Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-19
CITY NEWS

! S f a t < Miss Julia Keough of Lafayette
 street is visiting friends in Philadel- 1 phia.
 Metal thieves are still working l night and day. 1t seems. despite the ef- forts of the police to stop such depre- dations on the manufacturing con-
 cerns. To-day the police found bag Of scrap metal in the Highland divis- 1 ion freight yard. The thief was not 1 with it or he would have been taken
 with the bag.
 B. R. Kelsey has been appointed re- ceiver Of the Meyer Bros Clothing Go,
 and Attorney U. G. Church, S. ". 1 Smith and William Wallace. a buyer l for the Reid & Hughes Go, appraisers There was a meeting of the credi ors
 held yesterday and Reid & Hughes was found to be the largest, their claim
 being about S1 900.
 Among the applicants for the bar ex- 1 aminati which takes place in Hart l ford. December 30, are Thomas F. De- l vine, principal of the Bank street
 school, and Lawrence l.. Lewis, who l has been with Attorney N. R. Bronson
 for some time. It is not MT Devine's
 intention to take up the practice of law immediately, or even remotely, it l is said.
 ! Mrs Keough. 1o4 Baldwin street week: Ladies' white aprons. were 1 25c. this sale 15c; one lot with tucks ] trimmed with hamburg, were 39c, sale price 25c: boys sweaters, were SIPS. sals price e8c; ladies' white handker- l chiefs, from 5c up to soc: one lot
 heavy cotton blankets, were $1.50, sale
 price SIPS
 Tn looking over the stores for Christ
 mas goods We saw some very pretty
 boxes in Japanese pattern with
 Merry Christnaas'' in. gilt on tha ton. t was q puzzle to know what would l go in such long. narrow boxes. The clerk informed Us that they were for umbrellas for your best girl,'' Well, 1t is a very neat way to put up an
 umbrella. and Upson. Singleton &siCo's Is the place where they can be found. 1 The amount of money sent out Of Waterbury this Christmas time is lass than usual. but the number of people 1 Who forwarded sums was larger than l ever before. This shows that most l people are holding onto their cash 1 They desired to remember friends in other parts of the world and sent them something besides ian empty letter. for Christmas, but concluded not to make the gift too large lest they corn short themselves before the bluebi,. shows up in Waterbury next year.
 Judge Lowe transacted considerable business in the probate court to day.
 Mrs B. A. Leach, administra trix, set tied up the estate of Frederick Blod-
 get; The will of the late John O'Con-
 nor was admitted to probats and Mau- rice OeConnor appointed administrators Attorney E. F. Cole. administratar on the estata of the late Frances T. Smith,
 was given an order to sell land belong ing to the estate. An application for letters of administration on the estate of Bridget MeMahon was granted to l her sister. Mrs Meehan. and Charles E. Seymour and William H. Phillips were appointed appraisers on the estate of the late Charles B. Vail.
 The funeral of Eugene Egan took l place this morning from his late home on Bergen street, with a mass of l requiem at St Francis Xavier's church ] by Father Fleming and interTnent in 4 S Il i CTS were Bernard Whitney. Thomas 1 Hanoran. Garrett Savers. Thomas ] Flynn. Peter Dunn and Joseph Phelau. all members of the Bartenders' union.
 The floral tributes included pillow ] from the parents of the deceasef, wreath. MT and Mrs w A McKenner-
 nev: cross. Rartenders' union: wreath, l the Misses Nellie and Sarah Finley and l Miss Kittfe Law1nr: wreath, caso de- nartment of the New England Watch
 Go: bonuuefs. Miss Rose Perkinson
 Miss F Shea, Mrs T.. Keene, Miss
 Sadie White.
 The funeral of the late John J. Pha- 1 Ian took nIace this morning from his l late residence 3aa Baldwin street at l 9 o'clock to the St Francis Xavier l church. where mass of reullienn was 1 celebrated by4the Rev Father Curtin. l Among the floral offerines were the 1 following: Anchor of flowers inscrib- l ed "Our Brother from Mrs Frank l Svnnott and Daniel Phelan: standing l wreath inscribed "Pana" from chil- dren of the deceased: pillow. At i Rest" from the emploves of the plat l ing. dipping and polishing rooms of l the Waterbury Buckle Go: pillow from Court Falcon, F. of A; standing cross. from the Entertainers club: star of roses from the Star Social club; bou- ouets from D Shannon, M. Egan and l H. Reilly. The pail bearers were l Timothy Brennan. Garrett Sullivan, John Condon, William Daly. Thomas l Kane and John Sake. the last three
 from Court Falcon. Burial was in St 1 Joseph's cemetery.
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