Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-01
NUTMEG CRAVINGS.
Interesting Items Boiled Down For
 the Benefit of Our Busy Readers

Annie A. Preston was appointed
 postmaster at Wilmington, yesterday. Pitkin Talcott, the only surviving brother of the Talcott Bros of Talcot- vile, who Is now 72 years old, met with a painful accident at his sawmill in Talcottville Tuesday which resulted in the amputation of his right hand. Bertha c. Norris of Torrington, ad-
 ministratrix of the estate of her father, Rev Austin H. Norris, has brought suit against the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Go to recover $5,6OOH for the death of Mir Norris and the de struction of his team at the Burville crossing on January 4, 1903.
 The strike of bricklayers, plasterers and stone masons employed on the Morton r. Plant property at Groton, is still in progress. A delegate of the local union told the superintendent of
 the work that unless the three plaster CTS take cards from the local union the
 strike will continue and all bricklay
 CTS, stone masons and plasterers em-
 ployed by Norcross Bros will be called
 out.
 The establishments of a mission for.
 Polish Catholics in this state by Bishop
 Terney Is announced Three priests
 of the Congregation of St Vincent De
 Paul have been sent to New Haven
 and have taken possession of the rec
 tory of St Stanislauss Polish parish
 on Dwight street. The missionaries.
 who are called Lazzarist fathers, will
 continue the Polish work in that city, while Rev Father Musiel, who has
 been stationed there. will go to New
 London to organize a parish
 Sergeant c. c. Sweeney, who was
 stationed at Fort. Terry, Plumb Island.
 was found dead at his quarters on
 Tuesday night. death having been
 caused by apoplexy. Monday bur
 glar entered the home of Mrs Sweeney
 and stole q bank book calling for all
 the money the sergeant had saved dur
 ing the past few years. The thief pre- scented the book at the Savings bank of New London and drew out $6OO. This loss Is thought to have worried Sergeant Sweeney and hastened his death.
 Dr J. s. Stone was called to attend an Italian who worked for the New Britain Brick Go at Clayton, yesterday, by Manager Paine of the company. The man has been i'll. about three weeks. Dr Stone diagnosed the disease
 as varioloid in the third or last stage. The eruption had broken out principal ly upon the mans shoulders and breast. Dr Stone said that the man had been vaccinated~Ipon his entrance
 into this country as thene were marks
 on his arm. The case was light one. He immediately notified the health off. cer if Newington, John .Kirkham, of the case and had nothing further to do with it. Selectman Fish of Newington had told him yesterday that another person in the house had been taken i'll. Two families. comprising seven or eight persons. occupied the house Burglars tried their luck in Plain. vile again yesterday morning and suc-
 ceeded in getting more booty than
 they have in their previous visits. There has been an epidemic of small l burglaries in the place for year On
 account of this the town voted to hire
 q special police. officer to patrol the 1 streets of the town until midnight. That has worked very well, but the
 robbery last night was committed af- l ter the officer went to his home for the
 night. The thieves visited the tool
 house of the Northampton division, 1 WHICH IS near IHe Cenlef. anu, pTy1ng
 open the door, took what tools they 1 needed to get into the stores they en- l tered Going from there to the store of Frisbie & Hemingway, they pried open the front door and ransacked l the place. The burglars took from the l money drawer $s and, besides this quantity of cigars and other small ar ticles were taken away. The drug store of Peter Pryor was next visited
 and S1O taken from the money drawer. , He carries a line of mems goods also l and the burglars supplied themselves l with sweaters, cardigan jackets. etc. No other places were visited so far as l has been reported.