The weekly examiner., 1901-06-01
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 A huge turtle weighing twenty pounds was caught last week at Lake PocOto- paug ill the vicinity of Rocky Island. y
 William I. Townsend, 8 citizen of New Haven, who died in London, Eng, leaves an estate of about $1O,OOO.
 The forty-frst annual camp meeting at Willimantic will open August 19 and continue until the 26th inclusive.
 While Judge Wheeler of Willimantic was on his way to the court house, he Twas attacked by bulldog, which bit his thigh.
 John Byrne, ST, died at Windsor Locks last Thursday. He was a devout Catholic. The first mass ever celebra- ted in the town was held in his house.
 Silas B. Patterson, oldest son of B. C.. Patterson of Torrington, has been ap- pointed by the war department provin- cial supervisor of the Philippines.
 Carl, the 8-years-old son of Thomas Clark of Middletown, examined small dynamite cartridge with pin. The re- sulting explosion tore two fingers and a thumb on his left hand.
 Dr. B. J. Stopper, a native of Middle town, was shot from his horse and ia. tally wounded while on 8 professional trip twelve miles south of Viau, l. T., last week.
 Ellen Machka, a servant in Norwalk, has begun suit to recover $500 from wealthy Albert J. Hoyt, now resident of Oyster Bay, l.. l., for breach of prom ise.
 Timothy Coleman, a milkman of Middletown, was attacked by a COW, which knocked him down. One eye ,,oorIx1 +07~11 ond hic foao c lacerated and his chest hurt.
 Henry A. Maui and George H. Travis, the latter of Newark, N. J., have been arrested at Bridgeport, charged with stealing $500 worth of bicycle parts at local factory.
 w. E. c. Smith of East Hampton re- ceived $15O for 50 of the new 1-cent Pan-American stamps with the cut of the steamer upside down. The stamps only cost him 50 cents.
 Edward 0 'Tuel, S5, freight brake man on the Consolidated road, while sit ting on high freight car had his skull crushed by striking bridge. He leaves wife.
 The Consolidated Railroad will here after pay the engineers who run passen- ger trains and heavy freighters S4 day for 100 miles and overtime pay for more than that distance.
 MT. Stoeckel of Norfolk, who has pur- chased the John Brown homestead in Torrington, proposes to hold the place until ''John Brown Association is formed, when he will make a deed of gift to such an association.
 Miss Bertha M. Waters, daughter of Rev. c. F. Waters, pastor of the First Church in Glastonbury, has received the highest honor for portrait painting 1zhinh rsao entered 1n 56sba xApleTicaD WOmen's Art Exhibition in Paris
 John Ahern's tobacco barn, 158 feet long by 32 feet long, at Windsor Lacks, was demolished during last Fridays tor nado. The structure was lifted by the wind and moved six feet, the frame be- ing demolished.
 Carl Carorung, 29, of Naugatuck, who had been riding his bicycle only two days, lost control of the machine, and went down hill at great velocity, ran into stone wall and his head was smashed to a jelly.
 Francis, the 15-months-old son of Fred Goetz of Bridgeport, was drowned Sunday afternoon by falling into but ter tub which had been placed under the caves of the house to catch rain wa ter. He was dead when found.
 Plans are being made for the recep- tion of President Mckinley on his visit to Wesleyan college in June. The Pres dent will be met at the station by the entire student body and escorted to the college.
 Florence, the 3-year-old daughter of Frank H. Bracken, teamster employed at Keney Park, Hartford was fatally burned Saturday while her mother was absent on an errand. The child played with matches and set fire to her clothing.
 Edward O. Goodwin, a prominent to- bacco packer of East Hartford, has great faith in the value of the hail cannon, as successfully used by the swine growers of France and Italy. He will give $10O to any organization or society that will give it a fair trial.
 Lydia Hine, aged 50, is in New Haven jail for having committed pension fraud She received pension of eight dollars month as the widow of Louis Hine, Civil War veteran. Inquiry showed that the woman was divorced from Hine some time before his death.
 Believers in spiritual phenomena are inclined to believe that Dr. Griffin of Danbury has photographed spirit face. In photograph taken few days ago by him there appears, distinctly out lined, the face of a child who died sev- eral years ago in the house where the picture was taken.
 The census of the Ninth district school in Manchester shows the total number of pupils registered this term is 1,543, nearly 100 more than last year; Fl new children entered the kindergarten this spring. The number in the high school is IA, and the daily population of the school building, including teachers, is about 1, 400.
 George Tibeau, French Canadian, has built log cabin on his place in Windsor. It is located on the road out side of Rainbow, leading toward East Granby. The building is small, and is composed of logs cut from fair-sized trees. with lime and clay used to chink