Connecticut western news., 1908-07-16

perltonltls TOT three days. It was the opinion of both Dr. Richardson and Dr. Lee that she should be removed to Hill crest hospital in Pittsfield, consequently she was taken there Monday evening.
 Railroad Man Injured
 John Flynn met with serious in- jury ill the railroad yard one day last week. A wrench which he was using to open the hopper of loaded coal car slipped from his hand and struck him with great force under the chin, pro- ducing concussion of the brain. Dr. | Lee the railroad surgeon wasI called and took charge of the case. Dr. Lee called | pr. Welch of Winsted in consultation 1 MT. Flynn suffered much pain but is now gaining rapidly and was able to sit up yesterday. It was a very narrow es- cape from fatality.
 Turtle Captures Duck.
 | A party of Canaanites saw an unusual sight on the Housatonic river Sunday. While sailing up the river they saw a black duck fiuttering Ill the water short distance away. Investigation developed the fact that the duck, while feeding with its head under water, had been caught by large turtle which vanished at the approach of the boat They found that the ducks head had been partly consumed and there would have been a duck dinner in turtledom had they not appeared. Although the capture of a turtle is not unprecedented, we are in- ! formed that these instances are rare and that this is the first to be noted on the Housatonic.
 A Runaway
 On Monday afternoon a horse belong ing to Louis Pipa of Clayton, Mass. be- came unmanageable on East Main street and started to run. MT. Pipa and his wife were in the wagon. When the outfit reached the New Haven tracks, MT. Pipa endeavored to guide the ami nal up Railroad street but did not suc- ceed in making the turn and both occu- pants of the wagon were thrown out on to the concrete sidewalk when the wagon struck an electric light pole on the corner. MT. Pipa was uninjursd and his wife sustained only few slight bruises. The horse freed itself from the wagon and was captured by A. J. Wigglesworth. The animals legs were considerably bruised about the ankles where they came in contact with the wagon. It was a miraculous escape from serious injury by MT. and Mrs. Pipa.
 Odd Fellows Installation
 = On Monday evening the recently elected officers of the Canaan lodge of
 Odd Fellows were installed P. G., w.
 D. Sheldon; N. G., A. J. Wigglesworth;
 V. G., s. B. Marshall; Cor. Sec, H. H.
 Seutt; Fin. Sec, O. T. Vosburg; Treas,
 Dr. F. H. Lee; Chap. G. Willis Parsons; Conductor, V. M. Coe; Warden, Chas. } Sheldon; R. s. N. G., Ivanhoe l.. Scott; L. s. N. G.; George Hardenbergh; R. S. V. G., H. H. Stanton; L. s. V. G., W.
 N. Decker; R. s. S., N. w. Moore; L. S. T s. H. R. Whitford; I. G., H. B. Hoag;
 O. G., R. H. Whitford. A delegation
 from Wlnsted attended the installation.
 This delegation consisted of District Deputy Grand Master O. B. Moore and
 staff, consisting of Messrs F. H. Darling G. 0. Case, A. B. Terry, W. A. Cook, ! F. E. Roys, O. l.. Brown and H. E.
 Moffatt. At the conclusion of the in-
 stallation, refreshments were served and the occasion was a very pleasant one in
 every respect At the next meeting,
 the initiatory will be worked. Railroad RumbIes
 It is reported from New Haven tn at l the New York, New Haven 6 Hartford Railroad Company intends to substitute the telephone for the telegraph in the t dispatching of trains, but no time for l the change is given. One of the causes r given for the rumored change Is the
 enormous expense for train dispatohing
 under present conditions. The wages . of the telegraph operators have been in creased and putting them on an eight hour basis has made it necessary to add , many operators to the force. Again the
 railroad company has to pay toll to the . telegraph companies for leased wires, while it owns its own telephone system.
 Dispatching trains can be done nor c 2 rapidly by telephone than by telegraph
 and telephone message can be repeated
 or correctedly instantly. Another ad-
 vantage would be that employees of the t company, other than the operators could be used in the work This change . would probably mean that large mum. |, Der of men would lose their places, as :. is to be the case with employees of the Lackawanna, which Is to use the tele. . phone system.
 Folks at Twin Lakes.
 The following guests are registered al
 F. A. Thompson Twin Lakes House:'
 c. E. Peck, New Haven, Conn.,; Ma.