Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-08-15
NUTMEG CARVINGS.
Interesting Items Boiled Down for
 Ou- Busy Readers

AHc Strlke SlludtlOn at the WlIIlm
 tic Cotton Mills corporations plan
 remains unchanged. The weavin,
 department was at a standstill all da,
 yesterday, no one applied to take th,
 places of the nineteen weavers wh,
 refuse to work under Superintendent
 Goodline. The rest of the plant Is il
 operation. The mill officials ar,
 planning to get another force o
 weavers. Those who left their worl
 Monday morning were on hand to gc
 their pay yesterday afternoon and {
 number of them said they were go
 ing to leave Willimantic.
 Dr D. c. Y. Moore secretary of the Consolidated Gun club of Connecti cut is busy making arrangements for the handicap shoot to he held in Hart ford, August 21. All members of the | state association are elegible and the contest will be for POO birds. to he shot in strings of twenty each. In entering the contest each man will be handicapped according to his known ability as shooter. and after the first string they will handicap themselves. An eighty per cent gun will be start ed from the 1S-yard mark. If a bet ter score than eighty per cent is made at that mark he will be moved back accordingly. but in no case will they shoot farther than from twenty-two yards. Already many prizes have been offered and the one that will be given to the high gun for the day will c hla1, has been presented by gun mann- facturer. R. o. Cheney. ST. of South Manchester, member of the Man chester Sportsmen's association. has presented leather gun case. The shoot will take up the greater part of the day. s..a.
 A serious accident occurred on the Waterbury road Sunday evening, when shaft on a carriage in which young man and woman were driv. ing, broke, frightening the horse which ran away. The wagon was upset and both occupants injured The young man sustained a dislocated shoulder and broken arm, while the girl was merely bruised. They were brought to the office of Dr c. D. Fer guson fin Thomaston.
 While driving about New Britain yesterday with contractors, City En- gineer Oldershaw was voluntarily told by two of them that there were no better macadamized roads being laid than here in New Britain. It was compliment to those in charge of the work and shows that New Britain is gradually securing good roads. ..s
 The largest and handsomest fish caught in any lake in the vicinity of Danbury for many years was hooked yesterday by Rev F. Jay Teagarden, pastor of the Church of Christ of this city, at Peach lake. where he Is spend- ing his vacation fin camp. It was a black bass and weighed six pounds and seven ounces. The big fish in the waters about Danbury have been biting unusually freely this summer and number have been caught. but the largest previously heard of have lacked more than pound of being as large as the one hooked by the Danbury parson. who. by the way, Is an expert fisherman and hunter.
 5sEnSIe'sf HSrace. sJbiAason. the7 siifl dle Haddam weather prophet, has had his property in Middletown attached for s1.0O0 in a suit brought by Ellen A. Whltmore of Chatham. Mrs Whit more says that Uncle" Horace was mgallant enough to drive her with ''cuss" words from her field in Chat ham. She ayers that he then cut hay upon the land.
 Isaac Madeley. while repairing the hame shop dam at Plainville. had a narrow escape from serious accident yesterday. Madeley was working near the Hume when he lost his foot ing and was carried into the Hume by the suction of the water. Emerge tic work on the part of his fellow badly bruised about the face and workmen rescued him after he was head.
 Ned Hollister killed a large rattle snake in the road west of his home, East Hampton. near Great Hill, Mon- day afternoon. that measured four feet 3 inches and had eight rattles The snake was crossing the road when he knocked 1t sensless with his whip. then slipping a strip around its head.
 Several men who are at work mak- ing geological survey of the state have been in Bristol for some time se- curing samples of rock and stone for MI. teresting matter for those who have any interest in these affairs. as they secured some fine specimens The object of the survey Is to get sam ples of all the rock formation in the state and it is planned to have over one hundred sets which will he dis tributcd afterwards 10 schools and colleges in Connecticut. Professor Barrell of Yale university has the general oversight of the survey. A set is to be sent to the Jamestown fair next year.
 The large tract of land on the trol- Icy line on Pine street. Forestville. which was recently laid out into building lots. has been nearly dis posed off by private sales. If half the people buill that have bought this section will experience decided boom.
 The Tribune" established in Mid dletown as a daily about twelve years ago. has suspended and will probably go into bankruptcy. The present publisher and editor. Everett q. HilI. who purchased a controlling share n the paper a year ana a half ago. was formerly e,lIto- of the New London Telegraph The Tribune was the only republican daily In Mid dIesex county.
 Clement Benntt. an inmate ar the