Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-05
NUTMEG CRAVINGS.
Interesting Items Boiled Down for
 Our Busy Readers.

The Putnam school board has
 adopted this schedule of wages for
 teachers under the charge of the
 principal of the Israel Putnam
 school: First and second year, SIC
 week; third, fourth and fifth, $11; 1 thereafter, SIP.
 The railroad company has erected
 gate signs at the Central Village
 crossings where the new gates rave
 been erected. They will be oper-
 ated from a. m. to 6 p. m. daily
 except Sundays, when no gateman
 will be there. Arthur Wehrie, a clerk in Thom- aston market, sustained painful in, jury Wednesday, when cake of ice
 which he was handling slipped and struck him on the jaw with consid- erable force. loosening several teeth and cutting his tongue severely.
 The strawberry crop this year is to be 40 per cent less than 1t was in former years, owing to the cold spring. Even with this the South Manchester growers would not be as much troubled as they are were 1t not for lack of boys and girls to pick them. rs=- F.. For the first time in years there was not a single fire alarm turned in Fourth of July morning or the night before in New Britain. Usually there are one to two fake alarms and the firemen are called out to put ouf honf;rae nr 6rau {, hilIhoard or old broken down sheds.
 Two men saying they were Mich ael Connor and Thomas McNamara, were arrested last night near Cham berlain & Shaugnessy's on Asylum street, Hartford, for footing the show case in front of the store. The arrest was made about 12 o'clock by Policemen Daley and Callahan.
 Thomas Crowley and Miss Molly O'Dell of New Britain were out driv- ing the night before the Fourth In Parkvflle when they met with an ac- cident. A fuse blew otu on a trolley car, soaring their horse, and their carriage was caught on the fender of another car, so they were both thrown out. Miss 0'Dell had her face cut, and her shoulder bruised. Dr Maloney attended her. Crowley escaped injury.
 A false alarm spread the other evening that cottage was on fire near the White Beach house, Cres- cent Beach. This alarm is an an- nual affair, however. It turns out to be stack of railroad ties which a spark from passing engine ignites 1 or which a stray hobo touches of. l The flames shot high the other night | and lasted till late, but the fire was | SO isolated as to cause no danger.
 The saving stamps sold in the pub lie schools of Thompsonville this i year was a grand success and ss09.s1 was saved by the children and deposited to their credit in a ! Springfield institution for savings. | This method of having the pupils purchase stamps for their pennies has met with decided approval and In the two years the plan has been In force in the schools there over 1 500 has been saved by the chill iren.
 Although there was plenty of noise III day, officially this was the quiet sst Fourth on record in Bridgeport. The emergency hospital stan was 'airly busy. but the worst case was he loss of half thumb. and there vas no eye accident case. Both gen. sral hospitals reported one of the Iuietest days there in several There were only five alarms for fire. three still alarms and .wo bell calls, and the grand total oss will not reach sI00. Only one irrest was made during the day. N