Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-25
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t3@ 0@h@Mx 0I our buSy R0ad@rs. l In vacant lot in Bridgeport, which I is at present being excavated for build ing purposes, a human skeleton was found yesterday.
 1 William Carey of New Haven was probably fatally burned last night by the eXpIosion Of kerosene stove.
 Mrs Sarah Furer, 30 years old. who conducts notion store in Bridgeport took dose of paris green yesterday afternoon and was taken to the Bridge | port hospital.
 Chester D. Burnham, who-was borr in 1920, got the birthday cake for the oldest member at the annual dinner O; the Fremont Veterans at the Hotel Hartford last night.
 The Lake Torpedo Boat Go will launch it's new submarine, Captain Si. mon Lake, at Newport News on Thurs day. The boat is an exact duplicate of the Protector, which has been sold abroad.
 TWO of the rooms in the central school of Middletown have been closed by order of the board of health. which found that during the past week twelve cases of scarlet fever had broken out among the pupils.
 The following companies have filed certificates of organization with the state secretary: Purdy Drug Go. in. corporated, of Derby; Reed Electrical Cordage Co, incorporated. of New Ha. ven; Woodbury Creamery Go of Wood. bury.
 Captain Samuel Hull, who has a small cottage at Riverside, Clinton, has tanned q large gray rat so that she is as docfle as kitten and comes at a call and eats out of a dish. Recently the | rat appeared with three young ones who are becoming as tame as their mother.
 A very pleasant reminder of the re. cent trip to St Louis was received by the members of the First Company Governors Foot Guard. at the drill last night. The Second Company. Gov 1 ernor's Foot Guard, of New Haven. sent to each member of the company in Hartford a watch.
 Gladys, the 6-years-old daughter of Mrs William E. Welch, was badly burned while playing near bonfire in TorTington yesterday afternoon She ran into Nolan's drug store with her clothing burning and Charles. E. Doty, clerk, was burned on the hand while extinguishing the flames.
 Mrs Harriet s. Parker, mother of Judge Alton B. Parker, received a great demonstration at a democratic mass meeting in Ansonia last night. She and her sister, Mrs J. A. Myle, sat | in the gallery and their presence was announced to the audience.
 A boy IS years of age, believed by the police to be George Gill of 1S5 Meadow street, New Haven. was knocked from the top of freight car on which he was riding by bridge near West Farms station on the New York. New Haven and Hartford rail- road yesterday and ground to pieces under the wheels.
 Within three hours after he had stolen $150 worth of watches and jew elry from Miss Grace Roberts of No 73 Buckingham street, Joseph G. Hawkes. was arrested on description yesterday afternoon in Hartford, by Detective Butler after a short chase. The stolen goods were recovered and Hawkes. admitted taking them. A young man who has been forging the name of Dr. Blake Az Sears of Hartford to checks, was arrested yes- terday in South Deerfield, Mass, for uttering bad check in North Adams, Mass. The man is also wanted in Springfield, Mass for signing MT Sears's name to check for $46. The man says he is John S., Gleason.
 Nat Butler, the famous bicycle rider, has contracted with Professor l w. o. Atwater of Wesleyan university to enter the calorimeter at Wesleyan for certain number of days. He will be shut in the cage probably for twelve or fifteen days at a time and be required to pedal bicycle, arrang- ed on standards for certain number of hours each day. Certain foods will be eschewed and measurements talk en which will determine the nutritive values of different foods.
 Because members of the first com pany, Governors foot guard, while on their recent trip, invited their ne gro servants to eat in the dining room with them at Greensborough, N. O., sensational stories touching upon the affair are now running in the papers. Some of the reports are to the effect that southern hospitality was, in some | instances, withheld from the govern | or's party and the foot guard owing to l the fact that there were colored mem l bers of the party. General Cole, in explaining the matter, says that the only foundation for the stories arose | from an incident In the Guilford hotel | at Greensborough. The footguard men sat at one table and two colored servants at another. The former in- vited the colored men to join them and the sight of the two parties dining to- ! gether caused talk.
 Walter M Newton, the East Hart
 ford boy has series of thefts to answer to at the next term of the criminal court, was arrested
 Sunday while attempting to force an
 entrance to the cigar store of Frank I M. Villa at Hartford. It is said that
 one of his teachers warned young
 Newton's parents last winter that the 1 lad would land in states prison with l in year if they did not take him ir
 hand. More than a year ago an East l Hartford merchant caught him steal ing money from the till, but, instead
 of causing his arrest, made him return -