Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-26
NAUGATUGK COLUMN.
Topics of Interest to the People of
 the Rubber Town.

again complaining that parties are stealing I fruit from their trees. They threaten to make an example of some of the pilferers. A man said to be named Hartnett he- came so excited at the first fall, at the opera house last night, that he sprang from the gallery landing on the floor twelve feet below. Fortunately he did not come down 1 on the head of anyone. He injured him. ! self so that he could not walk, and was taken home an hour of two later. He was said to be brotherMOf Mrs Michael Ward
 There were not so many little ones christened at St Francis church last night as on Thursday of last week. The remains of Mrs Ellen Mccarthy. a | resident here for some time, will be buried tomorrow from her late residence at Wa terville.
 The final arrangements were made yes- | terday. for ball game to be played here on Saturday, August 3, between cur borough officials and a nine from the city I officials of Waterbury. Our Waterbury friends have given our side the privilege of putting in an outsider for catcher. An in- | teresting game may be expected and some or our folks in anticipation of base Tit are trying to hirc parties to run bases tor them.
 Orrin Wooster while engaged yesterday i at Brassarts cesspool went to the house to take drink of water. MT Rrassart had been experimenting and left a goblet partly filled. This Wooster took drink from, burning his mouth and lips severely, as it contained solution of potash. He proposes after this to be more careful what he drinks at peoples houses. The voters of Union Center school district held a meeting at the court room last night. George D. Bissell was made chairman. After the reading of the call by Clerk Cleary, the following vote wa- passed of Union Center school district do hereby instruct the district committee to her after engage teachers for all positions in this district, so far as may be in theft | power, before the end of the spring term " This vote will be very satisfactory to the teachers DOW employed.
 James E. Sweeney, real estate agent. has sold for William Mitchell his residence on | High street, near Main, to John Roberts an employe of the Glove company.
 For account of the wrestling match see another column.
 Water was run through the pipes of the ] new fountain yesterday, The two orna- mental globes are lettered, the north one, He sendeth the springs into the valleys that run among the hills;" the south one, From wandering brooks and springs comes | cool, refreshing water"
 Mrs Dr Spring will return from her Mid dlebury visit to-day.
 The High school nine expect to put up 8 good game of ball tomorrow with the office men of the G. M. R. Shoe company at the trotting park.
 We are glad to hear that Dr Robbins thinks that Mrs Shaffer is now on a fair way to recovery. She was very low for a day or two.
 The stockholders of the Water company met last night and voted to increase their capital stock to $65, ,0O0, after accepting the privileges granted by the general assem- bly,.
 The appointment of John M. Sweeney as prosecuting attorney for six towns. will naturally lead some of our citizens to sup pose that there will be even less Sunday selling here in future than there has been for the past few months. There is prob l ably not drug store, hotel or saloon in the borough but what Mir Sweeney is perfectly familiar with, of their manner of doing business. not only on week days. but on | Sundays. It was claimed while MT Swee- Dey held the office before, that he prose- cuted only when obliged to. Many SUD- posed that he should go out and hunt up the evidence. This he declined to do then and probably will now, but offered to prosecute all cases where any satisfactory evidence was offered him. Of one thing the majority of our people feel certain, if | MT Sweeney notifies all dealers through the police that Sunday selling must cease in the burough, there will be very little of it done for the next few Sundays.
 A new telegraph pole is being put up at Town hall corner. The electric light is to be changed so that it will not interfere with vlew of the monument.
 Mrs Tracy North met with quite a severe accident on Wednesday night. For some reason she got up from her bed and passed out into the hall and walked of the top step of the stairway. In the fall her face was badly cut as also her head. The shock being quite severe one by advice of physician she will visit with her pa- rents MT and Mrs J. T. Garrison for few days.
 State Secretary James Scanlan oS the Catholic Benevolent Legion. will institute council of the order in Hibernian hall twenty charter members, including some l ~@ SAO %ASSS HAOnAAAcAV N0SAoAASS OA AAC borough.
 There seems to be good deal of differ ence of opinion as regards how property is to be assessed here under the amended charter. This says that the assessors shaIl annually before the twentieth day oi December make out a correct assessment list of all real and personal estate of the ] inhabitants liable to be set in the list by assessors of towns, and they are sworn to assess all property at it's true and just market value, and not it's value at fixed or auction sale; also of the polls of the residents of the borough, which shall be set in the lists at $100 each. There are many who claim that the assessors, not tc violate their oath, must do as they do ir other states. go out and judge for them selves of the value of property liable to taxation. and not as our assessors have been doing for years. take the previous years book and make up grand list from that. It is the first year for long while that our assessors will be sworn to dc their duty.
 An anniversary high mass for the repost of the soul or Mrs Ann Ford was cele brated at St Francis church this morning.
 In the borough court this morning, be fore Judge Hungerford, Daniel O'Donnel was fined $1O0 and costs for selling hquol on Sunday. He took an appeal. Int case against Thomas Smith was continued until tomorrow.
 All of the town and borough officers art