Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-05-10
DOWN THE VALLEY.
Brilliant Reception By Queen Of th
 Forest Circle.

Forest Circle.
 The warm weather of last evening did not prevent the members of Queen of the Forest circle, c. of F., giving an elegant reception and social at Foresters' hall, Naugatuck. In the way of entertainment after the address of welcome by Chief Companion Mrs William Lates. there was very good singing " Mrs B. A. Peck, Miss Meta Peek, Miss Mary kieruan, Miss Eulalia Murphy, Messrs Barrick, Oakley, Fellows. O'Briep. Toohey and Burk; man. dolin duets by the Chapman sisters; violin solos by Edward McGovern and Thomas Erwin; a scene from Julius Caesar" by tho Clancy brothers; Barbara Frietchie,' by little Miss Lates; "An Engineers Story" by Con Shea, and Roger and I" by W. Fl. Kehoe. As all were heartily encored 1t made a continuous programme until the small hours of morning. Tables were arranged ar ound the hall and many en- joyed themselves at cards. The refresh ments commenced pouring in on the com paay soon after o'clock and continued until after midnight. It was one of the most enjoyable evenings of the season and one that the members of Queen of the Forest circle may feel proud of for some time to come.
 Our ice companies are delivering ice to families at forty cents a hundred pounds. One company is using coupon books for five hundred or one thousand pounds so that the family may know exactly what they are using by their stubs. The ice de- hvered is very fine.
 The Polander who was taken to the hos pital from the town farm was brought back yesterday to live with Swan, the other incurable. Inmate Ryan will have charge of the patients. Swans case is remark kable one.
 The shoe ticket at the rubber factories is getting larger. Work in the other de- partments does not incr ease in proportion to the shoes ordered.
 There is considerable dissatisfaction ex- pressed by owners of the new buildings in the course of erection because the work does not progress faster. Some of them claim that they will be considerably dam aged.
 Between fifty and sixty dcllars was netted by the ladies of Millville at their festival 1 on Wednesday evening.
 The band will play several selections in | front of Barnum's hall this ming b fore their social. The tickets for same are only twenty-five cents and the boys hope that many will buy even if they do not at tend. If We are going to have a band here our citizens will have to help sup port it.
 It is said that H H. Johnson is a strong candidate for superintt n lent of streets 1 Wiring for electric lamps is now being done in Phoenix shop. A number of poles were put up yesterday near the office en- trace for the use of cross wires from the plant to factories.
 The present center district school com mittee is: James Penrose, F. F. Shaffer James c. Murphy. The election of a new committee occurs early in June.
 The rise of wages at the foundry at Union City will affect about five hundred l employees. The company las received some heavy orders lately and hopes to make things boom.
 We have heard 1t talked around that Mir Patterson, who ran for collector, was roasted by the republicans. He no doubt had some republican votes against him. But Mir Shaffer polled 723 votes, Mir Lodge. who was on two tickets, 722, then came Patterson with 622, being from i5 to 90 ahead of any others on the republican ticket Consequently We fail to see where the roast comes in. The trouble was that there were too many de mocrats.
 The E. H. Darlington company is trying to arrange to move their feed storehouse from it's present location to Conran's land south of the postotfice on Water street.
 Attorney Sweeney is In New Haven to- day attending divorce case.
 There were two cases in the borough court this morning. Two men for drunk enness had judgment suspended. The subscribers who forwarded a petition to the traction company for a reduced fare to and from work, they being residents of Union City, have received word that the company refuses to make any less rate for their accommodation. As four-ffths of the Union City people walk to aud from work it looks as If the com pany was penny wise and pound foolish. ,"
 An alarm of fire at ? o'clock this after noon called the department to Unior City, | where fire was discovered in a shed at the rear of Dennis Linskeys house on Smith street. But lttle damage was done.
 Patrick Lannon has been visiting in New Britain.
 All kinds of printing neatly executed at the DEMOCRAT office.