Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-01
CITY NEWS.

this evening at S:15 o'clock.
 The board of public works will meet to morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock.
 The board of education will hold it's regular monthly meeting this even ing.
 George H. Somers and Miss Evelyn k. Menold. were married this morning by the Rev J. G. Davenport.
 The board of public safety will hold a meeting tomorrow evening. Half dozen appointments on the call fire force are vacant and they may be filed
 The bans of marriage were published for the first and last time at the church of the Sacred Heart yesterday between Bernard Byrne and Miss Mary Cum mings.
 John Ryan, who claims to belong in New York, fell into Mad river. near Benedict's bridge, Saturday night, and was so badly bruised that he had to be removed to the
 Among the recent graduates of the New York city normal college to re- ceiye the degrees of B. A. were the Misses Clara and Mary Bonn, both SIS ters of John l.. Bonn of this city.
 The following are the new officers of the Mill Plain school district: Commit teeman. Warren B. Hitchcock, William Atkinson and T. I. Munson; treasurer, Mark L. Pond; clerk, B. F. Hoggette.
 Joseph, the years and months old son of Mir and Mrs Patrick Fitzpatrick of 24 Cherry street, died yesterday. The funeral took place this afternoon, with interment in the new St Joseph's cemetery.
 John c. Kelly, for the last two years with the Western Union Tele- graph company, left Waterbury to-day to take a place at the Cedar Hill of flee of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, in New Haven.
 The funeral of John Lachance took place yesterday from his late home in Waterville, with service at St Ann's church by the Rev Father Senesac and interment in Calvary cemetery. The bearers were George Lachance, T. La chance, P. Lachance, B. Bernier,, B. Chabow and F. Tuition.
 The assessors and their two fair clerks were never happier than they are to-day The office has been pro- yided with an electric fan which has converted the place into as desirable a spot as one would care to work in. Before the fan was put ill it was little short of 2 veritable hot-house.
 There is a movement on foot among residents of Mill Plain to organize a court of Foresters in that district. All ready twenty-five or thirty persons have expressed a willingness to join such an organization and unless all signs fail the society will be started in the near future. ac
 Early Sunday morning sneak thieves entered the Trott Baking company's, William Goldstein's shoe store, the Greater New York Grocery company and the Waterbury Drug company and made off with considerable booty in | cluding a small amount of money. The thieves entered through rear door in l the Trott Baking company and from | here worked their way into the other 1 stores, all of which are In the same | block
 The regular meeting of Mad River grange which falls upon Thursday of this week, has been postponed until Friday. This has been done in order not to interfere with members who de sire to spend the evening with their | families and watch the boys sending skyrockets heayenward Mill Plain is a patriotic district and probably in no quarter of the town will there be a | more general observance of the na- tional holiday.
 Considering the intense heat of yes terday a fair audience gathered at City hall to hear Isaac Cowen of New | Vov.I- licc11Sc tho lahaYs 1apnIlopn MT Cowen is a speaker Of considerable ability and at times became so stirred up that it was difficult ito catch on to some of his words. He reviewed the strike of the machinists and toolmakers and showed what they had accomplish ed in various parts of the country to wards bringing about the shorter work day. MT Cowen wanted to hear of nc weakening in the forces in Waterbury and was confident that firm stand would result in the granting of the con sessions they are contending for. Tn, speakers remarks were frequently in terrupted by shouts of applause.
 Charitable parties about town art interesting themselves in the case o1 Mrs Ellen Healey of Ayers street former resident of Baldwin street, wht is in very needy circumstances, an( with a view to lending helping hand they have decided to give grand sa cred concert in City hall August II the proceeds to go to Mrs Healey Tickets will be 9 cents each. Goo, local talent will appear. Within a fey years Mrs Healey has buried her hus bandand four children. She is tn mother of Philip Healey, who wa l taken i'll on West Main street the othe day, and her fOndest wish at this tim ? is to be in position so that she coul ? give her sickly boy proper attention while he lives and Christian buria after death ensues. She is a woman who has met with many reyerses dul ing the past ten or fifteen years, an those who are coming to the rescue de serve to be encouraged.
 All indications point to a large a tendance at the picnic of the Thir division, A. O. H.. on the Driving par July 4. The tug-of-war contest betwee z the Second and Third divisions pron
 ises to be a battle royal and it thought that which ever side wins wi not have much to boast or The stru, gle will be for a prize of $1O0. Putin the shot, one of the old time sport
 will have large number of compet