Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-01
NAUGATUCK NUGGETS.

In the borough court this morning
 Morris DObkin. charged with the
 theft of copper wire from the South
 ern New England Telephone Co. was
 bound over to the superior court by
 Judge Hungerford, under bonds of l 5000.
 The Naugatuck High school basket 1 ball team went to Bridgeport yester-
 day and came home much disheart-
 cned over d defeat of 24 to 15, ad-
 minstered by the Bridgeport sophO-
 more team.
 The hremen'S baseball team has
 commenced practice and several were
 out yesterday afternoon.
 Court Minerva, l. o. F., will meet
 tonight.
 J. Emmet Hall, who attends school ill Andover. is visiting his parents,
 Mir and Mrs Joseph Hall of Ward street.
 It is said that Chick Lawson, the
 well known local wrestler. has been ; offered a position as instructor of the | Brooklyn Athletic club of New York.
 John Girslander will be the new l 1 day
 1 The Carpenters union will hold q | smoker this evening in FOreSterS' hall. l A number of NAugatuck fishermen went after trout this morning. Fish | stories of the big ones that got away ! will be in order tonight
 1 At last after much agitation Nauga- 1 t,I.,l hp,, .1i 1nf 1 carrier for the east side The cOndi- 1 ton of the mail service on the east | side has been anything but satisfactory
 residents in that vicinity have had 1 hard work ill finding their mail. Now
 a new carrier will he appointed ami i this will make matters on the East
 and residents in that vicinity have had l Side much better.
 At a meeting of the board of enduca- l tion the report of the committee ap ! pointed to select site for the new , school in the Bucks Hill district was ! accepted. The board granted substi- i ute teachers certificate to Miss Calls. 1 ia Fury of Ans0nia.
 The voters of the Hop Swamp school district in Middlebury at a meeting Thursday evening in the school house, voted to reinstate the school teacher. Miss Josephine DOwney. who was dis charged after q set to with committee man TreieaSe. Those who attended the meeting say they. will never forget it. The arguments some of the voters became warmed up over were very hl- driOUs and some of the adjectiveS that were used were of the regular Way Down East style. The following is the resolution adopted by the meeting: That the action of our present school committee in diScharging Miss Jose phine L. Downcy from her position she has held as school teacher in our dis
 trict is hereby disapproved and the
 committee is hereby instructed to re- instatc Miss Josephine l.. Downey in | her former position as q school teacher | In said district immediately and to pay her the salary agreed, upon, ,aby the school district committee in Saptcm- | ber, 1904. for the current year" When | the chairman called for rising vote all (even Mir Trelease. who said he did so out of politeness) present except
 Charles Brown stood up. All pres | ent looked at Brown but he did not
 move Finally some one said. Get up Brown and be a man; what's the | matter with you" Brown immediately popped up and the resolution was
 passed unanimously. The chairman of 1 the meeting. Frank Staufee. played the | part of a county chairman to perfcc- tion. His knowledge of parliamentary
 law was only equaled by the great Cushing himself. He took the chair without being elected and dealt out law and justice to all in grand fashion. | When some one moved to adjourn the | chairman gave his consent and the | meeting was ended by that worthy tell 1 ing the voters to put on their hats and coats it was all over