Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-08
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 The gift of several hundred vol umes from the library of Justice George shiras, Yale '53, to the Yale law school was announced yesterday.
 Thomas O'Brien of Southington, aged 6O foreman employed in the re- pair shops of the New York, New Ha- ven & Hartford Railroad Go, dropped dead at his work yesterday of heart disease.
 William Hall, father of the missing William Hall of Southington, and friends of the family have not yet giv- en, up the opinion that the body of the missing young man is in the woods somewhere in Southington. Another search was made Sunday.
 William Lee, while tending a power saw mill in Brookfeld, run by wind mill, slipped on ice and fell square upon the saw, wkhich cut through his cloth ing into his breast bone, tearing his right sleeve to shreds and cutting his wrist; the fact that the wind died down being all that saved his life.
 The mangled body of a woodchopper known as Nichol and employed by Pe- ter Murray of Avon was found about z o'clock yesterday morning on the tracks of the Northampton division of the Consolidated road about a mile and a half north of the Pennington sta tion.
 James Guinan of Hartford, brake man on the Hartford division of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad, who has been running on a freight train between Hartford and New Haven, fell between the cars of lis tta.n last night snocs9y after $ o'clock Nearly the whole tram passed over him. cutting both legs completely off close to the body and making a frightful cut in his skull.
 Owen Moran of New Haven, a line man employed by the Western Union Telegraph Go, was perhaps fatally in. terday afternoon repairing wires Mo- ran was seated on one of the arms of a telegraph pole to which an electric light wire was attached. As it was growing dark the electric company turned ol the current and Moran re- ceived a shock. He was thrown from the pole to the ground, QlSLauce Ol about twenty--tive feet.
 The l.. D. Prown & Son Go of Mid dletown laid off four of their weavers yesterday. Tn the morning tae men reported for duty and were told that no more of the work that they were doing was called for and thcre was nothing for them to do. The officers of the company stated yesterday that the men were let go because the warp for their looms was all gone. Changes were often made and there was noth- ing in this matter except that not as many weavers were needed now. The men who got through were the presi- dent, vice president, secretary and treasurer of the Silk Weavers' union.
 There was feast at the Hartford hospital yesterday. The deer which was killed in Chester last week, by some person unknown and contrary to law, got to Hartford Tuesday night and was turned over to the Hartford hospital in accordance with the sug- gestion of Attorney General Phelps. 1t was prepared for dinner yesterday and Dr Fl. G. Howe, the president of the hospital, made gustatory examina- tion of the meat before it was served to the patients. He found it all right and good to the taste, and it was then served to those of the sick and ailing who were able to partake. All de- clared it a good dinner.