Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-09
CITY NEWS.

A~A A. .k- IN EA w The new officers of Court Rose Hill, F. of A, were installed last night. A social session followed the ceremony. Professor c. A. Bailey is officiating | for the season as master of ceremon- ies at the Hotel Dormcourt, Schooley' $ Mountain, N. J.
 On July 19 there will be a hearing upon the will of the late Patrick l Flynn, which was fled for probate yesterday. There are rumors of a contest.
 The Waterbury Military band will furnish music for the Citizens Engine and Hook and Ladder Go of Seymour at the firemen's tournament in Thom- aston on September II.
 | The funeral of Katherine Dillon daughter of MT and Mrs William Dill Ion of Baldwin street, who died yes terday, took place this afternoon with interment in Calvary cemetery. Charles S. Curtiss of Woodbury has brought suit against w. H. Platt ot Elizabeth street for $1.OOO. MT Platt's property to that amount has been at tached The suit is said to be about a note.
 | Emmons, who tried to kill his land lady, Mrs Winans of Center street, and then cut his own throat, took car- bolic acid and wrenched a gas jet off the pipe in an effort to get out of the world, is getting along very we'll at the hospital.
 Copies of the new statutes, the work of the statutes revision committee ap- pointed by the legislature some time ago, have been distributed among the lawyers. As most of the statutes are changed all the complaints used in the criminal courts will have to be revised to meet the new conditions.
 The fire department was called last night to the residence of c. NJ. Demott, 173 Hillside avenue. where fire had broken out in a barrel of rubbish in the cellar. The servant threw some hot ashes into the barrel and a little later smoke gave warning of impend- ing danger. There was no damage.
 List of letters remaining unclaimed in the postoffice: Edward Anderson, Miss Mary s. Butler, Mrs Martha c. Cook Miss Maggie Donahue, Alex Garvenos, Jeremiah Gray, Patrick T. Gibbons, Miss Mabelle A. Osborne, Miss Lucelle G. La Larre, Adolp Spin gler, Miss J. Welsh. 175 Grand street.
 The mortuary report for June is as follows: Diphtheria and croup. un- der five years, 25; diarrhoeal diseases, over five years, 5; consumption, q; bronchitis, l; all diseases of nervous e,rvo+o,,. @. hnor+ 5icaoco e. aaaid o,,+ or violence, 6; all other cases except still births, 31; total. 94. Deaths un- der one year, 23; deaths from one to five years, 9.
 The new officers of Court Wolfe Tone, F. of A., were installed last highs by Deputy Grand Chief Ranger Pat rick Campbell, assisted by Worthy Herald Dr John F. Hayes. During the session Junior Past Chief Ranger F. F. Smith was made the recipient of a handsome chief rangers jewel, Chief Ranger Edward O'Neill making the presentation speech to which MT Smith suitably responded.
 Attorneys Russell and Minor came near having hair pulling match while arguing the plaintfff's demurrer in the summary process case of Cain versus Kelso, Griger and Roxburg be- fore Judge Burpee in the city court to-day. The demurrer was against a special defense to which the plaint- if strenuously objected. The demur- Ter was sustained, the pleadings closed and the case set down for hearing before petit jury tomorrow afternoon at ? o'clock
 County Health Officer c. B. Hoadliey of New Haven said yesterday that it was felt that there was grave danger. Even with vaccination of the children much trouble was to be feared from smallpox the coming winter. But it was the desire of the health authorities to take all the precaution possible, and if possible to secure a compulsory vac cination of children. This was espe- cially necessary in the country towns In the cities it was expected that the vaccination of children would be at tended to. He said there was a fear of bad epidemic of smallpox in the win ter.
 George Butler, for many years res ident of Waterbury, died last night
 at his home, 223 Cherry street, after a short illness. Besides his widow he leaves four daughters, Mrs Charles Nelson and the Misses Mary. Susie and Josephine Butler and three sons, George, John and Edward Mir Butler
 was for years an employe of the Mat l thews & Willard Manufacturing Go. The funeral will take place tomorrow morning at S:30 o'clock with service at the Immaculate Conception church and interment in new St Joseph's
 cemetery.
 The doctors and lawyers are already grumbling about the conditions upon
 which they want to play their annual | game of ball. The doctors wish to engage an outsider as catcher and the probability is that they want a pro- fessional, claiming that if they got their fingers hurt they would have to doctor themselves, and this would go against their natural grain. On the fother hand the lawyers want some protection for their mouths for if they were injured in that organ it would be all up with them, they could not practice their profession. What the
 hands are to doctors the mouth is to | lawyers.
 1 Miss Margaret Mary Dunn died last
 evening at the home of her brother,
 Michael J. Dunn of Watertown The
 deceased had been an employe for | frontu uaarS of thn P111n1o & fu6od