Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-15
CITY NEWS. ,

l Dr Parry gave an illustrated lecture on ''Ramblings Through Old Spain" at the First Baptist church last night.
 In Saturdays Democrat our next serial, Love Across the Lines'' will be commenced. An interesting story which will pelase every one.
 | The Hammer club will hold its an- nual banquet at Forest park tomorrow | night. when q very interesting musical and literary progam will be rendered. The three men who were appointed | to the regular police fore by the 1 board of public safety Tuesday even ing will begin regular duty this even- | ing.
 Waterbury is agitated over the proposition to increase the hours of the police beats in that city. Has Waterbury become so wicked!- | Bridgeport Telegram.
 | Collector w. E. Thoms is home after l a couple of weeks vacation in Flori- 1 da. The collector looks as brown and l parched as if he had been making hay I during his absence.
 | The funeral of George E. Lawton | will take place tomorrow afternoon | from his late home in Cheshire, with service at the house and interment in | Riverside cemetery.
 A months mind high mass of | requiem was celebrated at the church of the Sacred Heart this morning at | s o'clock for the repOSe of the soul Of the late Mrs Ellen Delaney of Wall 1 street.
 Paul Mendelssohn and John J. 1 Lynch. two of the new supernumerar- | ies. filed their bond and were sworn in ! hn l City Clerk NJ. I. Ryan and the latter 1 by Assistant City Clerk George H. l Nettleton.
 Things looked wintry this morning. 1 the ground being covered with q cou- pie of inches of SHOW. and while the flakes kept coming dovAn on and off during the day. still the beautiful white carpet that people saw stretched 1 before them in the morning was mo- 1 where to be seen a few hours later.
 There was no city court this morn l ing. The only case worthy the atten- | tention of the court was one straight l drunk named Peter Dolan. and he settled" for s. A young man named 1 John Crane was arrested this morning at S:2J for being drunk. At court hour he was insensible and therefore unfit to appear before the court.
 Early this morning Superintendent of Streets Kelley had a few men at work cleaning North square. The con- | ditions that prevail there during heavy l showers or after q snowfall are not the fault of the street inspector. The difficulty appears to be with the grade 1 of the pavement in the first place and the lack of catch basins at the foot of Bishop street in the second place. Until the latter are put in in rainy or slushv weather travel between Fogg's | and O'Brien's stores will be impoSsi- ble.
 Mrs Ensign Yorke of the Salvation army. who is visiting her home in Wa terbury will speak in the Salvation l Army hall on Sunday. March 11th at s D. III. As Mrs Yorke is only in Wa terbury for a few days before return ing to Providence k. l.. (where she is | in charge of the army's operations) this may be the only opportunity for | her to speak and consequently her numerous friends in the city are specially invited to be present. Ad- mission is free and all are welcome. rich or poor. good or bad. ignorant or 1 learned. and it is hoped that the hall will be crowded for this occasion.
 Josef Jeff of New York will deliver an address in Speedwell hall Sunday }, afternoon at 6 o'clock. under the au- l spices of the local branch of Dorshe l Zion society. The object is to assist | in raising funds to secure in Palestine | homes for the perSecuted Russian ana Roumanian Jews. Rev Josef Freed man of this city will introduce the | speaker. This movement is being | pushed all over the world and those l who are back of it hope to be able to 1 bring it to successful completion. All Jews and symathiZers in the cause are requested to be present. Speedwell hail is located in Irving block. East Main street, next door to Kelly $ bakery.
 4 man. Ives by name. who resides in Cheshire. created q little excitement in the eastern section of the city late yesterday afternoon. He had imbibed a little too freely of the wine cup and
 was unable to guide in q proper man. ner the horse he was driving. It was going from one side of East Main street to the other and several acci- dents were narrowly averted. He added to the excitement by shouting as he went along. When he reached q point shortly beyond the Sacred Heart and overturned q wagon belonging to J. F. Gallagher. The 1atter's horse was seized before it could make dash for liberty. Fortunately no damage was done and the man from Cheshire
 departed in the same buoyant mood.
 The piano pupils of Professor E. E.
 Hallett gave q most enjoyable recital
 last evening at the Friendly league
 hall. An audience of about two hun
 dred people were present and evinced
 marked appreciation at the various
 numbers by frequent applause, many
 of the players received beautiful floral
 gifts, the playing of the younger pupils
 deserved special credit, their work
 evinced the most careful instruction.
 The selections by Miss Libbie Dausch,
 Ruby Page, Harold Rodgers and
 Beatrice Drake were especially good.
 The older pupils all played we'll Miss
 Emma Blanchette, Annie Wildman and Bessie Leggett, were excellent.
 Miss Mary Hurley gave q pleasing
 recitation and received q large
 bouquet of roses. The entire recital