Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-08-21
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 William E. Thompson of Westport aged 47 years fell against buzz saw yesterday noon. His head being split open. He leaves family.
 L.. l., Wooster of Essex, who has reputation as fisherman, caught yes terday what is said to be the largest pickerel ever taken out of the cove there The fish weighed eleven and half pounds.
 Charles Schlindler. of East Hamp- ton, killed red eye adder Friday af- ternoon on the Great Hill road not far from Timothy Avery's place, that measured over three feet long. Red eyes never grow to be very long but are quite large ill circumference ana are deadlier than rattle snakes.
 Winsted lawyers are considerably Tiled because of the action of Prose- cutting Attorney w. II. Blodgett. who on finding the door of the library at the new court house locked. broke it in, destroying the lock and casting about the door. and scratching the yarnsh. Complaint has been made to Sheriff c. c. Middlebrooks. who says that the prosecuting attorney will be asked to explain.
 The birth registration of Berlin show that only girls have been born in that republican town for number of weeks past and this fact seems to have disturbed the editor of the Ber- lin News. more than the present tur- moil in state politics. Under the head of "Somethng Must Be Done he says. As an inducement to correct | this state of affairs we offer a years subscription to the parent of the next male child born in town.'
 A deed was recorded yesterday morning by Assistant Town Clerk r. c. Williams of Southington, on a sale of property which took place thirty one years ago. Joseph GoOnan pur- chased property at that time from Mrs Charles Bell and the deed was never recorded. Her son, Charles
 Bell told Mir Goonan this week that he could take the property away from him if he wanted to and advised him | to take out n decd which he did.
 A case of drowning was avertcd yesterday afternoon at Thompsonville by the timely action of Joseph Sheri- dan. n teamster. Albert Humphrey,
 aged 10. was fishing inside the rail- ing that goes around Brookslde pond
 when he suddenly fell in and had | supk twice when Sheridan appeared
 was in the water some little time. but
 the boy with difficulty. The boy was
 was the water somelittle time. but
 was finally brought to by the efforts of
 Drs Dowd and Wiley.
 When the Boston S Albany express stopped at New Haven at 8 o'clock last night the body of man was found wedged in the cowcatcher of the engine. The top of the head had
 been cut of and both arms and a leg
 missing. It Is thought that the man
 was struck between New Haven and
 Meriden. The engineer of the train says that he does not remember strik
 ing anything. The body was that of
 man about 4O years old. feet. 1s
 inches tall. and weighing 1SO pounds
 Ii was poorly dressed. An inyestiga.
 tion will be made into the mans
 death.
 | The town of Chester was shocked
 Sunday evening to hear of the deail
 by drowning at Cellar Lake of Mis-
 Kate Bishop. the 15-years-old daugh
 ter of Mir and Mrs Leonard II. Bish
 op. She was rowing on the lake Sun day afternoon with young man an, lady companion. summer boar,lers il that vicinity. Suddenly she stood ul fin the boat and callci to her compan ions. .I'll show you how to dive" ani . then plunged overheard and sank. is not known whether she meant t' . dive into shallow water or lost he balance and feli oyerbcani. She couli [ not swim. When she did not appe1 her companions hurried ashore an, gave the alarm and the pond wa dragged until late in fhe evening . when the body was found in fifteei , feet of water. She leaves besides be parents several brothers and sisters. Aigrrnon R. Aiderson. a civil en , ginetr for the Pennington Strec Railway company. was in Collinsyiii yesterIIy to discuss the proposel lay
 out of the extension of the trolle.
 line from CnIonville fo Collinsvill,
 Surveys have been made and if
 understood that the railway eOmpan Is rrady to lay the tracks if the Co lin<vfIle people are favorable M AlderSon will hold a conference wit ] the selecsmen reesriing the Iayou [ and other matters. and If satisfactor
 details can be arranes-l there is n
 reason why CoIlinsville cannot D | connected. with Hartford by trollel
 The prSpoSs-l IayOrt is over n new rad from Tnsoavslle. Fl several years there have tern runSs | of a trolley line coming to this tow 3 but nothing has msferfzlirel m . sentiment of CoIlinsvillr pr0ple is Q, erwheimfnxiy in favor of il