Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-19
CITY NEWS.

1 Clerk Fitzgerald of the South End 1 pharmacy is laid up with a severe at tack of the grip.
 Rev Father Donahue of New Milford will deliver the Lenten sermon at St Francis Xaviers church tonight. The Rev Father Kennedy of St Thomas church preached the Lenten sermon at the Sacred Heart church last night.
 l The cold wave which came last night kept everyone from mischief, consequently there was no city court l this morning.
 There will be an anniversary high mass tomorrow morning at s o'clock for the late Martin Phelan, at St Fran cis Xayier's church.
 The Knights of St Patrick will meet this evening in St Patrick's hall to clean up all the accounts i'll connec- tion with the recent banquet. Last week Dr r. Carter Lodge sent word to the pastors of two Catholic churches that he would yaccinate the poor of the parishes free of charge.
 A meeting will be held at s oclock Friday evening by the St Cecilia's SO cial circle to make arrangements fo. an entertainment 10 be held ill the near future.
 l The teachers at the Washington, Bank and Porter street schools were at their schools this afternoon mak- l ing corrected list of their pupils who have been 7accinated.
 Special forecast for Connecticut fn- tTh nd ,1ox night and Thursday morning; brisk to high northwest winds, diminishing Thursday
 Frank Dance has entered suit against James Bryan for S6 for loss of q monkey-wrench, and also suit against him for $50 for the loss Of a derrick which Bryan borrowed The papers in the cases were served by Constable Lannon to-day.
 The senior class have engaged the well known Miss Pinneo to give num- Der of her popular revolutionary stories at the High school tomorrow evening at o'clock. They hope the sclsool will be supported i'll the same hearty way as in the past. Admission 9 cents
 List of letters remaining unclaimed in the postofice: Miss Jessie Butler: J. F. Durant, 5; Mrs Henry Kirkner: Michael Lynch; James Mayse; Mrs Nell Richardson; Hugh Smith: Miss Edna Wynkoop; Mrs Herbert L. Ward: Miss Lizzie Agnes White; Mrs Fannie Warner; Been Williams.
 In the superior court in New Haven yesterday Judge Case granted Roswell Ii. Buck of this city a divorce from Minnie Buck, the we'll known church singer, on the grounds of desertion. This disposes of Mrs Bucks suit. which was on the grounds of intolera- Die cruelty. The parties were married in 1877 and have two children. Though they lived together until q short time ago they were practically strangers.
 The defendants demurrer ill the two suits of Edward and Robert McGrath against the Equitable Life Insurance society of New York have been over ruled by Judge Gager. The defendant held that the plaintiffs had no insur- able rights in the life of their sister and 1t was this claim which the court | did not allow. The plaintiffs did moi take out policy on their sisters life but she had her life insured for theil 1 benefit
 | ternoon. This with the dust and wind render things very disagreeable fol people who have to be outdoors. AS q result of the storm probably fewer people were about town to-day thar on any other day in years It is , genuine March day. It is hoped tha- the weather will moderate soon an6 that in few days more we will hay. | c help kill the germs of disease that ar, now causing so much sickness in tht community.
 The funeral of John Kenny tool place this morning from his late hom on Southview street, with a mass O requiem at St Francis Xavier's churcl by the Rev Father FIemming and in torment in Calvary cemetery. Tn bearers were James J. Dwyer. Johl Quinlan, Christopher McEyoy, Michae Crane, James Killougney and Thoma Lynch, the three last named repre- senting Court R. F. Phelan, F. of A The floral offerings included pillow from Court Phelan and a wreath fror Mrs James Quinlan and Miss Lizzi Kenny, sisters of the deceased.
 The antics of a piece of paper ol
 Baldwin street this morning came nea
 being the innocent cause of very ser
 ious accident The paper was blow
 off the billboard near Liberty stree
 and was whirled about by the win like kite that had broken loose fror it's moorings. After making severa
 rounds of the street it wheeled sud
 denly and struck horse in the heat
 causing the animal to jump about an
 smash the carriage. There were tw
 men in the team and those who vii
 messed the mix-up wondered how the
 came out of it alive. There is an o dinance against littering the street : with paper and this applies to owner
 of billboards as well as to others.
 Upon the complaint of Peter Hocl
 the North End baker, Charles Basel
 brush was arrested last evening in
 suit for $1.000 damages for slande
 The accused was locked up in the eel
 in the court house building. The a legged islander was a remark said 1 have been made by the accused as fo [ lows: ssPeter Hook is dirty hake
 He uses only rotten eggs in Il
 bakery" Although the matter al
 pears ridiculous, it cost Basenbrus
 more than he could afford to pay ;
 settle and go home. Some time aa Hook had an injunction issued againl | s~, TNt,