Waterbury Democrat., 1902-09-13
NUTMEG CRAVINGS.
Interesting Items Boiled Down for the
 Belefit of Our Busy Readers.

Interesting Items Boiled Down for the
 Relefit of Our Busy Readers.
 A dwelling in Wallingford owned
 by Mrs Melissa Hall and occupied by
 Bernard Pomeroy in the Cooks Hill
 district was burned last night. A
 lamp explosion was the cause. The
 loss is $1,200.
 At a meeting of the directors of the Deep River Distilling Go yesterday af- ternoon it was voted to accept the of- fer made by the American Witch Ha- gel Distilling corporation of New York and sell out to that firm. The pur-
 chase price was not made public. Mrs Michael Nagle of Ruggles Row,
 Mi1ldale, was seriously injured last evening by falling from an apple tree. She was in the tree picking apples when she missed her footing and fell. Her head came in contact with a small stick which was standing in the ground
 New Britain is practically free from smallpox. Mary Coffey, the last pa tient, was discharged from the house of detention yesterday afternoon. Dr Reeks was sent to the house and after carefully examining the young girl de cEared that she was entirely recov- Tered from the disease.
 Louis Lee of Gildersleeve who a short time ago thought he had discov- cred evidences of oil in the northern part of the town, says now that he is positive there is oil there and in quan- titles to pay well. The spot at the
 shipyard has recently been visited by inf conducted an investigation which so satisfied them that money has been
 raised for a careful test by an expert
 The monthly meeting of the direc- tors of the Odd Fellows Mutual Aid association of New Haven was held
 last evening. The association has
 been running behind on claims for seme time and instead of paying each claim in full in order it has been pay l ing claims pro rata. Last night the directors voted another per cent on all claims. Secretary George N. Moses said that the association expected to
 be able to pay off all claims in full at the rate of 5 per cent per month. Frank Flood of New Britain, 16
 years old, was sca1ded about the legs and body late yesterday afternoon at Parker's shirt factory on Walnut
 street. It appears that the engineer
 was away from the factory during the
 afternoon and that young Flood was looking after the boiler. When he
 discovered he had let too much water into the boiler he attempted to let it
 out again by opening valve A rush of steam came forth and enve1oped
 Flood.
 State Prison Directors Thomas Dud- ley Wells and Frank O. Sumner of Hartford, Edward A. Fuller of Suffield, Frederick M. Salmon of Westport and w. c. Reynolds of East Haddam, with Warden Garvin and Chaplain Genung, representing the state, and Carnot O. Spencer, representing the Connecticut I Prison association, will leave to-day for Philadelphia, where they will at
 tend the national prison congress
 which opens this evening.
 The Central Vermont railroad steamer Mohegan, while coming into New London harbor at 1 80 yesterday
 morning, struck a small boat between the lighthouse and the spindle The steamer was travelling fast and when stopped within a quarter of mile a
 boat was sent out. An overturned
 mackerel boat was discovered and it 1 is believed the occupants were drown led, as no trace could be found of them. The only mackerel boat which is mis- sing is that of Edward Button and his
 son of Groton.
 Word has been received in Torring- ton of a serious accident to Robert Rippere, son of Rev John Rippere, a former Methodist pastor there The young man was visiting in New Ro- lschelle and on Thursday of last week fell over the bannisters and down a long flight of stairs at the house where he was staying and struck on his head. He was taken unconscious to the Le- ney hospital, in Brooklyn, N. Y., and l is still in stupor. While the skull
 does not appear to be fractured con-
 cussion of the brain is feared. He is
 a graduate of the Torrington High school, class of '99, and is senior at
 Wesleyan.