Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-30

l AIIuuI HeIdTu, SUI Ol MT duu MI S
 Joseph Gerard of South Elm street,
 and Miss Helen Wallace, daughter of
 John Wallace of Central avenue,
 were married Thanksgiving evening
 at the parsonage of the Second Con- | gregational church by the Rev John | G. Davenport.
 There were two fires yesterday
 one in barn owned by James Wall,
 corner of Washington street and Syl- van avenue, and another at the resi- 1 dence of Joseph Henebry, 459 West
 Main street. The damage on West
 Main street amounted to about $25
 or $50, but it was considerably more than that in the other case.
 Cornelia E. Bolster, wife of Ed
 win L. Bolster, died yesterday at Middletown. The remains will be brought to this city to-day and the funeral will be held tomorrow af- ternoon with services at the under
 taking parlors of D. M. Stewart at 2:30 o'clock in charge of the Rev J. G. Davenport, D. D. Interment
 will be in Riverside cemetery. In the court of probate to-day At torneys Arthur F. Els, George Stokes and Finton J. Phelan were ap- pointed distributors on the estate of the late Joseph Lawrence. There are about fourteen heirs to this estate. which amounts to about $14 ,000, or will amount to that sum after the costs of several law suits over claims against it and other expenses have been paid
 The funeral of John Bolton was held yesterday afternoon from his late home, 37 Emerald street, to the
 church of the Immaculate Concep- tion, where services were conducted by the Rev Charles Brennan. The bearers were Michael Hanlon, Sylves- ter Large, James Lyons, Arthur Sulli- van, Leo Downey and Florence Sul- lbyan. lnterment was in Calvary cemetery.
 James Barr of 6S Abbott avenue and Miss Agnes Littlejohn of 77 Chestnut avenue were married Thanksgiving morning at the par sonage of the First Methodist church by the Rev Frank Dunwell Walter. Miss Mary E. Coffey was bridesmaid and Frank Burr groomsman. Friday evening MT and Mrs Barr were given reception by number of their friends at their new home, 22 Ash ley street.
 The funeral of Mrs Thomas Fair clough was held Saturday afternoon with services at the Woodtick chapel in charge of the Rev c. P. Ketchem. pastor of the Prospect Congregation al church. Among the many floral offerings were pillow marked Wife from the husband of the de- ceased, cross of roses and chrysan- themums from friends and neighbors, roses and pansies from MT and Mrs A. Dallas, sickle from Mad River grange, carnations from friends and neighbors, and lilies from Mir and Mrs Walter W. Holmes Burial was in Woodtick cemetery.
 Benjamin Webster, private secre- tary to Congressman Lilley. has re- signed his position. It is his inten-
 tion to study law at the New York Law school. Although MT Webster
 has been with MT Lilley only about
 one year, during that time his name
 try to the other. It was during the
 sumbarine investigation that Web
 ster was strenuously cross examined
 and that he admitted writing letters
 and signing Mr Lilley's name with
 out the consent of his employer. He
 was valedictorian of the class of
 1902 at Crosby High and is consid-
 cred a very bright young man.
 A. L Chatfeld of Waterbury, Ct, arrived here fast Friday for jew
 days visit at the home of his old
 time friend, W. P. Leek. On Satur-
 day morning he went clamming and
 on his return home around the beach
 he saw a large shark in the shoa1
 water up near Walkers dock at the
 head of the bay. He went for help
 and with the assistance of Robert
 Walker and Leslie Camedy armed
 only with hoe, after long and
 hard fight succeeded in infiicting
 death wound. The shark was evi- dently chilled by the cold water and
 bewildered by finding himself in the landlocked harbor, did not know
 what to do when attacked After it
 had been killed and lowed ashore large crowd gathered and looked
 him over. He measured feet and
 inches long-Port Jefferson, L. I. Times.
 The funeral of Mrs Susan Weston was held this morning from her late home on Grove street with | mass of requiem at the Immaculate Concep- ton church by Father Frederick and interment in St Joseph's cemetery. The bearers were Miles A. Mccarthy, William Mccarthy, Dennis Calvin. Anthony Manion, Nicholas Manion and John Manion. The floral tributes were as follows: Shower bouquet of hrysanthemums, cross of galax leaves and vplets, from family: pil- low of pink and white roses. Mary and Elizabeth Clare: shower bouquet of carnations. Mrs Charles O'Connor and family; shower bouquet of chrys- anthemums, Misses Catherine and Jennie Hayden; shower bouquet of chrysanthemums. Miss Frances E. Bowes: Easter lilies, Mrs George Hartley: shower bouquet of chrys- anthemums. Messrs Scollay and Burke; chrysanthemums, Mrs Jennie B. Lang: carnations, Mrs Henry Att