Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-09
CITY NEWS.
The aldermen win meet tonight.

CT in western portions; fresh west to southwest winds.
 The classes in physical culture at the Friendly league will have the closing lessons of the season this week. Friends of the classes and of the league are invited to be present at any of the sessions.
 The ice workers, delivery men, and appointed a committee to inform the different dealers of the aims of the organization. State Organizer O'Neill will address the union next Sunday.
 The Second and Third Congregation al church and St PauPs NJ. E. church held Children day exercises yester- day. The First Congregational, the First Baptist and First Methodist churches will hold similar exercises next Sunday.
 The Veteran AIasons of Connecticut will hold their thirty annual reunion in the ancient town of Sims bury, Thursday, June 26, 1902, at about 10 a. n. All Masons of twen- ty-five years standing are invited. Dinner will be furnished at 50 cents each.
 The board of education will this evening hold the most important meet ing of the year. The exercises for the graduation of the High school pupils, the graduation of the pupil teachers or the training school, will be arranged, and considerable important business of various kinds will come up for dIs- posal.
 The funeral of Mrs Bridget Dunn took place yesterday afternoon from her late home on Stone street. with ser vice at St Francis Xaviers church and interment in st Joseph's cemetery. The bearers were Martin Campion. Edward Connor. John Tehan and Martin Bald win. There were several handsome floral pieces.
 The fire department was called out shortly before noon yesterday to assist ill saving the lunch cart on Scovill street from being reduced to ashes. The gasoline stove got out of order ana started a big blaze. The fire was ex- tinguished before it destroyed the wagon, but the interior. including the stock on hand, was badly scorched.
 Yesterday afternoon Mrs NJ. A. Bar rett, Mrs Jennie Hurley and Mrs Cath erine Cullinan. representing Eagle hive, Ladies of the Maccabees, visited St Joseph's cemetery and decorated the graves of deceased members of the so- ciety. Mrs John J McAuliffe and Miss Mary Byrnes. A mass of requiem was celebrated for the deceased members at the Immaculate Conception church this morning.
 George H. Sumner, solo cornetist of the Waterbury Military band, also chime ringer at St Johns church, has accepted summer engagement with Proutys orchestra at Hotel Magnolia, very fashionable summer resort near Boston During MT Summers absence Louis Bovine will fill his place in the band. and Robert Hanne- gan, one of MT Summers pupils, will ring the chimes MT Sumner will re turn to Waterbury early in Septem- 1 Der.
 The street department has just completed touching up the highways l through Mohawk park and other places in that district. The work per formed there this year included the blasting of the rocks that stood ill the
 
 with dirt. This puts the roads o1 that section i'll better shape than evel before and from now on all they vii need issa Iitsie covering of grave once or twice a year to keep them il good condition for public travel i A homing pigeon came to the com posing rooms of the Hartford Couran yesterday afternoon. says that paper The bird was found at 5:30 o'clocl perched on the top of a linotype ma chine, where he was resting after hi flight The bird carries the follow ing mark, IN. H., 25,564" He ap peared to be completely exhausted and was grateful to the one who tool him from his uncomfortable perch ol the top of the machine and put hin on a shelf to rest. If he had beer sent with q message to set up on tn machine, he had lost it. He is hand somer than the hawk moth that wa the last winged creature previous t this to fly in the windows of the Cour ant.
 Company G, c. N. G., and those wh accompanied them on the trip to Wasl ington. arrived home on the S:5O o'cloc | lEdlA ulSut, dlI III SOOd SPll1t and much pleased with how things ha fared with them during their absence They brought back many souvenir among them tickets bearing the signi ture of N. D. Sperry, congressman The tickets were given to the soldie boys by the congressman for two-fol purpose, the first being as means { admission to the senate and house { representative while these bodies we1 in session. and the second so that the might be retainetd as souvenirs. I'll visitors were introduced to Preside1 Roosevelt by Senator Hawley. It WE a great trip and those who took it claim they would not have missed
 for great deal more than it co them.
 Yesterday a committee representa- the United Courts. Foresters of Amel ica, visited Riverside, Calvary and th old and new St Joseph's cemeterie and decorated the graves of decease Foresters. There are over POO ( these in the various burial places an : on each grave was deposited beaut
 ful bouquet of fragrant flower There are members of the order frol 5 other towns buried there also, but al no matter where belonging, were r
 membered The sentiment is an hoI
 orable one, that on the second Sunda
 in June in each year, the order wi | honor those who have fought the zoe