Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-24
CITY NEWS.

Cpecldl lOIecdSL lOE OOuAcSllSul. Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday; light to fresh southwest winds.
 A meeting will, be held on Monday, June 30, in the South Brooklyn school district, for the election of officers.
 Word has been received here of the death at Syracuse, N. r., of George Sims, formerly q well known resident of this city.
 The summary process cases of M. J.. Caine vs Roxburgh, Giger and Kelso, were today transferred to the city court The defendants live on Wood. lawn terrace.
 \ The children of St Johns Sunday school and St. Pauls Sunday school, WaterviIle, went on an excursion to Hanover park to-day. About 400 chil- dren enjoyed the excursion.
 The health department, in conse- quence of numerous complaints, have sent out large number of notices to owners who have been negli, gent in sanitary precautions.
 The funeral of John F. Donnelly, son of Mir and Mrs Dennis Donnelly, took place this morning at o'clock from the residence of his parents. Interment was in the old St Joseph's cemetery. The floral offerings were very profuse.
 All the goods and chattels of the firm of Rankin & Ludington in Lon don have been disposed of by public sale. The proceeds have not yet been published. The firm failed for about $250,OO0 and involved local macisin, manufacturing concerns to the ext = of some thousands of dollars.
 To-day Joseph Corr purchased the block on the corner of East Main and Orange streets known as the Coyle place. MT Corr will make improve ments in the place, converting tene- ment into a store, and on the front of the building he will place large gran ite stone with MT Coyle's name on it.
 The fish story of the season is due here tomorrow, Schoo Clerk Fitzgerald and Truant Officer TurIey having gone fishing to-day to some place they have kept a secret. The last time the school clerk went fishing a fish could not be caught in fne place for three years after, and still he says he is the poorest fisherman in the city. To-day s trip was principally to teach the truant officer, he being a novice in the art.
 Drs Goodenough and Chipman of this city attended the Yale Medical Alumni association's annual dinner at Whites Tontine notel in New Haven last night. Dr Chipman responded in an able man. ner to the toast, '.The Female Doc tors" There were about fifty memb bers of the Medical alumni resent and also President Hadley X siness meet. hn1 nrsn t., Drs Goodenough and Chipman were elected vice-presidents of the associa tion for the succeeding year.
 Incidental to the outing of the class of 1902 of the Waterbury High school to Lake Compounce yesterday, Miss Nellie Dee, instructor of music i'll the public schools, was presented with handsome brooch with pearl setting by the members of the class as d token of the respect and esteem with which they regard her. Frank Egan made the presentation speech and Miss Dee, though considerably surprised, thanked the members of the class in q neat speech of acceptance.
 Marie Welch, daughter of Mrs Mary McGrath of oS7 North Riverside street, died this morning. Besides her mother she leaves three brothers and one sis ter. She was an employe of Holmes. Booth & Haydens for the past nine years and was well liked by all who knew her. The funeral will take pace at 9:30 o'clock Thursday morning, with service at St PatriclS's church and in- terment in new St Joseph's cemetery. A mass of requiem will be celebrated for the. deceased at St Patricks church at 8 o'clock Friday morning.
 The funeral of James DonneIIy was largely attended this morning from the family residence on Baldwin street to the Immaculate Conception church, where mass of requiem was cele- brated by the Rev Father Broderick. The bearers were James Moran, Pat rick Thompson, Thomas kane. Thomas Kiernan, John Hosey and Patrick Don- a hue. The floral offerings included a pillow lettered Husband and a stand- ing anchor and cross marked "Father' from the widow and children of the deceased; wreath. Alr and Mrs Luke Stap1eton; Tyre, inscribed "Uncle," MT and Mrs John Gaffney; wreath, Mrs William Butler; wreath, John Kill loughey; wreath, MT and Mrs James Longworth; basket of roses, Jennie and Teresa Mcureevy. The interment was in St Joseph's cemetery.
 Liberty street, from Mill street to River street. needs attention and it is probable that in the near future a new bridge will be built there and the street brought to the established width. It is thought that one bridge ought to do for the railroad tracks and the river. The idea is to continue the river alongside the tracks of the railroad and turn the water from the sluiceway of the American Mills Go down to meet the stream instead of having the stream running westward for several hundred feet and then have both streams and the railroad cars pass under the same bridge. This would give the concerns that own the pond an opportunity to improve it and would cause no inconvenience whatever to the railroad company. If such an arrangement could be made it would take one of the bridges out of thai Shorf Diacp of SfrQpf