Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-02-06
NAUGATUCK NUGGETS

Grace, the 9 year old daughter of Mir and Mrs John NJ. Sweeney of Hill side avenue, is ill with pneumonia , Her condition is serious.
 Contractor Blakeslee of New Haven who is to build the trolley line be tween here and Seymour, was in town yesterday. It is his intention to com 1 mence work on the new road as soon as possible.
 Tomorrow evening the members of Ramona council. D. of r.. will give Il whist party in the Odd Fellows hall. The members are requested to bring refreshments. The meeting will be called to order at 7:3O o'clock after which card playing will take place.
 Albert Spring had narrow escape from drowning Sunday while skating on Russell's pond. He broke through the ice but was rescued by some of his companions. The water was sey- eral feet deep and had it not been for his companions he would undoubtedly have been drowned.
 The board of charities held d meet ing last night. Superintendent Lang Lolu NdS lDSIl tO with other towns in connection with the matter of arrangements which they have for pest houses or the care of contagious disease cases. Also to secure the plans if he can.
 Martin O'Donnell of Carroll street
 is dangerously ill at his home the re- suit of taking a dose of carbolic acid. After he took the acid Dr Krell was hastily summoned and he worked on the man for some time and finally he brought him around. Last evening he was reported as resting very comfort ably. O'Donnell says that he took the poison by mistake It is not known just how much of the acid the man took but it was fortunate that the physician arrived as soon as he did. Although quite ill. O'Donnell it is thought will recover.
 | Salem lodge. No 36, \. 0. U. w.. have been planning for .long time to | make its meeting this evening q red | letter one. They are to have public installation to which the ladies have been invited. the ceremony being per formed by P. w. Salmon of Terryville. assisted by members of the order from Waterbury. The principal speak CT of the evening will be their grand medical examiner from New Haven, Dr Frank E. Wheeler. The commit tee in charge of the meeting have | spared no pains to make this occas- ion pleasant for all. Music, dancing card playing, light collation. is q DOT. tion of the program and any nonresi dent member of the order is cordially invited.
 Fire broke out in the cellar of, the Five and Ten. Cent store on Church street last evening and for time the big hardware store of the John NJ Page Co was threatened with destruc
 ton. An alarm from box 24 brought Chief Clark and his men out quickly
 Clouds of smoke were issuing iron
 the building and in a short time flames shot up through the floor and into tht
 store. The building is a one and olic
 half story structure. one-half of it he
 ing occupied by the Exclusive Five and Ten Cent firm and the other by the New York fashion tailors. The
 fire ate its way into the tailor store and the blind attic. In the basement of the Page building three horses were confined and they were rescued witt difficulty. The stalls caught fire but
 the flames were soon extingrlished
 shortly after II o'clock the fire wa.
 under control. The exact damage
 could not he estimated last evening
 but it is thought that it will be in thu neighborhood of S4OOO.