Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-01-16
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, KeN Il. Il. Kelsey Salu III lne course of his sermon last evening at the Fourth Congregational church at Hart ford, that bill to prohibit the manu> facture. sale and possession of cigar cites would be introduced into the leg is,uture this winter.
 An attempt is to be made to estab- list, q crnmatOry in New Haven like crCmatOry at Fresh Pond is said 10 be the only one in the east and crematory societies in other parts of Connecticut arc interested in the project.
 President Frye of the New England Tobacco Growers association an nounces that the executive board of tie association for the ensuing year will be w. F. Andross, East Hartford. chairman: H. w. Afford, Windsor: B. NJ. Warner, Hatfield. Mass: H. H. Aus tin. Sutfield; J. H/Price. Enfield.
 Two men were found dead in bed ill the boarding house kept by Mrs James B. Kilbridge, No 124 Wooster street. New Haven. yesterday. The :hen. ono of whom was Alexander Ro- bowski went there late Saturday night and presumably blew out the gas. which was flowing from an. open jet wien the bodies were found.
 Skating on the Connecticut river yes terday was better than it has been be- fore this season and there was large crowd out to enjoy the sport. There was good skating from the East Hart ford bridge to Middietown and a few skaters went the entire distance ana returned It was estimated that about 60O were out on the river yesterday, and this number included a good many women. Most of the skaters went as far as the Wetllerstield cove.
 Mrs Flora Hildreth Johnson of Brat iIcboro. Vt, has brought suit against the New York. New Haven and Hart for,. Railroad Co, asking $2O,OO dam ages for the death of her husband, who was struck and killed by a locomotive at Hawleyville on January 1. 1904 Johnson was freight brakeman and stepped from his train in front of n passenger engine. The allegation is iha: no bell. whistle or other warming was sounded by the engineer. of the passenger train. The case will he tried iIi April. v"
 Circle f. Daughters of Isabella. was 1 formally organized at a meeting in
 Knights of Columbus hall in Hartford yesterday afternoon. The preliminary meeting was held week ago ycster- day in the same place and the interest | in the project was so evident that it was decided to form a permanent or l ganization immediately. The Daugh' | ters of Isabella is q society auxiliary to the Knights of Columbus, organized on much the same lines as other wO- Elcn's auxiliary organizations. One of | its chief purposes. also, is the mutual aid of members and their families.
 At the meeting of the directors of the New York. New Haven X Hart ford Railroad Co. held at New York on Saturday, President Mellcn was au- ] thorlzcd to continue the double track 1 ing of the Highland division from nowner's to Danbury. This action is in accordance with the idea of the de, vclopme1lt Of the P0ughkeepsie bridge freight route. which is to make the Consolidated q great through route to and from the west, for both pnssen' gers ana freight. The Highland divis. ion has already been double tracked
 from Hopewell Junction to Downar's and the continuation authorized, GOV. ering onl- twenty miles, will he soon
 finished.
 l Charles T. Butler. the colorel butler " l,o stole q number of articles from ,,rcrgc l.. Chase. his employer. oi | Hartford has over S1.'nD in tho say ! ing, bank. which represents his say | ings far many years. Most of it wa' transferred from q New York banL when he came io Hartford to live. Ths ! bicycle racing medals. most of then ! for century runs. are also his own having been won several years ago
 Brown had made . number of f-iend' in Hartford among both colored ant
 white people. and they were all great Iy surprised to learn of his thefts al | t;l. house of his employer. Many o them are inclined to think his mn, must have been upset in some way Tor several years Brown was n ser yaET of General McManus and wa, i.il in regard for his faithfulness il
 tha. family.