Waterbury Democrat., 1902-09-12
CITY NEWS.

sell fancy Elgin creamery butter 26c. The Great A. & F. Tea Go.
 Austin Madden and daughter Mary of Boston are visiting MT and Mrs Thomas Condon of 20 Luke street k I Special forecast for Connecticut:
 Rain late tonight; Saturday rain; light fresh winds, shifting to east and nortb~
 east.
 There will be meeting of the Elec- trical Wire Workers union Saturday
 afternoon at o'clock in Buffers and Polishers' hall.
 I There will be a rehearsal of the choir of St Francis Xavier's church at 7:3O o'clock this evening. All the members are requested to attend | Edward Herr of this city will leave tomorrow for Dartmouth college,
 where he will resume his studies. He
 will probably be candidate for the football team.
 The Boston Merchant Tailoring Go, now occupying temporary quarters in the rink building on Grand street, will remove next week to their new quar- ters, 320 North Main street.
 Protector Hose Go No 5, headed by St Francis Xavier drum corps, made a l stunning appearance on the streets last night on the way home from Thomas ton. The boys were in as good trim to l perform active service as they were when they left in the morning. I The bursting of the cylinder head of the engine attached to the regular train I which leaves here at sos D. m. de- tained several people for a time at Wateryille last evening. The cars were filled with men and women re- l turning from the firemen's parade at ThOmaston. All were scared but no one was injured.
 Stampers and Press Hands local un- l ion, No POT, will hold an important meeting this evening and all desiring membership in this union who have not received a proposition are request ed to apply for one at Buffers and Pol ishers' hall this evening, as this will l be the last meeting before the closing l of the charter September 19.
 Rev William H. Gibbons, assistant pastor of St Peter's Roman Catholic church, Danbury, has been transferred | by Bishop Tierney to Westerly, R. l., where he has been given charge of St MichaePs church. Father Gibbons was appointed to the assistant pastor ate of St Peters church when the Rev NJ. J. Traynor was sent to Wateryille. Harold Eugene, the one year old son 1 of Mir and Mrs Edward Roach of 7S4 Bank street, died this morning. The l funeral will take place at 2:15 o'clock l tomorrow afternoon. The remains will be taken to Ansonia for burial on the 2:40 train in charge of Undertaken Mulville. The interment will be in l ST Nfarv's cnnatary
 The funeral of Alexander Currie took place yesterday afternoon from l his late home on Hopkins street, with service at the house by the Rev Dr Davenport and interment in Pine 1 Grove cemetery. The bearers were John Dawson, John Bowling, Patrick Carroll, Frank Porter, Alexander Peet and James Stout. There was a large number of floral tributes
 1 The twenty-eighth annual commun- l ication of the colored Free Masons of 1 Connecticut was held yesterday in New Haven. Officers of the grand lodge chosen were as follows: Grand 1 Master, c. A. c. Beeman, Middletown; deputy grand master, N. M Mayo I New Haven; senior grand warden, w l H. Costin, Waterbury; junior grand warden, Alonzo Johnson, New Haven; grand treasurer, John W. Ross, New l Haven; grand secretary, F. o. Cross, l Hartford; grand tyler, Benjamin John
 son, Hartford.
 1 The steel workers in the employ of l the American Bridge Go who have been l on strike in all parts of the state since ! last Monday have won complete vic, l tory, the company having granted their I demand of 40 cents an hour, at meet l ing held in New Haven last night. | Consequently the steel workers who have been employed on the Camp build l ing on Bank street returned to work this morning and are pushing the work l along rapidly. The Berlin Construc- l tion Go has not as yet yielded to their l employees demands for increased l wages and consequently the employees of that company who have been work I ing on new addition to the Chase | rolling mill are still out on strike.
 The Friendly league building will re- open on Monday evening, September 15, class work to be resumed on Mon- day, the 18th inst the dates of the various departments to be announced
 upon the league bulletin. Informa- tion for non-league members may be
 had by applying to the superintendent at the building or by telephone. Pro- vision is made for additional class ses-a
 sions in the school of housekeeping. so
 that all persons who may wish to ap- ply for registration can be placed. In
 other departments important changes
 will be made. Additional branches
 of instruction will be introduced and
 attractive features provided.
 The amusement committee of inc
 Hammer club is at swords points over
 the clubs annual fall cross country
 run. Some of them want to 90 to
 Cheshire and others favor Middlebury
 So far as can be learned they are even
 ly divided on the question and have
 decided that the proper way to settle
 the snarl is to call meeting of the so-
 ciety and jet the general body pass
 upon the matter. It is alleged that
 there is also some difference over in.
 vitations being issued to parties who
 do not belong to the club, one or two
 thinking it move in the right direc-
 ton to have dozen or more outsiders
 and others making a bold stand for
 the old time exclusiveness of the organ.
 ization. It is understood that the so-
 ciety will hold meeting in the near future and the indications point to o