Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-04-24

were present from out of town. A short street parade in which a num- Der of drum corps participated was held previous to the opening of the dance.
 Thomas O'Laughlin, the demo- cratic candidate for warden, has re- turned from Jersey City, where he attended banquet given by the Grand court officers, F. of A.
 Arrangements are being completed for the leap year party to be given by Court Juana, D. of l., next Fri day evening, May 1. This promises to be one of the most enjoyable events of the season.
 Representatives Roberts and Reidy have received from the secre- tary of state their supply of the Connecticut Register and Manual. Each of the representative is enti- tied to four copies of this book.
 Not more than one week remains for dog owners to have the canines registered before ant extra dollar is | added for neglecting to comply with the law. Up to to-day there were 150 licenses issued, and as over 700 were issued last year it means that many more will have to receive their tags inside of week.
 A hearing on the application of the administrator of the estate of the late John Jervis for an allowance for nf hn uriI nf Hn- ceased will be held in the probate | office Tuesday, April 2S, at 9 a. m, At the same date in the probate court hearing will be held on an appli- cation for the appointment of com missioners to receive and decide upon claims of the creditors of the estate the applicant representing the es- | tate as insolvent.
 Charles Lawson, the veil known wrestler, of this place, won his match last night in Seymour with A. H. Aldin of that place. Aldin pounds heavier than Lawson, was to throw the latter twice inside of an hour, and when the hour was con- 1 cluded Aldin had failed to even se- cure one fall from Lawson and the referee awarded the match to Law son. George Waite of this place act ed as master of ceremonies.
 The firemens base ball team were out yesterday for practice and the young members were coached by John Clifford, who seems we'll sat isfied with the way that they are coming around. They have game on tomorrow with the strong Inde- pendents of Meriden. This team de. feated such teams as the Walling- lords, Dublins and Mohawks of Meri- den, and they come highly recom- mended. The batteries will be Sweeney, Brazie, Kiely and Grant for Naugatuck and Boldt and Hal for Independents. The game will start at p. m.
 The republican delegates to the borough convention were to meet last night for to nominate officers for the town and borough ticket, but the convention was postponed until next Monday night. And in the meantime a candidate for warden will be decided upon. and it is thought that one of the very strong. est men will be placed at the head of the ticket. as the friends of Tax Collector John E. Bohlin, are de. manding that such be done. for they are unwilling that he should be made the victim of d defeat by reason oi putting weak man up for warden and for that reason it was reported to-day that the candidate would be either William T. Rodanbach oI former Warden T. T. Schaffer.
 There is some talk of organizing local baseball league, to be com. posed of the various teams from diff. ferent sections of the borough, and to arrange a schedule so that one ol more game will be played each Sun. day. The teams which are spoken of as likely to join the league, are i the Blue Fronts, Independents Moonlights. Consolidated gnd prob. ably two or more teams. that have not yet been decided upon. It is the intention of the promoters oi this proposed league to compel each team to deposit s1O, as a guarantee that it will finish the season accord. ing to the schedule. X meeting of the representatives of each are to meet this week to perfect plans, etc lt is also expected that the games