Waterbury Democrat., 1902-03-24

pail team Will play the Waterbury l.. NJ. c. 4. basket ball team at the '. NJ. c. A. gymnasium tonight.
 Michael Fitzpa trick. aged 37, died early this morning, after a lengthy ill., ness, at the home of his aunt, Miss l Elizabeth Moran, 935 East Main street. The funeral will take place Wednes- day morning.
 Policemen Cavanaugh, Mclean and s. Mccarthy have been promoted from grade to c, with pay according. Hereafter all officers on duty at the desk in the police station will have to be ill uniform. Heretofore this matter was discretiona1 with the officers.
 Palm was blessed and distributed at all the Catholic churches yesterday and small pieces of it were in evidence all over town during the day. The Pas sion' was read and sermons appropri- ate to the day delivered. The day was also observed in many of the Protest ant churches.
 Two women. one colored and the other white. figured in q runaway ac- cident on Spring street yesterday. They got spilled out and for q time it was difficult to tell the white woman from her black companion. Both were badly scared, but neither was seriously hurt.
 The street department made com mencement on the seasons work to- day. There is great deal to be done this year, considerably more than the appropriations for repairs and main tenance will warrant, so that it is al- most certain that many things that nnn6 attention will fn
 Discharges from bankruptcy on fa- yorable reports of referees were made by Judge Townsend in the United States district court at New Haven Saturday as follows: Frank P. Healy of Hartford, John Byron of Water bury, Matthew J. Jackman of Water bury and Frederick Pfau of Bridge port.
 The Rev Father O'Donnell was in Waterbury for short time to-day, be- fore taking the train for his new home at Norwalk. The reverend gentleman was kept busy, for, everyone knows him, and insisted on shaking his hand and bidding him goodbye, and wishing him many years of activity in his new parish.
 At meeting of the Gaelic Athletic association yesterday the following of ncers were chosen for the ensuing year: President. John P. Sheehan; vice president, William Ward; treas urer, Hugh Crean; secretary, Patrick Flaherty. The attendance was large and the indications point to a success full season.
 The board of safety, at the regular meeting held Saturday evening. de- cided to accept the resignation of Fire Callman F. J. Keeley and to reprimand Callmen Hayes. Gallagher and Dow ling. All are members of the Company No l, Burton street house. Keeley was absent three times from duty and the others one and two times. The repri- mand will be given next Saturday evening.
 The funeral of Mrs Mary Connor | took place to-day from her late home on East Main street with a mass of | requiem at the Sacred Heart church by the Rev Father Shelley and interment in Calvary cemetery. The bearers were John Cavanaugh, Finton Connor 1 Ulie Fitzmaurice, Charles Meyers, Mat thew Shea and Edward McGowan. The floral offerings included a pillow marked Daughter" from the family and bouquet from Mrs Hanley.
 The house on Jewelry street in 1 which smallpox was discovered yes terday is soon to be moved to the op- psite side of the street. Not long since NJ. $. Neiman bought this house and the one adjoining it from the Ben edict x Burnham Manufacturing com pany and got permission from the city to move them across the street, where he has recently acquired the title to the Austin homestead. It is not like ly that Mir Neiman will move the buildings this week
 Mrs Ella Pritchard Barbour, aged 50 years, died Saturday night at her home, 137 Central avenue. She leaves besides her husband, three sons, Robert F. J. Franklyn and Howard c. Bar
 bour; also sister, Mrs E. N. Pond o1 Woodbury, and brother, George : Pritchard of Watertown The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon al 130 o'clock. Service will be held a,
 Trinity church. The interment will be in Evergreen cemetery, Watertown
 Mrs Barbour enjoyed good health unti
 a few days ago when she was stricker
 with paralysis and never rallied.
 Yesterday was beautiful day an6 in consequence large numbers of people
 spent the greater portion of the day \ rambling about town, strolling through the woods, visiting the cemeteries ol
 calling upon old friends and acquaint
 ances. It is hoped that the condition:
 for outing will be as favorable nex
 Sunday so that the fair sex may b,
 able to do their prettiest in their sprins
 costumes. What about the fellows
 who have been getting ready for sev
 eral weeks to cut dash on EaStel
 Sunday? Sure nobody takes any stool
 in what they wear. It is the ladie
 spring bonnet that attracts attention. Attorney John F. Holohan and Com
 missioner Mahaney of the board O
 public works, two prominent citizens who have been wrestling with rheu
 matism for the past few years witt
 varying success, have decided to cal
 upon a specialist with view to giving
 the disease a knockout blow Both ar,
 young men, and yet you seldom SC,
 them about town without stout stick which appear to be absolutely essentia
 to locomotion so far as the attorney and commissioner are concerned. A
 the presene time one is about as feebl,
 as the other, but all the same Mahane,