New Haven, September 1, 1825
On Thursday of week before last Mr. Edward Johnson of Meriden went into the
field to shoot a bird for a sick daughter and on his return to the house he left his
gun in the entry or doorway, intending to take care of it after having visited the
room of the daughter; but in the meantime a little daughter aged six years and a
son, ten, passed that way. The father was first apprised of the circumstance by
the report of the gun which brought him immediately to the spot, but his feeling
when he arrived can neither be realized nor described. The top of the little girl's
head was shot away, including the skull and brains which terminated her life in a
few minutes.
Source: Republican Compiler, Gettysburg, PA - Sep 21, 1825
Contributed by N. Piper
Waterbury,
Conn., May 30 - At the baseball games today
the grand stand, crowded, gave way. Otto Castrop
was seriously injured and several slightly
hurt.
The
Bismarck Tribune, June 1, 1883
Transcribed by, Amanda Jowers
Christopher
Cassidy of New Haven has been arrested and charged
with enticing a stranger into a hotel,
administering a drug and robbing him of $400 gold
watch and $20 in cash.
Springfield Republican, June
19, 1888 - Transcribed by Nancy
Washell
NEW
HAVEN, Conn. Jan. 22 – Mrs. Jarlia B. Graves, of
Middletown , while attending services Sunday
morning at the Second Universities church, this
city, uttered a shriek and fell dead in the arms
of her nephew, George E. Guy.
There was much excitement among the
congregation and a panic was narrowly
avorted.
The pastor at once
closed the service.
The Daily Independent, Monroe , Wisconsin ,
Jan. 22, 1889.
Transcribed by, Linda
Rodriguez
Factories Start
Up
Despite the urgent necessity of
repairs to its elevators and the taking of its
annual inventory, the L. Candee & Co. of New
Haven has been obliged to curtail the period of
spring inactivity owing to pressure of
orders. The big factory of the company,
which was to have shut down for about two weeks,
will only be silent for three days. The shop
closed Wednesday night and will start up again
Monday morning. The management has decided
to rush through all necessary repairs and has
announced that the bootmakers will start on Monday
on a full ticket. Tomorrow the boot and shoe
makers will go in the 'fit
The shoe ticket will be increased
to full time week after next and the company is
hiring all the experienced boot and shoe makers
who apply for employment. The above
announcement is regarded as in all probability the
prologue to more prosperous tiems for the rubber
company, especially as the stock of goods on hand
is very low.
The mammoth Connecticut
factories of the Peck Stow and Wilcox company,
manufacturers of machines, tooles, etc., of
Southington, are now running on their usual time,
but with increased working forces. The
recent shut down, which was for the purpose of
usual repairs, was merely
temporary.
Conductor Hayes
Suspended
Harry Hayes who for a number of
years has been running on the Berkshire division,
first as a brakeman, but for the past three years
as conductor on the 11:15 passenger train from New
Haven to Ansonia, has been suspended pending
investigation of charges made against him.
The charges are not given out as the fellow
employees feel a great deal of sympathy for Hayes
and hope for his speedy restoration to his
duties. It is understood that the trouble
arises on account of some breach of rules on
another division, while Hayes was off duty, last
Sunday.
Killed at
Ansonia.
John Salvice, 40, was instantly
killed at the factory of the Coe Manufacturing
company yesterday while at work at his
machine. Salvice was an experienced wire
drawer, and while endeavoring to remove a coil
from his block the coil caught in the shafting and
encircling Salvice's left arm with great force cut
it off and drew the man's head with such force
against his machine that his skull was fractured.
Death resulted instantly.
Missing Woman
Found
Mrs. Carloine Scranton, the aged
Seymour woman who disappeared from her home in
that place Monday, was found yesterday by
relatives in Oxford. Mrs. Scranton, who is
eccentric, wandered away and tramped to
Oxford. She is well advanced in
years.
$150,000 for New Haven
Parks
New Haven will arrange in town
meeting within a few days to dispose of the
$150,000 old almshouse farm fund to be used for
parks. The money was derived from the sale
of the old town farm site, where the New Haven
Orphan asylum now stands.
Naugauck Daily News -
April 2, 1897
Submitted by Nancy
Piper
City Briefs ,
Naugatuck
Frank Grant of Pelham, N.Y., spent
Sunday in town.
