Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-23
NUTMEG CARVINGS.
I Interesting Items Boiled Down For
 the Benefit of our Eusy Readers.

Hartford, was instantly killed about TAO o'clock last evening by falling on the third-rail track.
 Elsie, the 5-years-old dauphte,. of atr and Mrs Patrick Cummings of Norwich. was burned to death Thursday night. her clothing catching fire from matches With which she had been playing.
 The cotton mill at Versailles will close to-day for an indefinite period. throwing about 200 hands out of work A scarcity Of material and the lack of demand for coarse cotton cloths is the cause of the shut down,
 Abraham Radius, 8 years old was drowned at Colchester yesterday after- noon in Elgart pond while playing with three other boys. They were in 2 boat and as the four were playing young Radius fell overheard and sank imme. diately.
 Workmen who were employed in digging gravel from a bank iletween Moosup and Central Village this week unearthed the skeleton of man ap- parently about six feet ill height. 1t had been buried many years. There were 10 signs that the body had been buried in I coffin or that there were any clothes upon 1t at the time of burial
 The body of Clarence Q. E1dredge, who had been missing from his home at Mystic since last Saturday, was round yesterday afternoon by his father, Charles Q. Eldredge. near Por- ter's Rocks, not far from the young mans home. Deata1 was due to bull let wound in the heart. The suicide must have been committed last last Saturday night.
 On account of some serious trouble at the power station in Berlin early yesterday the third-rail service between Bristol and Hartford was put ot1t of business. Locomotives were put into commission and moved the cars be- tween Bristol and Hartford until about 3:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when the electric current was turned on and cars ran the remainder of the day.
 A mans body on which were cigar makers union cards, given by tue unions of Geneva, N. Y., Bridgeport. Paterson, N. J.. and New London, to John Arnold, was found hanging by q handkercLlef from the limb of tree in the woods near St Mary's academy at South Bend, Ind, yesterday. X Chi cago paper bearing date July 4 was found ill the pockets. The body WIS badly deconposed.
 While teaching young companion to swim, Miss Anna Christina KivIan, summer visitor at Canterbury. has been drowned in Reynolds mill pond. She was IT years old, af1d was the daughter, of Michael F. Kfvlan of No 972 East 161st street. New York. Miss Kfvlan was at1 expert swimmer, but it Is supposed that she was attacked with cramps. Her companion chung to a bush, which she reached from the shore, and was rescued.
 A hearing was begun before Judge Gager in New Haven yesterday on q motion to dissolve an injunction ob- taine1 by John J. McEnerney of Derby restraining the Consolidated road. the city of Derby and contractors from building a bridge. alleging that his property will be damagsd to the extent of $10,000 and further that the city is trying to eyade the payment of dam- ages amounting to $7,000 which it had promised him. The hearing disclosed the fact that the property stands on the grand list at $2,TO0.
 Peter Gibbons of New Haven, a gro cer, after celebrating the Fourth of July, awoke to find that lie had been robbed of two gold watches. n diamond ring valued at $250 and roll of bills, but could give the police no informa- tion that would lead to an arrest. Yes terday afternoon Detective Donnelly arrested Pasquale Falconi about 9 years old, Bear his home in Hill street, and when searched at police head quarters, loaded revolver. the dfa- mond ring and one gold watch belong ing to Gibbons were found on him. He attempted to draw his revolver on the detective, But he was oyerpowered.
 The attempt upon the part of some of the trustees of NeighborhOod church of Christ of Stratford to oust the Rev Charles Seymour Bullock from the pas forage has resulted in failure. A few nights ago four or five of the trus- tees of the church met and resolved to ask Mir Bullock to resign on account of the notoriety attached to him from the recent trial in the court of common pleas in New Haven. Later 1t was found that tue regular church meeting sentiment of the congregation was so overwhelmingly in favor of their pas tor that the resolution was not even in- lEOuuc0u.
 The general executive committee Of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En- gineers in session at New Haven yes- terday elected as chairman F. $. Evans of Norwood, Mass, and G. w. Moves of South Braintree, secretary. It has been runored that the Consolidated road is, contemplating making slight reduc- ton in the wages of it's engineers, as- serting that it now pays more than the other eastern roads, and that the com mittee is preparing to make an attempt to offset this. That the men are con side11ng some things in the way of complaint has been admitted by t-e press agent of the order.
 Prominent citizens of New Haven, Cheshire Waterbury, Southington. Plainville and NIeriden are signing pc titions requesting the United Gas I'm. provement Go to extend the Cheshire trolley road four and one-quarter miles