Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-29
CITY NEWS

Ihere was no session Of the police
court to-day.
The picnic which was to be held at
the Driving park by st AIMS drum
corps this afternoon was postponed till
next Saturday
The Gaelic Literary society will have
an important meeting at 3 80 O'Clock
tomorrow afternoon in their rooms in
the G. A. r. block.
The Patrick Sarsfield club will hold
a meeting tomorrow afternoon at
O'Clock in A. o. II. hall. Every MEM
Der is requested to be present.
The funeral of Maggie r. Boyd took
place this afternoon from the family
residence on Ward street, with inter
ment in Pine Grove cemetery. W.
Military band concert promenade at
| City hall tonight. Janitor Loughlin
says he will have the floor in the best
| of condition. Good dancing is assured.
J. M. Holczer of this city, agent for
the John Hancock Insurance Co, will
be married to-day to Miss Jennie Sa-
velsky, No so Stanton street, New
York.
The funeral of Ethel, the 5 months
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs George B.
Williams Of Cooke street, took place
this afternoon, with interment in Pine
Grove cemetery.
Patrick Broderick the III months old
son of Mr. and Mrs John Broderick of
III Pemberton street, died last night,
The funeral took place this afternoon,
with interment in Calvary cemetery.
Owing to the inclement weather the
f-Al Il IL. - Il. Ja4
which was given at Grange hall in
Mill Plain last night by the Mad River
grange was not as large as w~s ex-
pected. Dancing was enjoyed until
midnight. There was a number OF
people present from this city.
In the probate court to-day Mrs
Maria McAlenney was appointed con-
servator over William McGuinness. An
application was received from Judge
Rootspraying for the appointment of
corservator over Henry Bristol. Nor
timer Doran was appointed CONSERVATION
over Carrie Tyler. Mrs Fl. f. Bassett
filed her account as administrator on
the estate Of hep husband, the late
Eomer r. Bassett. A hearing was
fixed for next Tuesday.
The brigade staff of the Connecticut
National Guard held Its annual shoot
on the range between NorWalk and
Westport yesterday afternoon. On ac-
count Of the heavy rain falling the men
only shot from a 200-yard range. Cap
| tain Frank D. Layton Of South Nor
awlk and Corporal i. f. Landers of
| Meriden were the only two to qualify.
| The others competing were Major Fred
| HILL Major Eben Hill, Captain +, G.
Mitchell, Corporal E B. Smith and Ser
geant Walter Wall, all of South Nor
walk.
James Connor, aged 33 years, of 20
| Cherry street, died at 4:15 yesterday
afternoon in the Waterbury hospital,
as the result of typhoid fever. The
! deceased leaves q father and mother,
three sisters, Sister Marie of Newark,
N. J.. Kate and Nellie. three brothers,
Martin. Joseph and John; also wife
and two children, Minnie and Grace.
/ He was employed at the factory Of the
Scovill Manufacturing Co as tool set
! ter and had been in the employ of that
concern for twenty years. He was a
/ member of the Woodmen Of America
l and ScovilI's Aid association. The fu-
neral will cake place at 1 30 o'clock to-
morrow afternoon.
The stairway in Epson, Singleton &
Co.'S. stores Is very convenient as q
| passway on Wednesday and Saturday
] evenings when the sidewalks are hard
ly passable AS the ladies often re-
mark, cts very nice to avoid the
crowded sidewalks by going through
/ u. s. & Co.'S stores" Strictly speak
ing. the South Main street store Is a
trousers store, carrying large stock,
for they have the room and space for
all kinds Of mems and young mems
STYLES. But one corner Of the store is
reserved for an "odd and end depart
ment.'' It's a new idea to take all
odd sizes in suits out of regular stock
and put a special price on them. Bun
it is proving very popular, for one can
| often find their fit in this department
and get great bargain without wait
ing for mark down sales
The travelling recruiting party of
the United States navy is expected to
arrive here tomorrow and will open
headquarters in the Grand Army block
on East Main street. They will re-
main here for a week, during which
time they expect to secure number OF
fine recruits for the navy. Men for
all branches of the navy service, except
apprentices, members of the hospital
corps, plumbers and filters, of which
they have plenty, will be enlisted. The
men are subjected to rigid examina-
ton. They must be from II to 80
years of age, have good eyesight, teeth
and hearing. perfect heart and lungs.
They must be about feet four inches
high and weigh 1913 pounds or more
No person with criminal record, so il
is said, will be enlisted. This is some
thing new perhaps for when recruiting
stations We're established, here in the
past persons who had police records
found no trouble in enlisting. But
this recruiting party may adhere to the
rules and regulations more strictly
than their predecessors in this city
Applicants must be free from NIL dis
qualifying ailments and they must
have recommendations. There is quite
q demand for machinists who receive
$40 month for the first year. Men
enlisting for the first time will receive
ca