Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-30
CITY NEWS.

The board or euucaClOn Will uOlQ N special meeting this evening.
 The board of public works will meet l tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. The funeral of John Pfaff will be held tomorrow afternoon at o'clock from his late home, 35 West Clay street. Interment i'll Riverside ceme- tery.
 John J. Geraghty has been chosen secretary of Waterbury lodge I. Q. F., | to succeed his brother, the late Walter Geraghty, who held the position for long time.
 All members of the Concordia Sing | ing society are requested to meet at Concordia hall tonight at o'clock to take action on the death of John Pfaff, the last charter member of the society. A small fire occurred early yesterday morning at the boarding house of Mrs Mary Dunn, B Grand street. It was caused by a lamp explosion. The fire was extinguished before it did any damage to speak of.
 The Stroller Social club held meet ing Sunday afternoon and elected these officers for the coming year: President, John Pagan; vice president, James Fitzmaurioe; secretary, J. How ard; treasurer, J. White. Samuel Freidman, who occupies the store on the corner of Grand and Bank streets, has not consented to leave the premises. The summary process case of his landlady. Mrs Margaret Atkins. will be taken to the full limit of the law, Friedman being determined to flight it.
 The funeral of Daniel Carmody took place yesterday afternoon from the residence of his sister. Mrs William Harrington of South Leonard street, with service at St Patrick's church by the Rev Father Gleeson and interment in St Joseph's cemetery. The bearers were William Stokes Michael Casey, Patrick McDermott. Dennis Earring ton, John Kelly and Daniel Carmody. There were several floral tributes. An exhibition of photographed build ings opened at the library Saturday evening and will be open to the public until April 5. The collection contains pictures of many famous and notable buildings throughout the world, but principally in England. Contributors to the exhibition are Mrs Roger Wot- kyns. Mrs E. D. Steele, Mrs Alice Bull, Mrs Joseph T. Smith, Prof John Bonn. l Miss Katherine Hamilton, the Misses l Kingsbury, Mrs Edward White. Mrs l M. l.. Sperry, Superintendent E. w. Tinker and St Johns F. E. parish The hours of exhibition are to and 7 to 9.
 Alexander Bouffard died Saturday afternoon at his home, 96 Charles street, after four weeks illness with pneumonia. He leaves widow and eleven children, Mrs F. w. Lawlor, Eva. Della, Matilda, Rose, Florinda, Marie, Emile, Napoleon, Hornisdas and Edmund. Mrs H. Regan, I deceased, was also daugh- ter MT Bouffard was born in St Vaillierre, Canada. 53 years ago, and came to the United States about twenty years ago and located in Wa terbury, where he built up large and very profitable trade in the bakery business. He was prominent mem Der of St Ann's church and had wide circle of relatives and friends in all parts of the town. He was 8 member of Court Stephen J. Meany, F. of A.. St Jean Baptiste society and St Jos eph's society, the last named of Lowell
 Mass. The funeral will be held to
 morrow morning at 9 o'clock, witt service at St Ann's church and inter ment in St Joseph's cemetery. ] The forty hours devotion to tht
 blessed sacrament was commenced al
 the 10:30 mass at St Francis Xavier: church yesterday morning, and will bt continued until tomorrow morning a
 8 o'clock. At the opening services there was a procession of the blessed
 host, in which many little boys an6
 girls, prettily attired. took part. II
 the procession were the altar boys. tn,
 members of the societies of the Hol,
 Angels and the St Francis Xavier!
 Temperance Cadets and the Children
 of Mary. The altar and sanctuary : were prettily decorated with cut flow l CTS, palms and potted plants. Amons the visiting priests who assisted il , hearing confessions last night were
 Fathers Shelley and Fitzgerald of tn, Sacred Heart. Sullivan and Sheehal
 of St Patrick's Frederick of the I'm
 maculate Conception, Kennedy of $
 Thomas's. Tanning of St Francis's
 Naugatuck. and Ready of St Thomas
 seminary. Hartford.
 The last of the series of the Y. M. c
 A. meetings for men only, this season
 was held at Jacques opera house yes terday afternoon, and was fairly wei
 attended. The speaker of theAday wa
 the Rev Alfred A. Wright. dean of tn
 Boston Correspondence school, who de
 livered an interesting address ol
 Whose Bible Do We Believer Tn
 speaker was introduced by Judg
 George H. Cowell. Mrs Edward Ashley sang sweetly and charmingl ''Just As I Am" and There's a Beat
 tiful Home on High" General Seere
 tary R. s. Ross of the Y NJ. c. A. eS
 tended his most sincere thanks to tn
 Y NJ c. A. orchestra, the soloists, tn I accompanists, the speakers. the ushers
 the press and all persons who 4had i any way assisted at the third annuf
 series of meetings which has just enc . ed The meetings have been a grea
 success from every point of view. Fac
 meeting has been largely attended an !, each has been beneficial to those pre-!
 ent both in an instructive and religion T. |