Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-28
NUTMEG GRATINGS.
Interesting Items Boiled Down for tie


Ba n:it CT Our Busy Readers.
John Hendrickson "a native Of Fin
land. who has been employed at the
granite quarries at Milestone, fell over
board from a wharf in New London
yesterday and at o'clock this morn
ing his body was discovered out OF the
harbor with the ebbing tide.
At a meeting Of the chiefs of police
at savin Rock yesterday the following
officers were elected: President,
George Bowman Of Stamford, vice.
president w j.. Rawlings OF New
Britain: secretary, IL. 9. Ginty OF
Danbury and treasurer, Stephen O..
Wheeler of Winsted.
Ex-Judge Rufus S. Pickett of the
city court of New Haven and his en-
tire family, together with the house
hold maid, had narrow escape from
death from ptolnaine poisoning by
eating spiced ham Saturday night,
and all the members of the family
have not vet fully recovered from the
Illness.
Twenty-Five girls who are employed
by the Capeweil Horse Nail company
at the temporary factory of the COM
pany at Colts armory, Hartford,
struck yesterday morning in sympa-
thy with the seyenty-fye girls who
struck at the factory some time ago.
Those who struck yesterday had no
complaint as to wages or treatment.
a shocking accident occurred few
feet west of the Bouton street bridge,
Norwalk at 11:50 O'Clock Monday
night, when e. FL. Gordon, brake
man on the Pittsfeld freight train be-
tween Danbury and New York was
run over. Both legs We're severed
close to his body and he died shortly
after ho',e@ taken to the Norwalx hos
pital He was 80 years of age and
unmarried. His residence is 100 Will
lis avenue. New York.
The strike of carpenters, masons cleo
tricians and plumbers employed by
several contractors Of sthe new plant
of the Housatonic company in New
Britain was ended this morning, when
the strikers returned to work The
strike was declared last Friday be-
cause the carpenters objected to the
employment Of d non-union man. Set
Element was effected by the non-union
man agreeing to join the union, mean
while yacating the job until he is
elected to membership.
The body of Edward Goodrich, the
young man who committed suicide
Tuesday afternoon after an unsuccess-
full attempt to kill his two sisters by
shooting, will be taken to Glastonbury
|. for burial tomorrow. His parents
are at present residing in that place.
Since Tuesday more details of the re-
l1ations between the young man and
his sister have been obtainedS confirm
ing suspicious long held by those who
have been acquainted with them. The
sisters manifest no grief over their
brothers DEATH
A last echo of the internal troubles
of the Polish Roman Catholic church
Of New Britain appeared yesterday in
card Of thanks ISSUED by Rev IL.
Bojnowski, pastor of the church. He
thanks all who have contributed to the
erection of the new building and In
touching on the differences in his par
ish over Rev Il. Uminski, the assist
ant priest. says, that few of the
parishioners have been waiting for
years to raise trouble in the parish
and that they never will be satisfied
as long as there exists any kind OF law
either ecclesiastical or civil. But con-
sidering the number of my parishion-
ers these dissenters are very few, and
not including them, the Polish people
of New Britain are good and very
generous"
While many people are willing to
talk for money and many more willing
to talk for the sake Of talking, there
| is one man at least who III willing to
pay to talk That man is Thaddeus
E. Peck of Stratford, an atheist, who
is to pay Rev Royal Raymond, pastor
of the First Methodist church, at the
rate of SAT an hour to listen to him
Iexpound his religious theories. Mr.
Peck is not to conclude his disserta-
ton in one hour, but will talk for 10
solid hours on a stretch. The pastor
has accepted and will listen for the
10 hours to Mr. Peck, A contract was
drawn up by Attorney George w. Ca
rey, one of the pillars of the church.
and Judge of Probate Charles III. Peck
and has been signed by both parties