Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-02
KAuGATUCK NUGGETS

The Naugatuck High school basket bal team went to New Britain to-day to play the New Britain High school team.
 At the meeting of Rubber City lodge, N. E. 0. F., tonight the de- gree team will initiate class of six candidates.
 Work in the grinding room of the factory of the Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe company was resumed to-day and the cutters will go to work Satur- day. The boot and shoe makers will resume work Monday.
 Mrs Charles Carter of Beacon Falls, formerly Mrs Currey, had the misfortune to fracture bone in her right leg Tuesday night She slipped on step at the rear door of her resi- dence and fell to the ground.
 M. F. O'Connell and George F. Walsh have returned from a trip to New York. Mir Walsh it will be re- membered laid claim to being the originator of the ''spit balP' which has made Jack Chesboro famous.
 A bird dog owned by Druggist W. L. Lloyd which was bitten, on the nose by mad dog several weeks ago died Tuesday night of the rabies at the farm in Bethany where it has been kept since few days after it was bitten.
 Suits for foreclosure of liens have been brought by the borough against l. L. Trowbridge and wife and Nr and Mrs Thomas Packer. The papers in the first named case are returnable to the district court on the first Tues day in March and the papers in the suit against Mir and Mrs Packer are returnable to the district court on the first Tuesday in April. They are the first of the suits to be brought by the borough for the collection of back taxes Other suits will, it is said, be brought in few days.
 The annual meeting of the Nauga- tuck fire department was held last evening in the hose house on South Water street and the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Foreman, Robert Grant; first assistant foreman, John P. Jones; second assis- tant, Henry Callahan; third assistant, Harry Noble; fourth assistant, Mar celle Beaucamp. Hook and Ladder: First assistant, Michael Morris; sec ond assistant, Joseph E. Martin; sec retary, Charles E. Pearson: treasurer, J. w. Rogers; finance committed, John P. Jones, Michael Morris, l.. H. Wins low: house committee. Marcelle Beau- camp. John A. Lawlor and NJ. ". Mor- ris. The managers of last years base ball team were reappointed as follows: J. w. Rogers. F. R. Nichols, Charles Thomas, Charles Hall and Michael Morris.
 The board of relief which consists of Charles F. Lander, Patrick Duffy and J. w. Reynolds, has finished its work on the grand list of 19U5 pre- pared by the borough assessors. The total amount of the grand list as 1t now stands and on which tax will be laid at the next annual meeting of the freemen of the borough is $7,oo5,- 546o for district Eo'1r andai i$ E.aO2, 2,150 for district No ?. The boaid of relief reduced the assessors list SS,325, They took off the 5000 which the as sessors added to the property of eie Neary estate at the corner of Church ] and Maple streets and also deducted S2,OO0 from the assessment on tue property of Charles l.. Berger. A | number of other reductions were made and there were some additions includ- : ing Sl,50O on the assessment of Gus tave Schippers and wife. 1 Several Naugatuck people went to : New Haven to-day to attend the hear ing on the remonstrance against the granting of license to Michael Ma lone, who wants to open saloon on Diamond street. Malone was granted a license some days ago but when the county commissioners learned that a remonstrance against the granting Of a license had been filed after the ap- plfcation for it had been made and that the remonstrants had never been heard, through some mlsunderstand- ing, they decided to reopen the hear ing. The license on which Malone wants to do business was purchased from Robert Peck. who conducted a saloon ill the Mccarthy building on South Main street. MT Mccarthy is one of the remonstrants. He does not think the license should have been transferred and desires to have it re- main in his building, a sa.ton having been conducted there for the past 90 years.
 President Rodenbach presided at the meeting of the board of education last evening. Attorney Kennedy, Dr Bull and Secretary Neary were pres ent. The report of Superintendent of Schools Eaton was read and accept cd. At q previous meeting Dr Bull was appointed a committee to confer with Superintendent Eaton and Prin- cipaI Slade in reference to the en- trance examinations to the high school. The board passed an order which has caused the teachers of the public schools to gasp in astonish- ment. It was voted to instruct the superintendent of schools tO order all the teachers to call upon each pupil at home with a view to getting better acauainte1 with their young charges No time has been stipulated at which to call and the number of calls that must be made upon each pupil during the course of the month has not been stipulated but if is understood that inc teachers are astounded at this un-