Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-08
NUTMEG CARVINGS.
Interesting Items Boiled Down for
 Our Busy Readers.

Forestville-An early morning fire yesterday destroyed E. H. Perkinss lunch cart on the Forestville road op- posite the Forest house. The Welch Fire company got a stream on the blaze in short order. The stock and contents was totally destroyed. The loss is estimated at about S400.
 Ansonia-Hon Charles F. Brooker of this city left yesterday for Hot Springs, Va, where he has gone at the special invitation Of MT Taft to attend the conference of leading re- publicans with whom he is to consult MT Brooker is very close to Mir Taft and known to be one of his trusted advisers.
 Middletown-Mik Mariana, an Italian about 40 years oid, fell from the quarry at Benvenue into the river yesterday and was drowned. The body was recovered late last evening by Peter Carlson. Mariana nas been a resident of this country for number of years and was em- ployed at quarry.
 Hartford-The horse owned by Sherman D. Wrisley of Glastonbury, which was shocked during the thUn- der storm of last Friday by touching his nose against trolley pole on State street which had been charged with electricity, never recovered from the shock and died in Roger Sherman's barn, a victim to modern progress. F.
 Danbury-A certificate on incor- poration was filed yesterday at the office of the state secretary by the Peix Hat Go of Danbury, the incor- porators being c. H. Peix, Jr, L. l.. Peix and Edson J. Wood, all of Dan- bury. The company will manufac- | ture hats and will begin business with y$1 ,000. The authorized capital stock is s10,00O.
 Hartford-Returns were received yesterday from the Stonington Say | ings bank showing unclaimed de- posits amounting to s3,01T.26. This is divided among twenty-nine depos- itors, and the largest individual de- posit is $1,351.35, credited to Will liam H. Potter. The Freestone Say ings bank of Portland has hut one unclaimed deposit, amounting to S33.96, credited to Sarah A. Day. There are ten unclaimed deposits in the Southport Savings bank, amount ing to $7S6.69. Four unclaimed de- posits in the Falls Village Savings bank amount to s54.35.
 Putnam-Joseph Breault, aged 21 d mill hand living in Mechanicsyille was found drowned in the French r.ver last evening. Breault in the afternoon had been asked to go In swimming by several con. .panions and went along, but refused to go il after arriving at the spot, saying l' preferred to read a book cn the baIk lie did not return with his compan
 ions, but kept on reading. As ht did not appear for supper a searci was made. His clothes were found On the bank where he had read ans
 not far off in the river bed was hi
 body. Breault probably was takeI
 with cramps.
 | Hartford-The regular monthly
 meeting of the board of charity com
 missioners was held yesterday after
 noon. but as there were present onl!
 three commissioners only rontin'
 business was transacted Bills to thu
 amount of s12.T06 were approved, O
 which s6.453 was the quarterly bil of the Connecticut Hospital for th'
 Insane al Middletown. This bill |
 increasing every year and every guar
 ter at a rate that Is rather out O
 proportion to the increase of popa |
 ton. Hartford has more insane pc
 tients than any other city in thl
 state and. in fact. one-tenth of tn total number. having 24s as agains lS0 for New Haven. However. thi figure does not include patients whi are paid for by private means.