Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-29
NUTMEG GRATINGS
Interesting Items Boiled Down For
the Benefit of our Busy Readers.


Charles Robinson, 40 years old, of
East Hartford, freight brakeman
employed in the yards of the New
York, New Haven & Hartford Rail-
road Co, received injuries yesterday
morning from which he will probably
die.
Boys who were trying to rig up
private telephone line in New Haven
wednesday, dropped a wire across one
OF the fire department lines and troll
ley wire Four strokes We're sounded
on the fire bell, several boxes We're
burned out, but the boys We're unhurt..
A small drove of cattle was received
at the Connecticut Hospital for the In
sane yesterday to be. turned into beef
for use at the institution. The hospi-
tai authorities have been buying up ma
tive beef cattle in the surrounding
country since the beginning Of the beef
strike
Lincoln S. Risley was yesterday af-
ternoon appointed superintendent of
the local division of the Connecticut
Railway and Lighting Co of New Brit
ain to succeed r. L. Terry, who left
town Monday night without notifying
the company. General Manager Sew
ell and General superintendent Darbee
of the Bridgeport Office plated Mr. Ris-
ley in charge Of the plant.
Gilbert H. Hatfield, is years old,
was drowned while bathing at Lake
Pocotopaug, East Hampton, yesterday
morning, shortly after IL o'clock. "A
party of Middletown High school girls
are camping out at Hinckley's point
LJ0fRa1r M 1Nxy Of
the members Of the party to spend the
Barton arose early and went fishing.
and later the young man went In bath
ing just west OF Halecliff. w. e. Hale's
GUNNER home. The girls were in the
boat near the shore and Hatfield was
out nearly up to his neck. Suddenly
they heard a shout and saw Hatfield
sink from sight.
A well dressed. middle aged woman
was found wandering on the streets in
Greenwich yesterday in an aimless
manner. She told several persons
that she was i'll and wanted to be tn
ken to the emergency hospital. She
said that she was nenniless, hut when
searched at the hospital over $40 was
found ON her person The physicians
AZ Law AOoLHbhl uCNAuSTQ ladL size WAS
in good health and she was discharged
from the institution, She was crying
when SHE left and last night was seen
roaming from street to street in the
| same aimless manner The police and
the physicians think that the woman
| 10 shamming. She will not give either
her name or her address.
One of the fiercest electrical storms
| that Winsted has experienced in a
long time broke there yesterday after
noon and did considerable damage.
Two houses We're struck and the tele-
phone and telegraph services were dis
abled for few hours, During the
| height of the storm the home of Law
yer George A. Sanford was struck The
bolt struck a chimney on the side OF
| the house. ran down the house, tearing
off a number of shingles and finally
entered bedroom. setting fire to the
bed. The fire was quickly discovered
and the damage was light Soon af.
ter the house of w. HI. Tarbox was
struck and the chimney was partly de-
molished. Large branches of trees
We're shattered by the lightning during
the afternoon and early evening,
The hotel keepers of this state took
q udy OF yesterday ana Whlle they mad
good time they paid some attention
to business, for they organized the
Connecticut Hotel Keepers associa-
ton, which is supposed to be a protec-
tectiye and mutual benefit association.
The election of officers resulted AS
| follows: President, John J. Dahill OF
Hartford; vice president. ]. H. Rowker
OF Meriden; secretary and treasurer,
George @. Pattee of New Britain. A
| motion to have the association incor-
porated was made by #. NJ. Johnson
and seconded by ]. T. Moran. 1t was
carried unanimously. Committees
We're chosen as follows: Legislative
| f. NJ. Johnson, chairman. of Hartford
Ernest H. Meyer of New Haven, f. Il.
| Parker of New London, George r.
Hodgdon of Hartford and ]. r.. Moran
of Hartford; executive committee-W.
FL. Hager of New London. T. A, Ragley
| of Waterbury. e. M. Smith of Meriden
L. r. Curtis of Woodbury. and Alfred
| Schoff of Norfolk; constitution and by
laws---W. iii. Moseley, jr, of New Ha-
| ven and #. NJ. johnson of Hartford.