Waterbury Democrat., 1902-09-02
CITY NEWS.


Der s. Catalogue free.
Special forecast for Connecticut:
Fair and cooler tonight; Wednesday
fair, fresh westerly winds.
A meeting of the characterization
league will be held this evening in
room 10, No IL East Main street
This evening the board of public
safety will hold their regular monthly
meeting.
The funeral of Harold the infant son
of Mr. and Mrs W. S.. r. Wake of 70
Central avenue, who died on Sunday
morning, took place yesterday at
Lenox, and was private.
Herbert, infant son of Mr. and Mrs
Herbert N. King, aged 10 months, died
to-day. Funeral from 81 Crane street
Wednesday, September 3, at 2 o'clock.
Burial in Riverside cemetery.
Harry T.. Bailey of this city and Miss
Edith V. Warner of Housatonic, Mass,
were married at the latter place last
Wednesday. They win live on Ridge
wood street on the expiration of their
wedding tour.
James Kennedy, who makes his ap
pearance in the city court every once
by Detective O'Gorman for obtaining a
bag of flour from Spencer & Pierpont
under false pretenses.
The Boys club camp at Walnut
Beach has broken up for the season.
There were 225 boys and girls at the
camp during the season. not one of
whom would have had a smell of salt
water but for the generosity of those
who support the Boys club.
Prof D. A. Barnell, the aeronaut who
has been making parachute Jumps at
Forest park, introduced a new feature
in his business yesterday. He induced
Mrs Robertson, who has been telling
fortunes at the park, to become Mrs
Barnell, and the knot was tied yester-
day by Judge. Lowe.
Mrs Margaret Dillon, an old and
highly respected resident of this city,
died Sunday night at the family resi-
dence, so Pleasant street. Mrs Dillon.
who was the widow of the late Michael
Dillon, was born in Ireland, but came
to this city over thirty years ago. She
leaves four sons, Michael, Thomas,
John and William, and one daughter,
Mrs Henry Mccormack. The funeral
took place this morning at 8 o'clock
to the Immaculate Conception church,
where a requiem high mass was cele-
brated by the Rev Father O'Brien. The
palIbearers, all grandsons Of the de-
ceased. were John, Michael and Thorn
as Dillon, David. Michael and James
Mccormack. Interment was in st JOS
eph's cemetery.
A new Roman Catholic church has
been established by Bishop Tierney in
the southwestern section of Hartford
and Rev W. M. Barry, an assistant at
st Patrick's church of that city, has
been appointed pastor. The new par
ish has been carved out of st Peters
and st Lawrence sO'Toole's parishes
and it is estimated that it contains
about 700 Roman Catholics of all ages
and both sexes.
The funeral services over the late
William J. Dick were held from his
late residence Sunday afternoon, the
Rev Mr. Bruno officiating There was
large attendance of those who had
been his friends for years. Interment
was in Riverside cemetery. Pie floral
pieces consisted Of a pillow, Brother
from Thomas Dick and Mrs Campbell
Munson; white roses, from r. T. and
J. S. Dick; red and white roses, from
Mr. and Mrs @. L. Missell; bouquets,
from Mr. and Mrs /. A. Spencer and Mr.
and Mrs Norton.
An alarm of fire from box 4 at about
Gas last night called the fire depart
ment to the building near the corner of
| Grand and Union streets, which is
owned by Mrs j. Olin Howe and part
~ occupied by the Union Rescue mis-
sion. The fire was in the rear of the
building in tenement occupied by
an Italian family A woman had been
filling a lamp with oil and after wiping
the lamp with piece of waste she
threw it to one side. The next min
| ute she threw lighted match in the
same direction and there was a blaze.
It was quickly extinguished, however.
Martin FL. Brennan, aged 20 years,
son of Mr. and Mrs Timothy j. Bren-
nan of SO Fuller street, died uneXpect-
edly yesterday afternoon. The de-
ceased, who was a well known and
popular young man, enjoyed very good
health until Sunday morning, when he
became i'll and grew steadily worse
until his death, which came as a great
shock to his family and many friends.
| He was associated with his father in
| the grocery business. Besides his par
ents he leaves one brother, Joseph and
1 a sister, NldTys Lite Will NC
! held tomorrow morning at $50 to the
Immaculate Conception church. Inter
ment will be in st Joseph's cemetery.
The members of the class of 1901 of
| the Waterbury High school will be
panied to hear of the death of one Of
their number, Wilson III. Atwood of
WATERFOWL, who died Saturday at the
home of his parents after an illness
of five weeks of typhoid fever. Mr.
Atwood had just completed his first
year at the Yale Medical school and it
is supposed that he contracted the dis
ease while at school. He was an ex-
ceptionally bright young man and a
conscientious student and was pos
/ sessed of a disposition which won him
many friends. This is the second
member of the class of '01 to answer
s.adsum" to the final roll call, Ralph
| Ward having died on the eve of grad
uation.
There was fun galore at the annual
clambake of the Pearl Divers at
Pearl lake Sunday and almost 200 peo-
pie were in attendance. They We're
jolly crowd of fellows and every
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