Waterbury Democrat., 1902-09-24
CITY NEWS.

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 Fred Bauby will leave tomorrow for New Haven, where he will enter the Yale law school.
 The annual sociable of the Connec- ticut Railway, and Lighting Co.'S En- ploy6s' Aid association will be given at City hall Friday evening, November 21.
 Special forecast for Connecticut: Cloudy weather; probably showers to- night; Thursday generally fair; cloudy tonight; fresh north to northeast winds.
 The funeral of Mrs Catherine Can ing at 9 o'clock from her late resi- Thomas church, where a mass of re- quiem will be said. Interment will be in the new St Joseph's cemetery.
 Parties not having settled for the Miners Glee club concert tickets are requested to report at Buffers and Pol ishers' hall between and 8 o'clock to- night, as the committee is anxious to close the matter up and forward the money to Secretary Wilson of the Mine Workers union.
 Coal took a big drop this afternoon, but it got back to the old spot so quick ly that few noticed the change. One of R. N. Blakeslee's double trucks loaded with coal collapsed on Bank street, spilling the contents all over the trolley tracks and blocking street railroad service for the time being The men hustled like beavers and Had ev- erything cleaned in a few minutes af- ter the upset.
 A meeting of the creditors of the firm of Seeley & Upham was held to- day in the company's office. The meet ing lasted two hours and it was deter. mined that the best course to pursue was to have the company resume busi- ness as soon as possible and continue as before. All the old help will be engaged and contracts on which work was stopped last Saturday will be taken up and things in general way will be in full swing in day or two.
 The tenth annual meeting of the state council. Junior o. U. A. M., was held in New Britain yesterday. The election of officers resulted as follows: Councillor, C.. F. Merrill, Middletown; vice-councillor, E. E. Enc, Hartford: {: state secretary, HI. Fl. Marvin, Bridge port; treasurer, B. L. Golden, Water bury; conductor, c. w. Judson, Dan bury; warden, Q. B. Fargo, Bridgeport; inside sentinel. c. A Cheeseman, New London; chaplain, Henry Royce, East Hampton; Judiciary committee, o. w.. Bailey, New Britain
 City hall has been attractively and tastefully decorated for the St Mi chaels church fair which opens there tonight. There will be several gaily decorated booths at which the follow ing young ladies will preside: Art booth, Helen A. Hennessey, Mary w. Higgins, Mary F. Wagner, Katherine M. Hennessey, Nellie M. Noonan, Sa- die F. Bennett; fancy booth, Josephine McMahon, Julia Leamey, Margaret Walsh, Rose LachaRce, Tillie Jennings; candy booth, Dora Brennan, Agnes Leamey, Tessie Mcconnell The Hi bernian Rifles from Naugatuck will bring their own drum corps with them tonight.
 The suggestion to CT
 fountain near the corne
 and North Elm streets is Iii tLe strongest opposition from the prop erty owners. On that corner, which is owned by the estate of the late John Sandom, there are already two of the ugliest looking poles that can be found in the city. One stands almost In the gutter. They block the sidewalk to quite an extent and the erection of another impeachment to public travel would be nothing but an outrage on the rights of the public, a detriment f(sra ity. Furthermore, drinking foun- tain is not required there
 Truant Officer Hurley is always zeal, ous in performing the duties of his po- sition, but sometimes his zeal is of no avail This morning he was coming along East Main street and was pass ing by Phoenix avenue when he hap pened to glance up the avenue and saw three little colored boys who were of school age coming along the sidewalk. Officer Hurley thought that he had tru- ants under his thumb and at once bounced upon them The little colored boys, were very much surprised at the mans action and the more so when he began to pour questions upon them as to the reason why they were not at school. With broad grins the colored boys replied that they were actors and were the little pickanninies who were amusing theater-goers at the Jacques this week
 The date of the smoker of the E. l.. Forest council, Royal Arcanum, which was to have been held in Congress hall Thursday evening, September 25. has been changed to Tuesday evening, September 30. The change of date is made owing tO thn fact that Q oonvar ton of the grand council of the Royal Arcanum will be held on Thursday, September p. Regent Joseph Downs will be a delegate to the convention from R. l.. Forest council. The smoker will be one of the biggest events of it's kind ever held in this city. An excel lent program has been prepared. Mat tatuck council of this city, 15O strong, will attend in body, and so will Buck ingham council of Naugatuck. A num- Der of the officers of the grand coun- cil will be present on that evening.