Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-07
CITY NEWS.
Domestic pies are good to eat.
 Messer's telephone call is 157-6.

VIII take place rom Qer late nOIue Ou Baldwin street tomorrow morning at S:30 o'clock.
 The funeral of Thomas J. Smith will take place from his late home on North Main street tomorrow morning at S:15 o'clock.
 Some of the city officials are in re- ceipt of an invitation to witness ball game among the office holders of New Haven tomorrow afternoon.
 Moriarty's night calls answered as usual at the store and at the house and 527-2 and 423-5. A cali at any of these places will find us on duty for undertaking and funeral work.
 The will of the late Florine Peete of Oakyille was filed in the probate court this morning for approval. There will be hearing on the matter Saturday morning. The estate is not large one.
 Mayor Kilduff has called a special meeting of the board of education for this evening at S:15 o'clock. The main purpose of the meeting is to award the contracts for building the proposed Russell school.
 At a meeting of the Carpenters union last night it was voted to or ganize baseball team and issue chal- lenge tothe Buffers and Polishers' union to play a game of ball on the Driving park on labor day for $100 a side. It will be battle for blood.
 All persons who have not yet se- cured their tickets for the excursion to Hanover park tomorrow under the auspices of the Sacred Heart parish, may purchase them tonight in the basement of the church between 7:30 and o'clock. The train will leave the Dublin street station at o'clock. Very few tickets remain unsold for the annaul excursion of the St Joseph T. A. society to New York and Coney Island. The largest crowd of the sea- son will go on this excursion. On Fri day night in front of the society," s rooms a free concert will be given and there will be a number of stereopticon views.
 Among the noyices who received the black veil and made their final pro- fessional vows at St Elizabeth's Sisters of Charity academy, Convent Station, N. J., last Sunday was Miss Margaret Lynch of this city. Miss Lynch is 2 daughter of MT and Mrs James Lynch of North Riverside street, Her name | in religion is Sister Margaret Dolores. List of letters remaining unclaimed in the postoffice: Miss Nellie Adams, David Boyce, Miss Agnes DeF. Cur | tiss, Mrs Mary Doughlen, Dame Jos Dion, Arnold Edmonds, G. Fayot, care | Mrs Manly, Miss May Langram, Chas | Nichol, Mrs Kate Phelan, 26- Ford street, Arthur NJ. Platt, Mrs Mary F. | Wolcott.
 Roger Cronan of 49 Summit street is the manager of a team for which | he would like to arrange a game of baseball with any team in the city whose players are under 13 years of | age. The lineup is as follows: R. | Cronan, first base; R. Fruin, second base; James BoIan, shortstop; NJ. Cro- | c. Garrity, catcher; G. Bolan, center field; R. Fisher, left field; A. Fisher, l right field.
 There will be a hearing toward the l end of the week upon the will of the l late Thomas Mellon of Jackson street. | The estate is represented by Attorney I Guilfoile, who filed the will in the pro- l bate court. The document disposes of I | some cash in bank. The bulk of the property is bequeathed to the daugh- l ters, Katherine Mellon and Sarah l Quinn, and small bequests are left to | the sons, Thomas, Joseph and William. At the state convention of the Pa I triotic Order of Sons of America in I this city yesterday the following off I cers were elected: President, B. l. Russell, Waterbury; vice president, E. l w. Reicker, New Britain; master of forms, William H. Sniffner; secretary, John H. Patterson, South Norwalk; treasurer, John A. Edmundson, Wa terbury: conductor, R. c. Phillips, New Haven; inside guard, c. w. Ross, New Haven; outside guard, E. A. Breckey New Haven; delegates to the national convention at Buffalo, B. I. Russell and G. R. Hubbard.
 P. F. Lunny lost valuable horse
 last night. The animal took an epi
 leptic fit at the hack stand and kicked
 up such rumpus that half the people in town were attracted to the place
 After considerable effort he was gor to the stable, where Dr Bland shol
 him. MT Lunny didn't own the horse
 over an hour. He traded with Livery
 man Archer, securing what he sup
 posed to be the better end of the bar
 gain. He says that the horse was al
 right when he got him and that h,
 has no kick coming about the wa.
 things turned out.
 Joseph Flynn, the well known driy
 CT in the employ of the Highland Brew
 ing company, was robbed of a snug lii
 tie sum of money the other night. 10
 had some business to perform out 70
 town and he accordingly engaged
 horse at one of the local liver
 stables. He returned home at a lat
 hour and as he knew the proprietor c
 the stables very well. he thought h
 would spend the night there. Anon
 those, who were at the stables whe
 Joe retired for the night was youn
 man about town and a co1ore hostler While Joe was in bed, the are said to have rified his pockets, tai
 ing about S1O, all he had at the tim, except 10 cents. They also tried t take his watch. but it was fastene onto his clothes in such manner ths
 it would be impossible to take it witt
 out waking NIT Flynn. When M l Flynn arose the man about tow
 and the hostler were missing. Late i
 the day. Flynn met one of them an
 accused him of the theft and the la ter did not deny 1t.