Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-12
CITY NEWS.

St Cecilia's fair,City hall, April 13-16.
 A linotype operator can find steady employment at the Democrat office
 Miss Elizabeth Mccarthy of East Main street is visiting friends in New York.
 Miss Anne Byrnes. teacher at the Washington street school, is spending the Easter vacation in New York.
 Fresh pork, as much as you want, 10c ponnd at Castles market. His specials for Saturday speak for them selves.
 Miss Laurie AIcGuire, the young girl that was overcome with gas last Tuesday morning at the Waterbury Manufacturing company's shop, is somewhat improved.
 The indications point to a select as- semblage of ladies and gentlemen at LeayenwOrth hall this evening. the event being the annual concert and re- ception of the Young Mems Catholic Literary association. The sale of tickets has been gratifying to the members.
 Members Of the Boys club shoui' not forget the stereopticon exhibition this evening at 7:30 i'll the club rooms, illustrating travels in Italy and Switz- erland. The pictures are obtained l from q dealer in Boston and represent 1 famous places and scenes in those in- l teresting countries.
 The United Stars defeated the St leAnn school in an interesting game of | base ball by a score of 15 to 9. yester- l day afternoon. The United Stars put 1 Pitcher Tall i'll first and then Rametti. 1 Fallon scored q home run and Carpen- l ter scored a three-bagger. The ColuIn- l bia team has changed it's name to the United Stars.
 There will positively be no tickets sold at the door as heretofore for the subscription reception of Professor Bailey's dancing classes at Leaven- worth hall next Friday evening. The limited number of invitations issued can be had from members or at Pro- lessor Bailey's academy until Thurs 1 day.
 The shirt waist will form a conspic- uous part of mans attire this sum- mer. The popular color will be OK blood red with white stripe. Clerks 1 in mems furnishing houses are dis cussing the adyisability of organizing shirt waist club, undoubtedly in an- I | the garment popular. Last summer only two young men in Waterbury had I the courage to don the shirt waist.
 The AIontauk Social club gave a private masquerade in Odd Fellows hall last night. The affair was in the han9s of the Misses Minnie Williams, Elsie Gross. Susie Lambert. Helen 1 Williams, Mary Mckay, Nellie Thorn as. Messrs Eugene Schlag. Arthur Jagel, William Buckley, William Jud- son. Clarence Mckay and Florence Whiteman Miss Helen Williams was 1 awarded a bouquet of roses for hay ing the handsomest costume
 A few weeks ago Thomas Phelan of 65 Maple street was seized with an attack of hiccoughs. His family thought nothing of the matter, SUD- posing the attack would pass off as l suddenly as it came. But he has not ceased hiecoughing since. and being n man of years fears were entertained for him. Yesterday was the first day when signs of the hiccoughs ceasing I became apparent, and last evening his condition was a good deal better than it was in the morning 1 At the regular monthly meeting of Court Phelan last night thirty-seven members were Initiated by Court Meany's degree team and forty-three 1 applications were received. The pres 1 ent membership is 238. After the business session q social hour was en- | joyed, during which the following pro- 1 gram was rendered: Sacred Heart l drum corps, fancy drill and music: Thomas McGrath, baritone solo; John l Kelley, comic songs; Charles O'Con- nell, solo; William Downey, comic songs; comic stories by William Bowes; Martin Dunphy. song; comic songs by John Smith and John Dwyer; solo and stories, M. Finnigan and NJ.
 Moriarty.
 The first annual sociable and dance of the Star Social club took place in Speedwell hall last evening, a large crowd being in attendance. Michael McNally and Miss, Norah Kennerney led the. grand march, in which about 100 couples participated. The music for the dancing, which consisted of eighteen numbers, was rendered by Hallam'st orchestra. while Professor Pole did tue prompting. The reception committee was as follows: T. Welch, J. Campbell, J. J. Carroll, J. Welch,
 M. Kinnerney. F. Maginn. ] Healey. { T. Doolan, J. Kinnerney, F. Kinney. ] E.. Sweeney, J. Wall, J. O'Neilf and J. J. Kinnerney.
 4 master painter informed re- porter of the Democrat today that l every indication points to a general I eight hour work day in this city. He said that it was apparent from the start in the strike of the painters and paper hangers that the public was with i them, for no one who had work 10 be l done seemed to care about conSl1ltinp the bosses about it as to prices. or if they had any idea when the strike
 would be over. But immediately after
 the strike was settled rush of orders came. '.The masses govern in this city," said the speaker. You can see
 that even in the city elections One
 year you have republican admins
 tration and the next year the demo
 crats are in power. This is the most