Connecticut western news., 1907-04-18
ALL OVER THE STATE.
AGED WOMAN WAKES UP BLIND

A I3-year-od Barber-Woman Doctor
 in Winsted-"Are you Wise, Old Dunn
 Head?"-Youthful 'Postoffice Thief
 Trained Nurses in Demand.
 Connecticut has 238 rural free delivery mail routes. .
 Ten Torrington men held evangelistic services in the county jail at Litchfield.
 Bridgeport has not a trained nurse whose services are available at present. This state of affairs has existed for over a week.
 A youthful postoffice thief, John Weserholm, aged 13, of Branford, was caught robbing the lock boxes in the Branford post-office.
 For using another's communication ticket on the Consolidated Railroad, Judge Lockwood at South Norwalk fined Arnold Spyer SIT and costs.
 Disagreement of the jury was reported as result of the trial of Edward T. Goldsmith at Litchfield, charged with burning the Northfield Knife Works.
 The Volk Hat Company of South Nor walk will close up Saturday night and go out of business. Other parties are looking over the plant with view to purchasing.
 Since she beginning of the present year at Yale 46 undergraduates have been dropped from. the scientific school, mainly from the freshman class on ac- count of poor scholarship.
 Amos Beecher, a successful embalmer and undertaken of Winsted has sold out his business in that place in order to accept position as embalmer for one of the Bridgeport undertakers.
 Misses Folger and Rogers of Cole brook alone extinguished fire in their home, cutting away partitions and throw ing buckets of water on the flames. Miss Rogers was drenched to the skin. The damage is $15O.
 The note left by Mrs. Ralph A. Webb of South Norwalk. when she left her husband and children, read: Have gone with the burglar. Are you wise, old dumb head? Keep the brats. You will never see me again"
 In connection with the annual reunion of the 10th Massachusetts regiment in Pittsfield June 21 mo nument will be dedicated to the late Henry s. Briggs, who was colonel of the regiment and for many years resident of that city.
 Fifty-two companies, whose capital stock aggregated $31, ,715, 900, were incor- porated in Connecticut during March This large total, however, is explained by the fact that two new railroad com panies have combined capital of ESQ., OOO, ,OOO
 The first female member of the med ical profession to locate in Winsted registered her name there last week and will immediately embark upon the prac- tice of her vocation. She is Miss Annie Spinnelh, graduate of the University of Naples, Italy.
 A 13.year-old Italian boy of Berlin is credited with being the youngest barber in the state. He helps his father in his shop before and after school. He takes to the use of the razor and shears like duck to water and some of the patrons of the shop prefer him to the father.
 Waking up blind, Mrs. John O'Hara of Bridgeport, suddenly experienced a realization of the fear that had haunted her for years. She groped her way to the Emergency Hospital, where it was found that she had cataracts over both eyes, and she was sent to St. Vincents Hospital, where it is thought her sight may be restored.
 Henry G. Bailey, murderer of George H. GoodaIe, was executed in the Wethersfield state prison Tuesday morning and was pronounced dead 19 minutes after the drop fell. He showed no fear and walked with head erect and in a self-composed manner be- tween the two prison attendants from his cell to the scafiold.
 Crippled for life in consequence of striking with a hammer a live electric wire of 33,0O0 volts, Montgomery D. Jones, carpenter, now residing in Wa terbury, has brought suit against the New Milford Power Go. for $1O.OO0 damages. Jones was at work at the power house in New Milford last July and was hammering away on brick wall. In some manner the hammer struck live feed wire.