Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-22
NAUGATUCK COLUMN.
A COIOred Man With a Revolver Taken i'm Charge By Sheriff Sweeney.

he gets drunk, of calling on a man named Fenn, who often employs hlm about his farm. for want of better man. Yester- day Freeman was drunk around tho place. i He had a loaded revolver and told Fem that before night he would do up some of the family. Tenn became frightened and came over for Deputy Sheriff Sweeney, who secured Thomas kiernan and started for Middlebury, where they found Freeman out in lot with an- other man, praeticing with a revolver | Sweeney made flank movement and caught him from behind, while Kiernan re- lieved him of his gun" They brought him up and put him in the lookup. Tnls morning he was taken back to Middlebury.
 A months mind mass for the repose ot the soul of the late Ellen Mccarthy will be celebrated at St Francis church at 9 O clock Saturday morning Friends are invited. David David proposes on tomorrow from l to p m. to serve a full shore dinner It Is needless to say to many here that Davld knows exactly how to do it, for they have tried them.
 All members of the Hibernian Rifles are requested to meet at their hall tonight. to discuss matters of much importance 1 Ia the borough court to-day Michael 1 Kech, for an assault on Mrs Bounner, was fined $5 and costs, amounting to S14 46 William Bounner, for assault on Michael Kech, was discharged The horse ot | Amos Parsons has been ordered killed by Saturday,
 | John NJ. Sweeney took his f. mily to the shore yesterday. but returned himself to attend to business here to day. | There are less tban fifty of the three hun 0red chances left to be sold for the ladies' bicycle. which will be disposed of at kane's drug store at p. m. on Labor day. 1 A friend of John Hearns, named Riley, 1 has been visiting here for few days, after an absence of forty-one years. He worked at Cotton Hollow at that time and we'll re. men bered the old settlers, but the town had outgrown his recollection. He re- sides in New York. He left on the early train for home this morning.
 Quite number from here attended the Changers picnic at Quassapaug yesterday.
 The center district school committee 1 met yesterday and decided to engage G s. | Fairbanks from Massachusetts for plinci- ! pal. He arrived in town at 3: 80 D m, but would give no decided answer whether he would accept the position or not, until after he had consulted parties At home. 1 He had conference with Superintendent l Catfrey regards the duties and work ex- pected of principal, and agreed to give a definite aLsWer this morning Mir Fair banks comes from a family of teachers, both father and grandfather having made it a profession. Up to noon to-day MT Fairbanks had not notified the board of ! his intentions.
 | Our outing friend who helped restore an eloping wife and baby to the husband and picked up roll of bills, at one of our large watering places, received several letters about the matter yesterday. He adver- tized the find the same day.
 "Old Rube Tanners" band made a pa rade to-day. There are about fifteen in the company. They play at the opera house tonight.
 | Dr Delaney arrived home last evening. l Warden Stevens made the remark on 1 Tuesday evening that if there was any more sewer work to be done he would l suggest boarding the town help at the hotel and hire some laborers 10 do the job. ! Burgess Mills said he was in favor after this of having all sewer work done by con tract. The Maple street sewer has changed 1 the sentiment of the board in regard to employing town help on sewer work.
 J. J. Linskey has decided to put in new i fittings in his new store at Union City and 1 expects to be able to move the business be- fore October l.
 The Millvi1le Union mission went on picnic to Lake Quassapaug yesterday. A case of typhoid fever is reported at Conrod Gaab's house on Middlebury road, near Union City.
 "Old Rube Tanner is somewhat after the sty le of the "ColoIel .S r." as regard band etc.
 The Citizen, in an editorial Tuesday. says it is putting out only little paper and continues. but isn't it better worth cent than the WATERBURY DEMOCRAT is worth two. We think so ," The only | trouble is that there several hundred intelligent citizens Tn the place who prefer | to pay the two cents fer the DEMOCRAT for it's twenty columns of solid reading matter | There Is room for all on this earth and news paper will soon tell it's own story whether 1t is needed in the community or not.
 Quite a number will go from here to Savin Rock tomorrow on the excursion of the N. '. N. H & H R R The fare for the round trip is only eighty-fve cents.
 In the tennis tournament yesterday the singles were played by George Wlgmore and Fred Warner The game was an ln- teresting one. Score; to 6, 6 to l. to Warner winning the first, Wigmore the others.
 The different committees arranging for the reunion dinner and excursion met at H. O. Baldwln's last evening to further this work.
 | The citizens of Meadow street now have it in their power to have thelr sidewalks finished before October. They will also get it done much cheaper now than next spring There are parties who will give l fhopN OloSS iNhn nf nnrhipT fp rfv cents lineal foot. with a fine concrete walk for fifry-five cents a square yard, work | to be done under an iDspt ctor There will not be as good an offer made again oa the same job for the next five years | F. W. Tolles is hurrying up work on his new residence, which he hopes to move into before October. The hard wood cas- ings, etc. are being finished? It will be a very nice home when finished. Two young men. Messrs White and Bing- ham. gave 8 literary entertainment in the opera house last night, which was very well attended, The La- dies Aid society of the Congregational church furnished the house and took one third of the receipts. so we are informed, As the expenses were but $13 they should realize some profit. The duo readings were we'll rendered; in fact all the selec. tions were we'll done, Mir Whites selection from Rip Van Winkle'' being among the best. Mir Bingham, with a few more years experience on the platform, will be lead l ing light in the business. There was sing ing by Miss Patterson and Master Seth Bingham and violin solos by Mir Pittick.
 The family of D. P. Mills expect to leave to-day for Maine.
 John Mooney is moving his family fro m the Weary house to-day to his residence on the hill.
 Mir Csffrey. the new school superinten- dent, is in town looking for a house to rent
 The memorial library will resume circu- lating books after September 1. The li- l brarY is open now for the return of books