Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-31
NAUGATUCK NUGGETS.
School Children Carried the Flowers to
 Decorate Soldiers Graves.

Decorate Soldiers Graves.
 Yesterday passed off quietly in Naug- atuck. The banks, postoffice, the fac tories and schools were closed all day, and nearly all of the stores and busi- ness houses closed at noon. Large crowds of people were about the streets all day and the usual number of holl- day drunks were conspicuous, but no disturbances of a serious nature were reported to the police, and all together Decoration day in this borough was a very quiet one. The different events in the amusement line were well at tended. Both the base ball game in the morning between the local fire lad dies and the Hibernian picnic in the afternoon drew out large number of people. At 10:3O a. m. the G. A. k. veterans, led by the Naugatuck drum corps, visited the St Francis and Hill side cemeteries and decorated the graves of their deceased comrades. The flowers used in the decorating were carried by about sixty school children. That the ranks of Isbell post, c. A. R., have thinned out in the past few years, and there are but very few of those noble, patriotic men who in the trying days of '61 to 65 stood nobly by the Union and fought hard to preserve her, and that it is only question of few years when the last veteran will have passed away and the sight of the old veteran of the Union army performing the work of honoring their dead com rades on Decoration day will also have passed away, can be plainly seen when one looks at the small rank to-day and when he thinks of the well filled ranks of years ago.
 In the borough court yesterday morn ing man named Charles Smith was charged with non-support of his wife. The prisoners wife testified that he | (Smith) left home a few days ago and said he would not return. She also said that he had given her only $2 in some time. Smith denied the charges against him and stated that his wife and him could not get along. and that she told him to leave the house and he did. Judge Hamilton gave Smith the choice of spending sixty days in jail or putting up a bond of $125 that he would pay his wife S4 week, and the prisoner chose the latter and was | with striking his mother-in-law, the prisoner was fined $3 and costs and given warning by the court. Tn the borough court this morning Martin O'Donnell was sentenced to 100 days in jail for beating his wife. The as sault was one of the most brutal eyer brought to the notice of the local court officials and showed the prisoner to be most brutal man. The prisoner wife testified against him, stating thai he broke a four-pound teapot on hel shoulder and otherwise abused her, an6 that when some of the neighbors came in to pacify him he hit them on the head with a fat-iron. Mrs O'Donnelrs testimony was corroborated by MT anC Mrs Hackett and Michael J. H. Fitz patrick. Both MT and Mrs Hackett wore bandages around their heads where they received the wounds from the fiat-iron wielded by the prisoner Prosecuting attorney Sweeney saC that no punishment was too great fol the prisoner. and he further said tha all the witnesses had known MT: OsDonnell to be hard working. indus t1rouS woman, and that she was not o1 a quarrelSOme nature, and, continued MT Sweeney, she never did bad dee( according to what the witnesses say but if she did the only bad deed sh, had done was committed when sht married Martin O'Donnell. The pris Oner at first did not wish to say any thing, but changed his mind after time and told a version of the affai .. favorable to himself. When he hat finished he asked not to be sent to jail but Judge Hamilton promptly sen fenced him to 100 days in jail.
 The fire department base ball tean did not go to Torrington to-day. Tn, Torrington firemen sent word last even ing that they would be unable to play consequently the game was cancelled
 Tomorrow evening the members o Isbell post. G. A. R., in full uniform will attend service at St Francis church, by invitation of the Rev Fathe Sheridan. A sermon appropriate to.th occasion will be preached by the Re, Father Slocum of Waterbury.
 There will be q meeting of the war den and vestry of St Michaels churcl Monday evening in the rectory.
 Joseph Reynolds, for many years il the employ of Contractor Sewell Ina
 resigned his position and in few day
 will start in business for himself il
 company with his brother, Vincen ID 11.