Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-07
CITY NEWS

Don't forget our special sale Friday
Promenade and picnic of Military
band, Forest park, Saturday afternoon
and evening.
/ Special forecast for Connecticut:
Fair tonight; probably local showers
and storms; fresh to brisk north to
south winds.
Giovanni Perroto. the man who
was sentenced to ninety days in jail
a few days ago for following women
on Riverside street has petitioned
Judge Peasley to change his sentence
to a fine Perroto testified that he
i came to town the day of his arrest
whereas the policeman who arrested
him said he had been in the city for
somes time. Attorney Bauby, the
mans counsel, has the evidence of the
railroad employees that tnc man was
only one day in town.
| A gang of small boys has been max
| ing life miserable for the residents OF
the north end of Prospect street. The
gang consists of about a dozen and
every evening they gather in the trees
pelt each other with the ripening
fruit, break the branches and strew
the street with the debris. Their Ian
guage is the most undesirable feature
of their presence. Last, evening they
made themselves very undesirable
company and as most of their names
are known to the residents a repetition
of their visit will result in their ar
rest.
1t is said that one or two manufac-
/ turing concerns are seriously consid-
ering the ACCESSIBILITY of closing their
shops all day Saturday because so
many of their employees are going on
the annual excursion of the st Jospeh's
e. A. society to New York and Coney
Island on that day. This is the pop
ltular excursion of the year and it is
lone of the best A large crowd from
Waterbury always goes on this excur-
sion. and besides large numbers from
1.-The towns down the valley will join
them. Things were humming around
the rooms of the st Joseph's Il. A. so
ciety last night and the demand for
tickets was unusually great. Tickets
are $3.50 for adults and S1-oo for chill
dren.
Dennis Maloney, formerly Of South
bury, died yesterday at the residence
of his daughter in Woodbury. The de-
ceased had lived in Southbury for
nearly fifty years. coming to Water
bury about four years ago and taking
Fup his residence with his son, Dennis
E., on. Aver street. He went to Wood
bury a few weeks ago to visit his
daughter and was taken sick while
there. The deceased was a man well
thought of by his neighbors and all
who knew him. He had passed the
three score and ten mark. His flu
neral will take place to st Mary's
church in Southbury tomorrow morn
ing at 1890 O'Clock. He leaves four
children, Dennis e. of this city, John
of Chicago, Mrs Catherine Glare of
Alaska and Mrs MARY O'Brien of
Woodbury..
The dry goods firm of Reid & Hughes
will not occupy the new premises on
the site of their old building on Bank
street. This change was decided up
on in order to give the firm more space.
According to the new plan, the firm
will occupy the entire store extending
northward from the Waterbury bank
building to the brick wall which
stands in the middle of the forest or
iron pillars and Orders. This will
give them about 100 feet front. North
of the wall mentioned the new prem
| ises will be occupied by Hampson &
Sellew, furniture dealers. and Davis
& Nye, stationers. The building will
be five stories high. including the base
ment, and Hampson & SelleW will oc-
cupy the third flood over Reid &
Hughes, as well as all the floors over
their own store Every bricklayer
who comes to town is employed. The
craft is at premium in this city now.
PLANS for the convent building to be
erected on South Main street by the
st Joseph's church corporation were
completed to-day" saws the New Brit
ain correspondent Of the Hartford
Times. 1.-THE design will conform to
that of the church. longside which the
convent will be situated. The new
building will be of brick with brown
stone trimmings, and slate roof. 1t
will be thirty-efght feet wide, fifty-fve
feet long and two stories high. There
will be five rooms and a chapel on the
first floor and seven sleeping apart
ments and community room on the
second floor The building will be
reached by brownstone steps leading
to large double door, The Sisters
of Charity, who will occupy the com
vent, will arrive in New Britain the
latter part of this month. Three Sis
tiers will teach school in the rooms on
the second floor Of the church build
ing. Work on the convent will be
begun September L." This will be the
second institution of this, order in the
state, the other being in this city.
The funeral Of Mamie B. Dunn took
place this morning from the family
residence on Franklin street with
mass of requiem at the Immaculate
Conception church by the Rev Father
Broderfck and interment in st Jo-
seph's cemetery. The bearers were
Charles Roller, William Turley, Mi
chael Murphy, Thomas O'Neill, Mat
thew Flood and John Quinlan. The
floral offerings included pillow
marked SISTER from the brother and
sister OF the deceased; mammoth
Gates Ajar surmounted by a dove,
employees of the Waterbury Buckle
Co; mound, Mr. and Mrs James A.
Dunn, jr; mound and dove. the Misses
Annie Phelan and Julia Brennan; %
pink roses Mr. and Mrs Walter Wall;
basket of roses, Mr. and Mrs Michael