Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-03
CITY NEWS.

SlCtiltA Ol SuOns
 There will be a meeting of Derwin's mandolin orchestra at the Friendly league hall tonight at 7:3O.
 Special forecast for Connecticut: Fair tonight and Saturday; much colder; fresh northwest winds.
 The will of the late John Dwyer, who lived in the Brooklyn district, was approved by the probatec ourt to-day.
 The remains of Francis w. Thorpe, aged 45 years, who died yesterday in the insane retreat at Middletown, will be brought to this city tomorrow in charge of Undertaken Burrall and in- tered in Riverside cemetery.
 | The superior courts present to Tom Barnard. a foreman i'll the meploy of
 the Scoyill Manufacturing company,
 was a decree of divorce from his wife, Grace. This case was heard some
 weeks ago by Judge George w. Vince Ter. Desertion was the basis of the action. Attorney Richmond appeared for the petitioner.
 | Quite a few cases of humps have been reported among the children in | the northern section of the city. There are 8 number of cases among
 the children attending the Bishop street school. Seven children in one of the rooms are afflicted with them. | Several teachers are fearful lest they | may be the next victims.
 | Mrs Ellen Gaghan, aged A years, i died about 1 o'clock this morning at the family residence, IS Ann street. She was the daughter of Edwin Tow ell. She leaves one daughter, Miss No place Sunday afternoon to the Immac- | ulate Conception church. Interment | will be in St Josephs cemetery. | The board of selectmen has applied | to the probate court that a guardian 1 be appointed over Esther Wanamaker. It is alleged in the application that the girls parents by adoption, Agretta and William Wanamaker, have de- l serted her, that they are unfit persons to have her in charge and therefore
 unsafe for Esther to be in their GUS tody or subject to their will.
 The reception and banquet which l the St Joseph's society will tender to the young ladies who so kindly assist ed them at their last fair will take place on next Wednesday evening i'll Speedwell hall. The committee has about completted all the arrangements for the affair. James E. Harrington will be the caterer. Rergen's orches- tra will furnish music for the dancing
 Attorney U. G. Church and the Wa terbury American part tomorrow night, and hereafter Mir Church will devote his entire time to his profes- sion. The American loses a good man ln MT Church. His quiet wit bright ened up many q hard. cold story Of law and dry facts in the American s columns. Through the medium of local Journalism Mir Church has made large and valuable circle of acuuaint- ances and friends. who trust he will | he as successful in his profession as
 he was in the newspaper world. The pupils and teachers at the
 iralnlng school are rehearsing ear
 nestly for their entertainment. mu-
 slcal and literary. which they VIII give
 in St Patrick's hall some night during
 the present month. 4 feature of the
 entertainment will be drill by the young ladies, who are practicng faithfully under the direction of Ser
 geant Thomas +. Lawlor of Co G,
 second regiment. The pupil teach
 CTS at the Training school will also furnish the entertainment for one night at the coming fair of St Tho
 mass parish.
 Clerk of the District Court Root re-
 turned home to-day after few days
 vacation. His wife accompanied him.
 One day in New York Mir Root was
 accosted by policeman who seemed to be crazy or drunk Subsequent
 disclosures showed that he was both.
 The policeman had his club raised and
 was evidently about to strike him
 when someone knocked the policeman
 down and held him until he wa< re- moved in the police ambulance. 1t
 is easier to imagine than describe MT | Roots amazement, having never seen a local policeman act in such man.
 her. It was shown later that the policeman was crazy drunk, that he
 had assaulted half a dozen persons,
 and MT Root was the seventh who
 would have fallen under his club had
 not assistance come
 l 'sFloss," Regent NIoran's handsome
 St Bernard dog, was killed by the cars
 on the railroad track near the aims
 house last evening. The dog took
 great delight i'll watching the boys
 and girls amusing themselves on the
 ice and was in the habit of taking a
 ramDle over to Browns Meadows af- l ter supper and spend an hour or so
 runningl about dWith the skaters. While
 crossing the track that lies between
 the big building on the town farm
 and the place where the merry skaters
 meet, a train came along and rolled
 over it, mangling it so badly that the owner hardly recognized what was left | of Floss and refused to believe that
 he was out a dog until he found the collar
 Miss Margaret Nicol Paton and Will.
 liam B. Kennedy were married at 8
 o'clock last night at the residence of the brides sister, Mrs John Wallace of 1 S41 Baldwin street, by the Rev pr
 Parry, pastor of the First Baptist
 church. Adam Callan was best man
 and Miss Mary Barrie was maid Of
 honor. The bride was attired in a
 gown of white silk and the maid of
 honor was attired in old rose. The
 house was tastefully decorated for the
 occasion and about thirty relatives and
 friends were in attendance. Among
 the out of town guests present were
 MT and Mrs A. Humphrey of New Irrs