Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-24
CITY NEWS.

Boys warm gloves 25c and more at Upson, Singleton X Cos. Mir and Mrs David Hunter of Si- monsville will hold a family reunion at their home tomorrow
 Masses at the Immaculate Concep- | tion church tomorrow morning will be at 5:30, 7 s, 9, 0 and II o'clock
 The members of the Holy Name society union committee will meet at St Thomas church tonight at s O clock.
 Benjamin Fairbrother and Roger Dawson, students at the Harvard Medical school, are home for the ! holidays.
 The charity department is being renovated. The painters expect to have it looking spiCk and span in a couple of days.
 James F. Grafton. professor of Greek and mathematics at Crosby high, will spend the holidays at his home in Norwich.
 The funeral of Garrett Hanley will be held from the family residence on Sarsfield street to St Thomas's church at 1 30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon Edward NoOnan. student at the University of Maryland. Edward Herr and Chris ketChen of Pratt institute are spending the holiday vacation at their homes in this city.
 The funeral of Edward H. Mar shall was held this afternoon from the family residence on Brewster street with service at Trinity church at , o'clock and iuterment in Pine Grove cemetery.
 Announcement has been made of the engagement of Miss Corielle H. Belden, daughter of Mrs Virginia L. Belden of 4 } Prospect street, to Will liam H. Humphrey, son of Frederick H. Humphrey of Chestnut avenue.
 Upson. Singleton & Cos Christmas sale of boys suits is a winner.
 Joseph Murray of the New York Law school, Robert Leddy of Ford ham, William Slaviu of Nillanova, Joseph Slayin of Vermont and Will liam Humphrey of Pratt institute are among the college boys spending the holidays at their homes in this city.
 The Waterbury Business college is supplying handsome calendars which are just the thing for offices. The title of the picture above the calendar is News of Election one of the reproductions by color photo graphy from an original painting by F. l.. Henry.
 Unless there is snow before t9 nor TOW there promises to be good Skat- ing in all parts of the city for hose who enjoy this pastime. The ice Gn almost all the ponds is in fine cnndl- ton and if tho weather holds ont the skaters should have plenty of cp- pOrtunity to make merry.
 The masses at Our Lady of LOurdes church tomorrow will be as follows: First mass at o'clock will he d high mass at which mass a procession will take place. The other masses are at 5:30. 6:30. 7:30, 2 and 10 o'clock. The last mass will also be a high mass and the DIOCbSSlOIl W III Dt ItptdlCur
 Notwithstanding the manner in which the board of education treated the petition received from the pupils of Crosby high who wish to have the , o'clock session abolished, the sCh0i- ars still have hopes Of killing the afternoon session. They are now talking of starting another petition and asking those teachers not in favor of the session to sign it.
 Dancing at 8:30 Saturday evening. Futon's band. Buckingham hall.
 About 20,0o0 passengers, more or less. while riding on trolley cars in this city yesterday were compelled to enroll themselves in the strap hang ing society Of course there was rhe usual number sitting. but a great many more than the usual number were standing The trolley cars did hang up business on all the lines last evening and person was lucky to get on at all, not to mention eith- CT strap or seat.
 The Rev Hugh Treanor. formerly pastor of the Sacred Heart church, this city. and now pastor of Sr Pat rick s in Norwich celebrated the thr- tieth anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood on Monday Father Treanor is very well known in this city and comes here occasionally during the year He has been men, toned often as the successor of the late MOnsignOr Slocum as pastor of the Immaculate Conception church.
 An immense amount of business will have to be done at the pOstofice before it closes tonight to equal that Of q year ago Although there have been big crowds of people on the streets and the stores have apparent ly done a rushing business, some of the merchants claim that the Christ mas trade has not been as good as last year The people that bought purchased articles far less expensive than in former years. while the jew ciry stores are said to have fallen way short of their usual business
 Can headquarters for men and boys is Upson. Singleton < Cos. .---