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


 The Ladies' Auxiliary of the A. o. H. will hold meeting tonight in Johnson hail.
 The chemical engine responded to q still alarm on South street last night.
 The fire was in the chimney of the res- idence of F. Lean. There was no dam age.
 The entertainment to be given by the Catholic Womens association, which was to be held on the evening | of April 15 has been postponed to 1 April 22.
 Eagle hive, No 16, of the order of l Maccabees will attend d meeting of 1 Naugatuck hive i'll Naugatucll to-mor-
 row evening. Derby and Ansonia will also send delegations.
 l About twenty-five members of the | AIerrimac club rode over to Terryville l last evening ill two seated carriages, l wlacre they attended I church bazaar. A part of the stage program consist ted of selections by the Dinglebird quartet. l The funeral of Cassie Brown, who
 was killed by thescars yesterday will l take place from the family residence I Sunday afternoon. The family are l Lithuanians and have not been long I ill this country.
 Waterbury is soon to be honored with visit from Governor Mclean, who will be present on the evening of the production of '.1she Girl Left Be hind Me-" by the members of Com l pany G, c. N. G.
 The condition Of Joseph Gaffney, who was seriously injured yesterday | 1t@ fol is considerably improved Dr Ander- 1 son thinks he is suffering mostly l from shock. His skull was not frac- l tured. His chances for recovery are l very bright.
 l Louis Storm of Walnut street, an
 employe of c. B. Mattoon, the milk
 dealer, of Watertown, had several 1 bones in his wrist broken early We'd
 nesday morning while delivering milk to family on Third street. He was l coming from the house and had placed l his foot on the doorstep, when 1t gave away with the above result. Dr M. J. l Donahue rendered surgical attend ence. tS. The funeral of Mrs Maurice Kane took place this afternoon from her late home on Rushton place, with service 1 at St Patrick's church and interment in Calvary cemetery. The bearers were John Walsh, James King, Thon-
 as Burns, John Green, John Egan and
 John Sheehan. The deceased was 76 years old. She left two daughters and ! one son. Mrs Robert Flaherty, Johan-
 na and Edward Kane.
 1 Old Thomas Futile of ATiddlebury.
 a familiar figure about town, was re- 1 moved to the hospital yesterda after-| 1 noon at the suggestionsAof Dr. Lopez 1 MT Futile is suffering from q severe | attack of the grip and also from q l slight mental trouble. Yesterday he
 engaged a room at the Earle house,
 after wandering about the streets for
 several days, during which time he partook of no food. He acted strange. ily so pr Lopez was snmmoned. l About 12:20 today an alarm of fire
 from box IA, at the corner of East I Main and Wolcott streets. called the
 fire department to q dwelling house l situated at 1,O65 East Main street. The building is owned by Daniel Chipman
 and is occupied by Thomas Afosgroye
 and family. Some clothes which were l hanging on q hat rack near an oil l stove had become ignited by the heat
 and slight blaze was the result. The
 fire was extinguished without the aid of the fire department the damage be- l ing slight.
 A reception was rendered Thomas
 Parker, q student of Yale college, at
 the residence of Mrs Higgins on Wall l avenue last evening by q number of
 his friends. The evening was spent pleasantly in games and other aInuse-
 ments. Joseph Flelnming and the l Misses Nellie White and Lizzie Thomp-
 son rendered several piano selections
 while James Grady and Miss Nellie Curley were heard in vocal selections. Recitations were delivered by Thomas 1 Parker and Miles NIcNif and the l Misses Jennie Lyons and Sarah Me l Donald. After the games were finish ed, refreshments were served. One of l the features of the evening was the
 prophecies of Mrs Higgins. l Constable Walter B. Lannon had an
 encounter yesterday with half dozen
 Assyrians on Canal,street. Olanoff &
 Finn, produce dealers on Canal street,
 gave $20 worth of goods to two ped
 dlers on the credit Of Assaff Shaker When the constable went to serve the papers yesterday upon Shaker, the lat l ter not only denied he ever gave the
 men authority to obtain goods on his
 name, but called q number of his l friends together and they fell upon the
 constable. In vain lie tried to inform them that he would not take them to l jail, which they apparently feared was his purpose. They ran him out of their house and chased him up the
 street. In few minutes he returned with q borrowed billy got his man and took him before Attorney Russell, who had him detained until he pro- cured q bond. Attorney Kennedy has been retained by Shaker.
 WILL LECTURE TO STUDENTS. San Francisco, April 12. -Dr William J. Tucker, nresident of Dartmouth
 college, has arrived here for the pur- pose of featuring at the University of California. He will deliver his first
 address to the students to-day. Next Monday evening he will attend ban-
 quet in this city given in his honor by the alumni of Dartmouth
 TWO WERE SHANGAIED.
 New York. April 12-The British
 ship Ems, outward bound for Calcut-
 ta. which had two of her crew taken
 off yesterday on the charge of having
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