Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-01
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Interesting Items Boiled Down for
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| DdnDury-Ine BaptlSt CnuTCu Heio has extended a call to Rev E. w. Huested of Tarrytown, N. Y., former ly of Meriden. ...
 Ridgefield-Mrs John Sturgis and her young son were injured Thursday night when the carriage in which they were riding was wrecked by an automobile owned by a New York man. s
 Bridgeport-W William Ball of the fir:u of Bassett & Ball, dealers in spring waters, was bound over to the superior court yesterday in bonds of
 $3,000 on the charge of arson and at tempting to defraud insurance con- panies.
 Plainville-Plainyille people are very proud of the fact that their rapidly growing town is soon to have a national bank. Architect w. P. Crabtree of New Britain completed
 the plans to-day for the First Ma
 tional bank of Plainyille.
 Middletown-An automobile acci-
 dent occurred last evening. due to the
 bursting of tire on the car of Isaac Bauer. Mir Bauer and the other six
 occupants of the car were thrown out and MT Bauer's young daughter sus-
 tained a sprained wrist. z Bristol-A town meeting will be
 called by the selectmen within few , days to settle so far as the voters and
 taxpayers of the town are concerned . the question of the elimination of the S two grade crossings in the eastern , section of the borough. y Litchfield-Thursday night Mi- e chael Tigi of New York, waiter in n local hotel, was drowned in Bantam
 lake. With several companions, Tigi j. went in bathing and it is supposed d he was seized with cramps. AS 1t was e dark, his companions were not able Il to rescue him. ta
 e Branford-Edward, 12-year-old
 son of MT and Mrs Alfred Mackrille d of 4S0 second avenue, West Haven, It was drowned while swimming of n Hotchkiss Grove yesterday afternoon. t. The boy was seized with cramps and c sank before help could reach him. The
 body was recovered. l. Berlin-M. E. Taylor who runs the l, local branch of the American Pin Co r. of Waterbury, which is devoted to e sewing hooks and eyes on cards, has
 orders for several months ahead and e says business was never better and if ,f the present rush of orders keeps up he r. will have to install more machines. le New London-The body of an un-
 known man was found in the Thames l. river yesterday morning near the l. wharf of the Fishers Island Naviga- e tion Go. In the clothing was tick ,s ct to Providence, dated July 25, ana
 $15.95 in money. On song book If in one of the pockets was written ,e Cassidy" The man was about 4C w years of age.
 l- Canaan-On account of the diff
 culty in securing speakers for the pro n jected Sunday school conferences that ls were to be held on Tuesday and Wed e. nesday. the management of the Chau
 tauqua assembly here have decided tC u eliminate that part of the programm,
 and the assembly will close Monda, - night with the concert by the assem- 'N bly chorus.
 o. Meriden-charles c. Kupfer, phy . sical director of the Meriden Y. NJ c
 A. has resigned, his resignation tt .,. tack effect September 1. He beginI LIZ a months vacation tomorrow so tha Ne he has really ended his connection
 with the local asOciation. He will b,
 succeeded by Philip H. Slocum, fo ( twko years past physical director O J the Winsted Y. NJ. c. A.
 Bridgeport-Photographer c. e. Cochran of 1193 Main street, va
 yesterday awarded the first prize fo ,n his exhibit at the convention of tn
 New England Photographers asso T., ciation held at Boston. This priz 'u consists of s1O5 outfit given by tn
 Eastman Kodak Co. It with the worI a. which won 1t will be placed on exhi Id bition in Mir Cochran's show window
 New Haven-Yesterday noon Ar " thur Daily. the 5-year-old son of M ir and Mrs Patrick Daily of High street
 East Haven. set himself on fire an as would doubtless have been fatall ,w burned had not his sister heard hi
 screams and thrown water on hil immediately upon reaching him. Tn ,r. child was playing with matchs he which of course became ignited. set
 ting fire to his clothing and befor
 help reached him he was badly burr
 ed.
 IN Ex-Representative E. ward Thompson had an exciting e,
 perienoe late Monday night. Whi he driving a touring car home fro
 Webster. Mass. he lost control of Il on machine and the car swcrved over 2
 embankment into the pond near Me -. ritt's voclen mill on the Perryvil tn road. Mir Thompson escaped uni
 jured. The machine was hauled O
 of the pond Wednesday and will ne' some repairs. ....
 wiIlimantic-Much the most e
 citing night of the season at the WI ars limantic camp ground was spe re Thursday night. when s. W. Jones
 this city. who has a cottage thei the stayed away all night His wife by came alarmed early in the evenin h. for this was the first time he h ted stayed away from home and as hill neglected to inform her where he V sw- going. she vas naturally apprehe ed. sive. Her nsizhbors instituted ,sr search which continued througho iesS the night. The woods for miles arc ibs. were searched. every bush and sto ,-s big enough to conceal a man bel
 visited. Early in the morning th