Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-09
NUTMEG CARVINGS.
Interesting Items Boiled Down for the
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Interesting Items Boiled Down for the
 Benefit of Cur Busy Readers.
 Jacob Schaub of South Norwallz has filed voluntary petition in bank ruptcy in the United States district court. His liabilities are $4, ,134.96, and he has no assets.
 The Uncas Knitting Co at Danielson shut down yesterday for four weeks or more because, it is said, of a scar city of fuel. Fifty hands are thrown out of employment
 State Highway Commissioner Nc Donald has awarded the contract for the construction of 1,152 feet of telford pavement in the town of Litchfield to Samuel TrumbuII of that place at $2.64 per linear foot.
 The shortage of coal is affecting nearly every institution in Norwich. Owing to the limited supply on hand the management of the Backus hospi- tai has found it necessary to close for the present the isolated ward.
 Governor Mclean has issued re- quisition on Governor OdelI of New York for the return to this state of Thomas Clancy and George King, who are wanted in Danbury to answer to the charge of statutory burglary com mitted on May 27 last.
 One of the largest fires which has occurred in the center of East Hart ford in some years occurred between } and o'clock last evening. when two large stock barns and two tobacco sheds, owned by Henry G. Beaumont Oh Burnside avenue, were burned with contents.
 Before Judge George W. Wheeler yesterday George Smith of Torrin gton pleaded guilty to charge of attemUt- ca Telonlous assault and was sen fenced to one year in jail. Henry Hurley of Terryville was also given a year in jail, after pleading guilty to assault with intent to kill. .,1s,
 Joseph Guzewich, recently sentenced to state prison for life for the murder of his brother-in-law, stanley Morris. developed into a refractory prisoner at the prison and refused to work in. the shirt factory, where he was sent. He was placed in solitary confinement for considerable time, but finally concluded to behave and Tuesday he went about his work the same as the other prisoners.
 In the superior court yesterday Wal ter Scott Miller, the colored lawyer of New Haven, who has been in jail charged with embezzlelAent, eight counts, was sentenced to five months ill jail on pisa of guilty. Four counts were nolled Antonio OzilIio. who stabbed to death Augustine Dar- damo on June 21 in a quarrel over S4. was sentenced to prison for life on a plea of guilty of murder in the second degree.
 A spark from locomotive yesterday morning started fire on the roof of a barn belonging to Patrick McKeon Tn Bridgeport and the blaze was first seen by big St Bernard dog owned by MckeOn. The animal parked and howled until he attracted the atten- ton of nefghbors and the fire depart ment was called out. Then the dog stood off the firemen until they squirted an extinguisher in his face and thus were enabled to get by him and put out the fire before it did much damage
 James Marsh, the ten year old son OI CndrleS A. Marsh, met with an ac- cident in the Bristol freight yard yes terday afternoon. He undertook to board an extra freight from Water bury, fell under the moving car and his left leg was caught under a wheel and terribly crushed The boy was taken to the office of pr Hubert D. Brennan on Prospect street, where the leg was amputated two inches above the knee. Doctors Desmarais and Car rington assisted. He was doing well last night.
 One of the most badly injured per- sons ever brought to hospital in New Haven is Frank Schipper. 15 years old, whose head is broken in al- most the entire length of the left side. his jaw lacerated, the left clavicTe fractured, and who has a compound fracture of the right wrist, deep gash in the left leg and numerous bad bruises over the body at different parts. He lost a portion of the brain also. Schipper was injured by a trol- ley car at the corner of Chapel and Hotchkiss streets late yesterday after noon. He was riding bicycle. hay ing been sent on an errand by his em- ployer.