Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-02-18
INVENTORY OF THE "spo1Ls.o
Comptroller Staub Looking Over the
Capitol Furniture.

INNENIOh1 De III ''SPOILS."
Comptroller staub Looking Over the
Capitol Furniture.
An inventory is being taken by comp |
troller Staub of all the property in the |
capitol for which he becomes response |
bic. The furniture, tools and other |
articles under his care have probably an |
aggregate value of over 500, 900. This is |
the first inventory taken of these goods |
since the capitol was occupied.
Frederick Goebel, jr., the new super
lntendent, was in his office yesterday.
He has received the keys of the building,
but eX Superintendent Dibble will re-
main in the Office for several days, as
sisting him in the performance of his
new duties. The superintendent salary
is 81, 900.
MIR Staub has not yet appointed an
assistant superintendent in place of Mr.
Cooley. Among the persons mentioned
are Mr. \. F. Hume, who represented
New Haven in the legislature of 1899.
He is forty-siX years of age, a wheel
wright by occupation and prominen MT
among the workingmen of the city
where he resides. En- Representative
NJ. +. Shelley of Woodbury., Litchtield
county, is also mentioned. The matter
will be decided this week.
y number of minor positions are in
cluded in tine patronage of the comp
trollerS office. The engineer receives
$50 per week, the cabinet maker $lS.5 50.
guide Sl.15 per day, common laborers
81. so and $1.75 per day and errand bows
Sc per week, and all these hold their
places simply by the favor of the comp
troller. The elevator must also be run
on the principles of the democratic
party, if Mr. Staub says so.
ACCIDENT AND INCIDENr.
shocking Death in IL Mill of Mrs f. Ii.
Harris of Columbia.
Mrs E. II. Harris of Columbia, while
assisting her husband at his grist mill
yesterday afternoon, caught her dress in
the shafting and was carried around
several times, killing her instantly and
terribly mutilating her body
DIR link of Bradford a few days AGO
had occasion to perform surgical
operation on child, and before using
his lancet to lance an abnormal growth
had Il bowl of water provided that he
might cleanse the instrument as soon as
he was through using it. After the
operation and alter he had placed the
lancet in the water the bowl was acct
dentally upset. He tried t. catch it and
in doing 50 his hand came i'll contact
with the knife, the result being a cash.
Although he took precautions against
poisoning his hand begun to swell and
his condition is now serious. DR. Francis
Bacon is attending him.
Miss Mary Tierney of Birmingh ham
cut her finger with "a razor on FRIDAY
and as the wound paiUed her severely
she sent child to druggist to obtain a
remedy. The child returned with a
bottle of carbolic acid in solution, but as
it was not labeled, Miss Ticrney satu-
rated the bandage with it. Yesterday
her finger looked like a burned piece of
wood and is practically dead. 1t may
have to be amputated.
Charles w. Beers, bookkeeper at the
office of the Bridgeport Light Leather
company, discovered broken rail on
the Ilousatonic track in Bridgeport,
Monday afternoon. He ran to the
nearest telephone and gave the railroad
people notification which resulted in
immediate sending of flagman and
repalrcrs. \ train was almost due and
was stopped by the tiagman. The con-
ductor said that if Mr. Beers had not dis
covered the damage in time the train
would doubtless have been hurled down
the steep enbankment there, and the
consequences would have been terrible.
The freight steamer Express, loaded
with number of cars ot the New Eng
land Terminal company. collided with
an unknown steamer in New York har-
Dor Monday night. The unknown vessel
is supposed to have Immediately filled
and sunk, as nothing was seen of her
after the collision. 4 number of cars
rolled overheard from the Express, which
vessel is damaged to the amount of S25.-
600. She is at Wilson's Point.
man killed by the cars at LYONS.
N. Y, last Saturday, has been identified
as o. c. Thomas of WiIlimantic. Conn.
He had 500 in bills on his person.
Miss Estelle Bates, belle of Green
Point, L. l., was received at the Hart
ford hospital, Monday, suffering from an
peculiar manner. Miss Bates has been
visiting friends at Unionville and Sun
day she made preparations to attend
church. In order to crimp her bangs
she heated a curling iron. The iron.
which was hot, suddenly slipped from
her hair and descending struck the girls
eyeball blistering it badly. Miss Bates
was almost crazed with pain. She was
attended by local physician, who dress |
was removed to the hospital in Hartford, |
Whether the sight of the eye can be
saved or not is a question that cannot |
be answered for some days.
Mrs Thomas O'Brien. a well known
resident of Terryville, is dying from
blood poisoning contracted in peculiar
manner. Two weeks ago while dress
ing to attend funeral she scratched
her hand with a pin. Nothing was
thought of the matter until the next
night when the hand began to swell
rapidly. The swelling gradually affect.
ed her whole body and there is but little
hope of her recovery.
Arrested For Barn Burning.
SoMERS, Feb IA great deal of ex.
element has been caused here by the
arrest of Guy Brewster, charged with
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