Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-20
CITY NEWS

Mrs Thomas MeAvoy, $50 Baldwin street.
 The Queens Daughters will hold an important meeting to-morrow evening at 7:45 o'clock.
 The county commissioners will be in session in the court house building on November p and g for the purpose or issuing licenses. On no other days but those will they sit here for this purpose.
 About 7:45 this morning one of the cars jumped the tracks on the switch near the Sacred Heart church and for about % minutes the cars on that line were stalled. It was finally put on by menas of blanks.
 The remains of Mrs James S. Spruce, who died recently in Chicago were brought here Saturday and in- tered in Riverside cemetery. the Rev Oscar Haywood officiating. The bear CTS were William O'Neil, A. J. Shipley, Edward L. Ashley, John LittIejohn.
 Tickets are selling rapidly for the big card party to be given in St Pat rick's parish hall, Thursday and Fri. day evenings this week. A meeting was held yesterday and reports from various committees indicate favorable progress. A big meeting will be held tomorrow evening at which all the la dies who are working for the success of the affair are expected to be pres ent.
 Mrs Lettie Hastings, widow of George Hastings, died at her resi- dence, 5S Center street, yesterday. The deceased was 57 years of age. She was member of Fidelity Council, 1T. D. of L., and Ivy temple. Rathbone Sisters. She leaves a daughter, FIop ence, one sister, Mrs Louis Beckwith, and two brothers, Frank and Samuel COttrell, all of this city. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at ? o'clock. The burial will be at the con venience of the family
 The funeral of the late A. B. Simons of Simonsville was held yesterday af- ternoon at o'clock to the Chapel street NJ. F.. church, where the Rev ]. Howard Fairchild conducted the ser vice. The bearers were James Gallafi. Adam Callan, John c. Cutler, George c. Curtis, F. E. Landen and Frederick Scott. Past Master R. B. Chapman of Harmony lodge, F. and A. M., read the committal ser vice at the grave in Riverside ceme- tery. There was a large number of floral tributes.
 The will of the late Miss Susan Spencer. who was a sister of Major Frederick Spencer. man very well known in his day. was filed in the pro bate court at Milford Saturday. Miss Spencer died in Woodmont. Her es- tate is said to he worth about SG0,O00 and she left 1t in equal parts to her nieces. Mrs Edward W. Beach and Mrs N. DeHart Gulick. City Engineer Robert A. Cairns is named executor. Some time before her death Miss Spen- cer deeied away a portion of her prop erty to certain relatives.
 Mrs Mary Coleman. wife of John P. Coleman, died at her home. PAT North Main street. yesterday, after an ill., ness of three months. The deceased was a daughter of Mir and Mrs Bryan Kenney of this city and leaves be- sides her husband and parents, two daughters and two sons. Mary Lucy, William, Joseph; two sisters and two brothers. Mrs Patrick Kennedy. Mrs Daniel Sheehan, Edward and Thomas Kenney, all of this city except Mrs Sheehan. who resides at Port Byron. \. Y. The funeral will be held To- morrow morning at Ss3O o'clock with a mass of requiem at the Immaculate Conception church and interment in St Joseph's cemetery.
 Orrin A. Robbins died yesterday morning at his home, 3J4 North Main street. He leaves an invalid wife and three daughters, Mrs K. E. Chapman. Mrs John Linden and Miss Edith Rob bins He was also steprather tO Mrs R. V. Blakeslee. Mr Robbins was a member of Wadhams post. G. \. R.. and an Odd Fellow. For years he was one of the best known newspapel men in Waterbury and was held in high esteem by everybody who came in contact with him. While he worked on the American his work was con fined principally to society news and le did it in a painstaking. efficient manner. Tn his younger years he was a partnpr in Cooke. MaTtOOn & Rob bins in the publication of the Nauga- tuck Valley Index. Personally Mir Robbins was a most agreeable gentle man. and while few of the present day newspaper reporters had the pleasure of his acquaintance. all knew him by reputation and his method Of treating news has frequently been re ferred to as worthy or emulation by youTz men who aim to remain in the business for while he did not con. tiuue in the reTroTtoTial field as Iona as he had fitness for ,it when he did retire he took with him the respect and good wishes If a wide circle of friends. all of whom were pleased t0 meet him here and there in after life The funeraI wfI he held tomorrow afternoon at 2s30 o'clock with service at the Methodist church