Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-26
CITY NEWS.

street, died to-day. The funeral will take place tomorrow morning with service at the house and interment ill l Cheshire
 The 'sblind" hydrant which had stood for years at the passway on East Main street, opposite the k. K. Brown property, was dug up to-day and taken away by couple of labor CTS belonging to Mir Brown.
 Sergeant Johnson, who has just completed a five years term of ser l vice with the United States marine corps, and who has been on duty in 1 the Philippines is stopping at the Ar lington hotel for q few days.
 The glad spring time has come and with it the Hellmann Brewing Co.'S really famous and honest Book beer. It will be on the market beginning Thursday, March 27. Orders for the home will be carefully attended to.
 Manager John Hayes of the Merri- mac A. c. will have the following can didates to select winning team from: W. Mcdonald, J. Hayes, E. Howard, W. Ghent, T. Kinney, G. Byrnes,, J. Byrnes, J. Kinney, w. Green, D. Bar ker, B. Hayes and ". F. Mcdonald Some of the fire callmen are being moved around. John Griffin, Thomas Saunders and Fred Schwartz, who were stationed at the Scoyill street house, have been moved to the Burton street house. and John Broderick has been assigned from the latter to the former.
 Dr Axtelle will lecture to the trained nurses in the assembly hall of the Friendly league on Thursday evening at s o'clock. All graduated nurses not members are invited to be pres ent The hour was changed from 3:30 in the afternoon to s o'clock to accommodate Dr Axtelle.
 1 A petition is being circulated about town and is being numerously signed which will be presented to the city government asking that the rink l building be condemned and razed in the interest of adjoining property as well as the health and appearance of the whole community. The petition | bears the signatures of some of the most prominent people in town. The funeral of Michael Fitzpatrick took place this morning from his late residence on East Main street with a mass of requiem at the Sacred Heart church by the Rev Father Shelley and interment in St Josephs cemetery. The bearers, all cousins of the deceased, were John Moran, Peter Collier, Thomas Moran, Florence Keenan, John Bowling and John Moran. Shortly after 12 o'clock to-day an alarm of fire was rung in from box II, corner of East Main and Wolcott streets. The woods which adioin the property of John Coleman on Wolcott street, near Niagara street, were on fire and as the blaze was approaching | one or two houses it was thought best to call out the fire department. A stream of water made short work of the flames.
 A meeting of the Greater Water | bury Amateur Baseball league was held at the rooms of the Moonlight A, '. on Baldwin street last night. The d1Hefent managers submitted theil. llStS Of players. A committee was appointed to purchase a trophy which Viii De presented to the team winning the championship. The next meeting will be held on next Tuesday evening at the rooms of the Merrimac A, c. The season will open April 20.
 Company G to-day received from the military headquarters a Buzzacotte even, which alost completes it's entire outfit for duty at moments call. Every company of militia has been made the custodian of it's own cooking apparatus, so that it may be ready for duty at any moment. For few days following the great fire the local militia boys were fed from a local restaurant. put in case they were called tomorrow they would have to provide for them selves, as they do i'll camp.
 Secretary Lambert and Constable Pfyor had run-in with a barber who deserted the principles of the union Nhls afternoon. The barber insisted upon Keeping his card which distin- gulshes union from non-union shops. threats of law had no effect upon him untll Secretary Lambert and Consta Die Pryor presented themselves in his shop this afternoon. Even then he Was oDdurate at first. but finally caimed down and rather than give up ms card he promised to return to the folds of the union.
 Michael Lawlor. owner of the ouar- antined block at the corner of Jewelry and South Main streets, south side. ere ated scene ill the police station this afternoon by threatening to smash in the door of the block unless the au- thorltles attend to the pipes in the closets, which have become clogged and cannot be used. He also said that he will sue the city for damage. and left determined to make trouble for some one. He said that he had complained to President LaWlor of the board of health, who informed him that he would have MT Moses attend to it. It is understood that the pipes were fixed later in the day.
 The remains of William Frederick Kirschbaum, who died yesterday i'll a New York hospital, were brought to Waterbury on the 12:3O train last night and were taken to his late res idence, 93 Clark street. Besides his wife he leaves three daughters and five sons, namely, Mrs Augustus Nitsche of Bridgeport, Mrs Wilbert Reichenbach, Martha, William, Fred, Alfred, John and Charles. Charles is a member of the United States engi- neering corps and is stationed at Washington. The deceased was well known and highly respected resi- dent of this city. For thirty years he