Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-29
CITY NEWS

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 The department of public works will meet at 5 o'clock this afternoon.
 The Waterbury Scrap Iron Go has the west end, consisting of about thir- teen or fourteen acres of land.
 George Seely, aged "A years, died last night at the Brookside home. He was a native of Bethlehem. The re- mains were removed to Burralps morgue.
 Though only couple of months in power the republican party is already losing sand. The few loads it dump ed on North Main street a week ago were washed away last night by the rain.
 New telephone directories are being delivered to subscribers, to take effect Sunday, May l. Old directories should be used until that time to avoid confu- sion. Many changes in numbers should also be noted.
 k Reuben Barnes died at 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the residence of his son, Charles Fl. Barnes, the well known liveryman, S2 Cooke street. Funeral service will be held at the house tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock The burial will be in Wood bury, the former home of the deceas- ed.
 Blakeslee's teams are hauling the rails for the Baldwin street trolley. After few days the work of putting down the ties will be commenced and if the weather holds out good the com pany will come pretty near keeping its word to have the road in operation as far as Washington street by July 4.
 It is reported that there will be mu- sic at the second ward republican eau GUS this evening. The Meigs- Church faction and the Peasley Kelsey crowd have linked fortunes to knock out an aspiring clique in that ward, this be- ing the only way they could see to suc- cess. When two such factions join hands there must besomething doing on the other side.
 Drawing for two prizes of 30 and 100 combination books respectively will be held at the A. O. H. fair to- night This is also members night and step dancing is the word. Janitor Loughlin says he will have the stage floor in the best possible condition. It
 
 dancers will take advantage of danc- ing to the music of the bagpipes.
 The funeral of Peter Thompson was held from his late residence, 173 Bald win street, at 9 o'clock this morning followed by requiem mass at the Immaculate Conception church at 9:3O o'clock. The mass was celebrated by the Rev Father O'Brien. Inter ment was in Calvary cemetery. The pallbearers were John McEvoy, Dem his Phelan, Michael Carey and James Savers.
 held this morning from the Immaculate Conception church. Requiem high mass was sung by the Rev James Frederick. The palIbearers were Nor timer Hefernan, AA. D. Rush, Andrew Ryan, Thomas O'Neil, James Coyle anu John F. Friend. At the conclusion of the mass M. J. McEvoy sang "Some Sweet Day." by Doane. Among the mourners from out of town were James and Annie McCann and Miss Annie Hiilard, all of Hartford.
 Attorneys Kennedy and O'NeiIl re- turned from Washington yesterday af- ternoon where they had been the past few days before the federal supreme court on the case of William Brennan of Naugatuck against the Berlin Iron Bridge Go. Judgment in this case is expected to be given Tuesday. Attor- ney Susan o. O'Neil1 and the Misses Kennedy accompanied them and heard the arguments. They visited the capitol and heard the Hon Bourke Cockran's great reply to the Hon MT Dalzell of Pa.
 A encouragement of the program of the Yale commencement week exercises has just been made by which the presi- dents address, which has been given in the past at the conferring of degrees on commencement day (Wednesday), will be delivered this year at the alum nj meeting and it is expected that it will be necessary to hold the meeting in Woolsey hall, as last year the ca pacity of Alumni hall was taxed to the limit, Another change in the program will be the transfer of the address be- fore the Medical school from Tuesday noon to Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock.
 The law committee. consisting of Aldermen Tobin, Hewitt and Filling, appeared before the bureau of assess ment last night regarding the petition of Richard Mccarthy for abatement of a street assessment on Washington street. The assessment was laid un- der the regime of the board of com pensation and it seems that at that time they didn't prepare assessment 1 maps as they do at the present time Mir Hewitt said that the Jaw commit tee was seriously handicapped for want of map of Waterbury and wondered why that board didn't have one. 1t was decided to call at the va7r.