Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-30
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pr George s. Hull. the oldest prac. tleing physician in Bristol Is thesown- eTsUf a sleigh which dates back to the eighteenth century.
 The Connecticut Prison association committee on n~visitation will 70 to the state prison to-day to examine twelve prisoners, all males. who will leave the institution.
 The New York. New Haven and l Hartford railroad announced yesfer. day that the cOlnpany's 1,OO0-milea0e books could be used on the Central New England railroad after January 1, 1905 The Housatonic river is blocked BS an ice jam above Derby which proif- ises to surpass in extent the jam oE last year. 1t Stevenson the water has flooded some of the principal thorough fares and 1t is said up the river that 1 If the jam holds much longer consid- erable damage will result, as the water is continually rising.
 Charles H. Dickinson of Bristol. aged 67 years, formerly of UnionvIlle. and employed for several years by the Upson ES Hart Co as q table knife grinder. was killed at the railroad crossing near the station by south bound train on the New Hartford branch of the Northampton division at 2:38 o'clock yesterday afternoon. MT Dickinson was crossing the track and, although the electric bell was ringing and the engineer blew the whistle, he apparently did not notice the approach ing train, which struck him and threw him clear off the track. He lived about an hour.
 The steamer Puritan of the FalI l9eeHa lNG s3o1s sT9raa9 morning when off Watch Hill by the breaking of her port puddle wheel. probably by floating ice. The steamer came to anchor and the freight steam ea, Boston, the steamer City of Brock ton and the steamer Fall River, whose, captains saw the Puritan's signaIsy stood by till daylight, when the City of Brockton lowed the disabled boat into New London harbor. The Puri tan arrived in New London at 11:20 a. m. and repairs were completed ana the boat left for New York. There were 400 passengers aboard and about 100 left the boat at New London and finished the trip to New York by rail-
 There was considerable eam.itement in Wfnsted yesterday morning when it was reported that William H. Tar box. a jeweler, and Miss Emily Hen derson, daughter of the late James Henderson, had eloped. Tarbox and his wife have livea hers apparently happy for the past five years. Miss Henderson has occasionally been em- ployed by Mir Tarbox as bookkeeper in his office Sheriff Middlebrook WIS informed that the couple had gone to MilIerton, N Y, and when he went there yesterday morning he found, it is said, that they had been married, They left MiIlerton before the sherin reached there and said they were go- ing to Boston.
 One of the new six-driver mogul To- comotives recently put into service by tho Consolidated road jumped the tracks at Cedar Hill at about TAO o'clock last night and all traffic was blocked for almost six hours. The train drawn by the engine left Boston by way of the Shore line at o'clock and was about forty minutes late. The engineer ran through the Cedar Hill yards at about eight miles an hour The engine suddenly jumped the tracks and ran along the ties for. about 100 feet. It stopped when not more than forty feet from the stone arch bridge over Mill riven The bank there is steep and the surface of the water at least twenty-five feet from the rails. It is fortunate that the train was running slow as a serious accident would probably have resulted otherwise.