Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-04-15
NUTMEG aRATrNda
Interesting items Boiled Down for
Our Busy RcaderA

Rockville-Fire damaged the
Park place engine house to the ex-
tent of $4,000 yesterday morning.
Hartford-Carl Landa, SO years
old, dropped dead in the. bath room
of his home at 2 Columbia street
last night, as he was preparing to
take a bath.
South Manchester-Frank G. Balk-
ner, grand knight of Campbell coun-
Gil, X. of c., and one of the best
known young men in town, was
brought last night to st Franciss
hospital, Hartford, suffering with APP
pendicitis.
Hartford-A warrant charging
him with undue cruelty to a dog
which he was taking down Grove
street Monday afternoon, was served
on Dog Warden Charles P, Rustic
meyer yesterday by Sergeant TIMBER
field of police headquarters. q
Hartford-Thomas Miller, Is
years old, one of the iron workers
employed in the building of the new
state armory and arsenal, had the
unusual experience yesterday of fall
ing forty feet and landing, cat fash
ion, ON his feet, and escaping with a
badly sprained ankle.
Bristol-General H. o. Averill,
commissioner on domestic animals,
yesterday signed an order that dogs
shall be confined or muzzled for a
period of three months from noon
on Wednesday, April %. The order
affects the second district of the
town and the usual wire nuzzle is
ordered.
Torrington-Fires supposed to
have been caused by sparks from
passing locomotives swept through
the woods west of the TOrrington
road between Winsted and Burrville
yesterday, doing considerable dam
age to timber land. Fire Warden
Bronson and a force of men fought
the flames all day.
Bridgeport-The supreme court
of errors in session yesterday hand
ed down decisions in several cases
argued at prior terms of court, the
one of most interest being that OF
Theresa German of Hartford against
Thomas X. Fits, a breach Of prom
Use suit, in which the jury found a
verdict of $4,000 for the plaintiff.
The supreme court finds no error.
Bristol-Charles Hanchett lives in
the south end of the town and dur
ing the gale Saturday he thought he
heard the ewes of his house dropping
to the ground. Getting up ne start
ed for the window to Investigate
and stumbled over his wife's shoes.
He butted his head into the glass of
window ahead of his and sliced of
part of his nose. The part cut off
has been sewed on.
New neutrality-suspicious. made
clean sweep at the polls esterday
in the greatest municipal election in
the history of New Britain. Mayor
Landers, the head of the ticket, won
by majority of SIT. City Collector
Howard NJ. Steele defeated his
strong opponent, ex-Mayor Samuel
Bassett on the democratic ticket, by
S14 votes. License carried The day
by the overwhelming majority of q
313.
Glastonbury - Kirkland Hollister
has found near his home O. remarka-
bly, fine specimen of a stone mortar
such as was used by the Indians for
grinding corn. Those familiar with
such relics who have seen it pro-
nounce it unquestionabiy a genuine
Indian mortar and a remarkably
fine specimen. 1t was found at the
base of Round hill only a short dis
lance from Red hill, where the old
Indian map of Glastonbury shows a
village of Uoyaug Indians to have
been located.
East Lyme-The summer residents
of this place are considerably agi-
tated over the proposition of the
Bridgeport Bi-Product Co TO estab-
fish a reduction plant here. A hear
ing on the matter will be held to-
morrow. The act of the legislature
granting the company the right to
locate somewhere in the state to
handle the garbage of Bridgeport
provided that property holders in the
place chosen should be notified so
that opposition could be made
known. 1t is understood the COM
pany has selected a site here and
the townspeople will be represented
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