Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-10-28
NAUGATUCK NUGGETS.

There were mid-weeks services in the parish house last evening. .
 The United Gas Co is laying 300 feet of main on Washington street. The Starlights and Thomaston teams are playing on the Hotchkiss field this afternoon.
 Fred Wilson and Edward Cunning are visiting friends in Torrington and Winsted to-day.
 Miss Jennie Marston, who has been visiting here. returned yesterday to her home in Chicago.
 Ernest Wood has the contract for the painting of Thomas North's house on Mayfield street. ..
 The degree team of the Foresters will hold a meeting in Foresters' hall tonight at 8 o'clock.
 Quite a large crowd from here at tended the basketball game in Wa terbury last evening.
 Miss Nellie Dody of New Haven, who has been visiting in the borough for the past week, returned home yester- I day. -.. I Services will be held in the Union City chapel tomorrow morning and evening. Sermons by the Rev Mir Smith.
 Several people from this place at tended the Knights of Columbus dance in Ansonia and report having spent an enjoyable evening.
 Several of the sports now have q chance to go hunting, for the shop is now shut down and the leaves are all off the trees. which makes hunting pleasing pastime for those who have guns.
 There are invitations out for several Halloween parties on Tuesday night and there is no doubt but what sey eral places will nave masked parties, which is great source of amusement to young and old.
 The contractors and builders of this place report having very hard time to hire labOring men at most any wages. One contractor offered $25 tt. other day to any man who would get him fifty laborers.
 Tuesday night is Halloween and the small boys as we'll as many of the large ones will be out for a little fun, but as there will be several extra po- licemen on duty it will pay the large ones to be wise in regard to their acts of mischief
 The many friends of Edward French, late of this place but who is now em- ployed in Waterville. and has beel confined to the house for the past few weeks. will be pleased to hear that he is again able to be around the house for short time each day. i John J. German has been awardeG -the contract to build three-story building for William F. McDermott on the corner of Spring and Anderson street. \. A. French has the contract | for the mason work and cellar and will begin the work in q few days.
 There will be a smoker held tonight by the Swedish Glee club at the Swedish republican hall on Bridge street. There will be a speech by Mir Sundin of Waterbury, as we'll as music and singing. No admission will be charged. Everybody invited.
 The old building which lately stood in the rear of the depot on Railroad avenue has been torn down and carted away. Several other buildings which are standing near there will also be torn down to make room for the new track which they are going to put through there.
 To Pop Foster of Bridgeport we wish to say that in regard to his piece in the Bridgeport Farmer which the Naugatuck News printed last evening, the playing of the Bridgeport high school team was nothing exceptional and that none of the Bridgeport play CTS was seen here with any game legs