Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-24
CITY NEWS

IuuFSudy eV0llluS. AS JnlS Will De
 the last meeting before the closing day
 it is expected that every member will l try and be present.
 | In the interests of the T. H. Buck | ley Manufacturing Co of Worcester,
 Mass, the lunch wagon conducted by
 Gould k. Austin on East Main street,
 near the Broadway hotel, was replev-
 ined last evening by Sheriff Gillette.
 There was a pleasant surprise party | given at the home of Master George Cushion on North Main street There were piano selections by Miss Rather
 inc Luddy and buck and wing dancing
 by Miss Mary Mulcahy and Michael
 Flanagan and singing selections by
 Henry Butler. The party closed at q very late hour.
 There is nothing new in the strike situation except that some of the painters have already shown a disposi- ton to draw the line at working with non-union carpenters, but the thing has not amounted to much yet. Six more carpenters left town to-day. There is no change at the lumber yards. They are sending out stock to parties with whom they had contracts before the strike, but that is all.
 The seats are not yet on the green and people who have little time to spare and like to take a rest out of doors have to go about provided with camp chairs. What a pleasant thing it would be if the different shady hooks about the city were equipped with seats so that the weary and foot sore might find some place to stop and rest for while. To be sure, some will say the tramps would monopolize them. Let them. They'll do less harm under the public eye than in the brushwood on the outskirts.
 Attorney Seery, as counsel for a number of local parties who were h- nancially interested in the great rac- ing stables of E. J. Arnold & Go, a monster get-rick-quick scheme, started in Kentucky, has been notified that a first and final divident of ? per cent since the concern was announced insol- vent, will be paid. 1t Is said that about $10,000 of local funds were in vested in the scheme, which at first paid 10 per cent weekly as promised in the prospectus, but after a few weeks this was reduced to per cent. Then the concern went into bankruptcy and the only dividend to be paid is now announced.
 Waterbury tent, Knights of the Maccabees, held a very interesting meeting last night in Foresters' hail. The degree of knighthood was confer red on one candidate, the degree team performing the work in q very exemplary manner. Deputy Supreme Commander Sir Knight Terpany of Providence, R. l., was present and made a very interesting address, Sir Knight w. c. Twittey of Torrington tent was also present. The following Sir Knights were detailed to decorate the grave Of their deceased brother, Sir Knight Walter Geraghty. on June 12: Sir Knights Mansfield, Logue, Ly- ons, Gill and Moss.
 The youngsters in the schools have q great time memorfzing pieces for Memorial day exercises. Some of them are making their first attempt at Reclamation and while they have not much more than q dozen words or so to speak they talk of it as if it were the Declaration of Independence. One boy who has four short lines to recite remarked to his mother that speakers stop sometimes and take a drink of water and inquired if he would be per mitted to do that. It is an excellent thing to train the children to recite poems and short patriotic addresses and many think 1t would pay to make some arrangement so that large num- Der of them could hear Father Slocum speak to the c. A. R. men at the Inn macu1ate Conception church Sunday evening. It is safe to state that much as the older heads desire to hear Father Slocum none of them would find fault at being crowded out to make room for the rising generation. This Is the time to inculcate into the youthful mind the clements of good citizenship and Father Slocum would not be bad man to point inc way.
 There is lots to do about town for common laborers who are not afraid to work and it is said that after a few weeks more it will be difficult to get a man at any price. The crops promise to be good and as the price of farm produce Is right the past year or two it pays to go into the business on a larger scale than formerly and in consequence residents of the rural districts have done more planting this season than ever before. There is no reason why good results cannot be ob- tained from farming in Waterbury. It does not cost much to haul produce into one of the best markets in Con- necticut and this makes quite a saw ing. If folks can bring their wares from Bethlehem, Morris, Litchfeld, Woodbury, Middlebury and other towns and sell them at profit people who have the market almost at their doors ought to be able to do better.
 The funeral of Michael Clancy will take place from the family residence on Lawrence street to St Patrick's church tomorrow morning at S:30 o'clock The interment will be in St Joseph's cemetery.