Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-23
NUTMEG CRAVINGS.
Interesting Items Boiled Down for Our Busy Readers.

Plainville-The local water com tpany intends to construct new IT, inch main from the reservoir to the town in the near future, South Manchester-Th electric lights on the Main street circuit from Depot square to Hilliardsyille were turned on last evening for the first
 time since July 3.
 Thompsonville-No talk of free bridge celebration is being heard of in town, and it now looks as If the event will be passed without any fes- ltivities taking place.
 Torrington-Charles A. Bond, for several years foreman of the screw department of the Progressive Manu- featuring Co, has severed his connec- tion with this coreern.
 Milford-Anson Downes. 91 years ], old, the oldest resident of Milford, 1 died yesterday at his home here. For many years he was a prominent dry i gods importer in New York. ! Middletown-The Hubbard Motor ]; Co has shut down for an indefinite l period. This is always dull time in l the gasolene business. It is thought,
 however, that the company will start
 up again in about six weeks. Putnam-G. Byron Morse and Mill ton S. Morse hold the record for bass
 fishing in this section Yesterday al | Webster lake they caught string of twenty-eight handsome bass The three largest weighed five and one
 half. four and three-quarters and three and one-half pounds, respect l lively.
 ! lingford-Coroner Mix yester- 1 day investigated the circumstances
 attending the death at local hotel last night of Joseph Starszyn of New
 Haven, Lithuanian. The report of l the medical examiner states that the
 mans neck, one of his ribs and his | collar bone were broken and that be- 1 hind one ear was wound which
 might have been made with a black 1 jack.
 1 New Britain-a remonstrance was 1 filed at the mayors office yesterday
 afternoon signed by ]. E. Andrews and other residents of North Burritt
 street against the establishment of the proposed swimming pool in the
 neighborhood. The petition is ad-
 dressed to the mayor and common council. It sets forth that the pool
 is within 100 feet of the house of one
 of the signers.
 South Norwalk--A number of
 burglaries in this vicinity have re-
 gently been reported. At West Nor walk burglars robbed William
 Cranes barn of tools and harness val | ued at s100; Frank Glover's house of s15 in cash and several hundred dol
 lars worth of jewelry: Clarence Mather's house of S6 in cash. At
 Stephen Mathers' house the thieves were frightened away.
 Sound View-The young set at this
 popular shore resort have been hav-
 ing pretty good time lately, for there have been ball games and danc- es, and picnics and clam bakes and fishing parties and all that sort of thing. It seems that this year more than ever they've taken to the-water. There are plenty of boats for all, and it's an easy thing to get "barefooted" and pail and shovel and dig for clans.
 Terryville-The horse of Edmund Keefe was not the only one killed by lightning at the Ard Welton farm on Mount Tobe Saturday. There were two colts in the same pasture and they were struck also and died. One belonged to Ard Welton and the other belonged to Amee Lawrence of Ply mouth. The three animals were feed ing in a line with each other about twelve feet apart when they were struck.
 Thompsonville- burglaries of a petty character have occurred
 here recently, and early yesterday
 morning the saloon of A. L. Simonds on North Main street was broken into and goods to the value of s75 stolen.
 The police found some of the bottled liquors in Mir Goldenthals barn, where it is believed the thieves went to drink the liquors. The police have two men under suspicion of being the thieves.
 Willimantic-The several local people who are camping out at Tim Pond, Me, have written interesting letters about their fishing there. lake there. One letter conveyed the information that recently, in one day one of the party caught thirty-seyen fine large fish. The weather they re- port as ideal, and all are enjoying themselves. In the party Is George E. Hinman, secretary of tn erepubli- can state central committee.
 Hartford-William Lyknapp. who said his home was in Wilkes Barre, Pa, was arrested last evening after he had drawn a jaekknife when or dered out of bowling alley on Tenn pie street. While he had a few court plasters which he said he sold for 10 cents apiece, the police believed him 10 be a panhandler He had been or- dered out of the alley during the af- ternoon and became very ugly when ordered to get out again in the even- ing.
 Southington-william Higgins put In an appearance in town Tuesday night and sought Selectman Levi c. Newell. He said that he had come here one night in the early sixties and had stayed with a certain Mir Flynn. In the morning they both went to Hartford and enlisted as Southington boys in the Twentieth Connecticut. He wanted a bounty, but his appearance did not warrant it and he was refused HWever. the