Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-07
CITY NEWS

Tomorrow Castles market has it's usual special sale. Prices on all meats low for Saturday. --..
 P. HI Carroll has sold to George E. Denicourt the two-family house on Hawkins street formerly owned by J. E. Smith.
 The funeral of Mrs Ann Riley will be held from the family residence, 220 Baldwin street, tomorrow morning at S:30 o'clock :,.. ..
 Don't forget tomorrow night at City hall. Popular promenade con- cert Military band. Program in an- other column.
 Every member of Division No 8, A. O. H., are requested to attend their meeting this evening, as business of importance is to be transacted.
 The rainfall of yesterday and last night amounted to 1855. This added to the precipitation of the 3d, 4th and 5th of this month brings it up to 2.96, which is doing pretty well in, seven days.
 John Shanahan, aged 65 years died this morning at his home, B Welton street. He is survived by six sons and four daughters, William, John, Dennis, Robert, Edward, Thomas, and the Misses Rose, Mamie, Kate and Jennie, all of this city. ..1
 The cornerstone of St Francis Xavier's church rectory was laid this morning. The ceremony was per formed by the pastor, Rev J. J. Curtin, and his assistant, Rev Father Fleming. The stone was donated by T. F. Jack son and is ornamented by Celtic cross and is also marked August ', 1903" The usual documents placed under cor nerstones were set under 1t.
 The ward committees who are work ing in the interest of Attorney James M. Lynch for the mayoralty nomination have secured headquarters in the rear room of Central Labor hall, Grand street. where they will hold 8 general meeting Monday night.
 H. c. Post, Principal of the Water bury Business college, has returned from a five weeks vacation in western New York The college will be moved next week from the Y. M. c. A. build- | ing into handsome and commodious quarters in the Jones & Morgan build | ing on Bank street.
 | l ing Most of those who were arrested yesterday were discharged by the po- lice authorities, it being their first time in limbo. Some were let go with a warning. Two young fellows named Sands and Marsh who were arrested l for blocking the sidewalk near the Benedict & Burnham Co.'S were among those. Sands and Marsh claimed they were merely looking for work.
 l The appraisers on the estate of the late Joseph T. Whittlesey, William B. Merriman of this city and Oliver S. White of New Haven, yesterday filed their inventory in the probate court in New Haven. They report the estate to be worth $391 ,927.15, of which $215,- 697 is in realty and the balance, $176,- 23O.15 is personality. The whole is left to MT Whittlesey's two daughters. Part of the estate is situated on Bank 1 street and Harrison avenue.
 It was just as well that there was no city court to-day, for Prosecutor Du- rant was very tired. He had been fish ing yesterday in Quassapaug and had 1 trouble with big bass which he says weighed ten pounds As there were newspaper men with him it was inn possible to get at the truth regarding l the size of the fish, for each of them gave higher figures than the other. At all events Prosecutor Durant had more trouble on his hands landing his fish | than in prosecuting a Lithuanian case through an interpreter.
 At a meeting of the local aerie of Eagles last night there was a large at tendance, notwithstanding the inclem- ent weather. William J. Duncan was appointed worthy secretary. Worthy President Matthew J. Smith and Wor- thy Past President John J. Brophy were appointed delegates to the state convention which will be held in New Haven on next Wednesday. A com mittee of twelve was appointed to make arrangements for a fair to be given by the local aerie in the fall. Eleven candidates were initiated and thirty propositions were received. Annie Julian, child two months old died yesterday at the home of her parents on Sylvan avenue, from neg lected case Of skin disease. The child had been afflicted with the disease for several weeks and@a a month ago Dr McLarney was called in to attend her. But since that time no physician has attended the child, who finally died from exhaustion. Dr A. A. Crane, medical examiner, was notified of the child's death. After making an in vestigation of the circumstances of it he issued a certificate for the childs burial, stating that death was due to a skin disease, the treatment of which had been neglected.
 James Henry of Providence, a brakeman on the Highland division slipped and fell on a car of a freight train in the local yards last night and was seriously injured. He was placed on stretcher and carried to the sta ton, where he was placed in Lunny's ambulance which had been summoned He was taken to the police station and remained there until an order for his removal was issued by Dr Denahue the city physician. At the hospital | kI. TNI Ho n,