Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-08-10
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 The Gideon Welles Naval associa- tion held it's twenty-third annual re- union at Savin Rock yesterday A business meeting was held during the morning at which routine business was transacted. Following this meeting a dinner was served at which. among others, Congressman Lewis Sperry spoke.
 The present owners of the once popular Suburban Park in Unionville are making many improvements, fit- ting up the buildings for summer houses, and are expending consid- erable sum in cleaning the mud from the bottom of the pond, thereby mak- ing it pretty lake.
 Members of Company G, First regi- ment, c. N. G., South Manchester, were busy at their armory last night packing their chests and getting ready for their departure for camp Saturday morning. The baggage will leave this noon and detail will ac- company it from the company. Some of the members will sptnd the night in the armory.
 | Susan Thomas, a young woman who lives at 201 Lamberton street, New Haven, went into Marks drug store at 403 Howard avenue early yesterday morning and asked for a prescription to be put up. The clerk heard a noise while he was filling the order and looking out, alleges that he saw Miss Thomas with her hand in the money till. The girl was ar rested.
 The parishoners of the Sacred Heart parish. Bridgeport, where the Rev Father Lafilin laborered before coming to St Patrick's, have request I cd Father Lafilin to pay them visit. | They don't say what they want him | for, but 1t is an open secret that well filled purse awaits him, together with resolutions expressing the esteem in which Father Lafilin is held by the people of that parish.
 Peach growers in Plainville are lcpmplaining that their crops are in danger from new and unexpected source. This locality has hordes of yellow jacket hornets, which are doing deadly work to both fruit and owners. The fellow pests sting the peaches, causing decay and drop ping of the fruit from the trees. On numerous occasions they have also attacked the owners and drove them from the orchards. Like the good roads of Farming ton. the tar sidewalks were gotten at great expense. and 1t seems too bad to have them broken into pieces by heavy teams driving across without even throwing down a board or rail to prevent the edges from being crushed in. There have been many complaints about the driving of cows on the sidewalks. This Is a matter for the burgesses to consider at the next meeting.
 Officer Frank Johns of Terryville went to Bristol early yesterday morn ing and informed Chief-of-Police Ern- est T. Belden that horse and buggy belonging to Josiah Woods of Terry vile had been stolen from the barn Wednesday night or Thursday morn ing. A description of the stolen team was given the police, when Chief Bel den was called up by telephone and notified that the horse had put in an appearance and was not stolen after all.
 1t looks now as if P. s. McMahon, the owner of the Majestic theater in New Britain, might run it next sea- son. H. H. Jennings of Hartford has paid the rent up to October 1. Ac- eording to the terms of the agree ment with BIT McMahon the company had the right to the house for ten years, but it is claimed by MT Jen- nings the agreement was made void as the provisions had not been lived up to. Mir McMahon says he is pre- pared to conduct the house on metropolitan basis and felt 1t would pay.
 Mayor Daniel P. Dunn of willfman- tic has received communication from the American-France Fire En- zine Co to the effect that the two combination hose carriages and chem ical engines which the city ordered soem time ago would be shipped Au- gust Is. The company promised Mayor Dunn on several occasions that it would deliver the engines in a cer- tain date. but always failed to do SO Mayor Dunn began to look upon the matter as having gone far enough and he wrote the company letter which gave them to understand that the combination carriages and en- zines must be delivered soon.
 While cutting bananas from al bunch hanging in Dean & Co.'S store in Bloomfield. yesterday morning. one of the clerks saw a large taran- tula hiding Tn the fruit. With the assistance of the other clerks 1t was soon captured. The spider was large and would cover the palm of a mans hand and would measure three inch es from side to side. It was not, however. as lively as some are. but full of deadly poison. which oozed from its body. The tarantuia seemed to have shed It's coat or she'll. as a dry she'll was also found In the bunch of bananas A crowd of spec tators gathered and for a few min utes some excitement prevailed
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