Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-13

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 A drawing for a gold watch for the benefit of John Dugan took place ;ar the reading room of the x. of A., Sat urday evening, and J. B. Brennan, CO South Elm street, held the lucky num- ber The winner can call at the read ing room tonight and receive it.
 The degree team of the local k. of c. went to Naugatuck yesterday and installed the new officers of Ojeda council. District Deputy McCann con- ducted the installation ceremony. The team was accompanied hy several other members of the order and all were treated in a royal manner by the Naugatuck Knights.
 With the beginning of the year comes an increased interest in the edu- cational work of the Friendly league, and several new classes are being formed, one in decorative art one i'll bookkeeping and q mandolin class These classes will all begin work with in the next two weeks. A violin-c1ass is also being planned.
 Next Sunday evening the feast Of the Holy Name will be celebrated with special services at the Sa red Heart church At 7:30 vespers will be sung. The Holy Name societies connected with the different Catholic churches will attend the services in body. A sermon appropriate to the occasion will be preached.
 Mrs Catherine O'Brien, aged 6 years, died yesterday at the hospital Undertaken Mulville removed the re. mains to the residence of the daughter of the deceased, Mrs Mary Atkins. 4 Denny street. The funeral will take place tomorrow morning at S,2C o'clock, with mass of requiem at tLe Immaculate Conception church and in terment in Calvary cemetery.
 The Merrimac A. c. will give fair in the City hall after the season ot Lent. The following committee has been appointed to make the necessary arrangements for the fair: Thoma: Driscoll, chairman; W. J. Mcdonald secretary; Michael Slavin, treasurer Jeremiah Ring, James Downey, James 1 Hayes, John Maher, Thomas Kinney 1 Frank Sutton, Edward Burns, Johr Kelly, William Ghent, Al Bird, Tim othy Ryan, Joseph Cassidy, W. F. Nc Donald.
 Many friends from this place attend ed the funeral of Mrs John Gaffney a New Britain Saturday morning. s Mary's church was filled with sorrow ing friends of the deceased. A So; emn high mass of requiem was cele brated by the Rev Father Sullivan The deceased rested in an oak caske which was almost hidden from viey by the many handsome floral tribute to the dead. Besides her husband am four small children. mother, thre sisters and two brothers survive th deceased. Many sorrowing friends ac companied the remains to rbe last resi ing place in St Johns cemetery, Mid dletown.
 For the first time in several year the contagious disease hospital Is oc cupied, the tenant being T. ". Cor roy, an employe of the Franklin house who is i'll with diphtheria. MT Coi roy is 22 years old and a very popula young man. Health Officer hilmarti sent samples of the secret;nns from th throat to the state board of health 2 New Haven, who agreed with him tha the patient had diphtheria. The ma was removed there Saturday, where h was made as comfortable as possibl, The place has been kept in conditio to receive patients right along so tha very little preparation was necessar to render it an ideal spot to care f. people afflicted with diphtheria [ other contagious diseases.
 Labor unions desire aid and assis ance from the press, but many al
 very lax in the care they take of the I own affairs. Those whose duty if Q to communicate with the public ssdon : think' to do so, and then comes tE
 lnsinuation that the press gives thel
 little or no space. If union men woul
 sharpen up the wits of those respons
 ble more space and better servic
 would be given to the public. Thei
 is plenty of news in labor union ci
 cles, but it fails to reach the new papers because it is never sent ther
 There are some officers who nev,
 fail to appreciate the efforts of s newspaper, but there are many othel who dream away much of their tin
 and the rest they devote to findin fault.-Hartford Times.
 I The Rev George S. Avery of Moul a Vernon, New York, was the speak, c tlie luG1 ulG9LAuS liGlu HI JdCQuG
 opera house yesterday afternoon. IT
 usual large audience greeted hir
 Leonard w. Sweet presided at Il
 meeting and music was furnished | ! the full choir of the First M. 7 church and the I. NJ. c. A. orcslestr
 Several selections were sung by u : choir. Mir Avery proved to be an el
 tertaining as we'll as instructiV
 speaker. His subject was, "A Swi
 Vengeance, or the Wages of Sin , Death'' It was not devoted to u < drink question, but dealt with all u }, pitfalls and snares of youth. The a ' dress created profound impressio
 Mir Avery had an engagement, in h
 own city last evening and was obIigs to leave the meeting before it's te
 imitation in order to catch the eve
 ing train. The speaker next Sunds | afternoon will be Superintendent E
 gar NJ. Forrest of the Union Rescl