Frank Edwards spent Sunday with
friends in West Haven.
The King's Daughters will meet in
the Parish house tonight at 7:45.
Thomas Trainor is expected home
tonight from his European trip.
Miss Mary Wilmot is visiting with
relatives in Bridgeport for a few days.
Miss Julia McAuliffe has returned
from a visit with friends in Bridgeport.
Edward Deegan spent Sunday with
his brother, Joseph, in New Haven.
Miss Jennie Sutphen has returned
from a visit with friends in Plainfield,
N.J.
Michael Ash and Edward O'Neil went
to Bridgeport on a tandem yesterday.
Principal Fitzpatrick has returned
from a visit at his home in Natick, Mass.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Tutle arrived
home this morning from their Mediterranean
trip.
Miss Catharien Doherty has
returned from a week's visit at her home in New
Canaan.
Louis H. Norton and John C.
Bitgood of Agawam are visiting Miss Mattie Parker
of Main street.
The Rev. A. T. Parsons of Trinity
church, Thomaston, will preach at St. Michaels
church Tuesday night.
Mrs. A. E. Curtiss of Meadow
street, who has been visiting friends in
Forestville, has returned to Naugatuck.
C. E. Satterthwait has been
engaged by H. B. Tuttle to work the "Biscoe" farm
in Middlebury the coming season.
The continued hearing on the John
A. Peck estate is being held today before the
commissioners, Hugh Hearns and R. V. Parker.
Misses Nellie Ruffen, Nellie
Lowery, Nellie Leary, Mary Dowling, Mary Sullivan
and Hannah King who have been visiting in
Colchester, have returned to Naugatuck.
E. R. Clyma of the Union County
Standard, Westfield, N.J., spent Sunday with his
family of High street. Mr. Clyma expects to
move his family to Westfield in about a
month.
Naugatuck Daily News
(Naugatuck, Connecticut) Monday April 5, 1897
Transcribed by Nancy Piper
Dwarf Visits
Naugatuck
James O. Brzezinski of Waterbury
was in town yesterday. He had with him a
dwarf who has been on exhibition in Waterbury
during the past week. The little man was the
cynosure of all eyes, and was followed about by an
army of small boys, whose annoying presence he did
not appear to mind at all. --
Fire on Water
Street
A bon fire in the year of David
David's restaurant on Water street Saturday
afternoon set fire to the fence between the Conran
building and the Dayton block. Jeweler
Dunlap discovered the flames which were
entinguished with the assistance of W. G. Hard's
garden hose. Had the flames gained any headway the
damage might have been great. --
Fire on West
Mountain
The woods on west mountain were
again visited by fire yesterday afternoon and
evening, and many acres of woodland were
burned. The fire raged until early this
morning. Many people viewed the rapidly
spreading flames from different parts of the
borough last evening and the sight of the long
line of fire was a beautiful one to witness.
It resembled a torchlight procession.
--
Borough
Court
C. L. Davis, Who Was Arrested
Saturday, Allowed to leave Town - A Waterbury
Man Settles for Fast Driving
C. L. Davis, who was arrested
Saturday afternoon by Chief Kennedy for
intoxication, appeared before Judge Hungerford
this morning and pleaded guilty. He said his
home was in Wallingford and he had been working in
Beacon Falls. Saturday his employer drove him to
Naugatuck and told him he would call for him in a
few hours and take him home. The ride to
Naugatuck made Davis cold and thirsty, and he lost
no time in warming up with some of Naugatuck's
liquid pain killer. He took altogether too
many does of the "medicine," and soon found
himself unable to navigate. Chief Kennedy arrived
at the time that Davis was making an attempt to
get his bearings and steered him to the station
house. Davis was 65 years of age.
"How many times have you been
arrested for drunkenness?" inquired Judge
Hungerford of the prisoner.
"I was never arrested before for
drunkenness, or anything else, your honor,"
replied Davis.
"You are starting in rather old in
life, are you not!" asked the court.
"Yes, I guess I am," was the
reply.
Judge Hungerford told Davis that
as this was his first offence he would suspend
sentence and allow him to return to Beacon
Falls. The old man thanked Judge Hungerford
and lost no time in leaving the court room.
