Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-05-07
NAUGATUCK NUGGETS

| Asa ,. Fuller of New Haven was
 visiting relatives here yesterday.
 The Naugatuck band will give a prom tonight in Columbus hall. James Burns of Kensington, N.
 Y., is visiting J. H. Dunn of Mill
 vile avenue.
 A daughter was born yesterday
 to MT and Mrs Michael Donovan of
 Central avenue.
 Edward Nixon of Scott street is
 confined to his home with a severe
 attack of rheumatism.
 The Young Mems Catholic Insti-
 ute will meet this evening at s
 o'clock in their rooms in the Neary
 building.
 John Rielly has returned to his
 home in Providence, R. l., after a
 visit to his sisters, the Misses Rielly
 of Rubber avenue.
 Judge of Probate John F. Me-
 Donough has appointed Josephine J. | Fallon administrator of the estate
 of Mary Johnson of Beacon Falls. Richard Neary of Waterbury has
 been awarded the contract for the | plumbing of the two cottages just 1 built for J. H. Dunn rn Spring | street. s
 The local Italians are to have a | big celebration on July 16. One of
 the features of the event is to be a
 parade in which large number of Italians will take part.
 Evergreen Chapter, o. E. S., will ! hold an important meeting in
 Masonic hall. Two candidates will
 be initiated, after which ice cream and cake will be served.
 George Kirkpatrick, socialist orator, delivered an address last night at the corner of Oak and Maple streets. His subject was: The Civil War in Industry" A large crowd gave their attention to the speaker for about an hour.
 Mrs Francis Vest, wife of Ernest Vest, died yesterday at her home on Pond Hill. Besides her husband she leaves four daughters and three sons The funeral will be held Friday morning at S:30 from her late home to St Francis's church.
 The funeral of Helen g., the 9 months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl E. Rappe of 143 Walnut street, was held this afternoon. The Rev G. A. Anderson, pastor of Swedish Congregational church, conducted the service. The interment was in Grove cemetery.
 The Maplewood base ball team which is an amateur, has placed an order with the filling Rubber com pany of Waterbury for their new uniforms. which will be gray with black trimmings, and black caps and stockings. They expect to receive them within a week. ... -.., -a..,s-
 The Naugatuck High school base ball team will play the Theta-Sigma fraternity baseball team of New Ha- ven, Friday afternoon on Firemen's field. The New Haven boys are said to be good team but the local boys are confident. On Saturday they will go to Cheshire to play the Cheshire academy team.
 The public play grounds on Meadow street have been thrown open again to the children as all of the swings, merry -go-rounds and other apparatus are placed at their disposal and judging from the large | crowd that assembled there during l the noon hour yesterday the little | ones appreciate what has been done 1 for them.
 The s200 which was awarded to | Mrs Elizabeth Rooney and a like | to Polly Gordon :n settle | ment of their claims a.:ainst the | borough has been attached by At tOrney John Nj. Sweeney, who rep resents creditors of each of the I above parties. The attachment l against Polly Gordon is for slOO, and that of Mrs Rooney :s for a bill | Of sl50 and another for $50; the l cases are retuTnable before Justice | of the Peace Henry W. Hamilton on | May 2s. at a. m.
 There is much specuIating just | now as to the ones wh1 will be I named by the new board of warden | and burgesses to fill the various ap- pOintiye offices when the .'OaTd meets I next Monday night. The tnIy name I thus far for borough clerk I Is that of Thomas n. Benton. and it 1 Is said that his chances for getting the office is pretty good just now. But the one office over which there | seems to he a squabble is that of I road superintendent. and for this is I John Breea. Edward | O'Brien and Patrick Scully- They l are residents Of the wards named in the above respective ord sr and each hopes to have the backing of his own ward: but it is thought that the I chances favor John Breen, as he 4 has had considerable exnerience m this kind of work. and. in fact. is engaged in this sort of business at 4 the present time. He vas entrusted | Eith the expenditure of s15.0o0 by I Mr WhittemOre when that part Of | the green on which the old COnEreEa- tionsl church stood and has done no I small amount of such labor in this I line in other parts of the town. About two years ago he built that I street which fs now known as a-.u- wood street. and the onsf vas about I s250. and many have expressed the l opinion that # this job had been done by the borough it would have rnsr zf 4 least ST =HH En fhaF hsz v.f-sb1r