Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-14
CITY NEWS

Court Rose Hill, +. of A, will hold a
special meeting at o'clock tonight in
Foresters' reading room to take action
regarding the death of the late Thorn
as Shea of Baldwin street.
You are hereby notified that on Sat
urday evening, July 16, "Scoundrels &
CO. will register in the Democrat and
will continue to occupy the pages of
this paper for some time. Be sure
and start at the beginning.
Joseph Benson, 81, died at the home
or his daughter, Mrs William Costello,
! 70 Arch street. at o'clock to-day.
The funeral will be held Saturday at
| 1:SO O'Clock, with burial in Thomas
| ton. Besides Mrs Costello, the de-
ceased leaves three daughters and
four SONS.
Members Of the Waterbury lodge of
Elks who will attend the convention
IN Cincinnati are Attorney J. III. Cas-
s1dy, James q. Madigan, P. ]. Lawlor,
~. 81. Courtney, M. B. Reidy, Milton
| Well and w. III. Croffut. They will
go in special Pullman with the New
Haven party. The convention will
| last about week and from Cincin-
natl a number of special trains will
be run to st Louis.
A number of prominent members of
the Methodist church, Including Mrs
L. p Mitchell of Chestnut avenue;
Mrs James M. Oolly, West Side Hill;
Mrs ]. G. Cutler, North Main street,
and Mrs FL. w. Atwood Of Cooke
street held their annual outing at Saw
in Rock to-day. They went by way
of the trolley from Cheshire and after
! partaking of shore dinner and enjoy
ing sail took an electric car from
| New Haven to Derby and made the
rest of the homeward trip ON the
| steam railroad.
Thomas Shea died early this morn
ing at his home, $50 Baldwin street.
Besides his widow he. leaves two
children John and Margaret, also his
parents, Mr. and Mrs bartholomew
Shea, and five sisters, Mary, Eliza
beth, Nellie, Annie and Margaret all
of this city. The deceased was an
enaploye of Holmes, Booth & Haydens
| and was well liked by his shopmates.
He was member of Court Rose Hill,
r. of A., and of Rose Hill Hose Co,
No 5, and was held in high esteem by
his associates In these organizations.
Mr. Shea was an unassuming gentle
man who made friends wherever he
went and held them to the end Those
who knew him intimately always re-
garded him as an exemplary citizen,
and very desirable neighbor. The
funeral will be held Saturday morn
ing with mass of requiem at st
Francis Xavier church and interment
In new st Joseph's cemetery.
ID. n. Towle, the Center street deal
er, has made the following sales dur
ing the past week: III. B. Tuttle of
Naugatuck has purchased Model G
Franklin touring car with canopy top,
which is said to be one of the finest
and handsomest machines put out.
Frederick w. Foster Of the Water
bury Manufacturing Co has purchased
Model B Franklin touring car, and
Wilbur p. Bryan has bought one of
the same model. w. B. Coulter, the
optician, has purchase a locomobile.
Mr. Foster will meet George Towle,
son of II. Ell. Towle, at Syracuse, N.
T., where the machines are made and
the two will make the trip back to
Waterbury together. The latter left
for Syracuse Tuesday night and they
expect to arrive in this city Saturday.
Mayor John p. Elton has purchased
a handsome automobile and J. Rich
ard Smith of the Waterbury Button
Co has bought locomobile touring
car.