Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-22
CITY NEWS

The curates of the Hartford dio- l cese will be on retreat this week.
 MT and Mrs Christopher Geraghty of North square are visiting friends in New York.
 Rev Ellsworth Tracy of this city preached the first sermon since his or dfnation at Trinity church yesterday morning.
 Miss Anna Ringenberg of 12 Law renee street, left Saturday for Pennsyl- vania where she will remain about three weeks.
 Notwithstanding the indictment weather large crowd was present at the promenade of the Waterbury Nfli- tary band in City hall Saturday night
 Eusrtice, the seven months old son of MT and Mrs Maurusaitis, of 10l Green street, died last might The fu- neral will be held tomorrow afternoon at o'clock.
 Peter Ayotte of 57 North Elm street left to-day for Canada where he will spend vacation of one month. This is the first time in thirty seven years that he has visited his native place and he expects to enjoy the trip im- mensely.
 c. J. Sawdey's Sunday Telegram came out in an enlarged and otherwise improved style yesterday. The Tele- gram shows signs of prosperity and there seems ito be no reason why 1t should mot. It would seem as though Waterbury ought to be able to support a local Sunday paper.
 The board of public works will meet tomorrow night. They intended to have an outing to-day, but the threat ening weather interfered with their 1 plans, just as it has done for the past. three weeks. Mayor Kilduff says they will have to select some other day of the week besides Monday.
 The will of the late Robert Me Grath was approved by Judge Lowe in probate to-day. Thomas McGrath. a brother of testator and Otto Castrop, 8 friend, were appointed administra- l tors, and Edward McGrath, another l brother of testator, and James A. | Hynes, another friend, were appointed appraisers.
 Paul Cruess, the four-year-old child of MT and Mrs John F. Cruess of HOS. East Main street, met with an unfor- tunate accident on Saturday evening. He was standing on an express wa gon, leaning over the railing of ve-, randa, when he lost his balance and fell distance of about twenty feet, striking on concrete walk. Dr Thur l Der was summoned and found that there was a slight fracture of the skull. bruised arm, 8 cut under the eye and other bruises.
 J. B. Wells, formerly popular resi- dent of this town, and now in charge of a tobacco plantation at North Bloomfield, Mass, calling upon his old friends in Waterbury. MT Wells appears to have grown young since he | left the Brass City, and while he still has a warm corner for the spot where he figured so prominently in so many hard fought battles sometimes com ing out ahead and getting left now and then, he says he is perfectly satisfied with his new field and intends to con- tinue curing tobacco and let the boys here take care of themselves for a time.
 Michael Gavin, aged S2 years, died last evening. He leaves one daugh- ter and three sons, Mrs John Cronfn
 John, Francis and Patrick Gavin. MI
 Gavin came to the United States from Ireland fifty-two years ago and after a residence of thirty years in New
 York state came to Waterbury and re
 sided here continuously until his
 death. He worked in Riverside cem
 etery for fourteen or fifteen years un-
 dr the late Michael Begnal, but fol
 some time past he has not been able
 to perform any manual labor. The
 funeral will take place from the fam
 ily residence on Charles street to St
 Patrick's church to-morrow afternoon
 at o'clock.
 Thes normal opening of Jones, Mor.
 gan x Co.'S store, which took place
 Saturday night, was a notable epocE
 in the history of the business affairs
 of Waterbury and thousands crowded
 in to see the beautiful structure and admire the large stock of goods that
 filled the counters and shelves. The
 different worlxmen who were in any
 way employed on the building during
 it's construction, from the ordinary la
 borer to the skilled mechanic re
 ceived special invitations to be pres
 ent and all or at least as many who
 found it convenient to attend anC
 their families were among the visitors
 The proprietors were the recipients o1
 congratulations on all sides and tht
 occasion was one which will long be
 remembered, not only by those who
 succeeded in getting on the inside but
 also by the thousands of people, young |. and old, who viewed the dazzling
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