Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-11
CITY NEWS.

l If you ever want strw hat Up.
 Son, Singleton. X Go have them.
 The department of public works
 will meet at o'clock tonight
 A months mind mass will be cele
 brated tomorrow morning at 7:3C
 o'clock at St Francis Xavier church
 for the late Thomas Kelleher.
 Lallier's Military band will give
 their concert and prom in Goodwill
 hall, Waterville, Friday evening
 June IA. The full band will be ir
 attendance. .s ] James D. c. Murray. who has been
 studying law in the New York Law
 school the past few years, will grad
 uate Thursday evening, June IS. The
 graduation exercises will be held in Carnegie hall. Eu
 After a lapse of nearly twenty
 years, the cellar built by Mir Sake on
 Union street is being pressed into
 service and soon Samuel Chotzianoff
 will have erected thereon a handsome
 three-story block. Most of the stone
 work will have to be taken down
 and rebuilt, so that the money laid
 out on it when the work was first
 undertaken went for nothing.
 Fraternity lodge, Knights of Good kTemplars, gave very enjoyable en- tertainment in Bowd;tcn hall last
 night. The following program was | rendered: Piano solo. MT Hanson: song, Mrs George Aitcheson: piano
 solo, Miss Agnes Robbins; recitation,
 Miss Clementia R. Jackson: piano
 solo, Miss Hazel Treat; recitation. w. Wolstencroft; song, Mrs Aitcheson;
 recitation, Everett Band; recitation,
 Miss Jackson.
 An appeal has been taken by At torney M. J. Byrne in the matter of the boy Hugh Byrne, Jr, being left in the custody of Mrs George Slack of Waterville. Attorney Byrne has not yet set up his reasons of appeal, but it is said he claims Judge Eth eridge of Thomaston, who heard the case, erred in summing up the evil dence. The appeal will be heard in the superior court. The appellants are Peter H. Byrne, the boys uncle, and his father, Hugh Byrne.
 The executive committee of the Connecticut Civil Service Reform as- sociation met last evening at the Graduates club in New Haven, as the guests of Prof Henry W. Far nam, president of the association. The president announced his inten- tion of going abroad next month, to be absent a year or so, and offered his resignation, which the commit tee declined to accept, voting to ask Vice-President John P. Elton, ex- mayor of Waterbury, to act as presi- dent of the association during the ab- sence of Prof Farnam.
 Postmaster Filling calls attention to the fact that soon after June 30. 1907, the United States Stamped En- velope agency will be moved from Hartford to Dayton, Ohio. The re- moval will cause delay for a while in the filling of acquisitions from that agency. About eighteen days will be required in filling orders from the local office and those requiring spec ial request envelopes are promptly notified that they should place their order in time to reach the depart ment not later than June 22. The price of these special request envel- lopes will be increased four cents per thousand after July 1.
 Mrs Nellie Barrett, wife of W. J. Barrett, died Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock at her home, 169 Verona ave- hue, Newark, N. J. Mrs Barrett, whose maiden name was Nellie Madi- gan, was a native of Waterbury and always lived here until the family removed to Newark a few years ago. She was thirty-seven years of age. and leaves besides her husband five John, 10, Helen. S, Will liam 6. Mary 41a and Bessie 2 years old; also her father, John Madigan of Grandview street, this city. The | remains will be brought here to-mor- l row afternoon on the 3:55 train in l charge of J. H. Mulville. The burial l will be in St Joseph's cemetery.
 A train load of coal came to town yesterday afternoon and was put on a siding on the Naugatuck tracks be- low the depot. Soon it was surround l ed by women and small boys and | girls. They seemed to take actual ] of the cargo. A telephone | from the freight yards was the cause of having Officer Tehan sent to the place and at his approach all of the crowd fled but one woman [ who gave her name as Annie Joku- boitueni. She told the officer, as we'll i as she was able. that she cared not | for anybody. She gave her age as 25 years. She failed to respond to her name in the city court to-day and her bond of s100. put up by George Pricewicz was forfeited.
 The Rev B. Lieberman, until re. gently of the Sparath Sphard congre- gation of St Louis. has been elected cantor of the Beth Israel synagogue 1f this city for a term of three years The Rev LiebeTman has been select sd from a large number of candi- iates who were applying for the Ocal position. Several eantors were favored by the different members of he congregation. The services ehanted by the Rev Lieber- nan last Friday evening and Sab- fnTH rrnr-fuu an fnruwo5-oz .l. r--- f