Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-19
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AOdlluG III LuC OOuuGCllCuC T1VGf near the pumping station at Hartford about 5:30 o'clock yesterday.
 The Connecticut Prison associations committee on visitation will meet at the state prison on Monday next, to ex- anime eleven prisoners whose terms of sentence will expire in August.
 John Madigan Of New Milford. IS years old, was drowned yesterday at the dam of the New Milford electric light works. He was iii a boat above the dam when his craft was caught in the current and carried over the falls.
 A contract for the grading of Ugh. way in the town Of Cheshire has been awarded by the highway commission CTS to Frank Arrigoni & Bro of Dur ham, The contract covers a distance of 400 feet at total expense of $o,200.
 The time allowed by the government for the redemption of the documentary and proprietary stamps issued as war tax has now expired, and unless claim was made for their redemption before July I they will not be redeemed.
 Mrs William H. Porter of Westport left her home and five children about two weeks ago and it is feared that
 
 been very Respondent. Her children have been taken in charge by the au- thorities.
 Referee Kellogg has passed an order authorizing Thomas L. Healy, trustee in bankruptcy of the Glastonbury Flint and Spar Co, to sell the mine, ma chinery. spar and other assets of the bankrupt The property was appraised at $19,000.
 About 200 postal clerks running on the Consolidated between New York and Boston have received the welcome news that their salaries have been in creased $100 a year. Some of them have been receiving 5000 year, and some $1,000.
 The body of Alonzo Badau, a black smith, who lived at Brookfield, and who disappeared Saturday, was found yes terday in we'll on his farm. It is thought that he committed suicide while temporarily insane. He was 5 years old and leaves widow.
 I've taken strythnine,' said Mrs Clara Raphael, wife of Joseph E. Raphael to a neighbor in Stratfor last night, but do not want to have you call doctor as want to die.' A doctor was called, however, but MT. Raphael refused to let him do anything and she died an hour later. She was 30 years old and leaves besides her husband five children.
 Sarah Rogers and Henry Stein, whose home was raided for liquor by the police Sunday, had a severe penalty imposed upon them in the police court yesterday morning by Judge Garvan at Hartford. They were charged with keeping liquor with intent to sell, and pleaded guilty. They were each fined $150 and costs. The large quantity of liquor seized will be destroyed.
 well dressed young man stole a purse of money and some jewelry from the house of Nathan Smith of Milford Saturday afternoon. MT Smith, who was at work in his garden. saw lne young man walk into the house and leave it a few minutes later. When MT Smith went in he asked his family what the young man wanted and dis covered that the inmates did not know of his visit. The search which fol- lowed revealed that the house had been robbed.
 During a thunder storm in Danielson yesterday afternoon, two horses belong ing to Israel Bennett and one belonging to Abel Chase were killed by lightning. They were standing in a lot opposite the cemetery. One of MT Bennett's horses, named Athol, is well known to horsemen of the state. A new barn be- longing to Hugh German i'll Brooklyn was also struck and was burned This building was erected to take the place of one which was similarly destroyed short time ago.
 To relieve what one wholesale meat firm believes would otherwise develop into meat famine, western cattle are to be brought to Hartford alive and slaughtered on Blue Hills avenue, just beyond the city line The Connecticut Teef Go is the concern in question. It believes that shipments of dressed meat will soon cease and so has had buyers out on western ranches. Two cars were started east on Sunday and are due in Hartford tomorrow with ytwenty-six cattle each.
 James McReady, whose home was said to be in Middletown, was instantly killed yesterday afternoon while at tempting to jump a freight train bound for New London, McReady had been doing odd jobs for different persons in Guilford for some time and decided to skip the town with friend. Before he could get a safe footing he swung out over the tracks and struck a tele- graph pole, knocking him off and under 1 the wheels of the train. Both legs were cut off and death was instantaneous.
 Mrs Creighton. wife Of Thomas J. Creighton, printer employed by the Phoenix Insurance Go of Hartford, saved herself from serious injury yes. terday afternoon about o'clock by clinging to the front of an automobile that had run her down and holding on until the machine stopped Mrs Creighton had the presence of mind to throw one arm over a lamp, raise her feet off the street and hold them up Mrs Creighton screamed loudly as the machine kept going and the attention of all persons in the vicinity and in neighboring buildings was attracted but through all the excitement she kept l hold of q bundle she carried Elm.