Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-24
NUTMEG CRAVINGS.
Interesting Bits of News Boiled Down for the Benefit of Busy Readers.

for the Benefit of Busy Readers.
 Mrs Deborah Sillimarl of Easton will be 102 years and 6 months old on August and it is claimed for her that she is the oldest woman in the state.
 Mrs Ethel Foote, the alleged Vassar. graduate, charged with twenty-two counts of shoplifting, pleaded guilty in the New Haven city court yester- day and was sent to jail for what will be about nine months and fourteen days.
 Francis Preudhomme, state manager of the Prevalent Savings Life Assur- ance society of New York, committed suicide by shooting in the head at his home in New Haven late last night. He was 5S years old and leaves a wife and two daughters.
 An unknown man was killed at the railroad station of the Consolidated iraiI road yesterday morning while attempt ing to board west-bound freight train at Hartford. His body was hor- ribly mangled. The body was taken to New London. The man was about 20 years of age.
 James E. Cannon of No 24 Church street, Hartford, who was burned Tuesday morning while at work in the round house of the Central New Eng land railroad, died at the Hartford hospital yesterday morning. Medical Examiner Fuller investigated the cause of his death and pronounced it accidental.
 Special Policeman Corbin of New Britain received report at his honie1 Tuesday evening that there was a sup-a posed case of smallpox in a tenement on Harvard street. He reported the case to the health authorities yester- day and investigation showed the case to be nothing worse than we'll devel- oped attack of prickly heat. The case was discovered by a sewing machine agent.
 While saving off tree limb thirty feet above the ground, Robert Orr, a city employe of New Haven, fell head long yesterday afternoon. His hands were thrust forward protecting his head somewhat, but one wrist was broken and the other sprained, and his face, neck. and shoulders cut and bruis- ed He was taken toflhis home and lin- less internal injuries develop will rel cover
 Dr Edward A. Down of Hartford and Drl Francis N. Braman of New London, who were appointed a com mission to investigate the mental con- dition of William H. GalIivan of Mont | yille convicted of the murder of Jere- miah Shumway and sentenced to life | imprisonment, have reported to Acting Governor Keeler that the prisoner is sane Galliyan is at the Norwich jail l md Iao fo1y fn f1a fof fn aric nr1 sat once to begin his sentence.
 Frank Banning, a teamster, diseov- cred at o'clock yesterday morning the body of Charles Hallenborg q German, insthe creek back of Podesta's store on Main street, Bristol The creek is used to carry water to the wheel of the Bristol Manufacturing company's plant on Riverside avenue and in some spots is rather deep. It is crossed by several small foot bridges. Hallenberg evidently undertook to cross one of the narrow bridges and fell in.
 Charles Beecher died very suddenly at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon in the Bristol lookup. He was arrested late yesterday by Captain Belden on the complaint of a resident of the North side, who said that Beecher had been sitting on the steps of the schoolhouse of that district all day catching imag- ipary rats and mice. The fellow was clearly out of his head from excessive 1lse of liquor and so the officer took him to the lookup to await develop ments.
 John J. Coffee, 9 years old, of Fair Haven died from consumption at the New Haven jail yesterday as he was about to be taken to the common pleas court for a hearing. He had served three months of five months sen tence for burglary. When the condi- tion of the man was made known Lawyer David Fitzgerald applied for habeas corpus papers for the appear ance. of Coffee at the present term of court and this was granted by Judge Hubbard on Saturday,
 Lightning, which came apparently from a clear sky, struck a tree just south of Mrs Ezra Cones residence, East Hampton, about three o'clock yesterday afternoon, tearing off the bark and splintering it so that it will die David Bride, who was not thirty feet away, was knocked from a ladder the shock doubling him. George Tracy was moving the lawn and it twisted him around. c. D. Barton, his son, Howard, and John P. O'Connell were in team nearly opposite the tree and both men and beast were considerably shocked To the men, the bolt looked as big as barrel. While there were clouds on either side, it was blue sky overhead. Miss Cone had just come to si the front door and received shock.
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