Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
CITY NEWS.
Ionroe's college opens January 5. See billboard announcement.

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 Monroe's college opens January 5. See billboard announcement
 Thursday, January 1, being holi- day, the barber shops will be closed all day.
 Miss Sadie Jacobs, who has been vis- iting her brother, E. E. Jacobs, will leave for New York to-day.
 Prof c. A. Bailey has returned from his Christmas vacation and resumed his private lesson courses at 70 Bank street.
 Midnight service will be held at St Johns church tomorrow night. The l exercises will commence at 11:15 | o'clock.
 Miss Georgiana Turnbull of Water bury rendered several selections at piano recital given by Miss Lillian l Abell in Bristol last night.
 1 In the United States district court yesterday. James H. Murnan of Wa ] terbury was granted discharge from bankruptcy by Judge Platt.
 Wilbur H. Gaines of Waterbury has been appointed superintendent of Fac i tory H, International Silver Go, at l 1 Waterbury, who died few weeks i ago. .- -.-.. @ "
 c. S. Lang, the real estate agent, sold to-day for James Fruin all his property on West Main street. consist ing of three pieces, No 467, No 469 and No All, to P. J. Finnan, who has pur- chased the property as an investment. The sum involved in the transaction was about $15,000. .- .*5 January ', 1903 will be the fiftieth anniversary of the marriage of MT and Mrs Timothy Kelly of Oakyille. They | will hold an informal reception at their home during the afternoon and evening to which they extend cor dial invitation to all their relatives, friends and acquaintances. Samuel Cronin of Brooklyn, N. Y., is spending the holidays with friends | in Waterbury. MT Cronin is the mem Der of the Knights of Columbus who organized the pilgrimage from New York to the grave of Father McGiv- ney two years ago (the originator of the order in the state of New York;
 An entertainment given by the He brew Sunday school was held at Speed we'll hall last Sunday afternoon. The affair proved a most enjoyable one. | Much credit is due Master Norman H. l Winestine. aged ', and Miss Frieda Winestine, aged 6, for the manner in which they delivered their speeches.
 The engagement is announced of Benjamin H. Chalker- younger son of MT and Mrs Robert B. Chalker, and Miss Mary Emma Grouse of Turner's | Falls. Mass. For the two years pre- vious to this year Miss Grouse was teacher of the seventh and eighth grades in the Saybrook graded school and is very popular in town. She is now teaching in Waterbury. Mir Chalk CT is one of the leading young men of this village.-Saybrook Correspondent Hartford Courant.
 Tickets are selling rapidly for the mock trial of the conspirators against Lincoln, which will be held in Music lhall in the Citizens bank building on New Years night, under the auspices Iof the Theta chapter of the Theta Sig ma, which consists of the students of the High school The young men have been instructed in the several parts by two prominent lawyers. Be- fore the trial is held an entertainment will be given in which we'll known To- cal talent will appear. "
 The members of the Waterbury Burns club are preparing to celebrate the coming of the New Year with a social time on Wednesday evening | which will be held in Foresters hall. A fine time is assured to the members and friends who attend to welcome in the New Year. The club has arranged for their annual concert and ball to be held on January g in City hall. Some of the best singers and dancers from New York as we'll as some of the best local talent have been engaged for the concert and the committee ex- pect to surpass all previous events and make this the best of them all. T There was a large attendance at the annual Christmas exercises for the children of the Sunday school of the Second Congregational church. which were held ill the main part of the I church and the church parlors last evening. Christmas carols were sung by the children and selections were rendered by the Sunday school orches tra. There were six tableaux, illus trating the ancient and the modern ways of celebrating Yu1etide A story entitled "Santa's Understudy,'' was read by the Rev Dr Davenport, and ar address was delivered by the Rev Oscar Haywood of the First Baptist churs1 The Revs MT Lewis and MT Barnes ot St Johns church also spoke. Over 36C pounds of candy were given away. The exercises were very enjoyable
 The fair committee of the A. 0. IT met last night and organized with Francis O'Brien of the Sixth division as chairman, Patrick Flaherty of the Sixth division, secretary and John F. Calvin of the Second division, treas. urer. Professor M 0. Donovan and John c. Hyland were appointed as . press committee. Addresses were made by Timothy Luddy, Professor Donovan. P. Brennan, John Garfield. Morgan Burke, John F. Calvin and Patrick Flaherty. The primary ob- ject of the proposed entertainment is to raise funds for the erection of a suitable monument in, the Hibernian plot in St Joseph's cemetery and if there should be a surplus it will go in to the treaSuries of the divisions talk