Connecticut western news., 1892-07-28
CONNECTICUT NEWS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO INHABITANTS
 OF THE NUTMEG STATE.

Facts Concerning the Important Happen ings of the Week in This Vicinity and Elsewhere Briefly Told for the Benefit of People Whose Time Is Valuable.
 NoRwALK July 25-Agent Thrall, of the Connecticut Humane society, investigated the sanitary condition of the Wilton pauper house. He reports the sleeping rooms in terribly filthy condition, and says the whole establishment is indescribably filthy. He has made demands upon the selectmen that the condition of the institution be immedi- ately and radically improved.
 SwindIer RuhI Jailed.
 NEW HAVEN, July 25.-A. H. Roome, special examiner of the United States pen sion bureau, came here from New York and identified Andrew Ruhl as 8 man want ed by the authorities in different cities and towns in eastern and southern New York state for making out frakdulent pension pa pers Ruhl was sent to the county jail on four sentences for similar crimes in Water bury, Conn.,, and vicinity. His time in jail expires April 26, 1894. A cou0terfeit United States seal was found in his possession, which will probably take him to state pris- on. After serving his sentence here he will be taken to New York.
 At Senator HawIey's Cottage.
 MERwINs POINT, July 25-Mrs. Joseph R. Hawley and her two children, of Hart ford, are here for the season. The senator is expected about the middle of this week, as soon as he can tear himself away from public life. Senator and Mrs. Hawley visited this place quite casually last sum- mer, and were so pleased that they imme- fiat al aat nh hau which is now one of the prettiest at the Point.
 A Striker Jailed.
 NORWICH, July 25.-William Dalton, a striker from the Norwich Cutlery works, was arrested for beating an officer. Dal tons mother was also taken into custody, for she assisted her son in the attack on Policeman Royston. Dalton was arrested before for the same offense and was released on $500 bonds. He is in jail to stay this time
 A Murderer's TelltaIe Diary.
 NEW HAVEN, July 25.-LegonardesD Dour- garies, the Greek murderer, captured at Bridgeport, is still held in close custody. An examination of his trunk reveals a diary and private papers which contain the most minute particulars of the murder for which he is wanted in Greece.
 Her Lover Drove Her Insane.
 NEW HAVEN, July 25.-Miss Mary Burk- hardt, a most estimable young lady, twenty three years old, the daughter of a machinist living at 56 Lawrence street, has been driven insane by the pressure of an ardent lovers suit.
 Street Car Men on Strike.
 MERIDEN, July 4.-The employees of the Meriden Horse Railroad company went on a strike to compel the company to reinstate Driver John F. Grady, who was discharged two weeks ago because the gate tender on the Main street railroad crossing complained that Grady did not try to get his car out of the way of the White Mountain express, which does not stop here. A committee from the Federated Trades called upon Super intendent West, who refused to reinstate Grady, and thereupon thirty-eight em- ployees left the stables.
 Burned to a Crisp.
 STAMFORD, July 24-Mrs Isaac Tucker was fatally burned. James McCabe, pass ing near the Tucker house, noticed that it was on fire. The door was broken open and the woman was found at the foot of the stairs burned to a crisp. Her three small children were screaming with fright The rescuers were just in time to save them.
 Mary Eurl<hardt's Body Found.
 NEW HAVEN, July 4.-The dead body oi Mary Burxhardt, aged twenty, daughter of George Burkhardt, mechanic was found in Mill river, near her home, about noon She had been missing since Saturday morn. ing. It was case of suicide. Mary was engaged to be married to Henry Kuntzman, a lithographer of Boston. The two met about year ago and soon became engaged. Latterly, however, Mary had taken an aver. sion to him, having transferred her affec. tions to another young man, and it is be- heved that dread of meeting young Kuntz man and formally discarding him prompted her to take her life. Kuntzman arrived Saturday afternoon and took an active part in the search for the body He was one of the men who manned a rowboat and dragged the river.
 The Survey Stopped.
 MIDDLETowN, July 23.-The government geological survey of the Connecticut valley has stopped, owing to the action of the senate in scaling down the appropriations.
 For Big Snake Hunt.
 WATERBURY, July 23-A monstrous rep tile over thirty feet in length is soaring the people almost out of their wits on Nova Scotia hill It has it's den under high rock and has been seen several times re gently. Farmers are organizing a large posse to destroy the reptile Sheep and calves are disappearing in large numbers. The hill is being given wide berth.