Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-04
NAUGATUCK NEWS
Yc7ng Mems Catholic Institute Elected
 Officers Last Night.

Elmer Deegan, Daniel O'Connor, Pat rick Began and Frank kiely.
 Lowest prices on record in our great clearance sale. Moriarty'S Wa Ierbury Furniture Co.
 Deputy Grand Sachem Carl Foster of Bridgeport raised the newly elect ed chiefs of Natatuc Tribe. No 9, I. Q. R. M., to their proper stumps last night. Prophet Frank Squires; sachem, Charles Thomas, senior sachem, Jacob Keeling, junior sachem. Saunders; c. of w, John Broderick; K. of w., George Rumney.
 Division No l. A. Q. H., will hold its regular meeting tonight. All members are requested to De present
 Charles Mayser of New Haven was in town to-day calling on friends.
 The commissioners on benefits and damages will meet tomorrow morn ing at 9 o'clock. A special effort will be made tomorrow to finish up tlllS case and the commissioners say they will remain in session ali day if neces- sary.
 We offer values in our great clear ance sale never equalled. Moriarty s Waterbury Furniture Co.
 Proprietor Martin of the notorious Cotton Hollow house, was arrested night before last on a charge of selling liquor without a license and was taken to Beacon Falls yesterday to be given trial but a justice could not be found so he was brought to Naugatuck and confined in the lookup. When the Off1- cerS searched the place for liquor none could be found but it is claimed that they have evidence enough to convict him. Martin got q tip that the ofti- cers were after him for selling with out license and he skipped out and went to Danbury, put he came back and was arrested. The coroner has given no verdict in this case yet but it is to be hoped that he will before the week is out as the people around town are looking for it.
 The work in the Beacon Falls rub Der factory is slack at the present time and it is reported that several of the workmen are to be laid off until further notice on Saturday night.
 Superintendent r. F. Schaffer re- turned last night from New York city, where he had been attending q meet ing of the directors of the United States Rubber Co.
 Thomas Bonner of New York city was in town yesterday on business.
 A number of persons spend the even nSS Ill en1OylnS the SOou ShdtluS Ou the ponds around town.
 A drowning accident was narrowly Ayerted yesterday afternoon on the Woolen Mill pond. Thomas O'Lough- lin, Jr, of Cherry street, was running benders with a crowd of his young companions when the ice broke and young O'Loughlin went through. The boy would undoubtedly have been drowned but for the efforts of two men who happened to be passing at tue time. They succeeded in pulling the young man out.
 MT Haubisch of Claremont, x. H., is visiting Joseph Norwood of Main street.
 Last night about 6 o'clock when the Platt'S Mills wagon was returning to the barn the front axle snapped and threw the occupants of the wagon cut. But for the prompt manner in which the horses were stopped it might have resulted seriously, but as it was all the occupants escaped with q shak- ing up.
 The Naugatuck High School Glee club is to give an entertainment at the Gem opera house on Wednesday even- ing, January 9th, 1901. The canta Ia The Village Blacksmith" will be sung and general good concert will be given.
 A large number of visiting mem bers of the New England Order of Protection are expected to be present st the meeting of Rubber City lodge. tonight in Eoresters' hall. Grand Secretary F. D. Guimel of New Haven will be present. Refreshments will be served and an entertainment given after the business meeting is over.
 It was reported around town last night that a number of the Swedish population had got together and taken up a subscription for the purpose o1 probing the mysterious death of Jer- aid AIelberg on the evening of Decem- Der 22. It was also reported that the coroner was expected to give his yer. dict to-day and that it would proba- bly, be accidental death as report has it that the coroner had pretty good proof that Melberg was accustomed to walking in his sleep and probably did so on this fatal night and tumbled out tn, window to his death.
 There were about twelve knights of the road in the room reserved fol them last night at the police station
 Things in the police circles in tow1 have been very slow since the new year started and it is the opinion o1 the writer that everybody has turned over a new lesiI ana ueciCeu 10 DecO1nt good There was no session of the court this morning.
 There will be an entertainment a1 Harrigari hall tomorrow night fol members of tie D. o. H. and theil friends
 The funeral of Michael Sabia was held this morning from St Francis's church. Interment was in St James's cemetery.
 The Salem Spring Ice company: men are cutting ice on the new dan this week. Ice is about twelve inches thsclz-
 An alarm of fire from box 2 situat ed on Ward street, about 9:3O this s morning, caller the firemen 10 one o1 fhe cottages on Ward street, occupied n9 q. 0. May, where a fierce fire wa: s r6Hing. The firemen turned on two < 1fxeqms of water and soon had tht 4n1neg under control.
 zssf;- hnmas Gather. of Hancock sta Md., killed four big hogs tha been fed on the refuse from 16oxe and Ohio dining car Whi1