Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-15
NUTMEG CRAVINGS
Interesting Items Boiled Down for the Benefit of Our Busy Readers.


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 The body of Franz Beale, a French man, employed as a laborer by James McGinn of Bethany, was found on the outskirts of the town yesterday after noon. Beale had been missing for two weeks. The body was badly decom- posed and how he came to his death is unknown. .< . 5s As the result of accidentally taking a dose of carbolic acid,. Solomon E. Sparrow a retired captain of the United States army, died at the Mohican hotel in New London Monday night. The acid was taken by mistake for medi- cine. He leaves a wife and two chil- dren.
 A severe electrical storm passed over Westport late yesterday afternoon. A barn owned by George Mills was struck by lightning and the fire which followed cause loss of $1,0OO. MT Mills, who was standing near the barn when it was struck, was thrown to the ground unconscious. He recovered shortly afterwards.
 A heavy thunder shower passed over Southington about o'clok yesterday afternoon, doing considerable damage in the southern part of the town. A house belonging to Walter Dilger in Milldale was struck by lightning and the roof was badly. damaged. There were -a#number of people in the house at the time, but no special injury was done,
 During the thunazw shower early yes terday afternoon, and while hail was falling heavily, lightning struck a barn Hbelonging to Charles s. Noble of the Noble Drug Go and situated in the rear of his home. No 300 Wethersield ave- nue, Hartford. Daniel Sugrue and l John Montry, employed by MT Noble, were in the loft pitching down hay and were knocked down by the shock Su- grue was rendered unconscious, but Montry was only stunned for mo- ment.
 A large Knox gasolene automobile, belonging to Frederick c. Loeser of Hartford, was burned on the causeway at Windsor yesterday afternoon. The owner and a friend were riding in the car at the time of the accident. The | flames burned the body of the automo- bile badly, but did not damage the ma- 1 chinery, so the loss will not exceed $100. It is thought that the trouble l was caused by cigar ashes, in which some fire remained. The blaze attract 1 ed large crowd, who brought buckets | of water and soon had the fire out. The owner and his friend were not hurt. John Elliott of North Grosvenordale was instantly killed by lightning while on his farm about o'clock yesterday afternoon. Mir Elliott was watching his workmen having and when a show CT came up took fefuge with his son under tree, which was struck. His son was rendered unconscious and is | in a serious condition from the effects of the shock. MT Elliott was about 30 years old and one of the most trust l worthy and infuenctial citizens of Thompson" He had been the president of. the Thompson Dime Savings bank of Putnam. for several years and post master at North Grosvenordale many years.
 Rocklawn, one of the finest summer houses in New London, the residence of Mrs Lindley Hoffman Chapin, for merly of Springfield Mass, and daugh- ter of Chief Justice Andrews of New York, was struck by lightning last night and was burned. The house, 8 | handsome villa of more than thirty rooms, was situated on the Sound at Great Neck in the town of Waterford, l where there is no fire department and no fire fighting apparatus. Only a young man and a daughter of Mrs l Chapin, besides the servants, were at home. A small part of the costly fur nishings was saved by removal. The l loss is estimated at S1O0,O0O