Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-10-06
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Contracts for the new contagious ward at the Connecticut Hospital for the Insane at Middletown has been let.
 Mr and Mrs W. A. White, an el- derly couple, while returning in their auto from the Danbury fair to their home in South Norwalk yesterday af- ternoon struck COW and were thrown from the auto. Mrs White had three ribs broken and MT White had an arm broken.
 Louis J. Cummings, a brakeman employed by the Consolidated rail road and whose home is in New Ha- ven, received what may prove fatal in juries while switching train in front of the passenger station in Bristol at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. He has a wife living in New Haven.
 Sixty-two years ago yesterday Eli phalet l.. Broadway of Deep River, and Miss Fannie Hayden of Lyme, were married. Yesterday in the old Broadway homestead on the River road the couple received the congratu- lations of friends aud relatives. Mir Brockway is SS years of age, his birth day occurring last August, and Mrs Broadway will be So on December p.
 Thirty-three of the forty members of the Master Plumbers association, of Hartford, met last night to consider the demands of the Journeymen Plumbers, Gas and Steamfitters' Uni ted association, local No 76, to make the minimum rate of wages $3.50 a day instead of $3, which is the pres ent rate. The union asked to have the advanced rate go into effect on Mon day, October 16. The master plumb CTS by unanimous vote decided to refuse the demand of the plumbers.
 The state librarian has received from Associate Justice H. B. Brown of the United States supreme court, copies of the state registers for 17S6, 17S9 1793, 1794 and 1795, all complete and in excellent condition. They were once the property of Justice Browns great-grandfather, Samuel Tyler of Griswold, and remained in his house at Griswold for over century. The register for 17S6 shows that Mir Tyler was that year lieutenant colonel of the Eighth regiment, Connecticut mi litia.
 The Thrasher Time System Go, of which Samuel P. Thrasher, former sec retary of the Law and Order league, at the head, will soon locate in Manches- ter, occupying part of the old Mather factory at the north end. For some time past Mir Thrasher has been en- deavoring to get local men to sub scribe for stock in his company, with the understanding that if $15,000 was subscribed the plant would locate there. At meeting of the Manchester Business Mems association last night to, consider the matter MT Thrasher gave a demonstration of his clock. As result over one-half of the S15,00C has been promised. / Patrick c. Denehey, foreman of the Middletown water works, and his men made a queer find on Main street yes terday morning. While digging near the trolley track the men unearthed two feet from the surface what ap- peared to be two human skulls. On | closer examination, however, they proved to be pieces of coral. One was somewhat larger than the other and was fine specimen of the convoluted coral, so called because it bears such ( 1 peculiar resemblance to the convolu tions of the brain. The other looked even more like a skull. It was hard and very fine, being without the big convolutions of the other piece.
 The wild man has made his appear ance again at Plainville and it is evi dent that some action must be taken to capture him. Wednesday little Ruth Weeden of the Mountain View district was on her way home from school and when she was in the most lonesome part a man, practically nude, jumped out of the bushes and his appearance so startled her that she tainted and was carried home by a neighbor who passed that way. The town Is becom ing aroused over the matter and as re. sponsible people having reported see ing the man in various places, it is uI to the authorities to act. The man is probably insane and he frequents the highways in makeup which consists of a cap. ladies' stockings and high