Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-11-01
NUTMEG CARVINGS.
Interesting Items Boiled Down For
 the Benefit of our Easy Readers.

Mrs Lydia Ann Phelps, the widow of Judge James Phelps, died at her home in Essex yesterday afternoon, aged S7. She was tbe daughter or Judge Samuel Ingham of Essex.
 Roland Haley of Windham Center, while handling a shotgun yesterday af- ternoon, held his hand over the muzzle when the gun was discharged, blowing hole through the palm of his hand.
 Secretary c. E. Miller of the Con ilecticut Humane society was in Bloom. field yesterday investigating com plaint against Gus Bernston for cruel- ty to animals. Bernston, it is said, ran q pitchfork into one of his COWS and abused them in other ways About Il year ago Bernston was. tried upon a charge of assaulting his wife and oth- CTS.
 Herman s. Baker, a foreman in the machine department of the Ideal Man. ufacturingl Co, while returning from work to Portland last evening, walked off the drawbridge while it was open and fell into the river. Timothy Brown put out from the Portland shore i'll a boat and saved Baker in the nick of time.
 topper N. Platt of Huntington, l.. l.,
  bunk on board the barge. yesterday. In the opinion of the medical examiner death was due to natural causes de- spite the fact that an open box of rat poison was found on the table i'll the cabin. The man was about 80 years old
 Deputy United States Marshal Par melee yesterday served papers upon the Haire Dry Goods Go of Ansonia. and an injunction has been obtained Ill the United States court Some of the creditors. it is alleged, Shaye been un- able to make collections from the firm, and 1t was learned by them that the Haires were attempting to sell out their business
 Matthew Schwab was terribly beat en last night by the brother of a young woman at whose house he had called in Southington. A High street young woman had preferred charges with the selectmen against Schwab a week ago, and hearing of the complaint he left town. During his absence he wrote two letters to a young woman to whom he had been attentive and last night, when he called at her home, her broth CT met him at the door and proceeded to kick him into the street and left him unconscious. A passerby rendered the badly beaten man assistance to q trolley car by which he left town. s.
 Salyini Emelio, an Italian who has been employed by the Pennington Street Railway Go, was instantly killed yesterday by falling between the cars The work car, with a flat car as trail- er had just left the power house at Unionville, with a gang of workmen, among whom was Emelio. When near the arch, where the Northampton divi- sion of the Consolidated road passes over the highway, Emelio, who was standing on the front end of the trail- CT, lost his balance and fell between the cars. Before the car could be stop ped, the front trucks passed over his body, killing him instantly.
 By the will of Charles S. Liegey, filed for probate at New Britain yes terday, $1OO is left to St Pauls church, Kensington, for library purposes; Sl,- GOO to the New Britain General hospi- tai, the money to be placed at interest and the income used; $2O0 each to the schools at Harracout and Jean D'Lai- seau, France, the principal to be in- vested and the interest to be used New Years day of each year for the purpose of buying gifts for poor chil- dren Small Requests are made to the members of his family and life use of the remainder of the estate to his son, Leon F. Iiegey.