Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-14
MRS LATHROP FILES NEW CLAIM
CITY NEWS

t fair to-day.
 The election expenses of c. L.. Holmes R. N. Blakeslee and E. B. Stanley amounted to $50, $16.50 and $19.5O, respectively.
 John J. Walsh, who enlisted in the
 United States army att the local re
 cr-uiting station a few days ago, left
 for Fort Slocum this moGming.
 A meeting of the Go G basketball team will be held tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. A game has been arranged with the North End A. 0. team for
 October 30.
 Charles A. Black. aged 30 years, died this morning at the residence of his sister, Mrs Reuben Holmes, 90 Wal nut street. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at ? o'clock. A teacher at the Russell school tele- phoned to police headquarters thds
 noru1ing that a man was acting inn properly in that vicinfty. An officer
 was sent to t1lat place, but the man
 had skipped
 Joseph Daily, Morton Tracy and Henry ,Disley of this city have re- turned from the military academy at Freehold, N. J., where they have been students for the past month. They didn't like the place, so they say. It didn't agree with them.
 George Hennessey was arrested this afternoon by Detective Kennaugh for being impMcahed in an assault man manned Hale The affair took 4., street. One man is serving term in l jail for this matter
 Superinten Doran of the board of chardfies was notified to-day that | Patrick Barlow, who was committed to the retreat for insane at Middle l town some time ago, escaped yester- day. Barlow belongs in the west end l and caused sensation in one of the l churches before he was sent away. MT Doran hopes that in case anybody should see him about town he will re 1 port the fact to him as quickly as pos sdble.
 Tho board of public safety Is very ! much interested in the success of the
 annual inspection of the police and fire departments which will be held
 here to-morrow afternoon The in- tentdon Is to beat the Wolcott fair and the man who would laint that this is out of the question would stand in
 danger of getting in trouble, provided 1 any member of the bound happened to
 be on hand. Waterbury will give a
 creditable show, but it will have to hustle to keep up with Wolcott, to say nothing of beating 1t.
 I The funeral of Nelson Normand took
 place this morning from his late home
 on Grandview avenue with a mass of
 requiem at St Ann's church by l Father Grenier and interment in Cal
 vary cemetery. The bearers were Amendo Montambeault, Henry Am-
 ney, Alphonso Bessette, Albert Bes-
 sette, F. J. Reynolds and G. v. Good
 ing, the last mentioned representing the A. O. U. w The floral tributes
 were a pillow from the A. O. U. W;
 wreath, Carpenters union; anchor,
 cross and wreath, the family; bouquet, William Apalugie.
 1 R. B. Cole of 10c4 South Main I street, was pleasantly surprised at his
 home last evening by large number of friends, the occasion being his 47th
 birthday. During the evening games
 and dancing were indulged in, musical selections were rendered on the guitar
 and mandolin by Frank Henry and
 son, Dayton, also several recitations I and solos were rendered. About mid night sumptuous collation. was serv- ed and the party broke up in the early hours of the morning. Among the out of town guests present were: Mrs A. J. Holcomb of Hartford, F. M. Bird
 of Scotchville, Orange county, N. Y.,
 and Harry Brinton of Falls Village. The greatest masterpiece ever
 achieved by this country, the Declara- l tion of Independence. is falling intn decay. The state department in Wash ingbona is very anxious over the matter l and have decided that the only way to save it from totad obliteratton is to I protect it- from the light. Several pho | tographic copies of it have been re l ceived here by persons able to afford l it. It is said hhat dt is all but impos- siIble to read the declaration in its ! present. state, the ink having all but | faded, and that soon it will be nothing
 but a blank piece Of t,aded paper, un- l less the actbon adopted by the state l department of protecting it from the
 light, or some other means, prove eff. l fective
 Martin A. Heanue of Bridgeport l formerly of this city, and Miss Annie
 M. Byrnes of 1277 East Main street,
 a teacher at the Washington school
 until short time ago, were married at the Sacred Heart church this morn l ing at 6:3O. The ceremony was per-
 ormed by the Rev Father Shelley. William Byrnes and Miss Agnes 1 Byrnes. brother and cousin respect lively of the bride, were the best couple 1 After the marriage ceremony we'd l ding breakfast was held at the home of the bride. The bridal couple were the recipients of many beautiful gifts, | including a beautiful mahogany chair from the teachers at the Washington school, and a valuable gift from the Sacred Heart church choir, of which the groom is member. MT and Mrs