Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-19
CITY NEWS.

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 Barcelona council, K. of C., will meet tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
 The Pequot club will continue their fair tonight. There will be dancing and drawing of the prizes.
 Rev Charles Mohamad of Montovin, Africa, will speak at the A. M. B. Zion church Sunday evening at 5 o'clock. All are invited to hear this great African.
 A surprise party was given in honor of Miss Emma Gushing at the home ol Mir and Mrs Hickey on Round Hill street on Thursday night. Those pres ent enjoyed very pleasant time.
 Doris, the one year old son of MT and Mrs George Hodson of 31 Johnson avenue, died this morning. The funeral | took place this afternoon with service at the house by the Rev MT Bassett and interment at Pine Grove cemetery.
 Joseph Bernard, the nine months old son of MT and Mrs Bernard Seery of 44S Baldwin street, died this morn ing. The funeral will take place to- morrow afternoon at o'clock with in- terment in the new St Joseph's ceme- l tery.
 A very prominent lawyer said to- day that the revised liquor laws will not stand in the courts and that were he engaged in the liquor business l they would not prevent him extending his premises wherever he was able or liked.
 At a meeting of the Ladies of the Maccabees at the home of Mrs Mar garet Madden, 1855 South Elm street, last night, arrangements were made for the handkerchief bazaar which the Maccabees will give at Foresters' hall on next Monday night
 The last will and testament of the late Mrs Mary l.. Tower was filed for probate to-day by Attorney Gillette All of her estate she left to her sister, Ada Schriver. Mrs Tower lived with the family of Walter $. Atwood, 160 Prospect street, to whom she was re- | lated.
 Owen Shell of Union street, for the | past eighteen years an employe of the Immaculate Conception church corpor- ation, has resigned from the position. MT Shell served ten years as sexton of St Joseph's cemetery and the balance as janitor of St Patrick's hall and St Mary's school.
 A very important meeting was held last evening by Liberty circle, Lady Foresters, at Mechanics hall The fol lowing officers were elected: c. C., Nora A. O'Brien; s. c. O., Sara Dolan; financial secretary, Alice Nc Grath; treasurer, Adeline Blansfield; recording secretary, Anna Kennerney; past 0. C., Josephine Irwin; deputy, ". O. Kleinecke fl.It The will of Patrick Flynn, against which there was said to be great deal of opposition, was approved to- day by Judge Benton without any contention. MT Flynn left an estate i of $10,O00 in cash. The greater part he divided between relatives and friends and those who considered themselves overlooked threatened to contest, but they did not materialize to-day.
 Copies of the Economic league plat l form are ready for distribution and may be had by those desiring them this levenfng at Central Labor hall, HE Grand street. Those wishing to. become daffilhtedf with the league should fill out the slip attached to platform and forward it to John Flan- agan, ITO South Main street. It is probable that at the next meeting of the league those who do not hap I pen to be in any labor union. but who still sympathize with the objects of the league will be admitted if they are recommended for membership by the executive. committee.
 l Miss Maude Brown of Denny street gave birthday party to her friends last evening. She was the recipient of | ing was spent with piano selections, songs and games. The feature of the evening being a very excellent game of ping pong between Louis Baker and Robert Newhart. The out of town guests were Miss Marguerite Gabbitt of Bridgeport and Joseph J. Dreyer of West Point, N. Y. All left at a late hour wishing Maude many returns of the day.
 | Bridgeport people may say that Wa terbury was a little shy on good ball players yesterday, but they cannot deny that it had an abundance of cap ital rooters- The assistance rendered the local team by Sanitary Inspector Moses, Constable Donahue, Inspector Smith and Charley Messer who occu- pied positions on the band stand and talked to the Bridgeport boys can not be overestimated and it is thought that the few runs the Waterbury team made should be credited to the efforts of these master rooters, but probably this would not be doing justice to the players.
 At meeting of the officers of the Second battalion, Second Connecticut regiment. U. R. K. P, held at Speed well hall last evening, Knight Loyal Rockefeller of Bristol was elected major to succeed George B. Harring- | ton of this city. It was said to-day that Nr Harington's commission was revoked on account of a difference he had some time ago over dog with M
 H. Waas. a fellow member The case
 was brought up at the lodge meeting and too much of what transpired in the inside reached the public to suit the or ganization.
 What's the matter with this shore dinner?" inquired man at the banquet table at Pleasure Beach last evening. "I thought" he added with a some what disappointed air, "that chicken was on the bill of fare Cheese it,