Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-28
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Interesting Items Boiled Down for , Our Busy Readers.


 g Interesting Items Boiled Down for
 Our Busy Readers.
 Bridgeport-John Anderson of New Haven, the man who was struck by a train Sunday, diee at the hospi- tai here yesterday.
 Killingworth-Whippoorwills are plentiful in the woods The birds ap- proach close to the dwellings and their notes are heard throughout the night.
 Jewett City-Joseph Swaba, the man, who fell through the railroad bridge between here and Lisbon, died during Sunday night. In his fall he incurred concussion of the brain. Swaba was 40 years old.
 Hartford-The office of the dairy commissioned at the Caiptol will be closed on Thursday, the day of the | funeral of Commissioner J. B. Noble. It. is also probable that the Capitol will be closed during the hour of the funeral. .... @ East Haven-The post office was broken into Sunday morning and $3 in money and from S15 to $40 in stamps stolen. The town clerks of flee was entered, wher the burglars blew open the safe, but got nothing. The robbers escaped. '~
 Mystic-Lorenzo D. Knapp of this | I,1n Cta York with $36 with the ayowed pur- pose of busting the stock market, is dead. He was a veteran of the civil war, during which he served in Company c, TwentN-first. regiment.
 Winsted-After loosening the brakes two workmen lost control of a loaded freight car on a siding near the New England Pin Co.'S factory yesterday afternoon and the car struck the pin company's wagon, bad ly damaging it. The horse escaped injury. . ... | East Hampton-During the past week bond wire thieves have been at work between Woodland and Buck land on the fnterurban trolley tracks. Fifty-three pounds of copper wire have been taken and the railroad de- tectives are searching out clews, none of which seems to be very promising.
 Greenwich-The band of burglars which has been boldly working in parts of this town outside the borough police protection limits se- lected the home of Mortimer B. Eos ter of Sound Beach, for a descent Sunday night and carried away thousand dollors worth of silver They effected an entrance through a window in the buffers pantry.
 Plainville-"Gum," the valuable Boston bull dog, owned by Constable Cornelius Downing, was killed by 2 freight train yesterday morning Gum" was known by almost every one in town, as he was the mascot oi the Plainville amateur ball team which won the championship of tht state. The dog occupies promineni position in the picture of the team which was so popular during the sum- mer of 1904.
 Manchester-Chief Sheridan will have all the members of the police de partment on duty next Sunday to put stop to the bathing which is goint , on at the ponds in town located neal lthe highways. Complaints are com i ing to the chief that each Sunday ; l large number of boys and young mel go bathing in the different pond | nA Ia Nfan ass. who sees them. They. are not wear | ing bathing suits and that is wher, the trouble comes in. , New London-Miehael L. Spell man, aged 55 years. went to g Mary's cemetery at about II o'clocl yesterday morning and attempted t commit suicide there by drinkinl muriatic acid. He was discoyere, soon after he had taken the poisoi and was removed to the Memoria l hospital, where he is now in a criti { cal condition. Since the death of hi ? wife about year ago, Spellman ha been acting peculiarly. He made tn , attempt to take his life near hi g wife's grave.
 TerryviIle-The $500 foot tunns n that is being pushed through the hi
 west of the railroad station at Pc lauahuck suffered a mishap Saturda , moon when six feet of the arch over l thead cayed in. The rock which Is ( tioose formation was undermined b lthe recent rains. and the piles ( '- rock and cement arch have broke away with a clean break. choking T | the entrance. The line of clearage 7 four feet outside of the outer rail { the railroad track that crosses ovs i the tunnel. and the passenger in e passing train can look out of the ca window and see the debris belov -The break was discovered by tt -.srhnau