The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-02

of vigilance, and so several of the wide
 awake youths have organized com pany to operate the hydrants. The
 young firemen work under the auspices
 of the main fire company, the Echoes. A unique advertising method is the
 ..mascots" that the Unitarian church is tselling to raise funds. The mascot lconsists of 9 framed panel, in the upper lcorners of which are medallion-sized
 portraits of the minister, Dr. Morgan, land wife. In the center of the panel is
 a horseshoe enclosing 8 half dollar.
 Above this is picture of a plain chap 'el, presumably the site of the original !, Unitarian house of worship. At the bottom of the panel are drawings of ithe proposed Unitarian edffice in Derby. The party who bids the highest for ithese .'mascots" secures the souvenir
 and becomes entitled to the expressing Iof his name on the church record.
 Just north of the Catholic church in Derby ground has been broken for a lconvent. This structure will be of brick land in architectural finish will be an attractive addition to the buildings lncw an ornament to the corner. The present convent is to be discarded as Isoon as the new one is completed.
 Judge Edwin B. Gager, president of the Derby public library in his annual report announces the operating ex- penses for the year concluding May 1, l1904, as s3,12aS9. During the twelve lmcnths more than forty thousand
 books have been lent, and an average
 daily circulation of 129 volumes has lbeen maintained About one-third of the money expended for books has been for the sake of the children, the intent Iof the donors of the library being that the library should supplement the work
 of the city schools Derby appropriates to this most valuable public institution the sum of $3.100.
 The preliminary work for the tenn Eporary bridge which is to span the tNaugatuck river while the concrete tsteel structure is being raised has com menced. There Is still much comment
 on the kind of brtdge the city has contracted to purchase A concrete steel is an experiment in this country land 1t remains to be proved whether this sort of a frame will endure. heavy
 traffic and big freshets. The ConsoIi ], dated railroad is now raising the grade of tha old Naugatuck road three feet
 to meet the pitch proposed for the new city bridge.
 1 The automobile fever has decidedly
 broken out in this quarter. The fellow
 who is driving a locomotive through
 the streets is not in the fashion in Derby this spring Several new autos iof big tonnage have appeared on the l 3thoroughfares the past week, and the number of touring cars going through the city is well nigh legion.
 The recent fire--that of Hubbell's sta bie in East Derby-has not been for gotten by any means. not alone be- cause of the, loss to the proprietor, but
 because of the revelation it has given to the people here of the worthlessness I ] of the law which makes any investiga l tion of any fire afi official procedure of the state fire marshal. There is but one opinion, and that is that Hubbell's fire
 was an incendiarism. There is still an equall confirmed notion that the in cendiary could have been found and with little Plnkerton work induced to ] 'pe2Gh." The suspect was fin the grip l of the marshal, and because the evil dence at the time was not convincing
 was allowed to go free. Had he been 1 kept a few days under official surveil- lance it is believed by very many that all open admission of the crime would have been forthcoming. As it is, the lad under cloud is now in sunny Italy land crime that could have been run | l |. flaw is certainly not impressing Derby people as one of any value to them.
 Mir. Warming, president of the Bir- rningham Iron Foundry. and MT Olo- ham, secretary of the Whitcomb Metal- l lie Bedstead company, are among the early tourists to take passage for the
 other side of the Atlantic.
 Mir. and Mrs. George l.. Beardsley have just returned from a ten days outing at Atlantic City. Mr. Beardsley
 is enthusiastic about the tonic proper ties of the ocean and daily tramp on i the famous board walk.
 | Lovers of baseball are active in start ling here an intertown baseball league
 The ends of the line will be Naugatuck and Shelton. Derby and vicinity can justly claim 8 good deal of strong ma teral in this form of outdoor sport, and
 the game is we'll patronized. The hitch lis, of course, the funds to maintain many clubs, but there Is enthusiasm
 sufficient wake up crowd at least every Saturday even to witness an ann ateur ball game. Years ago the Derby
 team drew a big concourse to the Lake park at many of the league contests.