Connecticut western news., 1907-04-11
STATE AND COUNTY
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Nearly every class of labor on the l Consolidated railroad is preparing to make concerted demand for an in- crease in wages.
 Two hundred skilled machinists are wanted by the Consolidated road A rail- road official said: "There is a real fa- mine in labor of this class at present. There are not enough competent machin- shops to keep the rolling stock, now in commission on the rails. Over one hun dred engines are standing in the yards idle and crippled, waiting their turn to be overhauled''
 Money is so scarce in Bridgeport that the savings banks have been compelled to refuse to make loans for a few weeks as they have so little funds on hand.
 At Naugatuck Hugh Hearns has been town clerk for 13 years as the unanimous choice of all parties.
 New station agent at Collinsville is the Rev. F. s. Francis. Two preceding agents were dishonest, and the Central New England railway people hope to be able to trust the new and reverend in- cumbent.
 An egg eight inches long and six and one-half inches wide and weighing four ounces, was laid by hen belonging to William L. Clark of Waterbury.
 Torrington investors have los5 heavily in the failure of the Santa Rita Mining Company, of which James A. Carpenter. former first selectman of the town, was the chief promoter. It is estimated that Torrington people have invested at least s1 100000 in mining ventures within the last five years, and very little of this has come back to them by way of return.
 For purloining goods from the rail road company, Frederick O. Skinner, a Winsted truckman, was sentenced to four months Ill jail by Judge Gager in the supreme court last week. James McGrane, companion in crime, failed to put in an appearance in court, and a bond of S200. given by his father, is thus forfeited.
 t Agnes Renton of Bridgeport, aged 12. was surprised the other day when told that she is heir to $25, ,0O0 fortune.
 Stockholders of the Torrington Go operative Company have voted to dis pose of their grocery business as soon as possible.
 Engineers on the Consolidated Rail road have been instructed to moderate their whistles so that people living along the line, who sleep with their windows open may not be disturbed unnecessarily.
 Contracting cold at the Lilley block fire in Torrington, Mrs. Joseph Simons wife of the janitor became serious ly ill, insanity finally developing. She was taken to sanitarium ill Stam- ford, where she died.
 Serving sentence for burglary, Arthur Simons was allowed to leave the Litchfield jail to attend the funeral of his mother at Torrington.
 Nothing has been seen of Johnny O. the Woods since the Ansonia Sentinel raised tidy little sum to apply towards his care. The movement was evidently distasteful to him.
 In explanation of his failure to wed Miss Sarah Atwood on Friday night, Walter Burton, Waterbury merchant. says he was up to his neck in business, and could not keep the engagement.
 New. Haven has won from Hartford the distinction of having the largest cigar manufactory in the district. Last year at F. D. Graves factory in New Haven 4,872,750 cigars were made, while at Charles Soby's in Hartford, where the leadership has been main tained for years, some 94,000 fewer cigars were rolled.