Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-28
NAUGATUCK COLUMN.
Cost of Maintaining the schools For
the Year just Closed.


school committee and treasurer was &C
cepted and apr roved at the district meet
ing held last night. The entire expense
of the year to the district was $2S. S26. 16.
of which the teachers received Sl1 1856 60;
interest, 81, 102 so; fuel, 1880 81; legal ex-
penses, $3.50; printing, $50 .95; Insurance.
ST. so; extraordinary expenses, Sc, 1850
janitors, 81 ,0S3. 65; cleaning schools and
care of ground. $2l0.43; repairs and sup
plies, $S62 %; officers. 06; loans. 81 200.
The entire indebtedness of the district is
Sal 10000. After acceptance of report the
matter of tax to meet Indebtedness was
taken up and discussed by FL. c. Baldwin,
William Kennedy. Mr. Penrose and others
On motion of Mr. Baldwin a ten mill tax on
list of 1894. payable on or before
the first Monday IN January, 1896.
was laid. The matter of building
lot on east side was then taken up. MIR
Penrose stated that the committee had
offered Mrs Perry 1900 for $50 front
feet on Hill street, and that she demanded
81, 500 for the same. After much discus
sion Mr. Kennedy moved that the district
committee and board of education be in
structed to select site for a school build
ing on the east side. not further south
than Wiley's line. and to rapoIt back to
the meeting two weeks from last night for
On motion of 4 G. futile 1t was voted
that the meeting locate the West Side
school house on the lot recently purchased
by the committee. 4 rising vote was
taken. it being nearly unanimous. on mo-
ton OF William Ward. The vote fixing
the salary of district tax collector at $65
was rescinded and the matter left in the
hands of the district committee. 4 mo-
ton of Mr. Conran to fix the salary of
chairman of district committee at $500 per
year. was lost. it being the sense of the
meeting that the matter should be left to
their own Judgment.
In the borough court to-day Thomas
Delaney was sentenced to the town farm
for ten days for drunkenness.
The Joseph Smith gold medal to the
best pupil in the High school, was award
ed to Mamie Lynch this morning. The
school was to have had a picnic at High
Rock grove this afternoon. This evening
an entertainment will be given in Salem
school.
Two or three of our citizens have gone
to see the boat race on the Thames to-day.
Quite party is being made up for a
trip down the sound on July 4.
We Lave had three more deaths thus far
this month than in June, 1894.
Do not forget the picnic of Hibernian
Rifle company at Linden park tomorrow
afternoon and evening.
Rain interfered with work on the streets
yesterday, and also with Days men. who
are laying pipe across Maple street into
Glove shop. 1t also made considerable
difference with trade at our stores, more
especially as it was an open night, with a
pay day at one OF our large factories.
which as a general thing adds good deal
TO the days trade.
July comes in on Monday, which is also
the regular monthly meeting night of the
board of edu cation. ON Tuesday evening
the board of burgesses will hold their
regular monthly meeting and on Thursday
the fire department meeting should be held.
although as it is a holiday it may so over
to some other night. The board OF charities
will also meet on Wednesday evening.
Union City school district makes good
showing this year. The expense Of run
ming the school was St. ass As. of which
81. 409. 60 was paid for teaching; $l9S for
janitors' fees: $50 for cleaning; $I62 IS for
repairs; $S4 9S for new furniture and sup
plies; $l76 20 for fuel; $SS. 40 for insurance:
81 10 for advertising; 1900 for
loans; $40 for committees salary,
$3l "a for interest; SIS for col
lecting tax and $ll,74 for enumerating.
The liabilities of the district are 81 200.
The officers-elect for the coming year are:
F. NJ. Twitchell, district committee; Sam.
uel Marshall. clerk and collector; Homer
Twitchell, treasurer Ten regular teachers
and one substitute have been employed.
The Rev Father Lenahan is expected
back from his outing tomorrow. The Rev
Mr. Sonle returned from Massachusetts,
yesterday.
Miss Catherine Donahue and Joseph J.
Moss were married at st Francis church
yesteId day by the Rev Father Tanning.
Teresa Donshue was the maid of honor
and Michael Brennan best man.
The machinery of the Glove shop will
run for the next five week day nights to
get stock ahead so that the inspectors can
get three days at the boilers the latter part
of next week. The Phoenix shop will only
shut down for one day. the fourth. BY
this method the employees at Glove shop
| will lose only one half days time and have
a chance to make a three days visit.
The whittemore family are occupying
| there this week.
Chief Hosford has a pocketbook, picked
up on the street, containing lot of Insur-
aUCe plAnkS-
Probate Judge Benton yesterday ap,
pointed Martha l.. Conkling executrix of
the estate of the late Sarah =. Bates. Mrs
Conkling is the sole legatee under the will.
Some of the relatives OF the deceased, resi-
dents of New Jersey, were here yesterday,
but after hearing the will read, departed
without waiting for the hearing the wife
of brother simply remarklng, Wasn't
she awful
Superintendent of the Poor Langford
made application to Probate Judge Benton
for an order OF committal to send Mrs
Daniel Cullnane to the insane asylum
at Middletown. She was taken there
| to-day.
Lightning played a curious freak on the
William Collins place at Bethany yester-
| day. He had some three hundred feet of
stone wall. over which two lines of baroed
wire fence was run on posts. The light
ming struck this wire and broke up fully
200 feet of it, beth lines, in pieces from
one eighth to six inches long. The balance
| of the line is left colored with a coating
| that looks like sulphsr. A tree that stood
beside the fence was stripped of leaves,
| they lying under the tree as if cut up with
| a chopping knife. The lightning passed
of into the ground leaving hole 70 mark
the place.