Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-07
NUTMEG CRAVINGS.

NuIMEO UAAflNGS,
 Interesting Items Boiled Down for the l Benefit of Our Busy Readers.
 The foundation for the cradle un
 Which the Connecticut, the new 16,O0O-
 ton battleship, Is to be built, was begun
 at the Brooklyn navy yard yesterday TKe common council of New Britain
 seeks 10 enjoin the Consolidated road
 from running third rail cars till cer-
 tain alleged perils in New Britain are
 removed.
 David Barry, 27 years old died at
 Rackus hospital, Norwich, last night, from injuries sustained last Saturday by fall from building flu course of
 erection on which he was at work. Four children of Thomas Canty of Winsted slept out of doors In dis used quarry on East Lake street last night. Dissensions between the fath- CT and his father-in-law. with whom
 he lived, were at the bottom of the trouble. Three of the children have
 been in the Gilbert home and will probably be placed there again. 0uEiHS uGaVy luuuuGTSlVTm At about 6 o'clock last evening lightning struck barn on The Sherman N. Dun- bar place. about one and one-half miles west of Terryville. now owned by MT Seymour The building and contents, including hay. three cows and four pigs- were burned. Mir Sey-
 mour was severely shocked by tnS ! lightning.
 Sargent & Go of New Haven have
 announced proposition it is said that 1 Is unique in the history of labor troubles They have informed the employees that they will loan $5 to each single man now unemployed who l intends to return to work. $10stO each married man and $5 to each woman, girl and boy. The company does this l to assist those whom 1t promised to
 take back to work.
 Simon Reiter has recovered cons sciousness at the Bridgeport hospital, after his attempt to end his life in Beardsley park at the muzzle or re- 1 volver. He expresses great chagrin and sorrow that he did not succeed. He had planned to do so and had gone to public spot where his body would be sure to be found and identified Dy ] those who knew him, and his regret is keen that his preparations should prove l all in vain.
 | Lieutenant Governor KeeIer yester- I day authorized Warden Gavin of the state prison to transfer Mrs Lorena l Alexander, life prisoner, from the prison to the State HospitaI for the In-
 sane at Middletown. The state prison, 1 as is we'll known, has an insane ward, | |. tv ar women. and it was necessary to have l Mrs Alexander transferred where she can have proper care. Mrs Alexander l in 1878 murdered man in Bridgeport James Connors of Hartford fell out of a scond story window about Il 80 o'clock yesterday morning. He got l out of bed. where he had been sleep 1 ing, and went into the kitchen to get 1 drink of water. There is large l window near the sink and the window was open. Connors slipped and fell through the window. landing on the l siirt in the yard. a distance of about sixteen feet. He struck on his head and was rendered unconscious. William H. Waterman, q veteran on the civil war and native of Danbury. 1 died at the Soldiers home at Noroton on Monday. He served in Company N, l Twelfth c. VI, and was admitted to the home from Danbury about six months ago. He was then in feeble health and was immediately placed in the hospital, where he died. MT Waterman was ono ! of six brothers who volunteered In the War of the Rebellion. all of them serv- l ing honorably in Connecticut regi- ments.
 The council meeting at New Britain last night opened with still alarm or fire It was expected the session would
 be a hot one, but the only excitement was n fire in the cloak room. Council man Lumpp lost his hat and umbrelln and the wall of the room was scorched. Mayor Bassett had just called the meeting to order when the odor of burning cloth became noticeable. A cloud of smoke followed and Council man Parker. running into the cloak room. found the umbrellas and hat on fire. He carried the articles into tha street.
 As Paul Ppefferen and his mother were at dinner yesterday at their hOmS on Garden street, Bridgeport, a woman named Kate Polatzke, whom they had never seen before came rushing into the house with loaded thirty-two cali- bre revolver in her hand. which she fIourished over her head in wild west style. shouting in Slavonian: ssI'll kill 1 you! am going to shoot youv' She ' thrust the revolver toward Mrs Spef- ] feren's breast just as that woman's son
 seized the intruder by the arms and ] wrested the revolver from her. The
 woman was insane.