Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-06
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A mad dog ran through the streets of South and East Norwalk yesterday afternoon and bit six persons, al- though none of them appeared to have been badly injured.
 Carl Converse recently came across a black snake on his farm in Somers which one of his collie dogs attacked. The snake escaped and climbed a cherry tree nearby. Mir Converse poled 1t off and with the help of the two dogs killed it. The snake meas ured five feet and had red eyes.
 George A. Vaughan, agent of the Putnam Manufacturing company, had a close escape from death yesterday. As he was passing one of the large engines the cylinder head blew off just as he stepped past it, and so close was 1t that he felt it graze his leg. The head went through par tition and crashed into machine. ,. The countryside about Clinton is literally blue with the small fall as- ters that spread like carpet over the fields. On either side of the track of the Shore Line division these blue fields stretch away. and around the edges of the fields like a border, stand the ranks of golden rod.
 Mrs Elizabeth Thaler. an aged woman who had lived with her daughter. Margaret. in an Oak street tenement, New Haven, was found dead yesterday by neighbors. She was in one of the four rooms rented by the mother and daughter and Medical Examiner Bartlett, upon ex- animation found that she had died of starvation.
 The police were notified yesterday of the disappearance of Miss Jane Pay ton of Holyoke, and of the disap- pearance of Peter Thimmineau, also of Holyoke. Thimmineau has wife and five children in Holyoke and his father lives in Manchester. Mrs Payton was in Hartford yesterday looking for her daughter. who Is IS years old and has been missing for several days.
 Clinton has elected four selectmen. An independent republican ticket elected selectman. The republicans were entitled 10 two by vote and the democrats to one. which made the three allowed a town. But as the defeated party is always allowed to be represented by one selectman. the Independent republican ticket de- manded that It's man be sworn in and this was done. making four select men in the town.
 The subject of the sermon of Rev Roscoe Nelson at Windsor Sunday al the First Congregational church will be the Essence and Evil of Lotter- ies." Rev Dr Hartman at Grace Episcopal church will preach "wor- shipping Luck" Rev F. N. Fanton at the Methodist church will preach on Games of Chance Applied Local ly." The ministers of the respective churches are taking concerted action against the coming fairs to be held in that town this winter.
 A well attended meeting of the Hartford Typographical union was held yesterday afternoon to hear re- ports from the executive council of the Interna;ionaiTypog at Indianapolis regarding existing conditions. and Co pay the strikers their weekly stipend. There had been rumors that a proposition would be made to end the strike. the men be- ing tired of being out now over a year. but E- n. Rathbun. the presi- dent of the union. said after the meeting that nothing of the kind happened
 At the fourth annual meeting of the Iitehfeld County hospital held at the toEn hall in winsted ye<ter- day afternoon the receipt of two gifts sezrsxzting t1z.eeo vas an nouncef- One of them was t7.eoe iron Colonel Wheelcck T. BztcheIIer of wInsssd for the purpose of cover ing the cust of the isolation ward which wzs recently completed The osker is a gift of st.eoe on condition that ( per cent interest b> paid for . s.~- r.r rr1rx r~uk1rrr urrfr fke