Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-12
NUTMEG GRATMGa
Interesting Items Boiled Down for
Our Busy Readers.

Interesting Items Boiled Down for
Our Busy Readers
Rockville-The city council last
night discussed the advisability Of
purchasing watering carts and doing
its own street sprinkling.
MISUNDERSTANDING inadequacy
not only Of means Of egress in case Of
fire. but of anything like useful fire
fighting appliances at the high school
building has aroused the board OF
education to the point of investiga-
ton.
ridgeport-Senator Allan w
Paige has gone to Augusta, Georgia
for few weeks in the confident ex-
pectation that he will fully recover
his health, which has been greatly
impaired since Thanksgiving time,
when he had a severe attack Of grip
New Britain-Mayor Landers sent
yesterday a letter to SEVERN Johnson,
president of the Swedish-Anerican
Republican club, stating that it
would be impossible for him to recon-
slider his decision in the matter of
not being a'candidate for the Office of
mayor this spring.
Hartford-Fred Fass of No 9 At
lantic street, an employe of the Hart
ford Electric Light company, was in
stantly killed about o'clock yester-
day afternoon in front of the Colt
Memorial by falling from the top of
a thirty foot electric light pole where
he was fixing the light.
Willimantic-Najee Birbarie, the
Syrian peddler of this city who has
just been eXonerated on the charge
of numbering his wife, has returned
to this city from visit in Branford
where he went after the trial. He
says that he intends to start right in
business again and take up his ped
ding where he left off in October OF
1906, when he was arrested for the
grave crime.
Winsted-Wilbur F. Smith, game
warden of Fairfield county and spe
coal representative of the state fish
and game commission, is investigat
ing conditions in this vicinity with
view to selecting tract of land
for this county's allotment of birds.
Mr. Smith says that the commission
Is to purchase a quantity of Hun
garian partridge with the money
raised by the licensing of hunters
and that each county's allotment will
be placed on single tract of land
protected by law to give them an OPP
portunity to multiply.
New Britain-The board of water
commissioners, the advisory board
and the mayor met yesterday after
noon to discuss the question of issu-
ing bonds and making preparations
to build the Burlington water line
at once. The city has obtained from
the legislature the right to issue
bonds for the work, the estimated
cost of which is 100000, and it
was decided that it should be under
taken as soon as possible. 1t was
thought that the work could be done
to advantage now when times are
dull and that it would give employ
ment to many who need work.
Hartford-While demonstrating a
burglar proof window and door fast
ener, which he said was needed now
adays in every home, William l.. Gift
ford, 32 years old, yesterday after
noon stole gold watch and beaded
chain from Mrs Jennie McCurdy,
domestic at No 1877 Jefferson street,
and when Mrs McCurdy's 16 years
old daughter Ethel chased the man
down Washington street and caught
him, he knocked her down. There
were a number of men on Washing
ton street who witnessed that part
of the affair, and came at once to
the girls assistance, and when she
accused him of stealing her mothers
watch they held him and he gave the
watch back to her. Officer Schiller
then came down and arrested him.