Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-19
CITY NEWS.

l A son was born this morning to MT and Mrs F. J. Coogan of S51 Baldwin street
 l The Merrinac base ball team will. play at Sandy Hook on Saturday against the Newtown team. | The board of education will hold a 1 special meeting tomorrow afternoon at o'clock to take action upon the bids for certain work around the Walsh school.
 | St Francis Xavier drum corps will soon appear in handsome new uni forms. They are being made by Evans SS Go of Philadelphia and are expected here soon.
 There was no city court this morn 1 ing. A complaint against Annie Bourke for theft was nolIed. This woman after undergoing the indignity of arrest had to be let go for lack of evidence.
 Miss Jennie Lyons, teacher at the Park Road school. has been appointed teacher at the Waterville school for next year. Miss Lyons will fill the pc sition left vacant by the resignation of Mrs c. H. Ryder.
 Tn St Thomas's church this morning Miss Nellie O'Hearn and Charles | Stearns were united in marriage by the pastor. Rev Father Crowley. The l bridesmaid and groomSman were Amy. sister of the bride and Andrew brother of the groom.
 There will be an important meeting of the. A. O. H. memorial committee tonight in G. A. R. hall at 9 o'clock. Important business that requires at l tention makes it imperative that every member of the committee should be on hand.
 Slayin and Bride. catcher and third kbaseman respectively for the Jeffer- sons, will play with the Moodus base ball team on Saturday. Nfoodus is the home of Bride, who, it is said, will shortly give up playing Sunday base l ball. His absence from the team will be great loss to the Jeffersons.
 Many people about town would like to see the Business Mems association take up the dollar gas question and see | if they can make as good showing in that matter as they have done regard ing the, postotnce project. If it be true that the company is giving neighboring 1 towns better terms than We are getting here it is no wonder that people should be finding fault.
 Joseph Lyman of AS Lafayette street is suffering from the effects of bullet which lodged in his hip. Lyman was standing in the doorway at his home yesterday morning about 1O:30. He I had thirty-two calibre revolver in his 1 pocket which was somewhat of q cheap affair While standing i'll the doorway the revolver went off and the bullet lodged ill his hip. just beneath the | femora1 artery. Dr Russell was called and he rendered surgical attendance. l The bullet has not as yet been re- moved. but the young mans condition is fairly good. though he is suffering somewhat from shock
 Last night the pupils of grade VI Lincoln school, rendered q reception to l the pupils of grade VII. who are to be promoted to the Crosby school. The program of the evening included read ings. essays. vocal and instrumental music. Each guest present represent led the name of an American city. A I prize was awarded for the best cos tune, and also to the one making the largest number of guesses as to the cities represented. Refreshments which appeal to the tastes of children were served in abundance. Amusing games with suitable prizes ended q very en- | joyable evening.
 The funeral of Patrick Moran took place this morning from his late resi- dence on Mill street with a mass Of requiem al the Immaculate Conception church by the Rev Father O'Brien and tinterment i'll St Joseph's cemetery. The bearers were Luke Bowling, Timothy Donahue and Cornelius Callahan. rep resenting Court Hancock, F. of A.; John Bowling, James Connor and John Connell, from the Second division, A. o. H. The floral offerings included q pillow lettered Brother" from the family; standing harp. Second division, 1 A. o. H.: wreath. Mrs Patrick Griffin; wreath. MT and Mrs William Ladden; 1 bouquets. John D. Sullivan, Mary OfConnell. Bridget and Mary. Sullivan.
 ssDid you ever see the green look so nice?" asked c. c. Commerford this morning of half q dozen people who dropped into the lobby of the City hall building during the shower. All ad- mitted that it is in better condition than ever before. ssYes," replied MT Commerford, but Kelley should have taken off more of the limbs. Some of the dead ones are there yet. This was shown by the pieces that came down during the storm last Monday Some body remarked that he was whipped for what he had taken off the trees, and that if he mad done all that the conditions demanded the chances are that he would have been arrested. But what matter about that. The green is in it's glory and everybody appears to be pleased with it's appearance. No wonder Mayor Kilduff wants to have people stopped from splitting on it.
 
 MONT PELEE STILL ACTIVE.