Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-02-04
NUTMEG CRAVINGS.

Miss Mary Dill, an lS-year-old daughter of a New Haven blacksmith, is missing, and is supposed to have eloped with Frank Rappalardo, who has also disappeared.
 The annual report of the State Reform School, inst issued, gives the number of boys in the school as 4l9, a decrease of 2S during the year. With funds provided by the last legislature, two additional cottages have been built. and the cottage" system has been extended that practically all the inmates of the school are now cared for under it The expenses for the year were S6S, ,9IS.29, of which s56, ,ili.S4 was drawn from the State treasury
 Every cell in the State Prison is occu- pied, there now being 304 convicts, and there are 64 prisoners at the Lichfeld iaii which has accommodations for only 16.
 There is boy in West Strstford who recently ate at breakfast two slices of ham, four eggs. three potatoes five slices of bread, half dozen pickles and drank three cups of coffee. He was not satisfied then but | went into a store and ate half a pie, four doughnuts and then bought three sticks of C andy to finish up with. This was about 5 o'clock in the morning and then the boy grumb.ed because he had to wait until l2:30 before he could go to his dinner. The store of Daniel Jones at North West chester Was burned on Friday morning | Inc fire was discovered at o'clock Moth ing was saved. The post office was entirely destroyed with some valuable letters. The cause of the fire is unknown. The proper ty was insured.
 Charles Pomeroy, formerly of New Haven, went on a voyage several months o.l nF until a day or two ago, when it was learned that a yachS bearing the name of that on which he sailed was wrecked in Baratena bay in the Gulf of Mexico, and that a body, supposed to be that of Pomt roy, was wash ed ashore and buried there October IS.
 James Mack of Meriden was badly stab bed ou Thursday night during an atfray, as t. which very little can be learned
 A correspondent to the Winsted Herald referring to the recent remarks about MT Joel Grant Griswold as the last ''old stager" left says: "Harwington has a rare specimen still left of the old stagers,' in the person of MT William Bryant, and in the line of storytelling MT Griswold would have to get up early in the morning if he kept up with him. Although well advanced in years Mr Br1 ant is often seen out this N inter, well protected by big fur over coat, and drawing the relns over one of the gayest-stepping horses in Litchfield county, Judging from appearances to-day MT Bryant's coach, on the Hartford and Al bany turnpike line, was 'on time when he was on the box 50 years ago. MT Brya represented Harwington in the Legislature three or four years since"
 Henry Hurd. of Hartford well known in police circles, knocked down Thomas Mo- ran, New Haven man who had been dis playing roll of bills in the American House, Hartford at an early hour this morning. Hurd succeeded in getting the money but was held by Moran until an officer arrived and took him in.
 The Danbury News tells the following story of the manner in which Lewis Merri- man, former resident of that place, per ished in the recent blizzard in the West MT Merriman resided at Hitchcock, Da. kota, and was farmer. On the day of the blizzard, about o'clock, he and his son started for the barn to feed their stock. 1t is the same way in which so many per ished. They never reached the barn. The wife sat up the live long night, awaiting anxiously their return, and did not venture out, but they did not come. The next day they were found dead near the house. As soon as the travelling and weather are pro- pitious their remains will be brought East for burial "