Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-13
CITY NEWS.

A son was born 10 MT ana MiS Henry Pasternak on Tuesday.
 A son was born to MT and Mrs Daniel Kennedy of 16 Union street on Saturday last.
 Julius IT. Mclean, one of the ney patrolmen was sworn ill this after noon by City Clerk M. J. Ryan. The three new patrolmen will go on duty next Monday night.
 Principal Thomas F. Devine of the Bank street school received a telegram yesterday announcing the serious Ill., ness of his mother at her home in Suf- field. MT Devine left for Sutfeld yes terday afternoon.
 The suit of 1T. s. Atwood against Thomas F. Casey. administrator on his fathers estate. was closed this fore noon Judgment. by Judge Cowen: was given the plaintiff fcT the full amount claimed, S337.5o, with costs. An appeal was not taken. The Sult was to recover on a note.
 A farewell reception was rendered to Mrs Henrietta McCoul at her home on Center street last evening. She will leave for England this week and many of her friends spent pleasant evening with her lest night. There were games, music and other features to make the evening q very happy one. Mrs McCoul will be accompanied to Lnoland by her daughter, Mabel. and son. Henry Merandez. The lAtter was the recipient of very beautiful apron from the Continental lodge Of Masons.
 John Thompson, q parsonage who nmnlovs himself, so he says. by gong from house to house repairing old broken furniture. was arrested -thls ar Jeruoon on South Main street by OIHcef O'Hearn. He stole a quantity ot un- derwear which was displayed III 1font of the Bee Hive on South Main street. After pilferins the goods he started OH n run down South Main street. nut Officer O'Hearn was too quick for nm and he is now resting peaceaply Ill cell at the police station.
 Shouts of 'knuckle down.! can be heard in almost every nook ard corner about the city these days, and not ln- frequently the unearthiy yell rings out 1lndcr the glare of the electric lights up to a late hour in the night. Every body knows whence the noise proceeds and consequently no one takes any particular notice of it, though. to be sure once in q while the older folks stand to watch the sport. and appear to take a keen delight in lOOkln" at the youngsters jostle each other about and often indulge in lively cufIhS match over the game. It is the mar bic season and the boys are indul2ln@ in the pastime with an abandon that is refreshing and prompts many Of the older heads to reflect upon the times when they stood prepared to dare and do considerable more for q marble than they could be induced to try now for money. Ah, but it is a great thing to be boy during the marble season.
 The annual athletic meeting 'oc- cured at the High school yesterday. X number of those present believed that the athletic association is one and the same thing as the foot ball aSSO- citation. and that funds collected by the athletic association may be em, ployed either in behalf of football base ball or any other sport, while just as many other members believe that money collected for or made on foot ball should not be used for base | ball or any other sport. The latter i faction was deSirouS of holding a meeting of'the athletic association yes | tcrtay. They requested President Brennan and Secretary Sullivan to 1 call d meeting. but both refused, be | cause no sufficient reasons were pre- sented. They then had Nice-President Nuhn call one. The members of the 1 opposing faction absented themselve: from the meeting. The following new officers were elected: President. Miles McNif: secretary. Maurice Culhane manager of foot bail eleven for neX1 season. H. Cook.
 The shamrock, still dear to the Irish man, is beginning to make its appear ance in Waterbury, and by Saturday night sprigs of the 'chosen leaf' Wll have found their way into the homes of quite large number of people Il all parts of the town. It hails iron almost every town and hamlet ill th'
 green isle and is very much priZed b. those who receive it, not alone on ac
 count of what it represents and tn | tender associations connected with 1t
 but also because it Is invariably ; token of remembrance from absen
 ones to those who bade adieu to tn old homesteads to try their luck in 1 country where the opportunity Of i'm proving their condition is much bette than under the system in vogue ''wher
 the shamrock grOwS.' The bushes
 of collecting the shamrock for the pur
 pose of forwarding it to friends al
 over the world on time for use on $
 Patrick's day, occupies good shar
 of peoples attention in Ireland durin!
 the latter part of February and tn
 first week in March. It goes lon
 distances, usually accompanied by
 line or two from the senders wishin
 those for whom it is intended the com
 pliments of the season, and is alway
 d welcome treat, especially at this SC; son of the year. The shamrock, Hail
 OLD DEMOCRAT DEAD.
 Norwich, Conn, March 13.-Colone 1 Charles A. Converse, the oldest Od