Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-01
NAUGATUCK COLUMN.
Edison A. Judd of Melrose, Fla, is visit ing relatives and friends here.

Owing to Thursday keing a holiday, when most of the stores will close they will keep open on Wednesday night to &C., eommodate their customers.
 The news regarding work in the shoe facto- ries for the fall and summer months is very encouraging. large orders piling in daily. The Durham hosiery and box shop are all so working full time. Business at Union City is also brisk. This borough will be booming soon.
 This will be a busy week for a good many here who expected to get away for few days to visit friends, but owing to our large factories being idle but one day for the Fourth, cannot do so, so they have to do the next best thing. Several parties are making up for Quassapaug. Coney Island, High Rock, Stratford, the Hiberni- an picnic at Waterbury, the Y. NJ. 0. l. base ball game at Derby, where they play the Welcomes of Ansonia, and big crowd will go there, the Foresters' picnic at Lin den park, and a dozen other places to get away for a day from town that has not life enough to get up celebration to en- certain their own people at home and draw hundreds of people from out of town to see it. Our women antfA children who are obliged, to stay at home by looking toward Fairview avenue between S:10 and 9 o clock
 
 elegant display of fireworks rising in the air in honor of the day. which many of our people will return in time to see Some of the new houses on the hill are liable to be illuminated. Any place Tn the borough from which you can obtain view of Illy's and Tolles' new buildings will be a good place to see the fireworks. Meadow street and Church street near the parish house will be A good location.
 The rain of Saturday clme near spoilir g the Hibernian Rifle company picnic It StoE ped just in time to allow the ball game between the cutters and shoe makers of Phoenix shop to be played, the score at the close standing eight to six, in favor of the cutters. The game was stopped on the seventh inning owing to it being too dark for the umpire to see the ball, although one side insisted on going ahead while the other declared the ball could not be seen Judge Hungerford was chosen umpire. The stakes were $10 side, held by Charle s Reed. The umpire just missed being knocked out by the ball which he could not see, before he notified the side that the game might go on, but he was going to quit, which he dld. We could not find out whether the stakes were paid over or not. Both sides are anxious for another meet ing.
 The stockholders of the water company voted at their meeting on Saturday night, to raise the dam at the reservoir and thus increase their capacity. They were also rather surprised to fiud, however, when they come to talk of raising the capital stock in amount, that they had neglected a very important item, in the way of not notifying the secretary of state, of their intention of doing so within six month of time of special act was passed, that would enable them to do so. An effort will be made at Hartford this week to get a slight extension of time granted them for the purpose.
 Superintendent Langford is having the basement of the town hall building cleaned up and whitewashed. It has needed it for some time past
 Mrs Jonas Wood has an auction sale ad- vertised for to-day of all her belongings in the restaurant and boarding house near the depot She has become tired of the business.
 Mrs Kate Dooley indulged too freely on Saturday evening and was gathered in un- der Chief Hosford's care. She was soon bailed Her case was continued for thirty days this morning. Matthew Walsh also loaded up yesterday morning with cluster dew, and he was taken Tn for Judge Hun gerford to operate upon. He was fined $9 S6 John Comiskey was fined $l0 and Joseph Colaster $9 61 for lntoxication Benjamin Mcdonald was discharged on condition that he leave town. John Mooney has renewed his lease of the Weary building, corner of Main street and depot for three years from to-day. This is the building over which there has been so much contention, as regards stairs on Maple street, filling up over half of the sidewalk. MT Mooney has also purchased the residence of A. H. Dayton on Hillside avenue. where he will reside. The sale was effected through James E. Sweeney. The title will be passed to-day. William Weary, who wanted the place for a resi- dence had the refusal of it, but declined to give the price asked.
 The lead pipe crossing Meadow street supplying some house on Church street is burst. The water coming up through the ground in front of the Dr Gerish resi- dence.
 Father Lenahan arrived back on Satur- [ay and conducted the services before large audiences at St Francis church yes- terday. The congregations at the other churches was light owing 10 the rain. The musical programme at the Congregational was nice rendered The Young People, s society of the church have voted to dis band. Their closing service was held last evening. There will be no meeting of the Ladies Aid society this week or of Boys brigade.
 Who has lost a chatelain chain and charm? One was picked up by lady yesterday morning while returning from first mass at St Francis church. It was found near the library building.
 An electric light is now doing duty nightly in front of John M. Pages resi- dence on Church street