Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-29
CITY NEWS.

St PatrickS fair at Lyceusn tonight.
 The Y. 4I. c. A. council will meet tonight
 The board of public works will hold meeting at s o'clock tonight. Moriarty's undertaking night calls answered at store or at District Ieie- graph efilcs.
 At the First Baptist church last night DT Parry gave an illustrated lec- ture upon Mark Twain's Innocence Abroad"
 l Julius Nelson died last night at the Waterbury hospital He leaves a 1 N!doW and two. children. The funeral Will take place tomorrow afternoon from the family residence on Irion i street.
 Superintendent Moran of the aims house has practically completed the 1 "ofk or harvesting the seasons ice ] and considers that he was fortunate i'll getting so good q crop The ice 1 ranges from eight to ten inches ill i thlnckness and is as clear rs anyone l could wish to see. It was taken from 1 Shades pond
 | h1chael CoOney, who made an as i signment in insolvency yesterday has made up his mind to face the bank ruptcy laws. His assets are about SoOO including the liquor license, while, 1t is said his liabilities will figure up about S2,5o0. His petition will be filed in the bankruptcy court in New Haven tomorrow
 The funeral of Mrs Catherine Sulli- | van took place this morning from the family residence on Hickory street With q mass of requiem at St Francis Aayiers church by the Rev Father | irf new St Joseph's cemetery The bear CTS were Cornelius Shea. John Mur- | phy. Michael Casey. William Connor Thomas Fitzgerald and Daniel Foley.
 The United Trades council, which diSbanded some time ago. reorganized 1 last evening under the name of the | Centra, Labor union. All trades are represented. The following are the | officers: President. George Brown: vice president F. Riel; recording and i corresponding secretary. A. G. Weed: l financial secretary. R. WiSsner: treas urer. J. Smith: sergeant-at-arms. J. Brown: trustees. l.. NJ. Holland, c. Teller and C. Loughlin.
 The officers of the Catholic Women's association held meeting last even- ing, but further than discussing the concert which has been billed for St Patricks night ill the City nall. noth- | ing was done. This concert will be ! unique feature in this character of en- tertainment. Many societies have giv- en concerts on St Patricks night, but none of them can be compared to that which this association has arranged. It will be in every respect q genuine St Patrick's night.
 The plea. mon vult" entered by George Kerr, one of tue accused in the Paterson, \. J.. murder case has created good deal of speculation as to it's meaning. Some lawyers say it it is a special plea that is very infre- quently used in the criminal courts of New Jersey. and allowed only in spe- cial cases. Kerr entered q plea of not guilty first, but yesterday withdrew it and pleaded non vult. That is to say, he did not wish to say anything in view of the evidence that was already in the possession of the court connect ing him with the crime of which he stood accused. In other words, he waived examination and stood ready to receive sentence.
 Yesterday was the 1Gth birthday of Miss Margaret Courtney of West Clay i street and to duly celebrate the even1 i q pleasant birthday party was helG ! at her home, where a number of hel friends congregated and made merry for several hours. After the conclu sion of different games, vocal solos were rendered in q charming manner by the Misses Katherine Bergin, Jen nie Freney, Clara Sutton and Franl Egan. while the Misses Lillian Courte manche and Emma Boyle entertained all with selections on the piano. Reef tations by the. Misses Margaret Court : i ney and Mamie Fox and Joseph Fo, < were more than delightful After al had partaken of q lavish repast th'
 merry festivities ceased and the hou 1 for the departure of the guests hat
 arrived. Miss Courtney received sev
 eral handsome gifts from her friends
 A man who says he knows some l thing about skating rinks wishes t \ l give Mayor Kilduff a pointer regard | ing the ice on the green, He state that there should be T little water run
 hing in there all the time in order L
 support the ice and that when it i
 found necessary to freeze it over
 should be flooded about midnight an = then the ice will be strong enough fO
 skating purposes in the morning, tha
 is, provided we have good freezin
 weather. In answer to a question q
 to what he would do with the runnin
 
 said he would have the overflow pas ,c into one of the receiving basins. H Is thought the mayor decerved q meda
 for giving the youth of the city a
 opportunity to enjoy themselves o
 the ice without keeping their parent
 in a state of anxiety about the safet
 of their children. ''They may get o few bumps there," he said, but" o' the surface caves in no one need b I kS 1.I, r. drowned on the green is very remote. = The board of aldermen should mab
 it a point not to repeat the mistaE they are said to have made in th
 selection of other school sites, whic O required an outlay of considerab
 money before they were in shape ft
 school grounds. A lot should not
 bought that will not cost several hul = dred dollars for the construction of fv, .f