Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-11
CITY NEWS.

The High school football eleven will not play ill Danbury tomorrow.
 Company c met last night and voted to accept the invitation to attend the bicentennial exercises at New Haven.
 Charles Adams, q we'll known resi- dent of Town Plot, was removed to the insane retreat at NIiddletown yes terday.
 The buggy about which there has been speculation of late was to-day won by F. w. Connor one of the com mittee on the drawing
 This morning there seemed a pros pect of adjusting the case of C-oweS vs Miller, which has been in the courts for some time and cost a great deal of money, but nothing has come of it.
 Annie Gertrude, the fifteen months old daughter of MT and Mrs Enos Fowler of Sylvan avenue, died last night The funeral took place this afternoon with interment ill St Jo- seph's cemetery.
 There will be a very interesting game of basketball at the Y. NJ. c. A. gymnasium tomorrow night between the Sterling A. c. and the Green Peas The two teams are evenly matched and a rattling game may be expected as the teams are strong rivals.
 The local baseball enthusiasts are anXiously awaiting the outcome of the game tomorrow afternoon between the Brooklyn A c. and the Jeffersons at the Athletic field. The game will be called at three o'clock and if the weather is fair one of the best crowds of the season will be present. There is much secrecy as to the makeup of the teams. That both managers have secured number of professionals there is no doubt, but the question is who they are. It is the general opin- ion that Waller will twirl for the lief fersons while Quinn will probably offic- fate for the Brooklyn A. c.
 A practical joker caused great alarm among some of the lawyers clerks in the Odd Fellows building this after noon. Three or four of the clerks were on the elevator and the practical joker slipped out of his pocket unseen a mechanical mouse. When the young women saw the mouse scurrying across the floor of the elevator they screamed and one of them fell on the seat almost senseless. She had to be removed from the elevator, being un- able to stir. The feelings of the prac- tical joker may be easily imagined. He did all he could do under -Ae cir cumstances, excused himself anu said he didn't mean it. A poor excuse at best.
 Mrs Charles Daily died last evening at her home, 10S Railroad Hill street, Besides her husband she leaves six children. three sons and three daugh- ters. Mrs Daly had resided in that district for upwards of forty-five years and was one of the best known women in that part of the town. She was type of womanhoOd that no community can afford to lose. No hardships were too great nor sickness too dreaded to deter her from calling upon her neigh bors in time of need and rendering such assistance as lay in her power. She was one of those rugged, honest, outspoken characters who invariably gave expression to what she thought in manner peculiarly her own, and it was this disposition that stamped her as one of the most remarkable as we'll as one of the most beloved women in the neighborhood where she lived and labored and died. taking with her the good wishes of all who had shared her acquaintance. The funeral will( take place Sunday afternoon at 2 D' S