Waterbury Democrat., 1902-01-06
CITY NEWS.

Slerln or HdrlIOfu county ESLullA was in town Saturday afternoon for few hours.
 The women of St Thomas's parish will hold a meeting this evening in the basement of the church at 4:3O o'clock to make arrangements for the fair which will be held ill the city hall this month.
 The funeral of D. H. Meloy will take place from the family residence on Lin- den street Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with service by the Rev Dr Anderson. The internent VIII De in Riverside cemetery.
 The case of F. H. Wells of Provi- dence against c. W. Church was to have been heard by Judge Burpee i'll the city court, civil side, this morn ing, but owing to the plaintiff having missed his train it was adjourned week. Ths is q suit to recover on q note for S10.
 Professor H. s. Gulliver will "es'lme his lectures before the Current Events club tomorrow afternoon at o'clock at the High school assembly hall. The subjects to be treated at this lecture are the Connecticut constitutional con- vention, the Fifty-seventh congress and foreign affairs.
 James. the 6-year-old son of MT and Mrs Andrew Leary of Is Aver street, was removed to the hospital Saturday suffering with typhoid fever. The lit tie fellows mother has been sick for some time and was unable to give h1m the attention he required. and acting on the advice of the physician he was sent to the hospital, where it is hoped he will soon recover.
 A petition for an extension of the sewer system up Beacon street is in circulation among the parishioners of St Thomas parish. Everyone is signing it without any hesitation. Father Crow ley is pushing the matter in order that it will be ready for presentation to the board of public works at its next meeting. The city cannot afford to de- lay the development that is in progress in the neighborhood of St Thomas's church. All the residents and taxpay- CTS favor it and the object of the peti- tion should not and probably will not be barred by the board of public works.
 R. NJ. Honeyman of New York spoke to the usual large crowd of men and boys in Jacques opera house under the auspices of the '. M. c. A. yes | terday afternoon. He is q forceful and entertaining speaker and his address had the additional virtue of compara- tive brevity. MT Honeyman's geneF4i subject was Temperance" and he handled it without gloves. His three general divisions were cleverly and l effectively made. These were the three heads: Yielding is Sin ''The Trouble is Within" and "The Devil Always Turns the Gilt End Forward. 7 Pierrie c. Cowles presided and music was furnished by the |. NJ. c. A. or chestra and the mems choir of the First NJ. E. church.
 There is going to be litigation oyer the will of the late William Delaney In the court of probate this morning there was a brief hearing on petition for an administrator of MT Delaney estate. Attorney Carmody appeared for the will and those who We're bene fited by it. while Attorney Byrne rep resented James Hayden, an uncle o1 the testator, Mrs Catherine Sheridan wife of James Sheridan. Margaret Richards and Mary Corcoran, all cou sins of the first or second degree These are the contestants and upo1 what grounds they will oppose tht probating of the will their representa- tive, Attorney Byrne is not yet pre- pared to state. By the provisions O the will Henry Hayden, one of th, principal beneticiaries by that docu ment, is executor.
 The new and elegantly appointed home of Grand Secretary Daniel Col well of the Knights of Columbus at II Vernon street, New Haven, was the scene last Friday eyenins of q very pleasant event wher some 70 friends assembled to mak. happy the 33d anniversary of MT an( Mrs Colwells marriage. The affai had been secretly planned and was complete surprise. Selections were rendered during the evening by Meany's orchestra. There were sev eral recitatiOns and vocal and instru mental music. About midnight all sa down to very recherche repast, a the conclusion of which very hand some picture, Our Darling's Birth day. was presented to MT and Mr. Colwell. There were number O guests from New York, Boston an, other cites, including Waterbury.
 A reception was held at the home O MT and Mrs Kennerney of Silve street in honor of their guest, F. Nc
 Carthy of St Michaels seminary, To ronto, last evening. Alice Cosgroye
 the popular singer, favored with
 solo, ''The Holy City, and severa other selections: Henry Lynch of Bur ton street rendered several selection
 on his graphophone and gave recita
 tions; Thomas NfcGrath, the famou e baritone singer, favored with severa q solos; a piano duet was rendered b
 Mamie Kennedy and Annie Kevenney l Sarah Dolan obliged with a solo ent e tied, "He laid away 9 suit of grey j. to wear a suit of blue;;" a quartett
 consisting of Alice Cosgrove, Mar
 McDonald. Harry Ramon and Charle
 Reilly sang Day by Day. A suppe
 was served and all left wishing th
 guest prosperity, who left this mornin
 to resume his studies for the prfes = hood.
 The second of the course of lecture
 which is being given during the vii
 ter under the auspices of the Water | Ih11rv XVaman-c cl1b wac Uivpp Sam