Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-24
CITHNEWs.

Cornelius Cassidy, student at Nj agara university, is spending the sum- mer vacation at his home on East Main street.
 A few days more remain for people to hand in their tax lists. After the present week all who fail to comply with the law will have the 10 per cent added.
 Members of the Alumnae association of Notre Dame are requested to meet this evening in the Kindergarten room, at the convent, at o'clock, sharp, in order to attend the commencement.
 The old case of the Waterbury Lumber and Coal Co vS Dr Walter k. Hinckley was partly heard in the dis trict court to-day before Judge Cowell. The suit is to recover for services rem dered
 A reception of members into the so- ety of the Guards of the Sacred Heart was held at the Sacred Heart church yesterday afternoon. About fifty new members were admitted into the soci- ety. Rev Father Fitzgerald oficiated.
 At St Patrick's church yesterday Rosewig'S mass was beautifully sung by the church choir at the 10:45 mass. The choir was under the direction of J organist of great promise. Miss Me Namara is assistant to. Mrs George A. Gibson, the regular organist.
 The will of the late Daniel Engeler, who lived on Round Hill street or whereabouts, was filed for probate to- day. All of the estate is left to de cedent's most esteemed friend, to quote the will, Emil Linderman, to be his and his heirs forever" The will was drawn up on August 1, 1900, and witnessed by Samuel J. Marsh, Fin ton J. Phelan and Charles w. Gillette. MT Linderman is nominated executor of the will.
 At the 7:3O mass at the Sacred Heart church, yesterday, the Rev Father Shelley delivered a few words of ad- vice and admonition to his parishion- CTS as to how they should conduct themselves during the summer season. Whether at the seashore or in the coun- try, or the city, he advised them to re member always that they are Chris tians and Catholics accordingly. He warned them not to do anything which they would regret afterwards. Espe- cially should they shun strangers.
 To-day Whitaker Bros of Boston commenced putting up scaffolding for
 
 in the Immaculate Conception church. The entire interior of the building will be frescoed, new seats put in, the pres ent oil painting stations of the cross removed and replaced by raised ones, made of terra cotta; the organ rebuilt and furnished with all modern appli- ances. including electric connections. The firm having charge of the job is the same one that did the work per- formed on the church during the pas torate of Father Harty seventeen years ago. The old seats are the ones which were put in when the church was first opened for service and with the excep- ton that they are a trif1e out of date, they are still almost as good as new.
 In the court of probate to-day the will of Mrs Mary Nagle, who was one of the oldest residents in the northern part of the city, was approved by the court The document was drawn up on April 13 of this year and the wit nesses to it were William M. Gillette, Charles w. Gillette and Patrick Ward. Mrs Nagle left to her son Joseph building lot on Sarsfield street and to her daughter, Catherine Nagle, the balance of the property is left on these conditiOns: That she pay her other daughter, Mary Nagle, and to her other sons, William and Michael, $500 as their respective testamentary shares | in the estate. To Catherine is also | given permission to mortgage the | property if she deems it necessary to comply with the provisions of the will.
 Edward, son of George Lambert, the well known barber, living on Crown street, accidentally shot bullet | through the palm of his left hand yes | terday. The cartridge was a souvenir | from Porto Rico and the boy was show I ing it to a few friends, other boys, tap- | ping it on the sidewalk. The repeated contact irritated the powder in the cartridge and finally it exploded. pr | McLinden was immediately in attend ance. He found very bad wound but no bones broken. Considerable flesh was torn from the fingers and the nails | from one or two of them. The boy l finds great deal of consolation in that the schools are closed for vacation, he l being very ambitious to learn and is unusually smart for a lad of his age, being one of the graduates at the Bish- op street school last week.
 | At meeting of St Joseph's T. A. so- I icety yesterday the following officers | were chosen: President, James H. Freney; vice president, William Ryder; recording secretary, Thomas Doyle; financial secretary, Daniel F. Lawlor: | treasurer. James McKnight; sergeant l at-arms, Thomas Crean; visiting com mittee, B. Butler and William Grou- den; room committee. John Finnerty. Larry Ryan and David Altman; enter tainment committee, F. F. Cavanaugh. Larry Ryan, J. J. Dillane. William F. | Guilfoile; trustees. John J. Fitzgerald. William F. Guilfoile and James Crean: 1 standing committed Martin Delaney. Thomas Cream and William Grimes. Father McGuane administered the pledge to eleven new members. Presi- dent Freney made a few remarks in which he reminded the boys that the society's annual excursion to Coney Island will take place August 10 and that he hoped to see the attendance larger than ever before.
 The funeral of Augustus Butler took place yesterday afternoon from the family residence on North Elm street to the Immaculate Conception church where service was conducted by tht Rev Father McGuane. The intermen