Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-01
NAUGATUCK COLUMN.
What our NeIShbOrs Down the Road
 are Talking About.

What NeIghbOrs Down the Road
 are Talking About.
 The Young Mems Catholic institute are arranging for some good talent to assist at their festival on June and 6. They are anticipating big rush.
 The Hibernians had the largest gate re- ceipts at theia picnic yesterday. of any they have ever given. Everything seemed to work in their favor. The owners of Linden park by small outlay could make a fine ground with a one third or one half mile track for foot CT bicycle races. that would we'll repay them for the invest light in not doing so.
 Our bank clerks will now have a half holiday on Saturdays which they with pleasant for the young ladies at the tennis court.
 A good thermometer showed eighty-nine degrees in the shade on Church street at12 o'clock Memorial day. Yesterday was much hotter.
 When the case of Jerry Shea was called yesterday for assault on his wife. who made the complaint, she refused to appear against him. Judge Hungerford held him. but suspended sentence.
 Notices were received by residents on Hillside avenue yesterday AS follows ''You are hereby notified that at a meeting of the warden and burgesses held May 27, 1895. the following vote was passed: "Voted, to amend the vote passed by the warden and burgesses at a meeting held April 26, 1895, ordering sidewalks on Meadow street and Hillside avenue to be completed before September 1, 1895. to be completed before July 1, 1895" The notices were signed by Warden Stevens. Some of the citizens to whom these notices were sent say they have not as yet received any notice of the width of of the walk, or the material to be used; whether there IS to be curb and gutter or each to go it alone. They think it would be we'll for borough officers to notify them at once if they expect it to be done by July l.
 "Trilby" was a drawing card from here last night. Probably fifty more would have gone up if they could have been sure of getting seats at the opera house.
 The unclaimed letters in the postoflice are addressed to Miss May Brennan, Katie Glynn, Mrs Anna Chipman, Mrs Kate McMahon, Mrs Georgiana Womack. Fred Barry. Frederic Krieg (2l. and Michael Luby.
 The billiard table and other stuff that was in Neary's building, near the depot, was taken this week to New Haven.
 Choir Master Minor has been to Twin Lakes this week hunting up location for his camping out party.
 The Naugatuck News says it accepted tickets for press notices for Cody's wild west show, which the gatemen refused to honor at the door. The proprietor threat ems, if they do not settle, to sue for the amount.
 Our death rate for May, which bid flair up to the middle of the month to be light, only two being reported up to that time exceeds last year by one. There were four teen deaths in all during the month. Of these two were less than one day old four as the result of diphtheria, at eleven monts, three. five and six years of age one, cause unknown, twenty-six days old ; two at eighteen months and tfty-twO years respectively, from pneumonia : one at nine years, from tubercular meningitis one at twenty nine; from nephitis two at thirty two and thirty-six years of age, from astl mia and one from tuberculosis at 36. In only one month last year were there over thirteen deaths. That was July, when we had eighteen. eleven of them being under five years of age. Our citi- by using plenty of disinfectants and cop peras about their drains can do much t. lower the death rate.
 Rufus w. Lewis, who for many years has been the correspondent here of the American. informs us that his relations with the paper cease to-day, his business matters requiring his time. Nr Lewis has been a very faithful writer for the paper. one with whom the DEMOCRAT representa- tive has ever been friendly while both en- deavored to give our citizens the most news. We think that neither has iu- dulged in any feeling. but that of working for the best interest of our employers. Neither do we consider MT Lewis at all responsible for the falling of of the Ameri- can here, and the constantly increasing de. mand for the DEMOCRAT. Mr Lewis will now have more time to devote to his mer- cantile business, and the new correspond ent, whoever it may be, will have to hustle to give the American better line of Nau- ga uck news than the DEMOCRAT. The venerable Bishop Williams con frmed a class of over fifty at St Mlchaels church last evening. The heat was very oppressive in the church.
 Doctors Futile and Johnson have just had their joint residence painted.
 The Good Will Social club will give their first picnic at Linden park on Satur' day, June s. The cutters and shoemakers of Phoenix shop will play game of ball on the grounds at 3:3O p. m.