Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-23
NUTMEG CRAVINGS.
Interesting Items Boiled Down For The Benefit of Our Busy Readers.

Mrs Mary Rathbun of New London, aged fifty was struck and killed by the west bound Gilt-edged express at Noank last night She started to cross the tracks after being warned by the crossing tender
 John F. Doherty of New Britain and Joseph Degnan of Hartford will leave the Tuesday after Labor day for Buda- pest to complete their studies for the priesthood. They have been studying in the Hartford seminary.
 The Consolidated railroad has or dered seventeen new engines for use on the. Central New England railroad. They are to be delivered at once and the inference is that an increase of freight traffic is looked for over the POughkeepsie route.
 Some of the furniture for the new quarters of the United States court in the government building was put into place yesterday. The file cases in the clerks room were moved today, It is expected that the clerks will he able to move up one flight next week and take possession of the permanent quar- lers assigned them.
 Ten of the Southern New England Telephone Cos men engaged in dig ging the underground conduit OH Pennington avenue Hartford. who struck Monday, returned to work yes terday. as the company refused their demand that their wages be increased from $1.JO a day to S1.I5 and that the hours be shortened from ten to nine.
 Dr Samuel E. Bassett instructor in Greek at Yale university. has been ap- pointed professor of Greek in the Uni versity of Vermont at Burlington, and will leave New Haven for his new po- sition next monin. Prof Bassett was valeictorian of the class of 1898. Yale, has studied in Germany and Greece and received the degree of Ph D. from Yale last June.
 Governor Roberts has appointed Frank c. Sumner of Hartford mem- Der of the committee to determine. re- locate and define the boundary line be tween this state and Massachusetts. in accordance with an act passed by the legislature of 1905. The committee is composed of three members. of which the governor and the attorney general are the other two.
 Albert F. Pearce of London. Eng land. dealer in glass cutters and col lar buttons. tried suicide twice in Bris- tol yesterday by jumping from the see ond story of Frank Emmett's lodging house on North Main street. The last time he almost succeeded in carrying out his project to end his life. and he may die yet. He was taken to St Francis's hospital. Hartford. on the ? o'clock third rail car in the afternoon and was in bad condition when he arrived.
 The Hartford police had a telephone message shortly after ? o'clock this morning from the Coney Island police that they have locked up Fred Hock- ert of Hartford. He was found wan dering around the streets and enter tainment places at Coney Island. Fred ran away from home Sunday and the police have been looking for him. He ran away about two weeks ago and was found a few days afterward In Union station. His father is pharma- cist at the aImshouse.
 As the outcome of a conference he tween A. Warden. state agent of the Bridge Workers union. and A. r. Kit ter. assistant general superintendent H erection for the Pennsylvania Steel Co. an agreement. was entered into yesterday by which no strikes against the company shall he ordered by the union until the questions st issue shall have been submitted to an arbitration board. to be named by the union and the company jointly. This agreement applies only to Connecticut