Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-01
NUTMEG CARVINGS.
Interesting Items Boiled Down for

Our Bus< Readers. Greenwich-The postoff1ce depart ment has appointed Robert Req let ter carrier at $500 year. Stamford-Charles Dean, 73 years old, died here at his summer home yesterday from paralysis MT Dean was head of the Dean Confectionery company of New York. .e Hartford-The application of Lieu tenant Commander John E. Murphy of the naval militia, to be placed on the retired list has been approved by the adjutant general.
 New Britain-The Normal school re-opened to-day. This will be the first time in a number of years that the first Tuesday in September, ths day which is assigned for the re- opening, will have fallen on the first day of the month.
 New Haven-Charged with assault with intent to murder, Joseph Biondi, alias Giuseppe Broudi, was arrested last night as one of the gang who came to Hartford on August 23 to kill Michael Caputo, as the result of quarrel over woman named Cora Smith.
 dgeport-Michael Spectora, who is charged with trying to wreck a trolley car in Shelton yesterday, was turned over to the Huntington au- thorities to-day. He was arrested on complaint of the Connecticut compa- ny. It is alleged that he piled sties on the tracks. .-.-. ..
 Danbury-Frank Hook, who is wanted here on charge of alleged horse stealing, and for whose return to this state on his release from Sing Sing to-day Governor Hughes had granted requfsition papers, refused to accompany the officers to Connecticut and will contest his return.
 New Haven-Alexander Troup re- turned yesterday from a stumping trip to Vermont. He said that the indications were that the republican majority in that state for governor will be kept under 10000. He thought that the personality of the democratic candidate, James Burke, a blacksmith, known as Honest Joe" was winning votes for the dem ocrats.
 Harwinton-Edgar Brown, one O. the proprietors of Brown Bros. mill in Campville, had a narrow escape Saturday afternoon. An emery wheel he was using burst, a piece of il striking him on the head, and ren- dering him unconscious. It was fear ed that his skull was fractured, but he is much improved to-day, and un- less complications set in his recov- cry is expected
 Bristol-George Lyon, who has the job of guarding the railroad cross ing at Doolittle's corner at the North side, wants the police to allow him to carry gun in the future while he is in the performance of his du- ties. He says that life has been made extremely miserable for him in the past few months by gangs of young hoodlums who steal rides on freight cars and storfe him as the cars pass by. The particular kind of car they like to ride in is the open, trap rock cars that come from Plainville bound west
 New Haven-One of the most re- markable narrow escapes from drowning in the annals of this vicin- ity, together with a most peculiar and timely rescue, took place Satur- day afternoon in the East Haven river, just below the Stony Dike, where William Preston and his ten year old son, having been capsized in a boat were rapidly passing toward the grave while the father with heroic instinct was holding up his son by the legs in the hope that the boys face might remain above water while he, himself, stood on the river bottom hoping for chance res- cue of the boy. By the merest good fortune, launch came along at the time and bcth were resuscitated af- ter nearly half an hours work by James Brown of East Haven and Fred Dakin of 14 Saltonstall avenue, who had pulled them out of the water af- fArf11f,1