Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-18
NAUGATUCK COLUMN.
Estimated Expenses of the BOrOugl


 The adjourned borough meeting was held last night, Warden Stevens in the chair. | Clerk Weary read the minutes of the pre- vious meeting and also the call. On mo- tion of l.. S Beard-leY the reports of the various borough officers for last year were adopted. The warden made a statement of the financial condition of the borough | The indebtedness of the St cond district for last years expenses is about $36. .000. He | also gave estimates of the expen ses of the entire borough for the coming year as $101 .945. with an additional $20, ,0O0 if work was pushed in the grading of streets, and asked for advice on the subject, as the es- timated income would be only about S54.- GOO. Much talking was done, but no in- structions were given. \ vote was passed for assessors and board of relief to prepare by October 7 tax list for second district on the grand list of 1894, which is $2, ,56S,- 749.O5.
 Parties who have given pledges towards the fireworks fund will confer favor if they will hand the amount to Isaac A. Morse this week.
 The boar of charities, all except A N. ayton. visited the town farm yesterday and were we'll pleased at the way they found things there. The board will meet on Thursday evening to transact business. Dr Spring has strong hopes that the rest of the diphtheriS patients on Ward street will soon recover, although the disease is so treacherous that it is hard to tell what the result may be. It is not generally known that there was a fifth death as the result of the cases at UnIon City. but it is claimed that a relative of the stricken fam lily, from a neighboring town, came there and the family made him a bed down stairs to stay all night. although the house was under quarantine. The party took the disease and went home and died in a few days.
 Mir and Mrs Edward Darlington were guests at the homestead over Sunday.
 George Wigmore has gone away for a few days vacation.
 Owing to sickness Miss Soule could not conduct her kindergarten school yestereay.
 The town clerk has been doing quite a business for few days back. Chief Hos fords notice to dog owners will expire next Saturday. and it is said that he has a list of every dog in the borough not regis tered.
 The Ladies' Aid society of the Congre- gational church will meet in the parish house tomorrow. The Guild of St Mi chaers will hold their festival and sale in in the opera house. The No Boys bri- gade company will meet in the basement of the Congregational church.
 The wedding of Miss Minnie Centennial Klein and William Wood took place this afternoon at the residence of the brides parents on Prospect street. The Rev MT Meredith of the NJ. E. church performed the ceremony. The happy couple will leave on an evening train for New York
 The Citizens souvenir edition is to be ready for delivery to-day. It is neat and attractive and contains very fair history of the present borough, besides the history of a number of our citizens who have con- tributed literally to have their pictures in serted. and thus handed down to posterity. H. F. Donlon. who compiled the book, has spent a long time oD the work. It will be A week or two before the su- perintendent of the poor gets the books he 1 has ordered made. The system suggested by the board of charities will require con- siderable time for bookkeeping, and it is doubtful if Mir Langford can give it the at tention it requires for the salary offered l It will be much better to have the books started under a good system. even if we have to pay larger salary for the work.
 The High school nine expect to rlay the Derpy hlSn scnoot team nere tnlS aIter- noon.
 Dr Johnson was called to Oxford last night to attend a man at the home of John Hubbell, who, while in a Respondent mood had taken dose of laudanum. The doc tor spent all night with the man. He will probably die
 A warrant was issued for Patrick Grant last night for using abusive language to John A. Peck.
 Two Swedes brought a civil action against Patrick Grant to recover for two fantailed pigeons which. it is claimed. he charmed away, II. c. Baldwin being their attorney. The case came up yesterday be- fore Justice Hungerford and before the first witness was done testifying. Attorney Baldwin withdrew the suit The Swedes cost could not have been less than $10. And still they have no fantAils. There will be two weddings at St Francis church tomorrow morning bt = | tween and 10 o'clock.
 An arbitration case with sealad doors | was on yesterday. George $. Blssell being the arbitrator to settle the accounts be- tween Joseph Flynn and his sister, Mrs Curtiss. Mir Kennedy appeared for Flynn Mir Baldwin for Mrs Curtiss. It Is a friendly action between the parties to as certain their rights.
 Chief Hosford yesterday arrested Dennis | German, Thomas SmiIh, James Baxter, Charles Yerkes and Michael Kenny, saloon keepers, charged by Prosecuting At torney Storrs with violating the excise law | by having side doors leading to other parts of the house. The cases came up this morning at 9:30 o'clock The case | against German was continued for ten days; that of Baxter and Kenny for twenty | days. Yerkes was discharged and Smith settled on payment of $17 55 costs. Chief Hosford also arrested William Radcliffe and another fellow for Iu- toxication and J Try Lynch for abuse. Lynch went to town farm for ten days; ! R4tcliffe to lookup to get sober The other man was discharged provided he would leave town.
 A fine photograph of the high school nine is attracting much attention at one ot our store windows.
 The west side street line of Main street was adopted some time since, and now our citizens want to know why the borough | officers are allowing partles to build from one to two feet over it.
 Miss Mamie Mccormick, who has been the guest of friends in New Britain for the past week. returned home yesterday. The East Hartford correspondent of the | Oourant writes: Lizzie AherD of Nauga- tuck, wife of John Walker, conductor on the trolley Cars. died suddenly at 9:30 yesterday morning of brain trouble at her home on Garvan street. She was B years old. Her husband left her in bed at 5 o'clock, when he went out on his daily trip. and she was in her usual good health. He returned at $40 for breakfast to find her dead. Mrs Walker had been ailing since the birth of her daughter. Mabel Florence. nine months ago.