Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-31
CITY NEWS

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 The Second division, A. o. H., will meet at 1:15 o'clock tomorrow after noon.
 The different divisions of the 4. o. H. will meet at l :45 o'clock to-mor- row afternoon to attend the laying of the cornerstone of St Francis Xavier's church.
 Cards are out announcing the en- gagement of Julius Mazo, proprietor of the New York Credit Clothing Go, and Miss Sarah Sholsky of 2S6 Brown street, New York.
 On Tuesday evening, October 27, the .enga cement of Miss Sayde Jacobs, daughter of Mir and Mrs Samuel Ja- cobs of 22 Spencer avenue to Joseph Namais of New York was announced.
 At a recent meeting of the Talma club the members voted to attend the cis Xavier's church in a body Sunday afternoon. The members will meet at the club room at 1 80 sharp.
 Eagle hive, No Is. Ladies of the Maceabees, will hold an important meeting at Foresters' hall Monday night when Miss Drake of Danbury will be present and will have some thing of interest to say to the mem hers.
 Nellie. the twelye-years-old daugh- ter of Mir and Mrs Charles Egan, died last night at the Waterbury hospital. The funeral will be held at 8:30 o'clock Monday morning from the family resi- dence, 28 Cole street. with a mass of requiem at the fTnmaculate Conception church and interment in Calvary cem- etery.
 Mrs Elizabeth Doran, aged 58 years, died yesterday afternoon at her home on North Main street. The deceased was a native of Ireland, but resided here since her infancy. She was the widow of the late John c. Doran, meat dealer, and, leaves seven children, also a mother, Mrs Mary Reid, brother, James H. Reid, and a sister, Mrs M. D. Byrne. Funeral services will be held Monday morning at 10 o'clock from St Thomass church with interment in St Joseph's cemetery.
 Tomorrow will be big day in the history of St Francis Xavier's par ish. Tn the morning Bishop Tierney will confirm large class of boys and girls and at 3 o'clock in the afternoon the corner stone of the church will be laid. The indications point to the biggest crowd that ever attended a ceremony of the kind in Waterbury. Grand Marshal D. B. Fitzpatrick re- quests all societies that intend to take part in the parade to be on hand at 2 o'clock when the procession will start from the armory.
 Several Halloween parties are un- der way for tonight at which all sorts of games will be played. Peo- pie would do well to look out for their cabbage gardens and also see that their gates are made fast so that jokers cannot remove them without making enough noise to attract the at tention of the watch dog. Don't get mad if somebody bangs you in the back with a head of cabbage or puts a ticker on your window, but think 1t over and see if you have not sinned in that way yourself some day. Young sters should be careful, though and not carry their pranks too far, for many citizens object to being trified with and will go about armed tonight
 A workmen in the employ of o. A. Valentine. the Grand street painter, wanted to find out how much varnish was i'm a keg this morning, and the cel- lar being dark he lighted match and accidentally let 1t fall, setting the place on fire. He got out in double quick time and the proprietor, after closing the door leading to the upper part of the building, rushed into the street and shouted "Fire'' with such yehemence that they must have heard i'm at the engine houses. for the fire department was on the ground in a 1iffy and extinguished the blaze in short order There was considerable damage in the cellar, but the lire or smoke did not get outside the cellar. Florence D. Keegan presided at the meeting held in the cfty court room last night to choose a chairman of the democratic city committee and to ap- point ward committees Gustave Schmidt was clerk. John J. Brophy was reelected chairman, the nineteen delegates present voting for, him. The nrst ward committee was elected as follows: Chairman, Florence D. Kee- gan. Daniel Sullivan and James Hine. Thomas Wheelahan was elect cd chairman of the third ward, with William J. Derwin and Christopher Dunphy as the other two members, Philip Reilly was elected chairman of the fourth ward. with Bartholomew A. Collins and Frederick Lallier as the other members. In the fifth ward Michael Coss. John Burgess and An drew A. Toole. 1r, were elected. No committee was named for the second ward Another meeting will be held Tn couple of weeks to adopt rules.