Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-16
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 The Benefit of Our Busy Readers.

The GrOtOn depot was robbed Mon day night of some mileage books and number of tickets. Several slot machines were rided.
 The forty fifth annual session of the Willimantic camp meeting will open next Monday and will continue until Monday, August 2S. A large number of cottagers are already on the grounds.
 Ruel Milius. a brakeman of the Con solidated road, had a miraculous es- cape from being crushed to death last night by being run over by a iocomo- tive at Bridgeport. He is at St Vim cents hospital nursing a crushed leg.
 The state highway commissioner yesterday made a contract with the Rossi X Mascetti company of Tor rington for grading one section of a road in Morris. The price is $4,400. A contract was made with Donahue brothers of Middletown for grading one section of road in Thomaston.
 Francis Gallagher. the S-years old son of Mrs John Gallagher of Dan bury, fell from moving freight train yesterday afternoon in the Main street railroad yards while trying to board train. He fell under the train and at least four of the wheels passed over his right leg severing it from the body. He was taken to the hos pital.
 The painters belonging to the Paint CTS and Decorators union who were called off the work in the High street Patterson building. at Hartford. be cause there was a non-union painter at work upon one of the floors return ed to work yesterday morning. The men lost their pay while they were called off, and as it was proved to them that nothing was gained by their going out they did not object to going back. The incident is closed.
 John Judge and five others arrested at or after the raid by the state po- lice in Bridgeport last week. were in the court there yesterday. but the cases were continued until September II under the same bonds the men were out on. While the continuance was asked for by both sides. there is disposition in Bridgeport to sus- pect further developments before the trial and hints were made there yes terday that we'll known officials might find themselves concerned i'll the case.
 It o'clock Sunday morning the hackmen at the old depot at Bridgeport will end their services at the station. If has been said that the hack priv ilege is to he let out by the railroad |. ;y Ennkyn ypt whptl- or there has been any arrangement made for the hack privilege. Nnot one of the hackmen has any inkling or any such privilege having been let. The hackmen all agree that the hack priv ilege in Bridgeport is not worth pay 1 ing for. They say that there is not | enough money in it to warrant hack man paying for the privilege.
 A freight elevator at G. w. Woolley X Sons. Hartford. dropped seven stories yesterday. two in the morning and five in the afternoon. The mana ger. Charles wadsworth. was in the elevator during the morning drop and | was uninjured. George Beers. who IS employed there. had narrow escape [ from death when it went down in the afternoon. He had a small truck of lumber which he was carrying on the 1 elevator. When he reached the fourth floor he attempted to stop the ma- chine hut could not. At the hfta 1 floor. the finishing department. Inc stepped off and tried again to stop the elevator. hut the controller would not work. The elevator continued Ir ,,,,t;t i, reached the top of the shaft,
 when the cable snapped and the cal
 dropped to the bottom of the wei
 with a crash. Mr Beers would proo
 ably have been killed if he had stay | pd on