Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-08
NrTMEG CARVINGS
Interesting Items Boiled Down for .tne
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Interesting Items Boiled Down for ms BeneftNof Our Busy Readors. Edward Peterson, charged with set.
 ting lire to abarn belonging to How ard Sherman in Whitneyville, was yesterday acquitted on the ground of insanity.
 Harold Fish,, Bridgeport lawyer.
 was fined $5 anl costs in New Haven yesterday for speeding his automobile in New Haven September 20. He pleaded guilty.
 Town health offcers have been in. vited to meet in New Haven Octnher
 14 for the purpose 9 arranging a sys- tematic plan for tie control of con- tagious diseases.
 Fifty survivors of Comnanies T. R and the band of the first Connecticut Heavy artillery responded to the roll
 call at the annual reunon of those or-
 ganizations at the Atlantic hotel. Bridgeport, yesterday,
 The apartments of F. A. sheehan.
 manager of the Taylor oera house in Danbury, were broken ino yesterday and large amount Of mo1sy and iews elry and two watches were stolen. The increase in the amunt of Sii. vorce business returned toathe courtx in other counties in the state has reached Hartford county. pn Tues day, the October return isF of the superior court, complaints h forty- three new actions were retuned and fifteen of these were divorce sits.
 Rev John B. Lawrence, wb waA elected on Monday selectman of the new town of South Norwalk, yesterday appeared in Norwalk to take misplace on the board of assessors of tk old town of Norwa1k, to which hewas elected for three years in OcSber, 1901. He was made president ottha board
 Mrs Bridget O'Donnell died in Mw Haven Tuesday night at the ageof 102 years. She had lived in New fa. ven about fifty years coming from Ie- land. Until recently Mrs O'DonnIl was able to be about the house Wha she was about seventy years old he sight failed but during the last fes- she was able to read large newspaper print.
 Edward Harvey, farm laborer of New Milford was found dead yester- day afternoon on the river road near the new bridge, about four miles from New Milford. Medical Examiner King decided that death was caused by apoplexy. Harvey had been driv- ing team of horses and when on his way home he apparently fell forward between the horses. When the body ton when the town went no hcenss pole and between the feet of the tws horses. The latter apparently stopped the moment Harvey fell, and did no move until the body was taken from its position by the medical examiner Harvey is survived by wife.
 The liquor men in Berlin havs sought legal advice in regard to cer tain ballots thrown out in the count of the license vote at Mondays cleo was found it was under the wagon by majority of ten and will make an application to the judge of the su. perior court for a recount. It is claimed that 36 ballots were rejected because in each envelope h which they were cast was also a ballot on the continuance of the consolidated school system, which was in open ballot Of the license ballots f is said that 30 were yes and no, which if counted would give majority of 14 for license It is understood hat le- gal opinion is that the ballots ihould have been counted and the conolida- ton ballots rejected as no envdopes were provided for them.