Connecticut western news., 1901-08-01
STATE NEWS,


 that the peach crop in Connecticut is going to be good one.
 A serious trolley collision in Stam. ford Monday night terribly injured Miss Sarah Waterbury and Miss Cooke.
 A trolley collision in Danbury Satur- day night fatally injured Motorman Ed ward J. Heating who died Tuesday. He was 25 and unmarried.
 Eliza Wrisley, 63, wife of Captain Frar- cis Wrisley. died of small pox Sunday forenoon after two weeks illness at her home near the Nanbuc post office in Glastonbury.
 The house of Mrs Ursuline Freeman at Bakerville was burglarlzed Tuesday night and S16 in money taken. Mrs Freeman, workingwoman, was away at the time and has only 25 cents left in the world.
 Michael Fitzgerald, lineman in the employ of the Hartford Electric Light company, was almost instantly killed Tuesday afternoon by fall from pole. It is supposed that he received a shock and fell to the ground, distance of twenty feet.
 The employees of the Farrel Foundry and Machine Go. of Ansonia who re- turned to work 8 few days ago after big strike, threatened to go out again yerteroay but the company made concessions and the men will stay, working 55 hours per week at 58 hours pay. Machinists get about 8 per cent increase, and piece workers 5 per cent.
 James Nisbet, father of William Mis- bet, the dry goods merchant of Winsted, died at his home at Westerly, R. L., Monday night. Mr Nisbet had been failing for some time. He was a me chanic by trade and was about 72 years old. MT Nisbet leaves a widow, three sons and three daughters, among whom are William and Mrs Louis E. Plant of Winsted.
 Mrs Sylvia Durham of Dunhsm s Corner near Plainville celebrated her 10lst birthday on July 27. She re- ceived her friends in good spirits, as bright and active as would be expected were she twenty five years younger. Relatives were present with tokens of affection. The William Berry Lodge K. of P. presented her with 100 white pinks around & single tea rose, There were tokens presented from other lodges.
 Paul Roy, aged 19. bell boy at Ho- tel Winchester, Winsted, swam the en- tire length of Highland lake, Friday afternoon, July 26, distance of about two and one-h half miles, in two hours and twenty five minutes. MT and Mrs John Mitchell made the journey with him in boat. Roy made the distance by the ordinary straight arm stroke, turn ing on his back twice only for change. In the second bay he came in contact with several cold springs which affected his left arm so that he had to swim with his right arm alone, He landed at the pavilion and showed no bad effects from the swim, except that he was pretty we'll tired out and had sore arm which he could hardly raise.
 Alma Projenski, the ten year old daughter of G. Projenski of Torrington, met with serious accident Friday Jaly 26, while playing in a sand bani with 6 number of other children were lumpluB OH tue Dhuk lubU bu6 5duu Dt low. Just after Alma jumped portion of the bank suddenly became under mined and the result vas landslide which completely buried Alma. A mum ber of those who stood on the bank fel with it, but scrambled out quickly They missed Alma and saw that sh, was buried by the falling earth. The, ran for some men working in the Be, Hive and after digging about ten min utes they found heriburied beneath heap of rocks and stones. The. thought her dead, and carried her t. her home and summoned physician who worked over her for about ffiteel minutes and finally restored her to con sciousness. He found she had broker one arm and was strained and bruise, all over. Her right foot was crushed It is said that the rock which fell o her weighed 200 pounds. They vii take her to a hospital as her condition is serious.