Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-09-09
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Druggist G. Leslie Dexter Badly
 Burned This Noon.


 Druggist G. Leslie Dexter Badly
 Burned This Noon.
 G. Leslie Dexter lies in his room in the Scovill house with badly disfigured face and hands caused by a fire in the cellar of his drug store this noon. Mir Dexter was making preparations to have his cellar cleaned out and about noon he and one of his clerks, Lewis Brown, descended to the cellar to examine the work to be done. Mir Dexter lighted a match and as he did so a sudden explosion took place. The clerk was knocked down and Mir Dexter was soon enveloped in flames. His cries for help attracted the attention of clerks in the store above, and Charley Adams rushed to the cellar. He saw the trouble in a moment and seizing his employer he carried him to the store and rolled him in coats and anything conver tent to quench the flames. His beard, hair and one side of his face were badly burned while his hands were one mass of burns. In the meantime the boy had been shut in one end of the cellar and the only way to get out was to rush through mass of flame. His hair was slightly singed, while the overalls he wore were burned in several places. The cause of the trouble was the explosion of an alcohol barrel AANh AuA DNANCA SlHppoNu " do CliBbl Dr Rodman is attending the injured man, and although the injuries are painful they are not serious. Nosaho- gan lodge, I. O. O. F.. immedi- ately on knowledge of the accident, sent nurse to care for Mir Dexter, who is a member of the order. The fire companIes were prompt in arriving on the scene but a slight stream of water was all that was fn nUfinp..iSl, tho
 COLONEL DOHERTY CAMEO. 4 Gift From Father MuIcahy to the
 Handsome PostmasCer.
 It was the intention of the Rev J. A. Mulcahy to present a cane to Col J. R. Doherty at the time of presenting pipe to Mayor Baldwin, but the cane was in the trunk which did not arrive with him. Yesterday evening in response to a request to call at the parochial resi- dence Col Doherty made a prompt ap- pearance, totally unconscious of what was in store for him--a oaning of the first water.
 After a desultory conversation in which Father Mulcahy referred to the pleasant official intercourse between them as first Selectman of the town and pastor of the church of the Immaculate Conception, in which the treatment and expense of the orphans was q matter so frequently and amicably considered, he said he thought the selectman's uniform courteous manner deserved a recogni- tion which merited an expression more emphatic than few words would con- vey. During his visit to Europe he looked for some token and having found one which he hoped would be fitting for the purpose he desired the coloneFS@ acceptance of the same Suiting his action to the words he pro- duced an ebony cane mounted with an ivory head. The colonels complete sur prise was manifested in his countenance while he so warmly grasped the hand of Father Mulcahy as to make him realize that he was totally unprepared for such a recognition, which was followed by spCh words as would naturally be utter ed under the circumstances, The, ivory head is eight inches in length and bears a most delicately carved image of the goddess of Bavaria.
 It is a reproduction of the collossal female statue at Munich, which bears the name Bavaria, of which it is a personitication. It was erect ed by King Louis. the model having been executed by Schwanthaler. The figure bears a German aspect. ! long folding garment reaches from the middle to the naked foot: over the half hair falls freely over the back. The brow IS adorned with sprigs of oak: in the left hand, which is raised, she held wreath of oak: and in the right, which is bent toward the breast. a sword: at her side reposes the Bavarian lion, the guardian of her kingdom, il a sitting attitude. the statue is 65 feet high the pedestal being 30, so that the whole monument has a height of % feet. The statue was cast from the bronze of Turkish and Norwegian cannon.
 AMERICAN MECHANICS.