Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-15
NAueATUcK NEWS
Narrow Escape on Trestle Saturday
 Night in This Town.

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 An unknown man had narrow es- cape from being killed by the 5:35 train on Saturday night. According to all accounts the fellow was crossing tue trestIe above Maple street when the train came along and he had to get over the side of the trestle and hang there The train came to the north end Of the trestle and stopped there while the conductor came along to the man and gave him a call for walking the trestle. This man was fortunate in escaping and should in the future avoid railroad bridges.
 Court Salem, r. of A., will meet to- night. All members are requested to be present.
 Attorney Bowen spent Sunday with friends in Ansonia.
 Miss Annie Brennan of Colchester is spending a few days with friends in town.
 Miss Kittie AIaginnis, who has been visiting friends in town for the past few days, has returned to her home in Bridgeport.
 The parochial school was reopened to-day after a ten days vacation.
 Pores. fires have been raging on all sides of the town for three of four days past and considerable damage has re- suited from the same. A fierce fire ragged on the side hill of Cherry street yesterday and although it made pret- ty sight to look at from the center bridge 1t certainly was not a pretty sight to look at from the owners point of view This is thought to be the work of boys and if some of them are caught it will go hard with them, as fs.<. r.fr
 A permanent order of the Lady Mac cabees was formed in Foresters' hall on Saturday night. A number of yis- itors from out of town were present and after the business session a socIal session was held.
 William Thompson of Terryyille spent Sunday with friends in town.
 Thomas Martin of New Haven spent Sunday with friends in town.
 Miss Maggie Deegan, who attends the state normal school of New Haven, spent Sunday at her home on Cherry street.
 The baseball season will open here Wednesday when the x. H. S., and Ansonia H. S., will meet at Athletic field for the first game in the Inter- scholastic league. The members Of this team have been around town for the past week selling season tickets so as to obtain money enough to put the field in good condition for the games and according to all reports they have sold number of tickets. The boys worked all day Saturday on the field and 1t is expected that it will be in good condition to play on Wednes- day.
 There will be hot basketball game at the opera house on Thursday even- ing of this week, when the Sterling team of the Waterbury r. NJ. c. A., will line up against the local r. M. C.. A. team.
 The board of warden and burgesses will meet tomorrow night M
 Thomas -Keon of Bridgeport spent Sunday with friends in town.
 Frank Boline of Hillside avenue is confined to the house by sickness.
 Mrs Victor Gambozzie of Brooklyn, Y. Y- is visiting friends in town.
 James Ruskin of Hartford was in town yesterday. Oar
 The members of the senior class oi the High school, will give play in the near future The receipts Of the play are to be used to defray the different expenses of the class.
 Chief of Police Smith and Officer Malone rounded up two of the gang known as the Cherry street gang last night and gave them a lecture and told them to go home. The chief says that he will put stop to this business of gangs holding up the crowds ana insulting people. He has secured the names..of all of the members of the. different gangs and the boys should be very careful as he will keep his word and break them up if they do anything contrary to law.