Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-18
CITY NEWS.

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 X soA was born to Mr and Mrs Wright of West Burton street on St Patrick's eve.
 Joseph Burns of Terryyille has ac- cepted a position in> the Waterbury branch of the Cudahy Packing com- pany.
 Major c. R. Ramon, who was talk en i'll at his post in the police station the other night, is convalescent, and will be out ill a day or two.
 The many friends of Mrs NJ. s. Madden of Meadow street will be pleased to learn that she is able to be around again after l four-weeks' siege of the grip.
 An anniversary mass of requiem will be celebrated at St Francis Navier's church Wednesday morning at 7:3O for the late Mrs Margaret Coyle, of Keefe street.
 The second term of lessons in the beginners clas in cookery at the Friendly league will begin tomorrow evening at 1:45. All who have enrolled for this class should be present at this first lesson
 The funeral of George Snagg. the G-year-old son of George Snagg. of 11O6 South Main street, who died yesterday, took place this after noon. with interm ent in Riverside cem- etery.
 Edward Vessels. president of the Great Hound World Publishing con- pany of New York, addressed a large audience at the meeting held in the Jacques yesterday under the auspices of the '. M. C. A.
 The funeral of Josephine Mary, 1 daughter of Nh. and Mrs Edward Nor 1 an, of South Main street, took place yesterday afternoon, with interment ill St JoSeph's cemetery. There was q large number of floral tributes. \ large contingent of Italian labor els arrived in town yesterday. They l are portion of, the army of labOrerS 1 who remain here during the good 1 Weather and leave for other parts i when the snow blows to return at the l opening of spring.
 1 The board of public works is having an outing this afternoon. There is q large number of petitions on the list l for Investigation, so that it is not likely l that all the places where public i'm provements have been asked for will ! be visited to-day.
 | The diphtheria scare in SimOnsville ! is dying out. None of the cases ter minated fatally and no new ones have been reported during the past week. This speaks well for the health officer s system of quarantining places where the sickness was discovered.
 The funeral of Annie Flames took place yesterday afternoon from her late residence on North Elm street, with mass of requiem at St Fran cis Navier's church by the Rev Father FitZsimmons and interment in Cal vary cemetery. The bearers were Thomas Carmody, John Baldwin, Jo- seph Loughlin, Michael Smith, Thom- as Brennan and Michael White. Among the floral offerings was q beau tiful mound from the employees of the button department at the ScovllI Man ufacturing company.
 Judge Bradstreet held city court this morning. Patrick Hayes. q west end CT, was charged with drunkenness, and when asked if he had anything to say, said he had not. He was fined S15 and costs to see if it would check his growing record. Patrick Casey was q Sunday drunk. He was found asleep near the refrigerator of res taurant in the rear of the Fruin prop eIty OH bdIlk street. IQe contents the refrigerator did not appear to have been disturbed. He was let off with a fine of $1 and costs. Matthew Cava- naugh, young man we'll known about the city, was charged with vagrancy He was arrested by Officer Cassin, who said the accused had been bothering people on South Main street for the past week by asking money of them hi,fv Iar in ini1 h iS,r
 Martin Phelan, aged 75 years, died Saturday evening at the family resi- dence, 12 Middle street, Simonsville after short illness with the grip. He leaves four daughters and one son, Mrs Thomas r. Derwin. Mrs Dennis Deeley, the Misses Julia. Mary and William Phelan. MT Phelan had re- sided in Waterbury nearly sixty years and was we'll known among the older residents of the town. He was quite an agreeable gentleman and although well along in years, enjoyed good health until the sickness that carried him away set in. In his day and time he worked at Benedict X Burnham's $
 and was also employed on and off in some of the other factories. but fol
 some time past he had given up all
 kinds of labor and lived very happily
 with his children. The funeral will take place tO-InOrfOW morning aC 9::8
 o'clock with a mass of requiem at S1 Francis Navier's church.
 The Rev Joseph Zeph. of London
 England. spoke last evening in Speed
 we'll hall under the auspices of the To cal Zion society. The Rev Josepl
 Freedman introduced the speaker, who
 spoke at some length upon the hard
 ships to which the Jews are subjected
 in Russia and Roumania. He stated
 that if the Jews would come together
 and contribute S1 per year to a fund
 it would amount to S15.OOO.OOO year
 and in a short time the Jews would
 own Palestine. The remarks of the
 lecturer were frequently interrupted
 with bursts of applause. Fifteen nep members joined the local organization
 The affair was in charge of tle fol 3 lowing committed: The Rev Josepl
 Freedman, $. hurtin, J. Abramson, I
 Brook, X. Abramson, s. Fine, J, Sha
 piro, c. Ruck, 1T. Berman, S. Click
 man. NJ. Olanoff, s. Fredeman, D