Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-18
NAUGATUCK NUGGETS

l There are two cases of scarlet fe- yer in the family of Mir Harvey on the New Haven road
 Paul Prentzel's string quartet will render a. few selections at the Odd Fellows fair Friday night
 The friends of John A. Kennedy of Meadow street gave his a surprise visitation on his return from his we'd ding tour.
 The annual exhibit of class work of the International Correspondence school is being held this week in the Martin building on Maple street. A store was formerly conducted there by Daniel King.
 1 Commissioners Irmi Spencer. Maicr Kaiser and J. H. Filling. of Water ! bury, who assessed benefits and dam ages to property owners on Elm and Spring streets. charged the borough only $100 each for their services. They held 14 hearings.
 Fire Chief Wilson F. Clark, who has returned from Dallas. Tex, where he attended the international con. ventiOn of fire chiefs, reports that 1 the delegates were royalty entertain ed. The 500 mile trip from Dallas to New Orleans was made in F hours.
 Dr J. w. Melbourne of Derby gave a dinner at O'Connelrs restaurant Tuesday evening after the fair to his competitors in the races in accordance with the agreement made in the morning. Some dozen or more were present including members of the press.
 l There will be a democratic rally in the Gem opera house on Tuesday ev-. ening, October 23, at 8 o'clock. The speakers will be the Hon Charles r. Thayer of Norwich, democratic can didate for governor; the Hon George NJ. Wallace. democratic candidate for congress. and the Hon Prilip Hugo democratic candidate for county sheriff.
 The registrars of voters have flied with the town clerk a list of the names of persons who have made ap- plication to take the electors oath. The total number who want to be made voters is 119. The board of | selectmen and town clerk will hold their first session for the purpose of making voters Friday of this week from 9 a. m. until D. m., in the bor- Ough court room.
 The judges of horse racing at the Beacon Valley fair were w. C. Stone of Waterbury, s. D. Bingham of Naugatuck. and F. s. Oakes of Sey- mour. l. $. Coan of Shelton was starter. In the 2:4O class, purse 100 bushels of. oats. first place was awarded Rosie Wilkes. bay mare I. owned hy,, Dr U. w. Melbourne of Derby who took three straight heats Second money went to Betsie V.. a bay mare owned by I. V. Almond of woodbury. who took second in the first and third and third in the second heats. May Day. the roan mare of w. J. Noble. took third money and Frank &. bay gelding of George .l Scott's. Woodbury. was fourth. Time. 2:49; 2:4J 1-2: 245 1-2. In the 2:25 class. Fair Day. bay geldins of w.. J. Noble's captured the last three heats in 2:30 1-4: 2:32 1-4. and 2:32 1-2 and was awarded first money. Jes- .i | SHE l.. Il tutStllut EcihthS VI f-. >s Osborne's of Derby. took the first heat in 2:21 1-2 and was awarded second place. Commoner Roy, n gray stallion belonging to George Reagan of Waterbury. was awarded third money. coming in second in the second and trird heats and third in the first and fourth heats. Grecndale. the bay gelding of H. Helliker of Derby, was fourth.
 Among those winning premiums nt the Beacon Valley fair were the town of Bethany for the best decor ated cart: ]. l. Andrews of Bethany, Frank Johnson and Frank Perkins for working oxen: J. l. Andrew for three-year-old steers: F.. J. Pariee of Bethany for draft cattle: r. J. Rourk of Derby for heavy draft cattle: John ]. Andrew and Frank Johnson for fat cattle. In the poultry department the premiums went to James Bothroyd of Thomaston. Arthur Linskey of Union City and ]. Ruthger of Bethany. Thomas Mcdonald also received a premium in this department. Clar- ence Wooster was the successful ex- hibitor of a pair of raccoons. In the horticulture department. the pre- minms for apples were won by A. R. Tyler. Styles G. Atwood. W. II. Hine and Miles Clark. Tie latter also won a prize for quinces. as also did W. II. Hine. Frank Miller of Naugatuck had the best exhibit of flowers. For butter. Styles ~. At. wood of watertown received first premium. Charles Slocum received awards for jelly. and for table col. lection. s. q. Davidson of Bethany carried of premiums for braided rug. fancy sofa pillows and vege' tables: Mrs John B. Yale of Sauga. tuck succeeded in the contest for fan ry work. and Flora Davidson had the hest sofa pillow. Mrs John Davis and Mrs Jane Baldwin of Seymour also secured premiums in this depart ment. For vegetables. W. H. Hine Al. R. Tyler and Styles q. Atwood were the successful contestants. while E S Andrew of Naugatuck had tho bsrsIsomeSt summer squash For do mestic cookery W. A. Brauneis re