Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-10
CITY NEWS.


 Monday evening, August 24.
 Mayor Thoms and City Clerk
 Sandland are in Boston to-day or
 business pertaining to the bono issue. They are expected home to. morrow.
 The Bradley & Hubbard Go oi Meriden has been awarded the con. tract for installing the oramenta, iron work in the new Waterbury union depot.
 The Fruitage of Earth" was the subject of sermon delivered at the l First Methodist church yesterday morning by the Rev E. G. Richardson of New York.
 Michael Keiffer of Waterbury and Miss Anna Alderman of Harwinton were married at g o'clock Saturday 1 morning at St Francis's church, Tor rington, by Rev Father Barry.
 The F. P Brett concert at Hamil- | ton park yesterday was attended by very large number of music lovers and all pronounced it the best ever | rendered by Fulton'S American band. Harold James, infant son of MT and Mrs Robert A. Wallace died yes terday at the family residence in Wolcott. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 1880 o'clock The burial will be in Woodtick ceme. tery.
 A large crowd attended the prom enade at city hall on Saturday even ing which was given by the Military band. The barn dance was easily the hit of the evening and the band had to respond to applause several times.
 J. A. Cullen, a clerk in the em- ploy of the street department, was slightly injured yesterday by a fall from a trolley car in the center life received a cut on the face, but it didn't deter him from reporting for duty to-day.
 Shortly after 12 o'clock last night a mattress which was hanging on the veranda at the residence of c. E. Remington, Camp street, started to burn. An alarm was sent in The blaze was extinguished before 1t did any damage.
 The democratic town committee will hold meeting tomorrow night, when a plan of battle for the fall campaign will be mapped out. A full attendance is requested. The Bryan feeling in Waterbury is strong CT than ever before and unless all signs of the times fail he will beat Taft two to one.
 John z. Bowling of Hamilton ave- nue, an employe of the Steele & Johnson Manufacturing Co, fell from a trolley car last evening and re- ceived sprained wrist, scratches on the face and a bad shaking up. In endeavoring to alight on East Main street near his home he slipped and was thrown to the ground.
 Four members of the Gilbert fam. fly who reside on Bucks hill are down with typhoid fever. It is be- lieved that the cases have developed from drinking the water of a we'll near the Gilbert home. The par ents and two sons are at present i'll, and Health Officer Dr T. ]. Kill martin will make an examination of the water to see if it is infected with germs.
 Contractor Chatfield has commence ed work on the paving of the en- trance of the new Baldwin street en- zine house and will have it finished this week. After this job is through with the house will be ready for oc- cupancy. but this must not be under stood as intimating that there is any equipment being in by that time likelihood of the furnishings and equipment being in by that time.
 The funeral of the late Mrs A. Curtis. widow of the late Chief Jus tice William F. Curtis. and sisser of the Hon F. J. Kingsbury. will be held in Watertown tomorrow morn ing at II o'clock with service by the Rev Mir Cunningham. and inter ment in Evergreen cemetery. Mrs Curtis leaves three sons, William E. Curtis, Dr H. Holbrook Curtis and F. Kingsbury Curtis, and two daugh- ters, the Misses Mary A. Curtis ana Bessie E. Curtis.
 Joseph Byrne of Boston and Miss Kathryn Kerwin of this city ere united in matrimony this morning at the church of the Immaculate Concep- tion. The ceremony was perfarmed by the Rev Father O'Brien who cele- brated the nuptial mass which fol- lowed. The attending couple were Miss Laura McGinn and Joseph Penn broke Of New York. The happy cou- pie left on the 7:lO train for Bos- ton where trhey will reside. The out of town guests were NIT and Mrs Morgan Pembroke of New York. MT and Mrs Thomas Byrne of Chicopee. Mass Mr and Mrs Patrick LalIy and Mr and Mrs Maurice Pratt of An sonia.
 The Waterville company. Uniform rank. Knights of Pythias. in conl- mand of Captain Charles l.. Draper, is having a discussion with the F. W. Hooker company of Hartford in regard to the award of prizes al the biennial eneampment of the order. which has just closed in Boston. The Connecticut Grand lodge offered prizes for the lodge having the larg- est number of men in line from tie state and the first award went to the l Hartford company, while the secOHd ! prize was given to the Waterviile I lodge. Captain Draper claims that l he Hartford lodge was only organ ! iZed three days before the contest l