Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-30
NAUGATUCK COLUMN.
A NIasher on Trolley Car Comes to
 Grief.

of the young miss. He also threw his arm so that it lay on the top of the rail across her back the hand grasping the rail. In a few moments the father | stood up in the car and brought his fist down with force on the young mans hand, who removed it immediately. He was iu- clined to be ugly, but found everybody Tn the fathers favor He protested innocence | but appearance was against him.
 Chief Fuller of the fire department makes a request that in case the streets are very dusty on Monday morning moderate amount of sprinkling be done, but not enough to make mud.
 MT and Mrs Louis Curtiss of Union City have arrived home from their wedding 1 trip.
 Wednesday was the thirty third birthday of the Rev A. c. Scott of the Swedish Lu- theran church. 1t being the regular even. ing for service goodly number assembled. At the close a social was held in the base ment at which purse of $7O was presented to the pastor.
 Mr and Mrs Samuel Hopkins expect to leGye for their home in Toledo in day or two.
 Michael Shannahan, the contractor, has up the frame for the new west side school house.
 | It is singular that while our two dailies have each day told their readers that they were unable to supply the demand tor them the DEMOCRAT has not only held it's own but increased it's circulation here. Any person who tries it for one week will con- tinue to takeit The price is two cents a copy, or twelve cents a week, delivered at your home by tea time.
 Do not miss the parade at noon to-mor l Vn1 xuin nn1U hnor O0nH hand but will see quite fine company, all art ists.
 | Warden Stevens is having a good job done in putting new blanks on the bridge, which were sadly needed It would have | been done before but the warden could not procure blanks.
 | German took young Demo iD full rig to Waterbury yesterday. It was worth trip to that city to see him stow away the good things of life at the supper last night. | Deputy Sheriff Sweeney had his whiskers trimmed yesterday so that the wind would not catch in them while running bases at the ball game.
 About one hundred partook of the off, cial supper at Waterbury last night. It was gotten up by Bradley at the Hub Dining rooms and would have done credit to any house. Mayor Kilduf presided and Nsugatuck was very we'll represented. There was kicking in the ball game but none at the table.
 HI Henry's minstrels will be at the Gem opera house tomorrow night. Do not miss going to see and hear them. Frederic Schaffer, son of Superin- tendent Schaffer of the Glove company, will attend the military school at Peeks- kill, N. Y., this season. It is conducted l ha nf kha nj Of New York.
 John M. Page & Go will furnish Dr Gortons new residence with a hot water heating apparatus
 The German Mannerchor are arranging for a big time on Monday. Two hines from the Phoenix shop will furnish the ball game, which will be oniy one of the festures of the day. The admission will be twenty-five cents.
 The Ansonias and the Y. NJ. Q. | nine are playing here to-day.
 Miss Edith Hotchkiss gave a euchre party last night
 The special excursion to morrow to Glen island. via New York. New Haven & Hart ford railroad in connection with the boat at Bridgeport, at the low rate of $1 for the round trip, will me ct with favor from cur citizens, many of whom will go. Excur- sionists will have three hours at the island at the tune of day when large crowds will be there.
 The Citizen says that some of the Nauga- tuck amateur actors think that our remarks as regards amateur talent cutting holes in the scenery in the opera house, reflects discredit on them that they do not deserve. As there are several amateur companies in the borough, it possibly may be that his | ;,,E4 k, I,l oY1k kha holn hT,f xrye will say this much, that wo have had the management of A number of amateur con- | panies and fail to remember one amateur | performance that there was not more oI less damage done to scenery through care lessness or ignorance, ard furthermore, we have sat in the Gem opera house within the past three years and witnessed a hole being cut directly through a flat scene to allow those in the rear to look through And we know that MT Beardsley has col, lected quite number of times for dam age done to scenery by amateur companies Our advice to the house managers is te put the stage effects into the hands of some reliable rarty and hold him respon. sible.
 Voting either 'yes" or mo" on the aims house question will be going on to-day when this paper reaches you. We do no believe there is any job in the deal oi erecting new building We believe with t the state board of charities. that the present 5 building is unfit for the uses to which ar almshouse is applied. The sanitary condi tion is bad and the basement is damp. Tc D lay out two or three thousand dollars on , such building is folly. and we hope oul 3 citizens will vote ''yes" About every manufacturing concern 1T town will close down on Labor day. This will give the employees two days rest, it , falling on Monday, or days enjoymen , in or out of town.
 We have every reason to believe that M Andrews built the stores on the Woodfori Q lot to the grade gwen him by the borougl engineer; also, that he was justified il cutting away the embankment Tn front O thera, so that walk can be laid. Tn curious part of the matter is to know wha is going to be done with the balance, neither party being ready to lay a sidewalk, and { two foot rise is left in the walk for our pedes trians to get over until something is don 2 by our borough officials
 Josiah Coleman received dispatch } es terday announcing the death of a nephew named N. G. WIlbor at Windsor. He at tended the funeral to-day.
 The steps to the Tolles residence, jus put down by Harry Hctchkiss show ve :. lofty to us mortals here below. Still it is ' very pretty place, with fine view whel once you are up on Falrview avenue.
 One of our readers wants to know wh, we do not publish the correct names o parties tried in the borough court, w. take the names as given on police blotter If they are fclitions we are not resronsikl for it.
 Parents about town are busy gettin their children ready for school on Tuesda., next. There will probably be a surplu until one of the new buildings is finished
 Haring the baker expects to, have hi
 new store ready to occupy by the 20th o n September. He will take the stairs ava . from the fr0nt of the other building. wbic