Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-08
CITY NEWS.

Sirloin steak 12c lb at Castles man ket; 25 per cent reduction on meats for Saturday. >
 The 1-year-old son of Frank Sheehy l of Ridge street, was operated upon yesterday for rupture of the stomach.
 The members of the Boys and Girls Glee club Of the High school and their friends will enjoy a straw ride to Bethany.
 Melrose NJ Burritt, formerly superin- tendent Of Roger & Hamilton's silver concern, but since the closing of that shop employed at the Roger & Bros manufactory, has accepted position as superintendent of the Rogers sill yer concern of Hartford. The enga cement of Miss Ruth Cham berlain and James Stanley North, both of New Britain. has been an- nounced. Miss Chamberlain was the physical culture teacher in the public schools. at St Margarets. and ;i1so had q class ill the Catholic Women's association of this city.
 The annual bazaar of St Cecilia's parish will open at City hall on Sat urday. April 13. and continue April 1o and 16. 4 sacred concert will be
  at City hall on Sunday evening" April IA. Tickets for the bazaar and con- cert are already out.
 The Bank. Bishop, Clay. Crosby Granrnar. Dublin and Hendricken schools were closed to-day. as the teachers -snant the day visiting schools in other cities. The punil-teachers at the Rishop street training school visit ed the "ther schools Of the city which held sessions to-day and observed the various methods of teaching.
 l James Houlihan died this morning at the residence of his daughter, Mrs O. A. Benoit. 16s Walnut street. Be sides Mrs Renoit he leaves three other daughters. the Misses Mary. Katherine and Bessie. the last named of New York: also q sister. Mrs Michael Han- lev. and q brother Daniel Houlihan. The funeral will take place Sunday ar- ternoOn.
 | The funeral of Michael Dillon took | place this morning from the family 1 residence on Pleasant street with 1 mass of reuufem at the Immaculate 1 Conception church by the Rev Father McGuane. ant interment in St Jos l aDh's cemetery. The hearers were Patrick Kane. NJ. Murphy, Timothy 1 O'ROurke. Edward Barry. Thomas l Quilter and Edward McMahon.
 | Miss Constance Goddard Du Bois l gave a most Interesting talk on the 1 North American Indian at Friendly | league hnll last evening. speaking es- | pecially of the mission Indians of 1 Southern California, among whom she has spent much time. Miss Du Bois referred to the history of this unfOr- 1 tunate people, their early ChristianiZa- ton and civilization by Spanish monks. their industrys and prosperity in the l old days; then she presented the pa 1 thetic picture of their present condi- ton, driven from their homes by the Americans into the desert, where q bare existence only Is possible. Miss 1 Du Bois visited many in their homes and attended their simple church ser vices for, in spite of their misfortunes 1 and suffering, they have retained their 1 old faith, as we'll as the habits Of in- dustry taught them by the mission fathers, and in their patience and gen. tleness, their simple faith and unfail- ing courtesy to strangers. present striking contrast to the ordinary con- 1 ception of the Indian character.
 1 At q meeting of the New Haven ] County Public Health association. held in New Haven yesterday, papers were read by Health Officer Frost and Gar 1 bage Contractor H. M. Rigney of this l city, the former upon Disposal of l Garbage and the latter on Collection | of Garbage" Dr Keeley, milk inspec- | tor of Waterbury, delivered an interest | ing address upon Sanitation of the Dairy.'' Other Waterbury people in attendance were Town Health Officer B. A, O'Hara, Sanitary Inspector l Moses and F. T.. Cross of the board O.. health. The next meeting will be held l in June and will take place at H. NJ. 1 Rigney's in Waterville. Dr c. A.
 Lindsley of New Haven read paper on Should Consumption be Consid- cred an Infectious Disease and Re l ouired to be Reported to the Health
 Officer2'~ The association voted to in-
 dorse the building and maintaining of l q hospital for the care of incipient l cases of tuberculosis. and approved of
 tue bill now before the legislature con- corning the sale of diseased meat or
 the shipping of the same into or out of any community or the sale of bob veal
 Tn reference to the Washington
 school clock, it might be we'll to state
 that the contract for repairing it has
 been awarded to the Standard Electric
 Time company, and the work Is being
 pushed as fast as possible. so that
 no matter what cause there might have
 been in the past for finding fault with
 the school officials about this case
 there seems to be none whatever now
 for 1t makes no difference how much
 they might desire to see the clock run ming upon schedule time. they cannot
 hurry things along any faster than the concern that has the job wants to move. Such things cannot be done in
 day and as there was question as to whether the clock should be re
 paired in q manner which would in
 sure good service for some years oI
 patched up to run few weeks and
 then go crazy again the award of the
 contract was delayed until short time ago. When it is started 1t will
 be warranted for nye years, and al ! the end of that period there may be
 a clock on a school in some other par1