Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-13
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Interesting Items Boiled Down for
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Interesting Items Boiled Down for Our Busy Readers.
 Sheriff Hugo yesterday appointed Representative Hoyt of Derby de- putty sheriff.
 Bristol will have a regular day patrolman commencing on Thursday for the first time in the history ot the police department
 The New Britain police were noti- fled that three girls, Ellen Chester, Mary Unwin and Eva Tobin, had ran away from home yesterday.
 Martin Monahan, an inmate of the state hospital for the insane at Mid dletown was taken into custody in Windsor yesterday. He escaped from the institution on Friday.
 James Livingston of West Hart ford was surprised Sunday to see a buck and doe frisking around his billy" goat which was tethered back of the house. The Pleasant street residents turned out to see the deer and the creatures disappeared.
 John Maher of New Haven. prin- cipal in recent prize fight, Rich ard Smith of Ansonia, the referee, and Daniel McCabe of Ansbnia pleaded guilty yesterday to violating an ordinance by attending a prize fight. They were fined each S10 and costs of $S.50.
 Merritt Welch, the democratic candidate, won out at the special election in the probate, district of Chaplin yesterday by the narrow margin of votes. There was total of 81 votes cast, of which MT Welch received A and Frank c. Lummis, the republican candidate, secured 37.
 Great changes are being made at the Rockville fair grounds so that one would hardly recognize Hyde park. A great gap has been cut through the north end of the grounds by steam shovel, and in this cut will be laid the tracks of the Rockville & Stafford Springs street railway.
 Peter Wyfocki of Sufield got word from New York that his 17-year-old daughter. Nellie, had been found dead at her home, hanging from a transom with rope around her neck, Indicating that she had either met foul play or committed suicide. Her father said that probably she was de spondent and too proud to send home for assistance.
 A carrier pigeon seemingly some what tired from long flight or suf- fering from some ailment alighted in Hartford Saturday morning, and made itself quite at home about the place and has since been cared for in the neighborhood. The mark U. M, 15905," is attached to one leg and there are initials and number on the other which the owner can probably describe.
 The East Hartford fire district wa ter supply is adequate for any emer- gency in spite of the drouth which has affected nearly every small wa ter system in this section of the country. The daily consumption within the territory covered by the district system. is about 1,000,OOO gallons. The supply comes from two reservoirs, one with capacity of g. 100000 gallons and the other of l, 500,000 gallons.
 As has been expected for several days notice has been given by the Thomaston Water company to { pa irons that, owing to the continued drought which has reduced the only local reservoir to nothing more than a mud hole the use of water for sprinkling purposes must be discon- tinued. The Naugatuck river is nc longer a river. but stagnant pool and many wells never before known to go dry are now exhausted. Never was the situation so serious as al present.