The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-07-02
DERBY.

Park will attract on Thursday the largest crowd probably that has ever materialized in this vicinity. The base ball fever still shows a high Fahrenheit mark. There Is an expectation of g big surprise on the Fourth when again the valiant youth try conclusions with the
 bat. Derby and Shelton vie with each
 other for the third time, and as the goddess, Fate, decrees on the after noon
 so go all the plans and prosperity of these two half-sister boroughs, This intensity of excitement over the base ball game cannot continue long. There | must be crisis In this sort of con-
 gestion as in others. The fever will either terminate the sufferer-land him
 in some home for demented ones. We sides of humanity, the fair and the un- | fair are largely represented at these great exhibitions of skill and endur- ance. When the baseball games started 1t was generally supposed that the | teams would be local selection. The | interest the public had in the contest centered in the rival worth of the lads who lived here.
 and would thus properly represent the
 ball talent of the two villages could put | up. AS things now are the games are ! not an evidence whatever of the mate rial Derby and Shelton possesses in 1 her baseball abilities. To beat Is the main idea or propelling force with each nine, and the result is that the crowd which assemblies at this resort witness games played by professionals or spec 1 ials collected or hired out of town.
 This habit is gaining with both sides, l and 1t will soon be question whose ! purse is the fattest, or which manager ] can hire the best pitcher. If the two 1 teams are understood to be a local or | ganization there should be a stipulation ] that no non resident can enter. The l public want to see a test of the metal 1 there is in the two places. They are l not so interested in studying the curves l or a league twirler, or battery hired l for the occasion. As it is now, the scores or the record are no index of the 1 local talent in baseball We are paying l a quarter to see which place can put up 1 the better game with outside help. The 1 enthusiasm will soon wane to wax no
 more if the two hines are not satisfied, l or have enough confidence in their own | strength to play ball without being 1 boosted"
 | Saturday evening the pavilion on the | lake was for the first time Illuminated The electric lights gave to this beauti- fully designed structure an attractive | outline. The electric road officials are 1 startling the community with the l sand" they show In expend- l ing the dollars at this resort 1 to invite outings and pleasure visitors. { There are few, if any, who would have 1 ventured such an outlay. Every expen- 1 allure has been made with good judg- l ment and excellent taste. The pavilion 1 in all it's appointments and design is ] alone worth ride on the cars to in l spect. There has been no stingy policy i pursued-it has been the zeal and de- l termination of the management to make this pleasure spot resort in ] every way worth more than the moder- 1 ate fees charged.
 | A boat race on the morning of the 1 Fourth, baseball game In the after l noon and display of fireworks in the 1 evening constitute the program Super l intendent Porter announces to those 1 who want gay Fourth this year. l The conclusion of the term of college | records the return to Derby of several 1 who go away for their education. Brit l ting is here from the "Gunnery," filling l from the Hopkins Grammar School" 1 Woodruff Yale '96 is stopping here tem- l porarily, Loomer of the Law school, 1 Yale, Is at home, while Barton, Boards ley and Moyle of Wesleyan 98 are among the latest arrivals.
 Saturday was the last day of grace for delinquent taxpayers on the first assessment. It is reported that the present collector is ahead of his pre- decessors for the time. A determined effort is being made to collect the poll l and military taxes, taxes which in years
 gone by were not thoroughly pushed The present administration is bound to call in these dues closely.
 The lumber has been received for the handsome block the filings are to build
 on the corner of Main and Elizabeth
 streets. This structure will fill up 6 space long promising spot for fine
 business block. There are very few
 empty stores, and dwelling rents art
 scarce in Derby. The trend of trave
 and tenants seem to be just now Derby
 ward.
 The reduction of telephone rates
 which goes into effect to-day has added
 several to the list. The high schedule
 has long barred out many who wanted
 to be subscribers.
 Dr. Beardsley has been asked to de
 liver his lecture, The Tobacco Slave, :
 In several places this season, and has
 already named two dates.
 The Congregational church edifice i.
 now undergoing repairs and the plar
 shows a decided change in architecture
 and an interior arrangement of pulpit
 seats and gallery that will greatl,
 please the eye and suit the comfort ot
 all. About $5,000 Is the footing of the
 cost of this needed improvement. Ha6
 some of the sister churches been as wise
 to make only an outlay that was really lnecsssary and without the visible mean:
 of the Congregation there would not be
 churches plastered with mortgages an6
 hung with subscription lists. There
 was a call for just the work now ir progress and the Congrega tional so
 ciety committee saw the money frs
 before the hammer or the axe was
 heard. A popular fad nowadays is tc pull a house down, sgood as 1t may he