Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-21
CITY NEWS

| Cooke street with typhoid fever. *
 Alderman Louis Gates of Waterville is suffering from an attack of pneu- monia.
 F. H. Carroll has sold William Ab- bouts house on South Elm street to
 Mary Fitzgerald.
 Mrs O'Brfen Newell is busy prepar- ing for fall opening which will take place next week.
 Joseph E. Louber of New Haven, a graduate of the Yale law school has opened an office in Odd Fellows build ing.
 St Thomas's parish will be five years old next Sunday. There will be no ex- traordinary services held in commem- oration of that event, however.
 Margaret, the four -years-o1d daugh- ter of Mir and Mrs Andrew Degan of 406 Mill street, died this morning. The funeral will be held tomorrow after noon at o'clock. @
 Mrs Theodora Hooker, formerly 8 teacher at the high school, had her class in typewriting and stenography ] from the New Britain high school at Lake Compounce for a days outing Saturday.
 Mary the two years and three months old daughter of MT and Mrs Michael Mcdonald of Denny street died yesterday morning. The funeral took place this afternoon with inter ment in St Joseph's cemetery
 A boy named Lloyd Robinson and few others have been notified to appear in the city court tomorrow morning in answer to a charge of breach of the peace. They are said to have been i'm plicated in a very disgraceful and shameful act of cutting 8 harness and fnjuring wagon, the property of 9 neighbor.
 The state board of examiners of em- balmers will meet at New Haven to- morrow in consultation with Secretary Lindsley of the state board of health and County Commissioner Hoadley to formulate questions for the examina- ton of applicants for licenses. The first meeting of the board for exam nations will be held at Yale universi- ty on Friday, October 6.
 A competitive examination under the rules of the United States civil service con; ;missioners for the positions pf clerk and carrier in the local postof- fee will be held November 21 at 9 o'clock. applications, the blanks for which may be secured from Mary A. Lawlor, secretary of the board of ex- amfners must be presented at the post office on or before October 19
 The funeral of John Dowd was held yesterday afternoon from his late resi- dence, 64 Railroad Hill street, to St Patrick's church, where Rev Father Gleeson read the service. The floral offerings included a basket of flowers from Mrs Terrence BrazeI, bouquet from his sisters. The pallbearers were John Shanahan, Maurice Gloven, John Dolan, John Barnes :, Patrick Kelly and Patrick Dolan. Interment was in new St Joseph's cemetery
 The suspected burglars, Charles Will Hams and Charles Green, who were ar- rested here last Saturday for breaking into iewelry store in Winsted last Friday night, were taken to Winsted Saturday night by Chief Wheeler of that place. This morning the chief l telephoned that they would plead guilty, which would mean their being 1 turned over to the superior court. After Williams. has served his sen- l tence for the Winsted matter he will be arrested for a burglary committed in New Haven some time ago.
 l The following students from this city have already left or will leave this week for Yale college: Freshmen Michael Hayes, Richard Joy, William Larkin, Robert Fruin, Hayden Brown, Edmund -Driggs, Walter Hart: l sophomores, Kent Fulton, John Mon zani; juniors, Jesse Devine, Fred ID land Camp, John Dallas. Otto He'll mann has returned to Layayette col lege to resume his studies. L. Rus sell Garter, member of the class of 'O3, of Yale college, left Saturday for liar 1 yard college, where he will enter the l law school.
 Dogs are scare on the streets these days. so scarce, in fact, that one would he entitled to suppose that about 4,oO0 of them have been disposed of by the dog executioner in the police l station. The fact is, however, that only about 35 have been Killed. This Is owing to a new tact the police have I adopted Instead of killing the dogs now, they drive it home and arrest the 1 owner for having an unlicensed dog, This plan is more profitable to the city than killing the dog, many ones pet is thereby saved, the law is impressed on the mind of the dog owner, streets are clear of dogs and the public is not subjected to the annoyance that has been common nuisance for years.
 The funeral of James Greaney took place this morning from the family residence. on Charles street to St Pat rfck's church, where mass of requiem was celebrated by the Rev Father Gleeson. The bearers, all members of Sheridan council, K. of C., were Pat Greaney, Patrick Greaney, James rick O'Rourke, Thomas Kelly. John Greaney and John Rourke. The floral tributes included pillow lettered Husband" from the widow of the de ceased; a pillow from the children: pillow, the Misses Nellie and Bridget l O'BrienS wreath, employees of the Wa terbury Button Go; sheaf wheat, MT and Mrs P. J. Cavanaugh: bouquets T IT Swoounv and W, T Marlin The