Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-08
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James O'Brien, Winsted boy. has been appointed general manager of the Oregon Railroad X Navigation Company and Southern Pacific Con- pany.
 Burglars at Ansonia yesterday car ried "a safe weighing nearly half a ton from NJ. J .Beck's saloon to a back yard and there attempted to blow it open with dynamite. They were frightened away by a man who lived nearby and who pointed an unloaded revolver at them.
 Joseph Haffey, civil war veteran, died suddenly last evening ut the home of his sister Mary. on the Plain vile road. He was sitting in chair when he suddenly collapsed. He was an inmate of the NorotOn home but was on visit to his sister. He was 70 years old. Death was probably caused by heart disease.
 George R. TOmlinson. proprietor of a restaurant in Bridgeport. committed suicide by hanging at Stratford yes terday afternoon. shortly after din- ner he went into his fathers barn and
 
 was in poor health and had recently left santarium in Westport. He was B years old and leaves wife and two children.
 Thomas Connors of SOuthlngton was found lying uncOnseious beside the railroad track south of tie Plantsville station yesterday afternoon. It is thought that he attempted to board the local freight which left ten min- utes previous to Connor being found. A severe scalp wound and a crushed foot. with probability of internal in- juries is what the doctors who were called to attend him discovered. 4
 A Hartford hackman applied at the comptroller's department at the Cap itOl yesterday morning for S4 for car riage fare for legislators. saying his passengers had told him the state would pay for their rides and he should apply to the comptroller. Clerk Belden and Comptroller Mitchell didn't know of any Junketing trip that the state should stand for and the hackman. whose name was not taken. hunted vainly around the cor riders to see If he could spot any of his fares.
 Joseph Hall. of unknown address. was fatally hurt yesterday afternoon at the coal yard of the Robert Price Coal eompany. ParkvilIe. Hall was loading grain into one of the firms wagons. of which he was the driver. He was standing In the rear of the wagon when the horse started sudden ly and threw him out He struck on the back of his head and was knock ed unconscious. He disSi at the Hart ford hospital last evening. Yester- day was Halls first day with the Price company and that firm knows about his residence ar rela- lives. He was about n years old.
 A little girl without hat or cloak boarded trolley car bound for Hart ford at Warehouse Point yesterday afternoon She did not have any money and asked the conductor to let her ride to Hartford She said that she was going to South Manchester to see her aunt. After some more con versation she told the ~oniuctor that she had just run away from the tenn poary home at Warehouse Point. ! The conductor let her ride as far as the police station. and then fo her astonishmenf snd grief he took her Into the station and turned her over 1 fo the police. They feiephonei fo inc 1 home snd found that she was ,sir- zsrrt Connolly. sged 10 years of South l