Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-11
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the Benefit of our Busy Readers It. was announced that Mayor Leeds of Stamford no longer cons ders himself democrat but republican, and will support that ticket next fall. Mayor Leeds said that when elected he was democrat but his ideas had un- dergone radical change
 Thomas Curr'e Weldon died Tues. day at the Hartford hospital of Bright's disease, after six d lys ill., ness aged 84 years. MT Weldon was native of Chilham. near Cant eI bury, EngIand, and was the youngest hut ore of ten children. He learned the trade of wigmaking. and when a boy was a page in the coronation process sion to Queen Victoria.
 George Hawley. colored, Civil war veteran, was transferred from St Francis's hospital to the Hartford hos pital yesterday in the ambu,an He lives at No 8 East street and is an expressman. A few days ago he 1 broke one of his legs. The transfer was made in order that he might be taken care Of under the state law l giving aid to veterans. Oliver Powe Of Ansonia, a juror fin the civil side of the superior court, and
 one of the panel which was hearing a suit, was stricken with apoplexy just
 before court opened yesterday morning He was removed to the New Haven
 hospital where 1t was said later thai
 he would probably live. By agree ment of counsel the hearing was re
 sumed with eleven jurors in the box. Patrick CoughNn, ex-mayor' of Bridgeport, died at his home in that
 city yesterday. MT Coughlan, who was | 64 years old, was native of Ireland and had lived in Bridgeport for about fifty years He was member of the l court of common council in 1872, 8 delegate to the Centennial exposition in 1876, director Of the Bridgeport pub
 lie library since 1888 and repres ent l attve in the general assembly in 1887 | He was elected mayor in 1888 ard had served four terms on the board of edu
 cation and four years as tax collector Nine children survive him.
 County Health Ofacer Hoadley ot New Haven went to North Madison yesterday to make an investigation into the case of Gottfried Meyer, ar aged German who had been complain ! ed of by his neighbors because of the
 unsanitary condition of, his home. Ths
 health officer found that only twt
 rooms in the house were occupied, one as a kitchen and the other as bed
 room. On the floor of the bedroom (which was filthy in. the extreme, there l lay the carcass of a hog which Meyel had slaughtered and which had be gun to decay Tn the kitchen the ofh
 yer found fifteen chickens perched or the backs Of chairs and on the table
 The body of q man was found yes terday afternoon in ditch beside tht railroad tracks at Long Hill in Eas Hartford. Snow covered all the body
 but one foot, which, sticking out, at
 tracted the attelt'on Of some High
 land division employees who were pass ling on a handcar They stopped ant
 began shoveIine away the snow. .WheI the leg of a man was revealed it wal
 found that the body was buriedAunde
 about two feet Of snow and lying o' the ground, indicating that it had beer
 there two or three weeks It wal found that the man had been cut oa th,
 sida of his head which would ind caFt
 that he had been struck by 8 trail
 while walking on the railroad tracGs
 The features were badly discoloret
 and if is not known who he was. Alp { parently the man was about 40 year 1 of age. He was about fe"t inche tall with dark hair and dark mols
 tache. He wore a dark coat and waist
 cot, striped trousers. heavy lace'
 shoes and black. derby hat H1
 clothing indicated that he was not
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