Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-27
NAUGATUCK NUGGETS

The Monitors of Waterbury and the
 Veterans of Naugatuck will play on Firemen's field Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
 B. NJ. Field of Brockton. Mass, has purchased Frank Nichols grocery business. Mir Nichols has conducted grocery store in Millyille> for many years.
 Harry Ludlow Cooke. organist of the Congregational church, will leave for Peaks Island. Maine, Monday where he will spend his vacation. He Will be accompanied by his son, Stephen l.. Cooke. Mrs Cooke went to Peaks Island last week.
 Commissioners Munger. Clark and | Moran brought the hearing on the value 6 the Philip Rubin property in | Water street to a close yesterday af- ternoon in the borough court room
 Brief arguments were made by the attorneys and the commissioners re- served decision. They are to- say how much money the railroad com pany shall pay Mir Rubin for his property.
 The district committee of Union City have decided to employ Mir Wal rath of Staten Island as principal of | the Union City schools. providing the board of education grants him a cer- tificate. Mir Walrath is a graduate of state normal school in New York and has had few years experience as a teacher. He has a number of recommendations. He is 27 years of age and married.
 Chief of Police Schmidt has re- ceived poster from the police in Bedham. Mass, offering reward of | $25 for the recovery of horse stolen in that town. The poster is illus trated with wood cut at least 40 years old. One man is shown gal loping furiOusly away on the back of horse. He is being pursued by oth- CTS, one of them armed with a pitch | fork. A woman with a broom Is shown as joining in the chase.
 At the meeting of the business men held Wednesday evening for the pur- pose of considering the advisability of organizing an association a com mittee consisting of H. H. Schofeld, R. V. Parker, and F. H. Judd was appointed to draft a constitution and | bylaws and submit 1t to meeting to be held later. About 30 local busi- ness men were present and interest ing addresses were delivered by some of the officers and members of the State Business Mems association. The commissioners will on August 1. give hearing on the petition of the New York, New Haven X Hart ford Railroad company and the Nau- I gatuck Railroad company that the finding of August 1. 1905, approving the taking of lands in Naugatuck. be reopened, owing to the death of Eli ga J. Maher. which occurred a short time before the filing of the original petition of the companies. but which was unknown to them until after the board filed, its finding and order.
 The funeral of Mrs Mary J. House knecht, wife of Silas Houseknecht, whose death occurred yesterday at her home on Spencer street, will take place Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at her late residence. The service will probably be conducted by the Rev c. s. Ball, pastor of the Metho- dist church. The interment will be fin Riverside cemetery in Waterbury. The deceased leaves several sons and daughters. all of whom are married. The sons are Mahlon F., Charles w.. Ira. Richard and Albert R.. of Nau- gatuck. Thomas E.. of Millville. Pa. and George O., of Schicksihuny. Pa. The daughters are Mrs Clayton Han- ey of Winton. Pa. and Mrs Arthur Van Alsyne of Seymour.
 A hearing on benefits and damages to property owners on Spring street lines of that street was held in the borough court room yesterday before Commissioners Kaiser. Filling and Spencer of Waterbury. Borough At torney Sweeney represented the bor- ough and Attorney Kennedy looked after the interests of John Weisman and Patrick Brennan. two of the ad- joining property owners who claim damages. The street is now B feet wide and it Is proposed to widen 1t to 4O feet. Edward F.. Stevens esti- mated Mir Brennan's damage at about s1.565. He thought the damage to the building would he about s1.- OPTED. the land damage about S425 and the loss in rent s6I.50. He es- timated the value of Mir weisman's land at ST5 per front foot. Mfr Tracy estimated the damage to Mir Bren- nan's building at S1.123a5. He gave no estimate on land damage or loss of rent. The hearing was ,ad- journed until Tuesday. August :.
 Mrs Lavinia Bavier. of Waterbury. was found dead In bed at the home of her son. Henry n. Bavier. in Shelton. On Saturday she went to shelton from her daughters home in Water bury. to visit her son. and seemed to he in her accustomed health. Tues day night when she retired she did not complain and seemed to he as well as ever. Yesterday morning. when she failed to arise al her usual time. her son went to her room to call !! her and found that she was dead She | had apparently lain down upon her right sile when she retired and went 1 to sleep and died in that position while asleep. She evidently had not moved after lying down and going to sleep She had been subject to heart disease She was A years of age. She leaves four sons. Charles , of Thomaston- Nelson of MilEiale. AdoIphus of Waterbury and Henry
 of Shelton. also two daughters. Mrs Frank whitIock Of Milldale and Mrs