Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-16
NUTMEG CRAVINGS.
Interesting Bits of News Boiled Down

Interesting Bits of News Boiled Down
 for the Benefit of Busy Readers. During the past few days q large number of young men and High school boys have been hired into the shops of Sargent X Co, New Haven, where the
 metal workers are oh strike, to take the places of the strikers.
 The donor of the new clinical build ing of the Yale Medical school was, yesterday announced to be Mrs Thom- as G. Bennett of New Haven. Mrs and site as memorial of her mother, Mrs Oliver Winchester.
 Mrs Alexander Lass of Terryville, who was burned at her home on Mon- day while trying to light fire with
 kerosene, died at St Francis hospital,
 Hartford, yesterday from the effects of her burns. Mrs Lass was 26 years old and leaves a husband and four children.
 The public bath house at Seaside park, Bridgeport, is no longer an ex- pertinent. 1t has become necessity, and is an appreciated factor to the en- joyment of the hundreds daily who frequent Bridgeport's popular outing spot. From 1,200 to l 1,S00 take advan- tage of it daily.
 Maggie Smith, housekeeper for Cap tain Mathers of Centeryille, was over
 come by heat in the kitchen yesterday afternoon and fell over on the stove In
 faint She was badly burned be fore her predicament was discovered. She may recover although she suffers badly from shock.
 | Mrs Elizabeth Hunt aged 102 of | Brooklyn, who came to Middletown | alone short time ago, visited Lake, | view park Monday night and on her | return home mistook door leading
 down steps for the door of her room
 and sustained bad fall Internal in- juries are feared and two physicians are attending her.
 | There is a peculiar kind of thief
 at work in Meriden, evidently q wo-
 man, as the articles are all of the
 same sort, table linen. This thief
 steals nothing else, and she only takes
 a certain kind at that. She takes tue
 linen from the table on which flower
 pots are placed, on the veranda. l Patrick Sullivan is at St Francis
 hospital, Hartford, with broken jaw as q result of a kick of horse. Sul- l livan went to work for Charles Utley on Blue Hills avenue Monday moril- | ing. In the afternoon, as he went into the barn to feed the horse. it's hind 1 legs suddenly shot up and Sullivan re- ceived terrible kick on the jaw. | Mrs Gertrude Scripture, widow of George D. Scripture, who lived in
 Stafford Springs, was found in a semi- conscious condition on the sidewalk
 near the Atlantic hotel, Bridgeport, yesterday afternoon. She confessed to
 having taken q two-grain morplsne pill for pain i'll the chest. She was taken ill the ambulance to the Emer-
 gency hospital. where the physicians said her condition was largely due to lack of food.
 A sensation was created in social circles yesterday morning when the announcement was made that a civil action for breach of promise with damages of $15,0O0 has been institute cd against Dr J. H. ID. Budau of Bridgeport by Miss Betsey A. Victory also of Bridgeport. Budau is now on his honeymoon trip, having been mar Tied July II to Miss Carrie Horre, and will not be in the city until October pr Budau is q member of a prominent family in Bridgeport He is q gradu-
 ate of Yale and two weeks ago finish- ed course in St Catherine's hospitals
 New York.
 William Spiess, the eleven year old son of John Spiess of 19S Frank street, New Haven, died very sudden ly at his home yesterday afternoon The boy had been feeling in his usual good health. During the early after noon he took a nap. When he arose he complained of having a headache. Immediately after he sank to chair and died before any one of the fam fly were aware of his serious illness. Medical Examiner Bartlett was called and viewed the remains. The cause of his death has not been determined. There may be an autopsy.