Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-24
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 thought to be of incendiary origin
 occurred In St Louis's French Roman
 Catholic church at tho corner oi Chapel and Chestnut streets last
 night at 7:30. The fire was the sec ond unexplained one In week. the other being last Friday at about the same time in the evening. The blaze
 last night was In the basement of the church where 1t was confined I Owing to the peculiar circumstances connected with the fire and the prob ability of It's being incendiary the pos lice were notified and are investigate ing the case.
 Manchester-The oldest applicant to be made voter to appear before the board of selectmen, town clerk and registrars was Benjamin Tryon of Manchester Green, aged S4, who went before them yesterday morn ing. MT Tryon did not have to go through the trouble of reading to the board and answering lot of questions, as 1t was learned that he had been made voter several years ago and had voted in Manchester fif- ty-ive years ago and all that was necessary was to restore his name.
 Eighteen cans of lingering trout were received from the fish and game commission on the 1O:23 train yesterday morning. They were met at the train by the dis tribution committee of the local as- sociation and dispatched in auto mobiles to the streams in Goshen, Winchester and llewfield. The most remote of the pools to be stocked was at the source of the stream on Ivy mountain.
 Hartford-L. B. Norton, president and treasurer of the National Mer- cantile company was ordered by Judge Shumway in the superior court here yesterday afternoon to pay $15,000 to the receivers of that company within 30 days, with the further statement that if a settle ment was not made by the expiration of that time, the court would use all means within its power to collect it.
 Bridgeport-Warning was sent yesterday from the home for inn beetles at Lakeville, of John Tobin, aged IT, of this city. Accompanied by youth from New Haven, Tobin made his way to freedom from that Lakeyille institution Thursday. He is believed to have wandered off through the country in the direction of Bridgeport.
 -Glastonbury-Several skunk hunt CTS of local renown are getting ready to put in their best licks killing skunks for the game supper to be given next Friday evening by the Young Mems Class of the First Con- gregational church. There will be game of other kinds in abundance for those who do not fancy skunk.
 Manchester-Willia J. Arm strong, employed by the Connecticut company as a section hand, jumped l from the work car on which he was riding last evening and, falling un- der the wheels, received injuries i which will mean the loss of one of his legs just below the knee, and possibly both legs. ,s
 Clinton-John A. Stanton, well known resident of Clinton, who was stricken with paralysis Thursday, l died yesterday at the age of 82. He was descendant on his mothers side ! of John Eliot, the Indian apostle, and 1 is survived by brother, former l States Attorney L. E. Stanton, of Hartford.
 Stonington-The schooner Chehe- gan, owned in Block Island, struck a | rock off Napatree Point Thursday | and tore large hole in the hull be- ' low the water line. The schooner settled but it's cargo of cord wood | kept it afloat. The captain and cook were picked up and brought ashore here.
 Meriden-By the will of Henry B. Beach the income of his estate, which amounts to nearly S100,000, | will go to his widow and four chill dren. Upon the deaths of these the income is to go to the grandchildren. MT Beach was we'll known travel ing salesman.
 Bloomfield-Mrs Bertha M., Fraser of Brooklyn, N. Y., who was to speak last night at the Bloomfield Congregational church in the inter- est of Christian Socialism, was thrown out of her carriage while on her way to the. church and rendered 
 Hartford-By giving falsely, the name of A. l.. Shipman as the own CT of the car which they were driv- ing, two men who ran into the wagon of Charles Ott of Burnside on the bridge road, East Hartford, last night escaped without being identi- fled.
 Meriden-Michael Passeo was pos- sibly fatally injured and several oth- er workmen were hurt by prema- ture explosion of dynamite at the Connecticut Trap Rock company's quarry here yesterday afternoon.
 New Haven-M Michael Coeckler, aged 49, painter. was found dead Tn his room yesterday, with gas flowing freely into the room from d gas jet. He leaves a widow and six children.
 Danbury-John J. Leonard, a 4 bartender, aged 27 years, is dead as the result of fall down a flight of stairs in the Hotel Bellevue last night His skull was fracturad