Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-20
NAUGATUCK COLUMN.
Trouble in Store For Tax Collector
 B. 4. Peck.


 1t is genarally understood that Warden Stevens has turned the tax book over to R | A. Peck for the collection of the tax laid some months since. It becomes due on July 1. MT Conkling says that he shall contest the right of Mir Peck to collect this tax. He claims that the new charter did not legislate him out of office. Mir Conk- ling will secure an injunction, giving the affidavits of charter committt that it was not the intention of the charter to debar him from collecting the tax laid.
 Chief Hosford will make complaint on Monday against every person in the borough reported as harboripg dogs not registered. Out of list of over one hun dred brought in by one special on one section less than thirty were registered Thore will be fun in tha dog hno next week.
 A foundation for a building to be used as store is being put down for Andrews < Curtiss on the Church street, Woodford place.
 William Ratcliff got sober enough yes terday to be discharged from the lookup, after paying fine of s.
 Center bridge roadway is ready for Me Cabe to commence patching up the con- crete work, before giving it a coat of top dressing. The footpath will be finished later.
 Court Unity. A. O. F. of A have billed their picnic at Linden park for July i. They will give 100 yard foot race. sack race, a one mile race and a three-leggtd race for members only.
 The warden has called meeting of the board of burgesses for Friday night. We understand that action will be taken as regards going on with improvements in the borough or to stop for want of means, no appropriations have been made for this year.
 The builder of the new Enterprise office on Main street has sawed of four pieces to let the front fall back of the street line.
 The plaster cast has been removed from F. w. Tolles' leg. and he will try to get about the house on crutches until the knee gets stronger.
 The remains of the late Miss Jessie Me Cam were buried from St Fr, is church this morning.
 The Rev Sherrod Soule and wife have gone to New Hampshire for vacation. Rev Mir Soule will be at Amherst next Sunday.
 Representative W. H. Mccarthy en-
 
 house of representatives from 2 to 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
 P. 0. Lodge, president of the board of education, will have published in this weeks News an answer to the letter pub. lished last week. assailing him as we'll as the board of education as regards their manner of attending to their duties. Mir Lodge will give the reason why the board objects to giving diplomas to the hilh school class of '94; also examinations made with the answers given, by thu pupils of the school, to show that there has been a lack somewhere in their instruction, which the board proposes to have improved upon, We do not know who the author of the letter was, but it was one that without a doubt has injured Superintendent Kane very much. although apparently written in his interest. There are many here who regret exceedingly that either the president of the board, or superintendent. would al. low themselves to be brought into noto riety by newspaper articles, and must work to the detriment of our schools. Mir Lodge says that the board stands by him in what he has done. Mir Kane considers their ac- tion in regarding examination papers to be submitted by them a direct insult to him; also that he is not responsible for neglect on the part of his predecessors, but is aim Ing to make the high school ia fact. what il is in name
 NJ. J. Daly of Waterbury was in the place yesterday looking over work be has under contract here
 The Boys Brigade O. No 1, will meet in the church basement this evening,
 The Guild entertainment at the opera house was we'll attended with profit to the society. The stage entertainment was very good. MT Merrimen, tenor, and Mir Ever cit ss flute soloist. accompanied by Miss Long on the piano. rendered some good selections. The choir, under Choir Master Minor, was also in good voice. Maxwell Bingham. who has just graduated as an e!ocutionist, gave some funny selections and was brought back several times. He is a young man of much promise lmper- senator. and will be heard from later. After the entertainment the tables were quickly filled and a large amount of ice cream was disposed of, as was also quite quantity of strawberry shortcake early in the evening The Young Ladies guild deserve much credit for the manner the festival and sale wBs conduct d
 The fourth annual picnic of the Hlber- nian rifles will be held at Linden park on Saturday. June 29. McGovern's orchestra will furnish music. Baxter will prompt.
 We are informed that the Y. NJ CI. base ball club which was arranging t1 play a New work team here on the fourth of July. is about altering it's plans to go out of town to play, as about all of our citizens who would attend the game expect to go out of town through the day. Coney Island. Quassa- paug. High Rock and Waterbury are offer ing inducements to draw people which most of our citizens will embrace, return ing in the evening to see the frework dis play gotten up by l. A. Morse that our rising generation may have something to remem- Der that there was a day when We obtained our national independence.
 Nistrict of Waterbury. ss Probate Court N June F. 1895.