Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-24
CITY NEWS.

Court Adelphia, No 4SSS, l. o. F. will meet this evening at S:S0 ir Knights of Columbus hall. All the officers are expected to be in attend ance.
 Tuesday September l has been de- cided upon by the good people of Woodbury as the date for celebrating the advent of the trolley into that town.
 Court Richard Wagner, F. of A. will hold a pinochle tourney during the fall meeting which it is expected will add considerably to the interest of the sessions.
 During the next three months all the mail going from and coming to the local post office will be weighed in order to give Uncle Sam an idea of what he will pay the railroad the coming year.
 A. Cordazzi of Pilgrim avenue lost a dog last week. He made the fact known through the Democrat and the animal was returned quickly. MT Cordazzi says he is very thankful to the Democrat as well as to the man who returned the dog.
 The League of American Munich palities will hold its annual meeting in Omaha next month. City Clerk Sandland is in receipt of an invitation for Waterbury. It is not known whether the city will be represented at the meeting or not.
 Wladiswaw Kobaliniski and Stanis- lava Wielienska were married at St Cecilia's church Saturday morning at s o'clock with a nuptial mass cele- brated by the pastor, Rev Farrel Mar tin. The witnesses were Walynty Clupkoski and Helena Pogodzinska.
 By order of the governor, Adjut- ant General Cole has issued an order formally granting the Richmond Light Infantry Blues Battalion, Vir- ginia Volunteers, permission to enter the state upon the occasion of their visit to Hartford next month as the guests of the Foot Guard.
 The outing of the Waterbury Business men to Quassapaug will be held tomorrow The party will leave the center at noon on special trolleys and whole band of music to furnish inspiration. The clambake will be ready at 1:30 o'clock and the ball game will be called at 4.
 Town Clerk Brett is in receipt of a communication from John Culli- gan of Madison asking information regarding Patrick and John Culligan. former residents of this city. It ap- pears that they lived here thirteen or fourteen years ago. The directory contains no such names, but there are several Colligans.
 The employees of the Connecticut Co are doing fast work on the double tracking near the end of the green. The rails are now all in position and the company should have both tracks ready for use tomorrow. The War ren Bros Go also has a gang of men working at this point and are going right ahead with the contract for the paving of the street.
 Chief Snaggs new automobile made its first call yesterday morning when it answered Box 72 at the cor ner of West Main and Willow streets. A small fire in a shed in the rear of the building owned by Luke Staple ton at l5 Judd street brought the alarm. The damage was slight. The chiefs wagon can go to fire at the rate of about a mile a minute.
 The funeral of William Forrest took place Thursday afternoon at Hall Memorial chapel, and was very largely attended. 4 profusion of floral tributes testified to the esteem and affection felt for Mir Forrest by his relatives and associates. Large delegations were present from Brass City lodge, N. F.. O. P, and from the FOresters' lodge of which he was a member, and the Foresters' impress sive ritual was used at the inter- ment. The services in the chapel were conducted by the Rev H. De Witt Williams. junior pastor of the Second Congregational church. The pallbearers were James Callan. Tim Othy Brennan, Joseph Byrne. James Delaney. George Goodall and James Knibbs. The interment was in Riv- erside cemtery.
 Mrs Anna Knapp, widow of the late Theodore Knapp. died at her home. g Crane street. yesterday af- ternCOn. Mrs Knapp was one of Wa terbury's oldest Irish residents, con- ing here from Queens county. Ire land, over fifty years ago. She had resided in this city continuously since that time She was a member of the Immaculate Conception church She is survived by one daughter. Mrs Henry Johnson of this city; two sons William J. and Ambrose Knapp: two sisters, Miss Mary Jones Of this city and Mrs Catherine Sheran of Bristol. She is also survived by eight grand children. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning at S:30 o'clock from the Immaculate Conception church. The interment will be in St JOseph's cemetery.
 Who'll get that East Main street paving contract? It is about sz5,- 900 worth. and the company that wins out this time will be likely to get the rest of the street paving next year The reason the work from Brown to Cherry street will not be taken up now is because a large water main is needed between these points and it would be a wilful waste of money to pave 1t and tear f. up in