Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-20
CITY NEWS.

Benton Loomis of the Earle hotel has returned from an enjoyable visit at West Point.
 will be celebrated tomorrow morning at T:30 o'clock at St Francis Xavier's church for the late Gertrude D. Scully of Washington street.
 Frederick, the eleven weeks old son of MT and Mrs Randolph Hahn of F Newell place died this morning. The funeral will take place tomorrow af- ternoon at ? o'clock with interment in St Joseph's cemetery.
 David Edward Cooley and Miss Sa- die Peck Griswold were married yester- day afternoon at the home of the brides parents on East Main street by the Rev Mir Bassett of St Pauls M. D.. church. Miss Harriet Parker was maid of honor, and James Cooley, the groom's brother, was best man.
 The public will appreciate the job the street department is doing on East Main street to-day. The old rickety crosswalk opposite Scovill street is be- ing replaced by a new one. This is a big improvement and it is hoped that some more walks about town that have out lived their usefulness will be cast aside and new ones put down instead.
 Frank A. Waters of this city and Miss Helen R. Bronson of Middlebury, were married yesterday afternoon at the Congregational church in Middle bury, the Rev l.. $. Griggs officiating. Professor Loucks of Mount Herman school, Northtield, Mass, was the best man and Miss Hazel Bronson, the brides sister, was maid of honor.
 Everything is in readiness for the band concert at Stanley park tonight. This afternoon Superintendent Kelley of the street department moved the new stand to the spot and is having an electric light installed over it so that the musicians will experience no trou- ble in reading their notes. The stand is quite an ingenious contrivance and the mayor and the other members of the committee are receiving compliments galore for their skill in getting it up. In addition to making an excellent band stand it would make first class rostrum for public speakers to talk to the public from and it could also be used as a dancing pavilion for small parties Who knows but the city may rent it for these purposes by and by and thus convert it into source of revenue to the taxpayers.
 Margaret D. McGrath, we'll known and highly esteemed resident of this city, died at 4 o'clock this morning at her home, ell East Main street. Be sides her father, Thomas, she leaves six, brothers and five sisters, John, Thomas F., the cigar dealer, Robert, proprietor of the wine rooms at the corner of East Main street and Phoenix avenue, Edward, inspector of school buildings, D. F. of Chicago, M. J. of New Haven; Mrs Alice Ryan, Mrs F. J: McGrath, Mrs Edward Cullen, and the Misses Bridget and Mary A. McGrath. The deceased was one of a family of fifteen children and was well and fav- orably known among a wide circle of relatives and friends The funeral will take place Saturday morning at S:30 o'clock 4e- Che nSaered Heart church where mass of requiems will be cele- brated. The interment will be in the family plot in St Jeseph's eemetery.I . The Ameuiean Boy for June (Sprague Publishing Co, Detroit, AIich), presents thirty-two pages of matter of surpass- ing interest to boys. There are nearly 100 illustrations. This number leads off with an illustrated editorial enti- tied Your Country Wants You" ad- dressed to boys who are this month being graduated from the schools. The stories are: "Timmie O'Flannigan No 2O,'" "Mam'selle La Belle," Captain Jack Brier's Triumph ,' "Phl >Kearny's Bugler,' .'Lafe, the Simpleton,' Three Boys in the Mountains,i Gallant John Pelham, the Boy Artillerist," ''The Boy Who Won a Laurel Crown and That Larkin Boy" Other items ap- pear under thef following titles: Be ginning to Save" ..How to Learn Drawing" How Boys Make Money" New Games for Boys" Starting an Amateur Paper" s'rhe Daily Life of a West Point Boy,'' Boys Exchange" ," "June in American History ''The Agassiz Association of Young Natural- ists,' Boys in the Home, Church, l School, Etc, Boys and Animals and '.The Boy Stamp and Coin Collector" ," | ing Go, Detroit, Mich.
 The machinists picnic promises to be as big success as the last. Every de tall lSl DelnS lOOkeQ aIter. The grounds will be better lighted. New refresh ment bars have been erected and other | facilities to amusement have been add ed. A large force of men will be on hand as walters. A great many of the attractions now at Forest park will be transferred to the driving park both days. The attractions will by far out number those of the previous picnic. The committee take pride in the fact that they had the largest picnic crowd on record and not fracas or disorder | ly incident occurred and they assure the public that the coming picnic will be a credit to the machinists and one to be pleasantly remembered by all who attend. Friday night there will be a tug-of-war between a team from the Second division, A. O. H., and a team from the machinists' lodge. One fea. ture of the picnic will be the most Imaginable of all races" the '.peg race which takes Saturday afternoon A race that requires fast man with a fast horse. A $15 harness for first prize. Entries are open.
 Christopher Harmon of Pleasant street and Miss Elizabeth Parkinson of 63 Ridge street were united in marriage