Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-21
CITY NEWS.

The public schools closed at noon to-
 day until the first Tuesday in Septem-
 Der.
 The class of 1901 of the Waterbury High school enjoyed an outing to Quas- sapaug to-day.
 Benjamin Marcus, student of the Yale law school, is spending the sum- mer vacation at his home in this city. The eighth grade pupils of the Web ster school enjoyed trolley ride to Materville yesterday. Miss Mary Coyle was chaperon.
 Special forecast for Connecticut: Fair to-day and probably Saturday; fresh southwesterly winds. For east ern New York: Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday; light southerly winds, becoming variable.
 The pupils of grade four of the Driggs school gave a surprise party on their teacher, Miss Gertrude Moran, at her home on Cooke street, last night. Various games were played and the children had merry time. Refresh | ments were served.
 Mrs Julia Carroll of 50 Pleasant street, while chopping wood yesterday morning, struck the thumb of her left hand, almost severing it. Doctor Me
 Larney is rendering surgical attend ance and will try to save the injured member.
 The board of finance met last night and approved, the payrolls and also vot- ed to pay the bill of $11.66 of John Ed mondson, who was hauled over the coals for selling milk without license
 under the provisions of an ordinance which the courts declared illegal A number of the eighth grade pupils of the Crosby Grammar school partici- pated in an outing to Waterville yes terday afternoon. They visited the va rious departments of the American Pin Go. Miss Sarah G. Mcdonald, teacher at the Crosby Grammar, was
 the guest of the occasion.
 On Wedensday afternoon the pupils
 of Miss Russells class at the Driggs
 school enjoyed an outing at Boulder
 grove, and right merrily did they en-
 joy themselves. They had a special
 car. All the pupils of the sub- primary,
 first and second grades of the same
 school had a picnic at Pine grove in
 the north end last Tuesday. Their
 teachers, Miss Isabel Clark, Annette
 Ellis, Rose Mcdonald and Marie Behus,
 were present.
 After the commencement exercises at the Holy Cross college yesterday af- ternoon, James Mitchell of this city, president of the graduating class was presented with beautiful travelling bag and travellers combination case by the Hammer club of this city, of which he was member. John Bren- nan. coach of the baseball team, also a member of the Hammer club, made the presentation speech to which Presi- dent Mitchell suitably responded.
 After the exercises at Polls theater last night large crowd of students of the High school and members of the alumni gathered in the center. With blazing red fire they marched to the homes of the different members of the High school faculty, also members ot the graduating class. and several other persons, and serenaded them. Among those who were thus honored were Principal Wilby, Miss Croft, Miss Ern- esty, Professors Gulliver, Donovan, Curley and Shute, Superintendent Tinker, Dr Hayes and the Misses Emma Manville, Edna Johnson, Bess Segur and Minna Storm. At his home Prof Donovan delivered a few re-. marks to the assembled gathering. It was late hour or rather an early hour when the serenades were over.