The weekly examiner., 1901-05-18

duck trust, which will have a capital stock of $25, 100000.
 The House bill appropriating $20O0 each for free State employment bureaus in Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport, Waterbury and Norwich, is assured.
 The Grand Council of Royal and Se- lect Masters of Masonry of the state met at New Haven Wednesday. The report ford showed a net gain in membership of ifty-one, 8 total membership of 3, 500 in g councils.
 Fire broke out Wednesday afternoon at the H. Chapin' s Sons Company's s works in Pine Meadow. The New Hartford fire department was; called on for help and responded promptly. The fire made a stubborn resistance, but was gotten under control after an hours la bor. The company's loss was mostly in stock, covered by insurance.
 William Patchett of Thompsonville died suddenly Saturday afternoon. In company with his son he went for walk in the fields. He came across woodchuck, and it is supposed overex- erted himself in trying to capture it, as the doctor who attended him later said he ruptured blood vessel. He
 
 Mrs. George Scheildge of South Man chester, who was so badly burned two weeks ago while trying to extinguish a brush fire, died Saturday. A short time prior to her death she sang Nearer, My God, to Thee" and her favorite, ''I Cannot Leave Thee" She had been married six years, and leaves a husband and three children.
 When Peter F. Daley of the Hodge, Podge & Co" show was in Middletown he stayed at the Chaffee House. Hear ing two of the waitresses express a desire to attend the show, he took hardtack and wrote on it. Pass two, presented it at the box office of the Middlesex, where it was duly honored, and now remains as a souvenir.
 Sanford Wakely, over 80 years old and an inmate of the Bridgeport poor house for 13 years, has been left large share of the estate of a near rela- tive in England, amounting to several hundred thousand dollars. The old man was located by his grandson last week after a search of several years, and will be removed to his home
 Watson Frisbie, Woodbury farmer, hitched his horse to freight car stand ing on a siding at Pomeraug station and left it to do some trading at vil- lage store. The car was coupled to a freight train which started before Frisbie could unhitch his nag The horse was hauled at a lively pace until the animal broke away and ran over fences and through fields, demolishing the wagon and badly lacerating itself.
 The Epworth Leaguers will meet in Hartford next year, at St. Paul's Meth odlst church in Parkville. New Haven District, Epworth League, held it's con- vention in Torrington Wednesday. There are 39 junior societies, with al membership of 1,635, an increase of 175. The banner junior society was Ansenia with 120 members. Sixty-nine young people societies have been organized as Epworth League Christian Endeayorers. with a membership of 5000, an increase of 287.
 While Timothy Hanley was standing over forge heating heavy bar of iron, at the carpet works in Thompsonville, Wednesday, the iron burst with loud report, scattering the hot coals in all directions and demolishing the forge. MT. Hanley was severely burned about the head and shoulders and one of his eyes were injured. MT. Hanley said he noticed before heating the iron that it was full of small holes, which, it is thought, when put in the fire the con- traction with the heat caused it to ex- pand, the explosion resulting.
 HI. l.. Jeffrey of Woodbury, a we'll known expert in bee culture, is making preparations for the building of comb of honey by bees, a large undertaking. The comb is to be nearly two feet square and upon the face will be the state coat of farms and the motto in relief. The plain comb will be two inches thick and the raised figures will be about two in- ches high. The weight of the comb will be 100 pounds. Nothing of the kind has ever before been exhibited at any world s 1 fair and it is expected that MT. Jeffrey | Will be induced to deposit it in the same l exhibit at the Buffalo Exposition.
 Jennie O'Mara of New Britain claims that on Friday night about 8 o'clock a hack overlook her on Commercial street as she was on her way home. Three men jumped out and seized her, | dragged her into the hack and drove or. In the south part Of the city they | stopped and tried to drug her. She resisted and escaped. They again over took her near her home. Her cries ! for help aroused the neighborhood. | The girl was taken into her home in hyster1cal condition and a doctor sum- moned. She continued to scream at times most of the night. The police consider it a fake.
 Miss Ann Maria Rathbun of New Ha- ven, convicted of the murder of her husband, William, by poison, and sen tenced-to life Imprisonment, was taken to the state prison at Wethersfeld Fri day. Her children were permitted to Did her goodbye at the New Haven jail. Her demeanor at the state prison was not out of the ordinary. She walked into the prison and to her as- signed place without hesitation, and seemed not particularly downcast or deiected h1r tLa tLa11arht that she has