The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-09-25
DERBY.

Sept. 24.-TaX Collector A. H Alling
is showing an energy and an, executive
ability Lot every years seen in the COL
lector of dues. His theory and prac-
tice are like that of Roosevelt, that a
statute until repealed should be OBJ
served, and when law directly at
taches 6 penalty TO a delinquent,
lien on the property, or if need be, on
the body of the slow one shall be
straightway levied. Every year there
are scores of fellows who absolutely
refuse to pay military or poll tax
They have in previous years been suf-
Rered to go Scott free. This time Mr..
Alling in a firm, but courteous manner,
informs all that the taxes must be
forthcoming. Some arrests have been
made, and the claims have been set
tied Growls have been heard and
thick lips have betokehed an inward
oucking at the law, but the money has
mad to come, and on the LIST of Octo
Der the Textbook will show a fine gain. on
previous exhibits. Mr.. Alling has ex
ceeded his most sanguine friends ex-
pectations In his zeal and success at
the gathering of the city's, imposts.
Early this morning as an electric
car with trailer was descending
Main street the car in tow jumped the
rail, and general mess or mixup of
trolley conveyances ensued. No injury
to life followed, and the day has been
a lively one for the mechanics in the
employe of the company, to return the
sportive carriages to their bed and
rail-
The electric road again resumes its
catering to the pleasure seeker by bull
letining several acrobatic or aerial
gymnastics at the Lake park for the
present week.
The baseball season is nigh at it's
close, but the lover of sports is to be re-
called In all probability by a series of
football matches, local elevens chiefly
figuring in these contests
The anti-license war cry is being
heard in the borough of Shelton. Last
year the merchant in wet goods found
this place an uncongenial environment,
and the temperance people propose
again to drive the devil to his hiding
place. There is no doubt but that the
citizens have enjoyed a year of repose,
and that on the popular vote the sa-
loon will have to go away for another
twelve months from the town of Hunt
ington.
Last night for the first time in the
history of the opera house a play,
akspeare-Hamlet, was produced. A
test was made of the support the public
would give to nice representation of
the leading tragedy.
Mortimer Hubbell and his son, Ho
bart, had conference with the prose
Friday evening, the result of which was
that Mortimer agreed to pay SIS with
costs for selling liquor illegally, and
his son $50 with costs for the same Of
Tense. The parties are farmers living
on White Hills.
Mrs. McElvaney who while suffering
from dipsomania, inflicted two ragged
gashes on her abdomen week ago
yesterday, is improving at the Bridge
port hospital
Barton, Beardsley and Moyle of the
class of '9S Wesleyan have returned to
college. Brittin and James Bassett go
next Monday to Washington, Conn and
WillieAlling enters the Sheffield Scien-
tific school ON Thursday.
A new drop curtain for the opera
house, portraying "The Plains of Troy"
was painted in Waterbury and hung
for the first time last Saturday evening
at the O'Neill play.
DR.. Baldwin becomes the health Of
ficer of Derby week from to-day.
Several wells for the first time in
their history on the east side or in old
Derby have succumbed to the exhaust
and give no more.
The Bassett homestead on Fifth
street, lately the 'Griswold sanitarium,'
will be occupied shortly by Mrs. George
Wood for a boarding house.
A prominent manufacturer of Shelton
remarked yesterday that the Interrupt
ton by the sprees of workmen in his
factory had cost the concern in losses
to work a sum reaching almost $1,000 for
the past year. Here is surely a theme
fit for the temperance agitator.