A Fast Driver Comes to
Grief
Yesterday afternoon about 4:45
Chief Kennedy was in Union City when he saw two
men racing their horses on Main street. They
were going toward Naugatuck at full speed and
placing in danger many bicyclists who were on the
street. Chief Kennedy boarded a trolley car
and was not far behind the pair of racers when
Naugatuck was reached. He succeeded in
capturing one of the drivers on Maple street and
placed him under arrest. The drive of the
other horse made his escape. The man who was
arrested gave his name as Adam Dauch and said he
resided in Waterbury. He said he was not aware
that he was violating a borough ordinance, and
that when the man with whom he had been reacing
tried to pass him, he let his horse go at full
speed. He was allowed to settled his case on
payment of $8.
Chief Kennedy deserves credit for
the arrest of Dauch, and the only thing to be
regretted is that the other fast driver got
away. Horse racing and bicycle scorching on
the principal streets in the borough will not be
permitted, and Chief Kennedy and his officers will
arrest all who neglect to comply with the law
which prohibits fast driving or riding.
Scorchers and horse racers should take warning
from the arrest of Dauch, and see ot it that they
do not break the law. --
Mr. Taylor's Good
Fortune
A Waterbury Man inherits a Snug
Little Sum in Wisconsin
Robert Taylor, who resides on
Westside hill, near the Middlebury road, has
fallen heir to an estate valued at $15,000 or
$20,000 out west. Mr. Taylor at one time
worked in Wallingford as a moulder, and during
that time boarded with a woman who took a great
fancy to him. The woman was his senior by
several years. Mr. Taylor is a man who
apparently is not easily smitten, for after a
while he returned to Waterbury, the woman having
in the meantime given up her boarding place, west
to Wisconsin and purchased a farm.
Some time ago a letter addressed
to Robert Taylor was received at Wallingford, and
the people at that place remembering the original,
forwarded the epistle to Waterbury. The
letter was a request for Mr. Taylor to come west
and manage the affairs of the farm, but Mr. Taylor
declined. Recently he received a
communication from the woman?s attorneys stating
that she had died and had bequeathed the entire
estate to him and he is now negotiating with the
lawyers and will in all likelihood leave Waterbury
at an early date to arrange a settlement of his
good fortune. --
State
News
Strangled or
Drowned?
The body of an infant, probably
only a few days old, was found late Saturday
afternoon, floating in the Connecticut river at
Middletown. The discovery was made by
several boys, who were hauling in driftwood near
the dock of the Insane hospital. The body
was brought ashore and viewed by Coroner
Davis. The infant was wrapped up in two
aprons and a shawl and had evidently been
strangled to death. Medical Examiner Calef
made an autopsy yesterday and concluded that the
child was alive when thrown into the
river.
The Second Congregational church
of Waterbury celebrated its 45th anniversary of
organization yesterday. Services appropriate to
the occasion were held and a sermon appropriate to
the celebration was preached by the pastor, the
Rev. J. G. Davenport. The church has 1,000
members and is one of the largest Congregational
churches in New England. . --
Naugatuck Daily News
(Naugatuck, Connecticut) Monday April 5,
1897
Transcribed by Nancy
Piper
Naugatuck Daily News (Naugatuck,
Connecticut) Monday April 5, 1897
Frederick J. Manville, a well
known liverman of Waterbury and formerly
proprietor of the Scovill house livery stables,
who has been missing for two weeks returned to
Waterbury last night on a train from New
York. He was in a dazed condition and quite
delirious. He is unable to give any account
of his whereabouts during the last two weeks. .
--
Transcribed by Nancy Piper
Naugatuck Daily News (Naugatuck,
Connecticut) Monday April 5, 1897
Orlando Wiley, formerly in the
printing business in Hartford, was found dead on
the North meadow yesterday. He had been
insane for some time and had escaped from an
insane retreat in Hartford. --
Naugatuck Daily News
(Naugatuck, Connecticut) Monday April 5,
1897
[Transcribed by Nancy
Piper]
New Electric
Roads
Nearly 200 men commenced work
yesterday on the construction of a new electric
railway between Torrington and Winsted. The
road is to be a link of a system which will
eventually connect Hartford with Western
Connecticut and it is the first road to be built
under the recent charters granted by the
legislature. It is expected to have the road open
to travel to Winstead by June 1, and afterwards
the work of building the extension to Harwinton
and other points eastward will be commenced.
