Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-06
WATERvlLLE.
Bucket Brigade Worked to Put Out
 Fire Yesterday.

Fire Yesterday.
 The lightning yesterday afternoon didn't do a thing to the farm house on Maple street in the Bucks Hill dis trict, which is owned by William M. Moseley, who drives one of the busi- ness wagons of the Scovill concern. It struck the roof and split it and set fire to the house. This occurred be- tween 3:3O and o'clock, and MT and Mrs Moseley were out fishing at the time, so it is said. When the fire was discovered it had gained much head way. As there is no fire department in this place a bucket brigade was formed which did yeoman service. Yet the house was almost completely gut ted. The furniture and belongings were removed safely from the house. The damage which is considerable. is covered by insurance. MT MoSley is q fortunate man. His insurance policy expired early last week and he had it renewed on July 4. ts
 Fred Ryder of Waterbury has ac- cepted q position as machinist with the Welch Hosiery Co. t9
 The funeral of Mrs Amelia Murphy took place from Mulville's morgue this morning.
 Adam Wendell has returned from a visit with friends in New York.
 w. Fl. Babcock has added a tele- phone to the office equipments of the Waterville Cutlery Co.
 A regular meeting of Goodwill lodge, K. of F., will be held in Pythian hall tonight.
 MT McCann of Mount Tobe received paralytic stroke while working about his farm on Saturday. He was re- moved in Mulville's ambulance itot the home of his son. Letter Carrier sThom- as McCann, 79 Walnut street, Water bury. MT McCann is a well known and highly respected resident of this place. He is one of the pioneer Irish residents of Waterbury and has q large circle of friends, all of whom earnestly hope that Mir McCann will safely and speedily recover from the effects of the shock.
 On Saturday afternoon the Water villes easily defeated the Pirates from Waterbury by the score of IS to l. Whoever told the Pirates that they knew how to play ball must have been suffering from some hallucination. They couldn't bat, they couldn't field, i they didn't know the rudiments of the | game. The locals had fun in knock | ing out singles, home runs, three-bag- gers, etc, at their will, and in running aorund the bases. The Pirates became tired of chasing the ball after, five in- nings and the game was called. Bar ker pitched a pretty game for the To- calls and McMahon did the catching in his usual good manner.
 Bride did not play with the Jeffer- sons yesterday. He wasn't around. Bride has been hitting the ball hard l of late. A timely three-bagger by him | won the game for the Jeffersons against the St Thomas Cadets on Dec oration day. As usual, the game was commenced late yesterday. The Jef- fersons are the people to blame. They didn't have their men around. The game should be started each Sunday T at 3:15 at the latest There would have been plenty of time to finish the game yesterday if it had been com menced about 3 o'clock. Umpire Coughlan ought to resign. He is sim ply rotten. The game was called dur ing the last half of the fifth inning, the score standing 4 to 8 in favor of the St Josephs. The game will be played off in the near future.