Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-29
NUTMEG CRAVINGS.
Interesting Items Boiled DowpEor Ths Bsnells of our Easy Rsaders.


 George l.. Heath, a carpenter, who lived with his sister. Mrs B. E. Fow- Ter at Hartford, died Tuesday night from drinking wood alcohol.
 Margaret A. Toomey, who has been postmistress at Leete's Island. was yesterday arrested upon a charge of embezzling postal funds
 Ten freight trains will be added to the Highland division runs beginning next Monday, the additions belna caused by the increase of freight be- tween Willimantic and FishklH Land ing.
 The new orders for locomotives on the Consolidated railroad are to take effect at once, and an operating official said yesterday that it was calculated that seven of these machines would be turned over to the company every month until the order for 100 had been filled.
 At the risk of being badly burned, Charles Miller foreman of the Weth- ersfeld avenue barns of the Hartford Street Railway Co Jumped on q burn ing ear Tuesday evening and ran 1t out into the street, where it was burned 10 the trucks in spite of the ef- forts of the fire department.
 Forty residents of Mapping met at the town hall last evening and dis cussed measures by which to secure the granting of a charter for a trolley line through the village to connect at one end with the Springfield line md at the other with the line of the Hart ford. Manchester and Rockville Trans way Go.
 The announcement was made yester day of the award of the grand prize to the Winchester Repeating Arms Co Of New Haven by the jury of award at the St Louis exposition for the com pany's excellent exhibit of firearms and ammunition shown at the fair. The award is one of the highest given to manufacturers exhibits.
 Postmaster Hicks of New Britain has held up 15O Christmas postal cards because they bear insufficient postage The cards were imported. as they have upon them the words "For the United Kingdom Only" There is space on the outside for writing, while on the backs are different Christmas scenes. The writing on the outside places them in the 2-cent class and as they were mailed with 1-cent stamps they have not been sent out.
 Mrs Caroline Day of Old Saybrook
  Western Union Telegraph Go and James H. Day of Old Saybrook as ao. ministrator of the estate of James H. Day. ST, to compel the company to transfer 556 shares of It's stock to her name on the company's books. Mrs Day alleged that on May 24, 1902, the elder Mir Day gave her the stock, and that when on May 10, 1904, she made demand on the company for a trans fer of the stock to her name on the books, the demand was refused.
 On petition of D. Luther BriggA. Richard Davis, Joseph Merriam. El- mer. c. Derby. Pred s. Bacon and Con- rad c. Bacon. Judge Reed. sitting in chambers at Middletown yesterday af. ternoon. appointed Harry E. Powell Of Middletown temporary receiver for the Annual Wind Clock Go. For some months past the company has been manufacturing clocks on q smaller scale and the business has mostly been carried on with money advanced by Sheriff Davis and two or three others. These men finally decided to call halt. The company is the successor of the Hartford Annual Wind Clock Go.