that these remarks were not spoken at random. was amply mani Tested at the meeting Of the ladies ;J ,f 1,N \ 4 State Secretary F. T. Bates of New Haven had delivered an address. the society voted to raise S1.00O to pay off d portion of the debt. Several other donations of a smaller denomina- ton have also been received.
 Superintendent Kelley. of the street department, is one of the busiest men in Waterbury to-day. He has com pleted the rounds of all the city streets. made all dangerous spots safe for public travel and in a day or two one would not know that water was rushing in all directions yesterday. It is surprising" how quickly the damage done by q freShet can be repaired. To look at some of the streets yesterday morning one would think that it would take weeks to clean them and a trip over the same place to-day re- veals the fact that they have been touched up with the hoe and broom and look as good as ever. The catch basins were in good working order all over the city and in consequence there was no real rush of water on the streets except for q few hours when it rolled down in rivers from all sides and could not have been carried away through the basins no matter how many of them there might be in use about the streets. Brooklyn appears to be the worst spot in the city in time of freshets, but it is thought that the storm water drainage plans now un- der way. will when in operation, pre-