Waterbury Democrat., 1902-11-22
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 #Claude Ferry; aged 3 years, was ac- cidentally drowned in q watering trough in Winsted Wednesday night. Monroe Ferry. the boys father, who is employed as driver for coal deal Ter, found the body when he went to give his horse drink at the trough.
 The falling of heavy iron rod in the machine shop of the F. F. < M. Co at Ansonia Thursday resulted ill the serious injury of Michael Nugent, ! machinist, and the narrow escape of several other employees. Nugent was struck squarely on the top of his head by the bar, fracturing his skull and rendering him unconscious. Mr Nu- gent died shortly after ? 10 clock. yester- day afternoon.
 ' Aaron aWhitmore of Hartford had a fit last night on the Highland division train. He nearly bit his tongue off while he had the fit. He was attended at the Union station by Dr Howard Franklin Smith and taken to the Hart ford hospital in the ambulance. He had 2 railroad ticket from Willimantic to Waterbury and some tickets for a Foresters fair in Waterbury. He boarded the train at Manchester and it is supposed he had been working g there yesterday.
 The Hartford coal dealers have been rushed so much lately for coal, espe- cially at the times when the papers have reported large amounts coming up the river, that they have been obliged to close and lock their doors to keep out the large crowds trying to force their way i'll to secure coal As a result of this pressure from custom CTS they have requested the officers of the Hartford and New York Transpor- tation Go not to give out to the report CTS how much coal they receive at the docks.
 A man who gave his name as John Ryan was brought to the Hartford hos pital from the East Hartford hotel by Proprietor Ryan late yesterday after noon, very weak from loss of blood, which flowed from wounds in his head, received in an unknown manner, and died at S:45 o'clock. Ryan did not reg ister at the hotel and his identity re- mained unknown until about 8 o'clock last evening, when he had just strength enough to say in answer to questions that his name was John Ryan and that he S'had formerly lived in New Britain on East Main street.
 The Hartford county commissioners will next week send notices to all li- censed saloon keepers. in the county, outside of the city of Hartford, and whose places are located within 200 feet of church, postoffice, cemetery, public library or schoolhouse, to appear at the office of the commissioners. The commissioners will make formal re- fusa1 of these applications and it is 1 expected that the dealers will all ap- peal to the superior court. in the hope that the. law will be changed by the l incoming legislature.
 The annual meeting of the Henry C.. Hub bard drum corps, one of the oldest drum corps in the state, and having the oldest members of any, was held at the residence of William Harris at the Farms. MT Harris is the oldest mem Der of the corps, and is ST. There is one other member Of the corps over 1 80, and a third in his 75th year. All are active in their membership. MT Harris has a son who is also a mem Der and who is more apt to attract at tention on the march than his father. The young man weighs 518 pounds, but is a vigorous drummer.