Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-16
CITY NEWS.

E Edward Byrnes of this city is play ing fine game for the Tufts basket ball team, of which he is captain.
 The Employes' Aid association of the Plume & Atwood factory will give all entertainment and dance Thursday evening, January 3O
 There will be an important meeting of the First division, A. O. H., to- night. Every member should endeayor to be present if possible.
 Martin Holland and Miss Mary Fitzpatrick were married this morn ing at the Immaculate Conception church by the Rev Father O'Brien. The witnesses were William Rourke and Miss Margaret Bowling.
 The Winsted Y NJ. c. A. bowling team will play the local I. M. c. A. bowling team at the latter's alleys to- night at 7:45. The Winsted !. NJ. c. A. basketball team will also play the local |. NJ. c. A. team in the local sym nasium tonight at S:15.
 Attorney c. G. Root, counsel for the defendant in the summary process case of Margaret Brophy against Matthew Mclaughlin and his wife Margaret, which was decided for the plaintiff Tuesday, has given notice of appeal to the supreme court of errors. Thus until the case is finally decided the de fendants can remain in possession of the premises in dispute.
 The City hall was crowded to the doors last night the occasion being the fair by the united French societies of Waterbury, consisting of, the French Canadian Institute, St Jean Baptiste, St Joseph. fhe Franco-American and Independent clubs. The large audi ence was well pleased with the fair last night. A fine stage entertainment is offered each evening and dancing is feature.
 Several ice dealers about the city are at present reaping their first har- vest of ice of the season. The weather so far this season has not been so se- we're as the ice dealers would have wished. Consequently they have been somewhat lafe in cutting their first crop. The Mill Plain Ice Co started to cut ice on their ponds on Monday of this week. The Hall S Upson Ice Co began yesterday to cut the ice on the East brass mill pond.
 Some evening next week Attorney L. NJ. Heminway and Miss Margaret Granniss will give a performance in Watertown entitled "A Slight NIisun- derstanding," for the benefit of the Episcopal church of that place. Both Alr Heminway and Miss Granniss have established their regulations as stars in amateur theatricals and their friends are much interested in this venture. Only the above two appear in the piece.
 The funeral of James Tracy took place this morning from his late home on Railroad Hill street with a mass of requiem at St Patrick's church by the Rev Father Gleeson and interment fn the new St Joseph's cemetery. The bearers were John Forristal, William Whalen, William Cavanaugh, Michael kennaugh, James Ray and James Byrnes. The floral tributes included q pillow lettered Brother" from the family; bouquets, Katie Creaven. MT and Mrs J. O'Rourke and Miss Lilis.
 Quite large number of local people 1 will attend the grand annual ball of l Court Highland, No 65, Foresters of l America, in Winsted next Friday night The committee have spared | no expense to make it the social event l of the season in Winsted and those l going from here will be looked after l by the reception committee. The arr | mory will be tastefully decorated by i Simmons and Fox of Hartford, and | the Ideal orchestra of Torrington will furnish music. This affair has been patronized for several years past by l quite few Waterbury people who have always reported an unusually good time and this year it is expected that all previous efforts will be | eclipSed.
 A movement was started here yes terday afternoon among the lawye"s favoring the selection of State Referee Henry G. Newton of New Haven to the vacancy on the United States dis; trict court, made by the appointment of Judge w. K Townsend to the limited States circuit sourt of appeals. l Judge Townsend succeeded Judge ] Nathan Shipman of Hartford. The movement began in New Haven and is 1 in the form of a petition to President Roosevelt, who makes the appoint ment The United States court of ap- 1 peals consists of q judge from thl l United States supreme court, judge from the circuit court of appeals and i a judge from the United States district court. Almost all the lawyers of fh.s city signed the petition.
 The fine weather of last night must have been responsible to some extent for the unusually large crowd of peo pie that fiocked into the center, fillinc the sidewalks in Exchange place and T vicinity so completely that people who were in hurry took the paved street. The old Waterbury custom of getting off the streets early is still in vogue however, as anybody could see by the 7. looks of things about 9:30 o'clock. Bs this time most of the women had dis appeared and few of the men were left. When the fair sex start for home you may expect to see the fellow: move, too, just the same as if the girls had them on a string, so that if Wa terbury maintains an enviable reputa ton with the outside world in the mat ter of keeping good hours, it needn'1 thank the men for it.
 Thomas Hackett died last night a the almshouse. The remains were re moved to Moriarty's morgue. Nil Hackett was one of the first men em ployed on the laying of water mains ill this city and was for years care taker of the East Mountain reservoir He was well known among the oldel