Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-24
CITY NEWS.

The board of public works will
 meet tonight at o'clock.
 A meeting of St Mary's T. A. so-
 ciety will be held this evening at s
 o'clock at St Patrick's hall.
 The funeral of John Crane will be
 held from his late home on East flaw
 kins street to St Thomas's church at
 $50 o'clock tomorrow morning.
 The Rev Father Frederick will de-
 liver an address before members of
 the K. of c. and their friends in K, of c. hall Sunday night.
 Comptroller Russell and Superin- tendent Kilduff of the street depart
 ment are in New York looking up
 prices on sprinkling carts. Mir and Mrs Louis Frisco were ar
 rested this morning by railroad de-
 tectives O'Hearn and Delfino for
 stealing coal. They were caught in
 the freight yard.
 The large quantity of beer. whis- key, wine, brandy, cider and other stuff that was seized in James Stick
 les club room on South Main street a few weeks ago was to have been ordered destroyed to-day, but for some reason an order to that effect was not issued by the city court.
 The closing exercises of the twen- tieth anniversary of the formation of St Paul's NJ. E. church were held last night. The speakers were the pastor. Rev Martin O. Lepley, Dr BOwditch, Rev F.. D. Bassett and William Mckinley. The sum of S3O0 was raised to help pay off the church debt, the Rev Mir Bassett cOntribut- ing S1O0.
 Chief Snagg of the fire depart- ment paid a couple of visits to-day to the store of the New England Cleaning, Dyeing and Pressing Co on South Main street where the fire was last night. MT Gildin did not talk with the chief to-day and had nothing tO say about the fire. It is said that Gildin was deprived of all his clothes by the fire and ran into the street almost naked. Someone gave him a coat and this now awaits the owner at the police station.
 The claim of Miss Daisy l.. Hudson of New York for SI.s10 against the estate of the late Henry Leach was disallOwed this morning by the com nissioners Attorney GuiIfoiIe and Slavin. Mayor Thoms representing the claim will take an appeal Co the superior court. The claim of the Goodyear India Rubber Glove com pany of Naugatuck for Sl.IOo was al- lowed and also most of the other claims. \ full report of the claims allowed and disallowed will he filed with the probate court in a few days.
 X dispatch from Boston is tO the effect that Robert C. Morris of that | place had been appointed receiver for l the Brpakwater Construction and 1 company Of Waterbury | by Judge Dodge Of the United | States district court. The dispatch said also that the company had a contract with the government and | controls quarries near Gloucester. Mass At the office of the city engineer which has record of all building cuncerns In the city nothing was known of the company in quesion.
 At the annual meeting of the First church last night of- fcers were chosen as follows. ehurrh committee - Ralph " Biakeslee. chairman: l.. V. Perrault- Dr F.. ". GceIen0agh. William Henry White. e. F. Camp. r. L. Ien- linEs and ]. Hobart Bronson Treas wer-E IT PendBeton- ColIcct0T- seorge E. Camp Chairman of the A A Dallas Auditor -AIherf r. Sherwood Clerk-nea- sru Horace Hcadley- During the ast fsoAI year a total of SaW0 has spen exppnded in regular expenses md the spcSety has haEanr~ nf Ssso n the treasury. The rrports ~ the linerpnf ofacrrs showed a suhStan- fal fnerpase in membership for the lsst ysar.