Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-30
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News Items Boiled Down for the Ben
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 MiddIetown contractors announce that after January eight hours will constitute days work for all carpen- ters employed by them. This is a re- l suit of a conference between the men l and the contractors.
 Patrick O'Brien, 2d, died at the Dan I bury hospital Sunday morning from lockjaW whicn resulted from the freez- l ing of his feet about week ago. He was about 61 years old and leaves a wife and one son, who are supposed to be in Bridgeport.
 Announcement has been made by the authorities of the Sheffield Scientific school that Mrs Lucy Boardman of New Hayen,. widow of William w. l Boardman, is the donor of the Kirtland l Memorial hall, ground for which has l just been broken on the grounds of the. school. The gift was announced I last June but the name of the donor was withheld. =
 On November 5 the polishers and buffers employed at the Holmes & Ed wards silver factory in Bridgeport went on strike for an increase of wages. The firm refused, and the men, about 200 in number, went out. The company gradually filled the places of the strikers. Some strikers have gone back. Yesterday the union formally declared the strike off. The men made application for their old places and some of them returned to l work
 The officials of the Connecticut Rail- way and Lighting Go have been noti- fled that a petition asking for charter for the Greenwich Gas Lighting Go will be presented to the legislature oil January 8. The applicants are Henry B. Marshall, Amos w. Averill and Charles D. Burns. The original char ter granting the right to sell light was | given to the Greenwich Gas and Elec- | tric Lighting Go, which company was l bought by the old Connecticut Lighting and Power Co.
 | Matrin WeIch, who was arrested in Hartford Sunday morning with nearly $2, 300 on his person and who was taken to Boston early yesterday morning, was arraigned in the South Boston po- lice court yesterday. He pleaded guilty to having stolen $2,7O0 from his father. James Welch, the father, said l he did not desire to have his son sent to jail as he could not get along with l out him. He said the next time he would hide his yaluables where no one could find them. Martin was away from home Saturday night for the first l time in his life.
 Seven pupils of the freshman class I at the Meriden High school were dis missed from the school and will not be permitted to return to the institution at the completion of the holiday vaca- ton, January 5. At the request of the I faculty their names are not published, but it can be said that they are all boys. They were dropped in accord ance with the ruling of the board of education not long ago. that "any pupil of the entering class who fails to main tain an average for the first sixteen weeks or for the first four reports of 50 or above shall be dropped to the grammar school again without success fully passing an entrance examina- tion.''
 Mrs Margaret Manning, aged 65, wife of Cornelius Manning, was found I dead in bed by her husband Sunday morning at Middletown She had been ] dead several hours when her husband discovered the body, he having sup posed she was sleeping when he arose. A physician was called and stated that she had a hemorrhage during the night and death was caused by choking. Her husband, who is deaf, had not heard her. If he had it Is probable that lift Ing her up would have given relief and that as 8 result she would be alive 1 to-day. His grief over the loss of his wife and regret that he did not know or her suffering has caused him to be in an almost frantic condition.
 The gre.+ast celebration of united Catholic societies ev9&s~~held in this lstate will be witnessed in New Haven New Years day, when eight Holy Name societies will meet on the central green at $50 a. m. and march in body through the city and meet in the Sa- tered Heart church, where a solemn lpontifcal high mass will be celebrated lat 10 o'clock by Right Rev Bishop Tier tney of Hartford, assisted by several priests of the city and state The Holy Name societies to take part are St Johns, St Mary's, Sacred Heart and St Joseph's, all of New Haven; and the societies of Westville, West Ha- ven, Branford and Wallingford.
 The residents of Stanwich, several miles north of Stamford, are congratu- lating Deacon Close. wealthy farmer, and his young wife, having learned that wedding had occurred. For three days Mir Close and his bride, formerly Miss Grace Lockwood, were keeping house before their neighbors knew of l it. The bride is 26 and the Drldegroom is said to be twice that Mrs Close died fourteen months ago, and it was rumored that before her death she had picked out her successor. A few days ago MT Close and Miss Lockwood went to the Stanwich Congregational par sonage and were married by the Rev Matthew Patton, the minister agreeing to keep it secret. They appeared to- gether in public at the Christmas exer- cises and then the secret came out.