Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-27
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Interesting Items Boiled Down for Our Busy Readers.

Our Busy Readers. ~
 ,IWestport-Mrs Sarah L. Walkley,
 dead at Westport, is believed to have
 been the oldest resident of Middle sex county, having died at 9S. Hartford-Private Arthur T. Lew. is of the Fourth company, Coast Ar tillery corps, has been discharged by the adjutant general to enaile
 him to enlist in the United States army.
 Windsor-Judge George H. Albee died yesterday afternoon at his home on Preston street in that town after an illness of nearly 10 years, death being directly due to para lytic shock, which he sustained ear ly yesterday afternoon. st
 Wethersfeld-Wil A. Willing
 ham, federal prisoner, was re- ceived at the state prison Saturday. He was tried before general court martial at Washington navy yard and found guilty of embedding mail and was sentenced to two years in prison. t.
 New Britain-D. A. Niven of West Main street has raised freak strawberry plant. The plant has one red berry, number of green ones and some blossoms, all at the same time and so late in the sum- mer. The plant has attracted a great deal of curiosity.
 East Hampton-E. w. and E. R. Day got word last evening that their nephew, Robert Day of New York, had met death by falling down an elevator shaft. He was 2S years of age and leaves a wife and three children besides his parents. E. R. Day left for New York last night to attend the funeral.
 Hartford-The man whose body was found floating in the Flagg mills pond in West Hartford was identified yesterday as John Zuper of Bloomsfield. M. A. Dodge and Lemuel Caswell of Bloomfield called at the undertaking rooms of A. J. Keeney in West Hartford and made the identification. He was 60 years old, and had been in unfortunate circumstances of late.
 Ansonia-Deputy United States Marshal w. L. Parmelee and Cliff ford E. Batchelor of Ansonia left Monday for Niagara Falls to attend the national encampment of the Sons of Veterans. The former is the delegate from this state, while the latter with Attorney A. c. Bald win of Shelton, and Allan T. Pratt of Hartford, will attend as commanders and past commanders of the state camp.
 Danbury-Percy Morgan, a street railway conductor, was hemmed in. to the attic of his home on Chap belle street yesterday by a fire which did considerable damage to the house. Unable to reach the stairway, MT Morgan jumped from a window to the ground, distance of 25 feet. He was severely >burnea in attempting to reach the stairs, but was unharmed by his fall from the window to the ground.
 Bridgeport-Crippled and bent over with rheumatism, Joseph Ha- zleton, 75 years old and hailing from Orange, was In the city court yes- terday morning, charged with evad- ing his trolley fare. For the 5-cent fare he refused to pay the conduc, tor, he was fined sS.95. Hazleton said that the conductor carried him beyond his street in West Haven and he insisted on being taken back to it. The conductor wouldn't do that. so the old man stayed on the car to this city. ..
 New Haven-Wh!le trying yester- day afternoon to dispose of a horse shoe shaped scarf pin with 21 dia- monds, to an employe of Throm's barber shop on Congress avenue, An drew Cohen, young man who re- sides at 95 Lafayette street, was taken into custody by Detective James Ward, and after an examina- tion by Captain Dunn assisted by the detective, Cohen was locked up and charged with theft. The pin is the property of Louis Pearlin who conducts a jewelry store at 792 Chapel street and is said to be val ued at $50.
 Meriden-William E. Moore, who left with the Barnum & Bailey show with a number of Bridgeport young men when the show went abroad and toured the continent and who is we'll remembered by number of the showmen tells a startling story of the theft of s1O0,000 in gold which came to his notice when the show was In Paris. He claims the money was taken from a wealthy Pittsburg woman by her confidential man servant and was buried in the suburbs of Paris. He claims to know the exact spot where the for ,una ic hfddeu