Waterbury Democrat., 1902-09-19
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Interesting Items Boiled Down for the
 Relefit Of Our Busy Readers.
 The chain of trolley lines between New York and New Haven was com pleted yesterday by the opening of . new bridge at Mianus.
 The engagement is announced of Rev Edwin E. Aiken missionary of the American board of China, and Miss Merrill of New Haven.
 About seventy-five shildren in the east and west districts in Rockville are out of school by reason of the enforce ment of the law regarding vaccination.
 Fire caused by the breaking of a lam tern last evening burned a large barn in New Haven belonging to O. F. Mer- riman, and a number of smaller struc- lures adjoining.
 The several cases of scarlet fever among pupils of the South Center school in Southington, the largest of the towns public schools, resulted in an order by Dr w G. Steadman, town health officer, this morning, that the school be closed.
 Tn the superior court at Bridgeport yesterday Francisco Zumro of Green wich. who caused thesdeath of Antonio Mosolino at East Perfcnester in . drunken row on August 15, pleaded guilty to manslaughter He was fined $l and sent to jail for nine months
 At a we'll attended meeting of the Building Trades council last night at Hartford 1t was Unanimously voted that on and after Monday, September 22, no merober of an affiliated trade of the council would work with non- union member of one of the affiliated trades.
 The strike of the mo1ders at the Rus sell < Erwin factory lat New Britain ended yesterday afternoon. when the national officers of the Holders union decided that the men had made a mis- take in walking out because one of their number had been discharged for intemperance
 With a baby on her knee 13-year- old Katie Murphy of Bridgeport yes terday was toying with her brothers revolver, loaded with blank cartridges. The baby kicked the weapon out of her hand, and as it struck the floor the revolver was discharged. sending the blank wad into the girls right leg. just above the knee. She went to the emergency hospital, where the wound was dressed.
 The death of Private O'Brien, S5th company, coast artillery, at Fort Wright, Fishers Island, discloses the fact that typhoid fever has been prev alent at the post ever since the rein forcement of the garrison for the war maneuvers. 1t is unofficially stated that there have been 6S cases among the soldiers on Fishers Island. 25 of them in one company, the 83rd. It is also said that; there are 30 typhoid cases in the hospital at present. O'Brien's death is the only one to re- suit from the disease, the attacks be- ing unusually light.
 Howard Page of Tracey. a village in the town of Wallingford. made his es- cape last night about 10 O'Clock from the hospital ter the insane, The night before Page broke the iron bars over his window nearly off. When he got ready to go he wrenched the bars off tore a blanket on his bed into strips and let himself down He was seen running up the Valley tracks by two men who belong in Portland They stopped him afld asked him why he
 
 was running He replied, 1T have es- caped from the asylum" and told them how he did it They turned him over to the police
 Edward Lafiing, d cigar manufac- turer, of 25i Washington avenue. nar- roWiy escaped serious consequences the other day in New Haven. MT Lafiing called in for a drink of whis- key, The bartender was using spir- is of ammonia in cleaning the bar. The ammonia was left on the counter, and MT Laf1ing, after drinking the whiskey, reached for the ammonia bot Ae, under the impression that it con tained water, poured out a liberal amount and drank it as a .schaser.'' The powerful spirit caused immediate unconsciousness and he fell to the floor When a physician reached him his lips, mouth and throat were badly burned, but after few hours he was able to resume work.