Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-24
NAUGATUCK NUGGETS

Men who scratch matches on mail boxes do not realize that they are subject to penalty for defacing gov ernment property.
 The Naugatuck fire department base ball team will play return game against their old rivals, the Milfords. in Milford next Saturday afternoon.
 An important meeting of Ojeda council, K. of O., will be held to- night at Pythian hall. The semi-an- nual report of the trustees will be read. All members are requested to attend.
 The office of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co in Webster's block will open on Thursday nights in future from ' until g o'clock, to accommo- date policy holders who wish to pay their insurance at the office. This is an accommodation which will be greatly appreciated by policy holders.
 A telephone lineman named Charles Costeo called at the police station Sunday and made complaint to the effect that he had been as- saulted. Officer Cannon accompanied him to Cherry street where in barn at the rear of John Breen's saloon he found James Brady who Costello identified as his assailant. On the way to the police station Costello be- came so badly intoxicated that he also was placed under arrest.
 Mrs Charles s. Moorehouse, for merly of Naugatuck, died at her home in Torrington Sunday morning fol- lowing an operation She was the daughter of Mir and Mrs George L.. Barnes, who, with their son, are now in New Mexico, and was born in Woodbury 27 years ago. She leaves besides her parents. and brother, her husband and one child about year old. The funeral was held this morn ing at 10 o'clock from her late home, 34 Forest street, Torrington. Burial in Milton.
 Automatic sprinklers prevented what might have been serious fire at the shipping department of the c. I. R. Glove Co.'S coat shop on Church street Sunday afternoon. Some old rubbish which had been thrown into a box in the yard caught fire, proba- ply from the hot rays of the sun, and set fire to the side walll of the build ing. The blaze was discovered by Fred Flynn. who resides on the op- posite side of the street. He called to his brother-in-law, Edward Jones, who is a member of the fire police, and the latter ran to the fire alarm box in front of the coat shop and sent in an alarm. There was no need of the department as the automatic sprinklers did the business.
 Mrs Lucy Menold. wife of Henry Msn6ldg Of North Main street, died Sunday morning at 10:45. aged S5S years. She had just undergone an operation upon her foot, Some days ago gangrene set in and 1t was de- cided to amputate the foot. The op- eration was performed but Mrs Men old never regained consciousness af- ter taking the ether. It is thought that the case was of such long stand ing that the muscles of the heart had probably become infiamed, due to the poison in the system. The deceased leaves besides her husband two daughters, Mrs J. E. French of Mid dlebury and Mrs George H. Somers of Waterbury. and one son, Fred Menold of Union City. The funeral took place this afternoon at 2 o'clock from her late residence. The Rev A. P. Chapman of Northfield con- ducting the service. Tn interment was in Riverside cemetery in Water bury.
 Among the out of town business men who will be present at the meet ing of local business men tomorrow evening when the matter of forming a Business Mems association will be discussed are E. I. Atwater, of New Haven. president of the State Busi- ness Mems association; E. L. Graves of Bridgeport, vice president of the state association; Dexter L. Bishop of Meriden, secretary of the state as- sociation; Frank Robinson of South ington and O. A. Ziglatzki of Water bury, trustees of the state associa- tion; Howard Green, president of the Business Mems association of An sonia. Derby and Shelton and MT Valentine. secretary of the same asso- citation. The meeting will start at 7:30 o'clock and all business men in tn borough are invited. The aims and objects of business mems asso- citation will be fully explained by the members of the state association president.