Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-03-18
CITY NEWS


 The Sixth Division. A. o. H. will hold an important meeting Monday night.
 Sanitary Inspector Callahan fumi- gated the day nursery on Kingsbury street today.
 The Holy Name society union com mittee will meet in St Patrick's hall at , o'clock tomorrow afternoon. James Pagan of Old Town, Ma, is ] spending a vacation with his brother. F. D. Pagan, sealer of weights and measures.
 The three divisions of the A. o. H.. of TOrringtOn were addressed last i evening by Father Sheehan of St Pat rick's church of this city.
 William NJ. Beecher. aged 63 years. for some time past an employe of the Waterbury Clock Co, died yesterday at his home IS Division street. The deceased leaves a widow and family. Mattatuck lodge, N E. 0. F., win hold special meeting this evening ih Red Mems hall to perfect arrange ments for the large initiation, to bs held Monday evening, March 20.
 The funeral of John C. Gllet, aged home on West Main street, will be held Monday afternoon at ? o'clock with service by the Rev Dr Buckley and interment in Riverside cemetery.
 The funeral of Mrs Elias RoXburgh, who died yesterday at her home. 2S9 South Main street, will take place to- morrow afternoon at 30. The de- ceased was member of the First Baptist church and teacher in the Sunday school.
 B. J. Torkomian. the real estate dealer. sold to-day for Archibald l.. Rice his new block, 23 and 27 Grand street, to John G. Bauser, the South Main street butcher. Mir TorkomaI also sold house in Hopeville for Mr Bauser.
 Hebrews will celebrate the feast of Purim Monday evening and Tuesday. Services will be held In the synagogues Monday as soon as darkness appears, and Tuesday morning. At services in the orthodox synagogues the "Megil- lah." the book of Esther. will be read.
 General Manager John F. Sewell of the Connecticut Railway X Lighting company was asked to-day when the company would resume operations on the Baldwin street line He said that the company would go to work at that job just as soon as the city is ready to give them the grade. Why in thunder doesn't the city get move on and hold the necessary hearing and then put it up to the trolley people. If the thing is pushed along until late in the season it will go over until next year and probably longer.
 A farewell reception was rendered to the Rev F. X. Labonte of St Ann's parish in Leavenworth hall last night by the French Catholics of Waterbury. During the evening Father Labonta was made the recipient of a substan- tian token of esteem, Dr Thibault maxim the presentation speech. Father Labonte has been removed to FOr, Wayne. Ind. The exercises included n whist contest in which prizes were won as follows: For women. first, Miss Tyler. 97 Cole street; second. Mrs Josephine Le Nassaur: bOOby. Mrs NJ. Charbonneau; for men, first. NJ. Char bonneau: second. !. E. Mailhiot; booby, Almanzur Baril.
 The speaker at the mems meeting in | the '. NJ. C. A. lecture hall at ! o'clo. k ncYt Sunday afternoon will ba Nr Clarence F.. Chaney pf Yale university. He will be favOrably remembered by hiany young men as one of the spe,k- CTS at the Opera house mee,ing on JanDary la. On that dat" he Was nr. sompanie,l by F.. D. Harvey. also of Yale. Mir Chaney is an editor of the | Intercollegiate Athletic Calendar which gives the athletic events of ] Harvard, Yale. Princeton. Columbia. | Cornell, Pennsylvania and twelve leading preparatory schools. Mir | thaney will use a blackboard in con nection with his address on Sunday ! Men who heard him at the opera house and all others will be welcome at this meeting.
 Edward McAvoy. the ten year old son of Mir and Mrs Thomas McAvoy l of .bJO Baldwin street. died at :3t o'clock this morning after a few hours illness with spinal meningitis. Last night the children were amusing them selves with game of marbles and the boy was in the act of stepping down to shoot when he was seized with a violent pain In the back Of the neck and when he tried to stand up he whirled around and would have fallen if somebody had not caught him Medical attendance was promptly SC cured. hut it proved of no avail. II, was bright. cheerful boy and hi, sudden calling away is q great shock | to the family: Resides his parents h, leaves two sisters and two brothers Annie. Lillian. John and Thomas The funeral will take place at 3:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon
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