Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-09
CITY. NEWS.
,he bureau of assessment will meet

The bureau of assessment will meet tonight.
 Tomorrow night Court k. F. Phelan, F. of A., will give 8 smoker in John son hall.
 Comptroller Russell desires people who have orders awaiting them at his office to call and get them as soon as possible.
 The employees of Rogers Bros are re- queSted to meet on Silver street to- morrow morning at 8 o'clock to at tend the funeral of the late John Dolan. @
 The masquerade of the Simonsville
 Social club takes place at the clubs
 hall tomorrow evening. It is expect
 ed that this will be the greatest event
 the Simonsville club has ever given. The St Thomas Cadets association will give it's annual concert and recep- tion at Leavenworth hall Friday even- ing. Arrangements have been made for big time. A fine concert will precede the dance order. The board of education will hold q special meeting this evening. For the
 time being the respective conmis- sioners will become real estate deal SlS 1ol lllC IlII!u DuSliltSS o1 lIlt AICSl-
 ing is to decide what lots shall be selected on which to build the pro- posed schools.
 Lizzie Hyland, the 9-year-old daugh- ter of E. F. Hyland. of South street, l who has been seriously sick the past l two weeks with pneumonia. is conva- 1 lescent, and sat up yesterday for q | couple of hours. This is the same child In xx-it l Fl ho l time her mother died of that disease | She is a bright girl, and has been at l tending school at the convent of Notre Dame. za
 The. committee on hygiene and school buildings, consisting of Dr Hayes, Dr kilmartin and Judge Cowell, accom-
 panied by Mir Tinker, are looking over the north end this afternoon with q view to selecting a site for the pro- l posed new school building. Judge | Cowell says that he will insist upon the | school officials making an innovation 1 this time in the selection of q lot. that | is, he will not vote to purchase q piece | of land where there is hole to be l filled ill or q high wall built to keep l of q sand bank.
 A large number of Maccabees from l this city attended the Installation of
 the officers for the ensuing year in
 New Haven last night of
 the Lillian NJ. Hollister lodge. After
 the business of the meeting had been
 transacted, a bountiful supper was
 served. After the entertainment pro-
 gram, which consisted of vocal and | instrumental solos and recitatiOns,
 dancing was indulged in to q late hour. 1 Those present from this city arrived l home on the midnight train from the
 Elm city. bringing with them an eX- l cellent opinion of New Havens Khospi- 1 ta!tv. s=
 The thirty-fi or more men who were laid off at the clock factory yes
 terday have been notified that they
 will not be wanted until February l. 1 This evening another lot will he laid off and it is feared that many of the
 men have worked their last in that
 factory. The cause of the suspension of so large a number is the adoption 1 of q new movement for q cheap watch.
 Much of the work that was done by hand on the Ingersoll watch will be done by automatic machines for the
 new watch, so that q large number of
 hands can be dispensed with.
 | There was large attendance at the l poultry show in city hall last night
 and quite q few called during the day. It is expected that the place will be 1 crowded this evening. The different 1 kinds of birds and animals on eN-
 hibition form the chief attraction, but while this is true few persons visit the place and leave without expressing
 astonishment at the rapidity with
 which eggs are turned into chickens
 in the incubators of the Prairie State l Co. The chickens roll out of the 1 shells without any apparent effort and l as the three breeds of birds matched
 are the best in the market, the little 1 ones, which are on sale, find q ready
 market. It is q great sight for any body, and especially the children and
 parents seem to realize that. and in
 consequence every woman that goes
 in usually has couple of youngsters | with her. ... s
 The annual report of the Rev Father | Karam, pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes | church. is as follows: The total re: ceipts during the year were S2,S95, ac 1 quired from the following sources
 money for seats or pew rent, $425.OS offertory collections, $663.40; collec 1 tionS at veSper services. S1O1. .45
 monthly collections, $305.OS; voluntary l contributions. gifts of money, etc. al | classed under the head of eXtraordi 1 nary collections. $1.399.99. The prin 1 cipal items in the list of expenditures l which amounted to $2,S9o.96, were 1 $1 ,069.SS for alterations and repairs
 made upon the church property l $36S.76 for. interest on loans, and $500
 paid on the mortgage. The report o1 | the Rev Father Karam is very sat l isfactory one and shows that he is | accomplishing much and that his eff
 forts are meeting with the co-opera
 ton of his parishiOners. The presen
 mortgage on the church property is $6,5OO, large part of which Re,
 Fatehr Karam expects to pay off dur
 ing the coming year.
 l SLAYERS OF INSANE HELD.