Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-23
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Interesting Items Boiled Down for the
 Benefit of Our Busy Readers.
 Northampton division telegraph oper- ators have received notice of an in- crease of wages. The increase was vol untary upon the part of the company, the telegraphers having made no re- quest for an increase, which will aver age about 20 cents day, according to the importance of the station.
 Probable cause was found in the case of Brakeman Dennis Dowd of West Portsea street, New Haven, yesterday afternoon, and he was bound over to the September term of the superior court The amount of bond was re- duced from S1,OOO to s750. Dowd is charged with manslaughter in causing the death of Eugene Kavanaugh of Baltimore, Md, on May 2 in a railroad collision in South Norwalk.
 A COW belonging to MT Bird of Blue Hills avenue fell last night in the sew CT that is being built on that avenue by the Hartford Paving Go. The trench for the sewer is about seven feet deep and word was sent to the police sta ton for help to rescue the COW. The services of Roger W. Sherman were secured. He had men build a runway at one end of the sewer and the animal was walked up the incline and was ap- parently as goo das ever. Senator and Mrs Hawley and their family are contemplating somewhat unusual summer vacation. They have engaged house boat with two masts and. auxiliary steam power and propose to cruise for the summer if they find it enjoyable. They will begin i'll the Potomac and the Chesapeake, and gradually work their way north and very likely go up the Hudson to Lake Champlain and Lake George before fall. Senator Hawe1y continues to gain but the report that he would be at the coming dinner of the Army and Navy l club was incorrect.
 Four coal shovelers were buried un- der tons of coal at New Haven yester- day afternoon by the collapse of a bulkhead in the Excelsior Coal Co.'S scow Harry Hudson Smith n1oored un- der a coal pocket at Belle dock. The workmen had nearly emptied the for ward bin in the scow when the bulk head between the bin and an adjoin- ing one gave way, letting about 100 tons of coal fall upon the shovelers. One of the workmen, Charles B. An derson, was killed, probably instantly, while three others, James Garvey, Mar tin Mccarthy and Michael Dwyer, were seriously injured. It required half an hours shoveling by gang of laborers to release the injured men and it was | an hour later when the body of Ander- son, which was deeply buried, was taken out of the scow. Anderson was supernumerary policeman, 35 years old and married.
 Margaret Hipsman of Thompson vile was divorced from John Hipsman, whose present whereabouts are un- known, by Judge Shumway in the su- perior court yesterday. Mrs Hipsman is about 75 years old. She was married to Hipsman on October 6, 1878, and on August 15 of the next year he deserted her and took from her about $500 which she had saved. She never heard from Hipsman after that time. She has lived in Thompson vile for about % years. 1t was explained to the court that at the time of the marriage to Hipsman the plaintiff was widow Her first husband was killed in the Civil war and she was pensioner, but the pen sion stopped at her marriage to Hips- 1 man. Tn addition to the divorce the plaintiff was given permission to re- sune the name of Shesrin which she had by her former marriage, She will make application to have pension re- stored to her. John W. Coogan ap- peared for the petitioner.