Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-27
CITY NEWS.

SLTGGI, AluAtsily.
 People are wondering when the city is going to clean the crosswalk at Jack son street. It has not been cleaned for some time and there is about six inches of snow and slush on It at the present time.
 There will be a months mind mass at St Cecilia's church Saturday morn ing for Adolf Stadler. The deceased was AS years old and die at the old homestead in Germany. He was the only surviving brother of John D. Stadler of this city.
 John O'Brien, the baker. has 300 bar rels of Pillsbury's best four that he will sell at $4.75 and an empty barrel. On account of the remodeling of his bakery the carpenters must have room to work. and it is cheaper to put down the price than remove it to another storehouse
 List of letters remaining unclaimed in the postoffice: Mrs Thomas Burns. Thomas Conway. Robert Morse. Nor man Morse. Miss Alice Osborne, Mrs Rose Roberts, Miss Mamie Ry- an, Miss Mamie Sullivan, Charles E Terrill @, Mrs Jennie Towle, Charlie Thomson, Mrs William Ryan.
 Notices have been sent out to parties having claims against the city to ap- pear before the law committee in the aldermanic chamber Friday night, but owing to the absence from town of F. w Chesson, chairman of the commit tee, the proposed meeting has been ad- journed and a new date will be set for some evening next week.
 At a meeting of Connecticut libra rians at New Britain yesterday the following officers were elected: Presi- dent, Henry M Whitney. Branford; vice e-presidents, George $. Goddard, Hartford; Mary F. Lyman, Middle field; George NJ. Darlington, Winsted; Alena Owen. Suffield; Alvarado How ard Stafford Springs; secretary. Anna Hadley. Ansonia: treasurer, Jennie P. Peck, Waterbury.
 Three months ago yesterday, says the Bridgeport Standard. the moulders at the foundry of the R. E. Parsons Co went on strike, and they still re main out. The strike situation re mains practically unchanged. The strikers see that the corners are pick eted, and the company strives to get out work with a few employees. The company in it's advertisements for moulders states that the foundry is an 'Eopen'' shop. The company and it's l former employees seem to be acting en- tirely independent of each other, al- though the strikers keep close watch of all new arrivals and endeavor to have them leave the city
 Monday afternoons in a hurry to n C. the street. injuring herself so badly that a friend passing. took her to his home on North Main street. She is l doing nicely and will soon be out. 1 When she fell she lost her pocket book, the loss of which she feels very badly for there were papers and re ceipts in it she cannot replace, also a picture of her mother and Column bian half dollar. much prized as q 1 keepsake of q dead friend, keys, l an s or S4 in money. If the finder will only leave the papers and other l articles at the Democrat office, the
 money they can have. and more be- I sides if the address is left at the 1 Democrat office.
 Portions of the building on Harrison avenue occupied by Dresher Ss Reil uI l to the time of the fire came down last night or early this morning. and it was fortunate that no one happened to be in the way when the pile of bricks rolled onto the sidewalk The wal looked as if it was stout enough to re build upon, but that incident of yester. day showed how risky it is to leave these shells standing let alone puttins roofs on them. Mayor Kilduff told ; l Democrat reporter to-day that it wa! about time all these ruined walls were
 taken down, the sidewalks in front o
 the premises cleaned and put in propel
 condition for public travel. He called
 attention to the condition of things oI
 portions of South Main and Banl
 streets and stated that it was higl
 time that the owners got the walks il
 shape so that people can pass by thes places.
 Rev Father Curtin of West Havel delivered the Lenten sermon at s
 Francis Xavier's church last night
 The walking was bad, but this did no
 deter large congregation from crowd
 Ing into the edifice. He delivered
 very instructive sermon on "How t
 Merit Heaven" Father Curtin was
 curate at St Patrick's when all tha
 district now included in St Franci
 Aavier's belonged to the former plac
 and on this account he has q persona acquaintance with almost all the pal . ishioners, and as soon as it was ar i. nounced last Sunday that he was t 2 speak here Wednesday night peopl
 began to lay plans to hear him. Tn 2 condition of the streets did not con 2 cern them at all. Men. women an 2 children came from the most remot 2 parts of the parish through streets co1 2 cred with a couple of feet of slusl 2 with never a word of complaint. bu 2 on the contrary all were much please to have an opportunity of hearin 2 Father Curtin speak and cherishing tn z hope of getting a chance to exchane
 a few words with him. It is fourtea : years since Father Curtin was stf :, toned here.
 1t has not yet been determine
 whether the steamship companies wi give special rates to the Cork exhib
 ton, which will open next May, but
 is thought that some reduction will b
 made to those who purchase retur
 tickets. 4 few Waterbury people ar :, planning to make the trip, and inten to take in the sights, no matter wha T it costs. If fellow could get his pas z z sage to Queenstown cheap it woul l not cost him much to reach th
 grounds. The city of Cork is but