Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-05
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examination for teachers certificates yesterday at the Capitol. Uncasville-The Sachem Board company yesterday sold its local mills and tenements to the Falk Paper company of Passaie, N. J. The mills will resume work Monday after lying idle for several months.
 Scotland-Frank Jeffries, superin- tendent for a New York construction company, was instantly killed here yesterday by the falling of derrick boom at the new plant of the Uncas Power company of Norwich. Middletown-The board of water commissioners, in a meeting yester- day afternoon, elected William Dun- can, president of the board in place
 If Frederick P. Burr, whom Mayor Russell busted from the board Mon day night.
 Middletown-Fifteen female patti ents were transferred from the Hospi- tai for the Insane in this city to Nor wich, Monday, and more were sent doyn yesterday. The patients had all been committed from New London county.
 New Haven-Laborers digging a trench on tbe outer end of Edgewood avenue yesterday found five skeletons. The land was at one time a part of the town farm, and it is thought that it was formerly used for burial purposes. .,r.s Bridgeport-Mrs Robert Mitchell, who was badly burned yesterday while getting dinner at gas stove, died last night. She was 72 years old and her husband, who is 75, was also severely burned about the arms and face. . r<
 Monday morning w. E. Whiting found new born lawn in his pasture. The doe ran off when MT Whiting appeared. He went back to the house and when he again went to the pasture both the doe and its fawn had gone. New Britain-A young son of former City Garbage Collector James E. Rogers of Seymour park found some kind of a dynamite can yester- day and made plaything of it. It exploded and tore his hand open in bad shape. His chest was also in- | jured. . .#'#
 Winsted-United States Marshal Edson Bishop, was in Winsted Satur-
 day and served papers upon Mrs i Henry Gay as executor of her hus- | bands estate, summoning her to ap- pear before the United States court at Muskogee, Okla, and defend title to certain lands in that state.
 New Britain-Editor Herbert A. Stocking, formerly editor of the New Britain Herald but lately an editorial writer on the Brockton Times, has resigned his position on the latter paper and will start a newspaper in Orange, N. J. The publication of the new paper will begin about Septem- Der 1.
 Torrington-Early Monday morn ing Frank J. Terry was awakened at his home in the 0dell block by the barking of dog. On going outside the building he saw three man jump into buggy and drive away Mir Terry is of the opinion that the barking of the dog prevented another robbery.
 New London-The work of rail road surveyors over a period of many months in this vicinity, seems to make certain that President Mel len has plans for important changes in the railroad tracks through the city of New London, possibly the skirting of the city to the westward. and the bridging of the Thames river at some point higher up. . Willimantic-Stanley Walden of this city, who Is stopping at Pleasure Beach, got into an exciting situation on Sunday. He went out on the sound in a row boat with a Dig sail, and being unable to beat it'' into shore against a head wind, was being blown out to sea. E. B. Latham, who has a power boat. saw his pre- dieament and went after him and lowed Walden and his companion, Everett Harrington, ashore.
 South Manchester-James Ellison said he would leave the country be- ] fore the end of the week if he were permitted to escape punishment on the charge of burglary. when ar- raigned in police court yesterday. The court thereupon placed Ellison in the care of a probation officer who will see that he gets an outgoing steamer on Saturday. Ellison was arrested for being in the house of Miss Mar guerite Nicholson on Sunday.
 West Hartford-A. D. Brace was in Hartford yesterday on business and saw a West Hartford man there under the Influence of liquor. Think ing to do him a kindness fin taking him home Mir Brace asked him to get into the buggy. The intoxicated man did 90. Later. Mir Brace stop ped a moment st the store of Caldwell
 & Jones. On North Main street and
 went inside. When he came out. he
 found that the intoxicated man whom he vas trying to befriend had driven laway with the buggy.
 wethsrsfeld-S. \. woodhouss | lost a valuable eo~ last Saturday in
 a peculiar way. When his son. Rob bins. went to drive the herd home in the afternoon. to be milked. he no ticed one was missing Upon inyssti. gztiOn he found the GOV inside the large wooden tank which eneioees the spring that supplies the village
 of GrfsWoIdsviIls with its runnins
 water. He hurried hone and obtain
 ed ropes and tackle and Efth ths
 help of the neighbors the animal wal ! faksn n.lf. hrs as Il rrnEed. too lafI