The weekly examiner., 1901-04-13

Mayor Cummings (Dem.) re-elect- ed mayor of Stamford, certlfies to election expenses of only $21o.
 The Rockville baseball directors have decided to sell season tickets at =$5. All the players have been signed and the season will open April 27.
 Arrangements are being made for the state c. A. R. encampment to be held in New London May 8 and g. There are thirty posts Tn the state.
 The eighteenth annual convention of the Connecticut Firemen's associ- ation will be held in Hartford on Tuesday and Wednesday. May 21 and go.
 Harriet, the 9-years-old daughter of Eugene Cooler of South Norwalk, while playing with pair of shears fell and ran one of the blades through her right eye-ball, entirely destroy ing the eye.
 Dr. w. T. Guernsey, one of the most eminent homeopathic practi- tioners in New York, rich, respected, with large clientele and with seem ingly everything to live for, killed himself with carbolic acid some time after midnight Tuesday in a lonely part of the city. He was born in Litchfeld 52 years ago.
 From towns along the railroad line between Putnam and Willimantic daily shipments of milk to Boston have fallen off from 40 to 50 per cent. Along the railroad line to Norwich. on the contrary, shipments have all the week shown an increase even above the amount sent before the strike was inaugurated.
 It is expected that there will be fully 10000 visitors in Middletown during the next commencement week at Wesleyan. The crowd is espec- ially expected on Monday and Tues day, the days that President McKin- ley and party will be the guests of the university. The president will be accompanied by Mrs. Mckinley, Hon. John D. Long, secretary of the navy, Postmaster-General Smith and Chief Justice Brewer.
 Because of the depredations of chicken thieves William Reyes of Milford recently rigged an electric alarm to his coop. Sunday night it sounded and Reyes hustled out with a shot gun in time to catch one of several raiders. The chicken thief was taken to jail and officers were set to work to find the others. A wagon with seventy chickens and lot of hens was found Monday morn ing.
 The Eastern -Shipbuilding Compa- ny of New London Is now constraGtn ing in its new yard on the east of the Thames River two vessels which will have greater tonnage and displacement than the mammoth Celtic, recently launched at Belfast, Ireland. These large vessels are be ing built for the Great Northern Steamship Company. of which James J. Hill is president and will ply be- tween Seattle and the Orient.
 Temperance applies to eating as we'll as drinking. That is a lesson which Fred Leidholdt of South Man chester learned. Leidholdt had eat en fresh pork for dinner. Soon af- ter he bought half a pound of choco- lateS containing a sweetened syrup favored with cognac. He ate the greater part of the pound. During the evening he was taken with vio- lent cramps and vomiting. Three physicians were summoned. Leid- holdt will recover.
 One of the strongest advocates for the Tarifville extension Is the Hon. Hezekiah L. Sheldon of Suf6eld, who began his legislative career in this state forty-three years ago, and is now in the neighborhood of 80 years of age. MT. Sheldon gave the right of way through his farm, which is one of great value, for the Central New England road, and has long been awaiting the completion of the line. MT. Sheldon Is one of the most honored residents of Suf1eld
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