Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-29
NUTMEG CRAVINGS.
Interesting Items Boiled Down For the Benefit of our Easy Readers.

Nathaniel w. Bishop of Bridgeport was sailing his yacht on Lake Warar maug Saturday when sudden gust Of wind capsiZed the boat, which sank in fifty feet of water. Mir Bishop, who is good swimmer, reached the shore safely after swimming about a quar- ter of mile.
 Mrs Elizabeth Hunt of Brooklyn, N Y., who is 1O4 years old, went to Mid dletOwn on the boat from New York on Friday, unattended. She said she was not fattgued by her journey. She will stay there until Tuesday when she wdll go to MeIiden to celebrate her 1O4th birthday with her grandfather.
 The passengers on the third rail car from Hartford at $40 o'clock Saturday night received good shaking up when the far ran off the track just before it reached the Bristol depot. 1t was not going fast and was stopped before it had bumped over more than a dozen ies. Traffic was delayed for three hours.
 Arthur F. Gould, 29 years old, un- married, and employed by the Pratt & Whitney Co of Hartford, was found dead Saturday in an attic room in the house of his brother in-law, Burtis J. Osborn, No g Florence street, having committed suicide by turning on the gas. Beside the body was bottle of sleep inducing medicine Mr Gould had been in an insane asylum two or three times.
 A mysterious woman has made her appearance in Center square at mid night on several nights recently in Torrington. She is said by those who have seen her to be clad in flow ing white robes and to act as if de- mented. Her favorite resort is the watering trough in the center Of the square where she dabbles her hands in the water and moans. If ap- preached she quickly disappears in the direction of South Main street.
 A Panhard auto owned by Leonard D. Fisk was damaged by fire about 2 o'clock Saturday evening in George H. Days barn at Fenwick. The chauf. feaa. was stocking the carriage with gasolene and the fluid caught fire from a lamp near by. The woodwork and trimming of the auto were damaged to the extent of about $500, but the ma chinery was uninjured. The chauf feur's clothes also caught fire, but he succeeded in putting out the blaze without much injury to himself.
 W. D. .Herbst, formerly a well known shoemaker of Hartford, Satur- day caused attention by walking about with a placard on him which read: Robbed by Hartford Rubber Works Go, Henry and Wright Go, S.. E. Clarke and others" MT Herhst used to have a shoe store on Asylum street and at one time made rubber heels. He is said to have made a contract with the rubber works for the manufacture of the heels, but he fell out with the company, alleging the heels made were defective The case got into the common pleas court and was decided against him. He says that he Is being persecuted and that wearing the sign is his only way of getting even.
 Two cars for Savin Rock coll1ded 1 last night at Allingtown, as the dis ! trict of the city at the south end or | Congress avenue is known. One of 1 the cars had stopped when another close behind ran into it. The motor man tried to reverse the power, but the. trolley pole slipped off just at that time and the power was cut off. The car was not equipped with air brakes and the hand brakes were in- sufficient to stop the car In short distance. Five people were hurt. Mrs Henry Wells and John Tobin
 were the most injured andS were ta- ken to 5the hospital. MT Tobin's ankle | was broken and Mrs Wells was badly | bruised. The motorman on the rear
 car jumped and escaped unhurt. | H-.