Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-01
CITY NEWS.

An anniversary mass or requiem was celebrated this morning at St Francis Xavier church for the late Mary Scully of Washington street. Miss Edith Crolius, who was with the Poli's Stock company in this city
 last summer will play with the Po-
 lis company in Bridgeport the com ing summer.
 The general committee of the char ity bazaar will meet tomorrow even ing at 8 o'clock at St Patricks hall. This will be the final meeting and every member is requested to attend. The supper and sale given by the members of the Friendly league on Thursday evening is for the benefit of the Waterbury room at the vaca- tion house at Madison, Conn. The supper room will be open at p. m.
 Miss Agnes Fitzpatrick, supervisor of the primary grades of the public schools in this city, who has been con fined to her home for several months because of rheumatism, has recovered to such an extent that with the aid of crutches she is able to walk.
 The latest to join the large band of applicants for divorce is Mrs Harriet F. McVittie. She sues her husband, William McVittie on the grounds of intolerable cruelty. She also asks the restoration of her ante-nuptial name, Cummings. She was married in 1902.
 A serious operation for appendicitis was performed by Doctors Anderson, Goodrich and Antel on Irving J. Mes senger at his home on Farnham av- enue. last Wednesday afternoon. Mir Messengers many friends will be pleased to learn that the operation was successful and his ultimate re- eovery is now looked for.
 Seth N. Beecher of this city and Miss Elleana B. Holbrook of Sey- mour were married at Trinity church, Seymour yesterday at high noon. The church was prettily decorated for the occasion, the color scheme being green
 and white. The ceremony was per formed by the Rev w. A. Woodford, rector of the church. Mrs Smith Hol- brook was matron of honor. The bride was gowned in white silk and wore picture hat. She carried white roses. The ushers were Allen w. Johnson of Derby, Arthur Fifoot of Bridgeport. Henry W. seecher of
 Southbury, and O. r. G. Rocker. Af- ter wedding trip Mir and Ms Beech CT will reside in this city. Albert E. Racicot of this city and Miss Ellen Elizabeth Moriarty of Worcester. Mass were married Mon day morning at s o'clock at St Johns church in Worcester. The ceremony was performed by the Right Rev Men signor Thomas Griffin. Alfred Raci- cot, brother of the groom, and Miss Norah Moriarty, sister of the bride, were the attending couple. The bride wore a gown of blue taffeta silk trimmed with lace and Persian braid, and a white hat with plumes. The maid was attired in a gray suit and wore hat to match. Gertrude Moriarty. niece of the bride was flower girl and wore white silk. Mir and Mrs Racicot will reside in this city.
 Frederick R. Moore, editor and pub fisher of the Colored American mag azine, delivered an address at the 4. NJ. E. Zion church last night. He said that at the close of the civil war 4.000,000 slaves were given their liberty. The progress they had made since that time he considered inspiring. At present there are 10,O00.000 negroes in the country and they have reduced the illiteracy of the race forty-f1ve percent since the civil war. There are working among them at the present time 32,000 school teachers, of two-thirds are normal and high school graduates. There are 2.500.000 children in the public schools and 10000 in the in- dustrial schools, 1000 gradu- ates from the medical schools. some of them having practice of S1,000 to s3,0On yers and judges and over 400 books published by eolored authors.
 The Rev William Edwin Smith. the new pastor of the Simonsville Methodist church, was given a splen- did reception last night The Rev Mir Smith is a native of Baltimore. born on June 30, 1862. He resided there until 1873, when he removed to New York. He was educated in Pennington seminary and later took a course in New York university, go- ing afterwards to Providence univer- sity in Ohio. There he was given the Doctor of Divinity degree. Be- tween 1885 and 1888 he was in Phil adelphia conference, from which he entered the New York East confer enee. Most of his assignments have been in churches of New York and Brooklyn. among them the Throop Avenue. Warren street. Smith street, Third avenue and St Paul's. from which he went out to do missionary work in the East Side parish in New York. From there he returned to St Paul-s, where he remained until assigned to Waterbury.
 Readers of the Democrat vno con- template becoming benedicts, will find it to their advantage to get the wedding ring of us. and at the same time look at our large and varied as- sortment of ieweIry. etc. for wedding gifts. Friends of the prospective brides and grooms will also do well to take the hint. as all our goods are reliable and fully guaranteed Tbe Tps0n Jeweiry Ca 6S Bank sfres