Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-16
CITY NEWS

1 Youmans.'
 A son was born yesterday to MT and Mrs Dennis Murnane of South street.
 M. Gavegan, agent for the Pilot, is calling upon Waterbury subscribers to that paper.
 1 The Second division A. o. H., will meet tonight. Every member is re- quested to- attend and have his say re- garding new uniforms.
 The funeral of John B. Riggs will be held from his late home on the Water town road tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock with service at the house by the Rev MT Holden and interment in Riverside cemetery.
 The local Teamsters' union will hold a sort of rally at Buffers and Polish. CTS hall Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock to which an invitation is ex- tended to every teamster in the city be he uni4n or non-union. Several good speakers have been secured tor the occasion, and all who attend are sure of royal good time.
 Patrick Guilfoile was the only pris- court to-day. He was charged with
 
 pleaded guilty Still he said he was willing to support his wife and that his. wages was picked out of his pocket while he was sleeping in lot near his home. The case was continued thirty days and meanwhile Guilfoile shall pay his wife S5 week. Failure to do this means his Incarceration in jail.
 Petitions are being circulated in all parts of the town calling attention to the old home week proposition which will be presented to the aldermen ask ing them to move in the matter. After the city fathers sets the seal of ap- proval upon the project then represen- tatives of every organized body in Wa terbury will be called together and a ways and means committee chosen and arrangements for proper observ- ance of the proposed semi-centennial will push along in manner that will please everybody.
 The union fair committee of the A. o. H. will meet tomorrow night to finish up matters connected with the entertainment given in City hall. As this will be the final session with ref erence to the fair it is plain that full attendance is desirable. After the fair matter is disposed of the commit tee will then have an opportunity to devote some time to the making ar engagements for the erection of suit able monument on the Hibernian plot in St Joseph's cemetery, an event which will take place some time in the fall.
 Regent Moran of the Brookside home said to-day that the storm of Tuesday did not do any damage about the home. He expects better crops this season than ever before and l looked for them right along, even when Tom Kelly thought there would be nothing in the ground worth saving | this year. MT Moran tried his new I potatoes yesterday and was surprised | to find four or five large tubers cling | ing to one stalk. This seems to be the | case all over town so that after all the fauIt-finding people indulged in on account of the dry spring it harmed nothing. There is good grass, better l than last seasons, and all other crops promise to yield well.
 The funeral of John Loughman will be held from the family residence on Bank street to St Patrick's church to- morrow morning at S:3O o'clock. Mir Loughman died while sitting in a chair at his residence in Harrison, N. | Y The factory he worked in closed yesterday and the help crowded around to see the remains before they were shipped for Waterbury. Under taker Moriarty said everybody at Har- rison appeared to have known and re- spected John Loughman and all felt his death keenly. A mammoth horse shoe of roses occupied a place on the | casket when it left Harrison, a tribute of esteem from shopmates and friends. I It is understood that a delegation from that town will be present at the flu neral tomorrow.
 The amusement committee of the Hammer club, F. F. Brett chairman I has decided upon several outings to be I held during the next few weeks, A trip was to be made to Cheshire next Sunday but owing to the absence from town of one or two prominent mem. bers of the organization it was decided to put it off until the following Sunday MT Brett says that the club never was stronger, both numerically and finan cially, than at the present time an6 that movement is on foot to double | LuG SItIduEC 1CG, 1hGlhS u POOy III OLuSl to keep the membership down tc where it will not become unwieldly The society is spreading and after this year it is thought that there will be g Hammer club in every town within twenty miles of Waterbury. -t
 A carnival and picnic will be giver by the White Rose club of Naugatucl and the South End Social club of this city at Linden park, Naugatuck, or next Saturday afternoon and evening A fine program of events has been ar ranged. There will be a base bal game between two crack teams Among the athletic events will be two 1OO-yard dashes and running broad ] jump. Handsome prizes will bt awarded to the winners of the various events. Dancing will be held both il the afternoon and evening. Music vii be furnished by the Waterbury Milf tary band orchestra. Prof A. J. Lallie