Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-12
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 While rowing up the harbor in an oyster skiff yesterday afternoon at South Norwalk, Charms c. Brotherton dropped dead of heart failure.
 John Domasi, an Italian, employed as a section hand by the New York New Haven x Hartford railroad, was struck by the 2:06 north bound pas senger train at Berlin yesterday af- ternoon and was killed.
 Mrs Garret Mcdonald has for the past few days been picking ripe strawberries from her garden at the rear of her home on Saw Mill Hill, Chester, and has several times picked enough for supper.
 The St Angelo scholarship has been presented to Miss Margaret Seltzer of New Britain by Mt St Joseph semin- ary. She has been a day pupil for three years and was graduated from the academic department in June. She begins her college course at New Rochelle, N. Y., this week.
 Rural letter carriers for Connecticut have been appointed as follows: James F. Morgan and D. Clark Hare at Bristol; Harry A. Frye and Fred erick Belden at Rocky Hill The post office at Southford, New Haven coun- ty, will be discontinued October b. The mail will go to Southbury.
 The escape of Tucker, the wife murderer, cost Deputy Sheriff Albert l.. Morse of Bristol. good hat. Se- lectman Patrick H. Condon bet Sheriff Morse hat that Tucker wouldn't remain prisoner for year. The sheriff anted up promptly and to-day the selectman is wearing a new hat.
 Arthur K. Jones, aged S5 years, superintendent of the American and British company of Hartford, sue cessor of the American Ordnance company died suddenly this afternoon at the home of r. w. Bassett, where he lived, death being caused by oede. ma of the lungs.
 A shower of stones falling on the Fourth Street school building of An sonia yesterday caused panic among the teachers and pupils, although no one was hurt. The bombardment was the result of blast which had been set off by workmen nearby and the stones struck the building with such force that the windows in the front of the building were shattered and pieces of rock and earth were strewn about the halls and rooms.
 During a heavy southeast gale yes | terday afternoon the schooner Ella Powell, Captain Clock from St George, s. l.. for Westerly, R l., cap- tiZed and sank in The Race at New London, and now lies in about seven- ty feet of water with only her top mast visible. The captain was drowned. but the only other man aboard, Nelson Mack, was rescued by Captain David Hunt in the wreckinS tug Harriet of this port.
 The report of the sale of the Falls Village Water Power compay's priv ilege to the Connecticut Railway x Lighting company was confirmed yesterday. It has been known that owing to the insufficiency of power at
 
 Railway & Lighting company was trying to secure additional water privilege. The purchase price is not known. The Falls Village plant con trols the supply of the Housatonic at head waters.
 Dwight W. Bowles, who has been secretary and treasurer of the Hart ford Telegram company, is in the Hartford county jail, committed there in default of bail to await hearing 1 November 13, on the charge of fraud. It is a civil not a criminal proceeding, | but the prisoner cannot take the poor debtors oath and recover his libery until the case has been heard and he cannot % at large unless someone goes on his bond for S2oOo. which so far nobody had stood ready to do.
 X drowning accident was prevented yesterday morning at the Yale gym by the prompt assistance given by ln- structor Max Schwartz. who plunged into the water without the ceremony of removing his clothes. Graham L. Reynolds of Pasadena. Cal. had en- ] tered the tank by the ladder. going down the side. He told Instructor Schwartz that he was able to keep himself above water and pushed away from the ladder He lost his conn. dence. however. as soon as he had released his hold of the support and after several violent exertions he dis appeared beneath the surface. Mrs Annie Thompson of Bolton. widow Of Peter Thompson. ia engaged ts Bende A. JOhanson of Hartford. The engagement seems to those who know inc couple rather romantic. for Nr Johans0n has waited eighteen years to marry the woman of his choice. He met Mrs Thompson before her marriage. All tine succeeding years he rarely saw her but his at- tsrhmept continued and he did not marry. Mir Thompson died a year and a half ago. Recently Mir Iohan- son couTted again and net with sue cess.
 Annie l.. weIch. IS years oI.i. diei ct the Hartford hospital yesterday morning of congestion of the lungs ard heart failure. She had beea a pstisns in the tuberculosis hospital at tia-Iar Mountain siure June n. but was taken to the city hospital week ago. The naturp of the Illness that caused her death Iei the physicians Co desire an autopsy. hut they have had considerable difHculty in fBiling the xirf-s mother. who is known as Mrs Marian weleh. The girl vas former Ir au iusrste in the cssIaty ko1sc. l'si fsss JElr was turned over to the