Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-19
CITY NEWS

1 Derouin were married this morning at St Ann's church by Rev Father Sene-
 sac. The witnesses were Arthur and
 Herminie Derouin.
 Stephen Kelly of East Main street
 and Miss Mary Horan of Fairview
 street were married this morning at
 tue Immaculate Conception church by
 the Rev Father Slocum. Peter Kelly
 was best man and Miss Rose Colgan
 was maid of honor.
 The report of the department of charities for the first half of the pres ent year shows expenditures amount
 ing to 2O,4I3.45 as against S2290S5 55
 for the corresponding period of 1904
 a difference of about S2,500 less than l that of last year. The saving is due
 very largely to the fact that there were | fewer inmates at the Brookside Home
 and no improvements have been made there this season.
 The Rev Ira T. Hawk, who was | graduated from the Yale Divinity
 school in June. was last evening or | dained as the first pastor of the Bun
 ker Hill Congregational church of this
 city, the ordination taking place in the new church, formerly the Union
 chapel. The ordination prayer was
 made by the Rev Mir Root, who, with
 the Rev Dr John G. Davenport and
 Rev Joel Ives, completed the ceremony
 by the laying of locked hands on the
 pastors head. The attendance was very large
 The Queens Daughters held large lv attended n1antinr To -t ir,t nI completed arrangements for the lawn
 fete which will be held on M Hetfer- l mans lawn at the corner of East Main and Welton street on Thursday and Fri 1 day evenings of this week. This lawn | fete will be the largest ever held in the
 city and preparations have been made | for over one thousand people. An eX- tra large platform has been erected for | dancing and some of the best music In the city has been secured. The place will be lighted by Japanese Ian
 terms of all shapes and sizes and by
 electric lights. The decorations will consist of flags. bunting and Japanese ware. The net receipts of the party will be used for general charity by the Queens Daughters for the Sisters of | the Holy Ghost.
 Miss M. A. Lawlor. registry clerk at
 the postotfice. has completed the regis ! try report for the year ending June 30.
 1905. The total registered articles 1 handled during the year amounted to 110.0S3. of which 2s.1IS were of do- nestle matter and 5000 of foreign the
 rest being made up of government
 matter and registered mail passing through Waterbury for other points. The foreign matter was mostly to Ire land. Russia and Italy. Registered letters received for delivery We're G. 2SS. making a total of 21.S13 registered articles received here during the year. There were 1S.Tg2 registered letters and 1i.I92 registered parcels sent out. total of 33.363. Carriers. in order that persons may be saved the trouble of going 10 the registry office to regis ter mail matter. are allowed to regis ter articles on their routes. The five carriers who have registered the great
 est amount of matter during the last year are W. A. Warmer. 240: T. F. Me Cam, 52: Roger Meara. IS: W. F.
 Nichols. IS. and T. r. Deeley. 2i Although the number of deaths from cholera infantum is not very large there is a great deal of sickness about town. One druggist said to-day that
 he had twelve prescriptions this morn ing for medicine for children suffering from that sickness and that prescrlp- tons Of the same kind have been com irg in at the rate of half dozen or so curing the past few weeks With the prospect of a continuance of the hot spell there is little hope for relief until it breaks up. but if people can keep the little ones alive until il moderates they will he amply repaid for their
 lal,or. This is the season when they
 gO and the fact that the mortality is not above the average shows that with proper care and taking it in time it can be treated successfully The doe tors say that too much caution cannot be taken regarding the kind of milk and other food given 10 the children. and one of them informed a reporter this afternoon that it was had plan to Ovcrfeed them. None uf them will die of hunger. he said and it Is much
 better to have a child cry for food than overload the stomach with any thing
 Now that fine city has won in the courts against ihe trolley company. it remains to be seen # rhe officials will take advantage of the victory and have the company pay a reasonable share of tbe cost of widening the street at fine Oakville trs~tIe and building a new bridge over SreeIe-s brook IT the cfty gDeS ahead and builds The bridge over the brook and does other uuTE there before fine trolley starts Co lay itS tracks. the company will f'e in a p0si- ton to say that thes. changes were male in the interest of tbe public and hy this means may get out "f settling There fs n0 urgent need of doing any thing there right away. and unless the city wants tO play into tEe hands of trolley and the steam road it will allow things to remain as they are for the Ts-rSent- The highest tribunal iH the state has .ferisfesI that tt is only fair that others shouh bear a portion ef fhe est incident to this wsrk. so that nobody can set up the claim that in making stand for a share 01 the out lay from these private corporations ID Enfus-fess fs heinz done The aldermen should keep this fn mind anf not allow a csssaer fs Le spent there until the natter of benefits and damages Es TrgT- e-Iy adjusted
 On her we4ding day let your gift be I different fru1 the others Make yOG- 1