Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-14
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The heavy rains of the last few days have done much damage to the strawberry crop in eastern Connecti- cut. and many farmers regard the yield as practically ruined. Over 250 clergymen and laymen at tended yesterday at the church of the
 Good Shepherd in Hartford. the an-
 nual convention of the Protestant Epis- copal diocese of Connecticut, over which Bishop Brewster presided.
 Every parish in the diocese was repre-
 sented.
 There was a wedding at the First
 Congregational church at New Britain
 yesterday afternoon at 4:3O o'clock. to
 which every family of the parish was
 invited. when William Alexander
 Ross of Chicago and Miss Edith
 Brownson Hall. daughter of Rev Dr
 R. T. Hall, pastor of the church. and
 Mrs Hall. were married.
 William Seeley Of Bridgeport, depu- ty state fire marshall collided with bicyclist while driving his automobile in Norwalk last night and was arrest ed by a policeman for reckless driy- ing He gave $100 bonds for his ap- pearance ill court next Monday. Jos eph Lambert. the cyclist. had turned ocrner suddenly when he was struck by MT Seeley's automobile and thrown down.
 Injuries received in railroad wreck seven years ago are supposed to have been the cause of the suicide of Fred H. Reach of South Manchester. who shot himself yesterday at his home For sixteen years Reach was loco motive engineer on the Boston and Maine road and in wreck his spine was injured and his head also. On many occasions since he had suffered I4uch pain as result.
 Miss Mary Duval. aged %, of Put nam, tried to kill herself by jumping into the Quinnebaug river near the Morse base ball grounds. yesterday morning. Her act was witnessed by the Lavine family and an alarm was given. By this time Miss Duval was floating face downward. Eugene Beau dry. clerk in the freight office. swan out some twenty feet and got her ashore. She was unconscious. but after hard work was brought to con sciousness.
 A fire at St Peter's church in New Britain about ? o'clock yesterday af- ternoon caused damage estimated from S4.0OO to 5000. IL is covered by insurance. the church carrying pol icies amounting to S20.H0. Some of the altar furnishings were taken out with great difficulty. as the men could not withstand the smoke for many minutes at time. A hole was at last cut in the floor and the fire drowned out The basement was flooded with water and the altar somewhat dam- aged.
 Miss Sadie Adeline Bevins. who lived with her parents. Mir and Mrs William R. Bevins. in Norfolk, took a large dose of carbolic acid Monday evening. supposing it to he medicine. Miss Bevins left the house soon after supper and was out on the lawn near the barn feeding her dog when she took the acid She had been troubled with asthma for several months and had been carrying medicine in bottle with her wherever she went and in some way mistook bottle of carbolic acid for her medicine swhicH- was in d similar bottle. and took a large swal- low before she discovered her mistake. Her brother folfnd her soon after, but she was nearly unconscious at the time and lived only about twenty min utes.
 John and Charles Hunt. proprietors of Hunts vaudeville circus. which ar. rived in Torrington Monday morning. were arrested by Officer Hull on a charge of cruelty to animals. Four horses used in hauling the circus wagons were found 10 be either lame or diseased. and State Humane Agent 1 Tbrall of Hartford was sent for. Ar were made after the arrest !. So that the men could go on with the | evening performance. In the borough 1 court they were found guilty of the 1 charge and fined g. each and costs. l to S2i. After the trial l Agent Thrall notified the Hunts that 1 the horses must he shot and they must 1 pay g. for the burial of each horse. l with expenses amounting to Sli. The l men remonstrated against this addi- ! tional infiiction of justice, but as a last resort paid up.