Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-13
CITY NEWS.

night
Carriage and automobile tires vul-
canized at Messers.
Military band, fireworks and prom
enade at Forest park Saturday after
noon and evening. with balloon ascen-
sions.
The Buffers, Polishers' and Brass
Workers union have ordered 800
badges for the Labor day parade
An anniversary high mass for the
repose of the soul of the late Timothy
Flynn will be celebrated at the Sa-
cred Heart church tomorrow morning
at o'clock.
The fourteenth annual convention of
the Connecticut Funeral Directors as
ISOLATION will be held at the Mona
gum house, Cosey Beach, near New
Haven, on September 3.
The Labor day picnic committee is
ready for bids for bar, refreshment
and other privileges at the big picnic
to be held Monday, September 1. Bids
close Monday next at noon. All bid
ders should send application to NJ. J..
Clark, 30 Bank street.
The Bartenders' union held an i'm
portant meeting last night and per-
fected arrangements for the big clam
bake to be held at Moore's grove Au-
gust "a. Every bartender in town is
expected to exchange his ticket for a
badge at Harrington's cigar store on
or before the day of the bake.
List of letters remaining unclaimed
in the postoffice: Morton Belden,
Mrs Mary Dunn, Miss Bridget Dwyer,
John Decker. Miss Mary Gilhooly, Ed
gar Lague, Louis Montre, Miss Nellie
j. Morris, e. d. Munger, Miss Lou Ma
son, Miss Sarah M. Stone, Dan p. Shee-
han 81, Alfred Wilson, Thomas Wheel
eahen.
Mrs Annie G. Byrnes, aged ~ years,
wife of John j. Byrnes of 157 Orange
street, died last night in the hospital
after an illness extending over six
months. She'was taken to the hospi-
tai only last Saturday Her husband,
four children, Peter, Annie S., John J.
and Grace, and brother, Michael Nc
Donald, living in New York, survive
her. The funeral will take place Fri
day morning at 10 o'clock at the I'M
maculate Conception church. A mass
of requiem will be celebrated for the
deceased Saturday morning.
About 1000 people saw the balloon
ascension by Prof Barnell at Forest
park last evening. The feat was a
novelty, made as it was with display
of fireworks by the daring aeronaut as
he rose in the moonlight. After few
minutes he was literally out OF sight,
and only the crack and the CLEAN of
thesfreworks showed where he was up
among the stars. In this way his path
was followed across The lake, south, to
North MainN street, and then east to.
Long Hill, n.which vicinity he landed
safely. Ascensions will be made every
day this week. The theater at tho
park was packed last evening, there
being an excellent program, which was
roundly applauded. The performers
this week seem to be of a superior
class. Their press notices speak high
~ of them and they will undoubtedly
be favorites before the week is over.
The board of education will hold an.
other meeting this evening to solve the
difficulty surrounding the proposed
school on Washington hill. Architect
Asheim has been in consultation with
the lowest bidders trying to And some
place in the plans where they can be
modified so that the bids can be
brought within the appropriation, $40
600. At the meeting held Monday even
ing Commissioner Griggs stated mat
he had been. looking up the cost Of the
/ last few schools and he found that the
Barnard cost about $1,000 room, the
| briggs and the Webster schools about
| $4,000. and the Walsh, the latest of all.
/ about $4,000 a room. and the cost per
| room of the proposed school, according
/ to the bids, would be about $4,000.
| The combined bids for this building are
| $4,000, while the appropriation is, $40
/ 000 The only way the architect has
| so far discovered how the plans can be
made to fit the appropriation is by di
| minishing the width Of the corridors.
The usual weekly meeting of the
Naturalists was held last night in the
natural history room of the Bronson
library, and in spite of many absen-
tees, owing to summer vacations, there
We're plenty of subjects on hand to
keep those present busy for the time
assembled. A letter was read from
Miss L. A. Carr, requesting informa-
ton with regard to methods. for ex-
terminating a species of sinking fun
gus that had been growing for the
past few summers at her home on
North Willow street. A specimen be.
ing on hand at the meeting, b. b. Bris-
tol named it as dictyophera ravenelii.
Among the suggestions offered for their
determination were pourng boiling
water upon them, digging up and burn.
ing, marrying, dousing with kerosene
or any method that would effectuallv
destroy the spores by which the spe-
cies are propagated. Mrs LYMAN
read an article on ssThicket Life >,
which gave an account of what might
be found in such a locality by a LITTLE
observation.
The sport committee Of the Faras+.
ers union picnic will meet every avan.
ing at the reading room for the "a.
mainder of the week to attend TO evary
detail that may come up. They are
William Lawlor, D. j. Murphy. VIII
liam Riley, James Madden and MT
} Carr. The general committee has nnt
the finishing touches on all arrange.
J ments for the field day and picnic al
the Driving park on Saturday. The
t'sub-eommittees have completed thei,
Work and all that is needed now is
good weather for this big jollification
The advance sale of tickets has gone
beyond expectations and the commit
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