Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-09
CITY NEWS.

Special forecast for Connecticut: Increasing cloudiness, probably show CTS late tonight and Thursday, fresh to brisk westerly winds.
 Tn connection with the sixteenth an- nual convention of the State Fedora ton of Labor. which is being held in this city, grand sociable and dance will be given in the City hall to-mor- row night The hall will scarcely accommodate the large crowd which is expected to be present.
 The mortuary report for the past month shows that there were seventy one deaths in this city from the follow ing causes: Diphtheria 1; whooping cough 2; typhoid fever 4 diarhoeal diseases 12; consumption 5; pneumonia [; bronchitis ?; nervous diseases '; heart diseases 4; accident and violence 3; all other causes 24.
 At the fifty-fifth annual convention of the Connecticut State Teachers as- sociation in Hartx0rd Friday, October IS. Miss Adelaide " Finch, principal of the training school, will preside over the primary section, which will meet in Foot Guard hall. +. J. Working, principal of the Center school, will preside over the section which will discuss arithmetic. The public schools of this city will be closed on that aay as large delegation of the teachers will attend the convention
 The death of Jerry Hurley, which occurred in London on September 23, has set a4l his old friends talking about the time when they were boys and used to have great sport at the hori- ZOntal bar in the lots and other places on the hill- The Hurley family lived on Baldwin street, nearly opposite the engine house, and Jerry, who was destined to hold the worlds champion ship as an acrobat took his first les son at the business from some of the boys who are still here and can tell interesting "reminiscences of Jerry Hurley and other youngsters of that day and time, many of whom, l.-.e Hurley, have won distinction ill var ious walks of life. It was said to-day that the sporting fraternity of the town is thinking of raising fund for the purpose of bringing his remains home and giving them a resting place in the city of his birth, instead of all lowing them to rest for all time n alien earth.
 The Brooklyn Athletic club and the JeffersOns will cross bats at the Ath- letic field on Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The game will be very inn portant one, as it will decide whether the Brooklyn A. c. shall occupy sec ond position at the end of the season i'll the City Amateur league, or shall again be tied with the Washington Hill A. c. If the B. A. c. wins, the B. A. c. and W. H. A. c. will be tied for championship honors, and series of games will probably be arranged between the two teams If the E. A. c. loses, first place and the first silver trophy will be the possession of the w H. A. 0. Both teams will no sion. The Brooklyn A. c. will have probably all the professionals who played on the team last Sunday, with the addition of one or two new play CTS. The Jeffersons will contain about five crack professionals. If the aay is clear large crowd is expected to be present, and the boys deserve liberal support Such baseball was never furnished before by amateur teams in this city. The quality of the ball has been first-class. Tn furnishing sucn good ball. each team has entaned considerable expense without any re- turn. This will be an opportunity to the public to show that they appre- ciate the efforts of the managers of the various teams of the City Amateur league to furnish high quality Of baseball free of charge.