The power house is to be located at Burville and
work on this structure will be started within a
few days.
Naugatuck Daily News,
April 7, 1897
[Transcribed &
Contributed by Nancy Piper]
In Walcott yesterday afternoon, Frank Root was
bound over to the criminal superior court by
Justice J. R. S. Todd, under $500 bounds, on the
charge of burglarizing the house of William
Barnard in that place Monday night. Root
carried away $200 worth of booty from the house.
Yesterday Deputy Sheriff Rigney was notified and
he scoured the woods in Wolcott and the final
search finally led to the discovery of the stolen
goods.
Naugatuck Daily News,
April 7, 1897
[Transcribed &
Contributed by Nancy Piper]
City
Briefs
Mrs. Richard
Sullivan of Beebe street is dangerously
ill.
A son was born
last night to Mr. and Mrs. Nils Olsen of Hillside
avenue.
George A. Lewis
and family are expected home from Aiken, S. C.
next week.
There were 33
births in the borough last month, 18 of which were
males and 15 females.
Dr. Payne, a
graduate of the Pennsylvania dental college, is
visiting his cousin Dr. Gorton.
Clarence Currey,
who left for the Pacific coast last week, has
returned to Naugatuck. He decided not to go
west.
Thomas Trainer,
who has been in Italy for the past four months,
returned to Naugatuck last evening. He
greatly enjoyed his visit to his former
home.
George Waite and
Edward Parise collided while riding bicycles on
Church street this afternoon, but fortunately
neither riders nor their wheels were
injured.
Mrs. W. H. Miner
met with a painful accident this morning at her
residence on Hillside avenue. She was
descending the cellar stairs when she missed her
footing and fell to the bottom of the stairway
striking her head on the concrete floor, cutting a
deep gash in her face and dislocating her
shoulder. A physician was called who
attended to her injuries and she is now getting
along as well as can be expected.
Naugatuck Daily News, April 8,
1897
[Transcribed & Contributed by Nancy
Piper]
City
Briefs
Mrs. And Mrs. L.
L. Trowbridge are expected tonight from
Florida.
John B. Pope has
purchased a tract of 25 acres of woodland in
Middlebury.
H. Rubin opened
his dry goods store in the Curtiss and Andrew
building last night.
L. E. Perkins has
secured a position with a large dry goods firm in
New York city and will commence work next
week.
Patrick
O'Loughlin has purchased through the agency of
James E. Sweeney the William Pryor house at the
corner of May and High streets.
Henry Dunham of
Seymour is visiting friends to town
today.
Mr. and Mrs. E.
C. Rennell of Platts Mills visited friends in
Oxford yesterday.
D. P. Molls was
in Hartford yesterday and appeared before the
committee on cities and boroughs.
Daniel Walsh of
Winsted who had been visiting his cousin, Daniel
Walsh of this town, has returned
home.
The suit of A. D.
Hubbell against Hubert Hill and wife will be tried
before Justice Hungerford tomorrow
morning.
Chief Kennedy
arrested a Union City resident named Martin Macaka
this morning of charge of wife beating and breach
of the peace.
Manager
Blumenauer of the town farm is getting ready for
planting and is having a large quantity of stone
removed from the lot opposite the town
house.
Miss Margaret
Donovan has applied to the probate court for the
appointment of a guardian other than her father,
Michael Donovan, as she alleges he is not a proper
person to be her guardian. The hearing has
been set for next Monday morning at 10
o?clock.
Naugatuck Daily News, April 9,
1897
[Transcribed & Contributed by Nancy
Piper]
Frank Suda of Hartford is
missing. He lost a suit brought by West
& Simms, contractors, and a judgment of $2,500
was ordered against him. He was ordered to
appear in court last evening and make a statement
of his property holdings. His wife fears he
has gone insane over the matter.
Anson O. Sanford,
Steven Simonds and wife, Thomas Cranwell and J. P.
Hubbell and wife have all instituted suits against
Carl Solsberg of Oxford. They claim that on
April 2 he started fires on his own land, and the
fire spread on their land and damaged them and
they claim damages to the amount of $100
each. The suits will be tired before Justice
of Peace, Charles A. Yarrington on the 27th at the
town hall in Oxford. Attorney Sweeney
appears for the plaintiff in each case and
Attorney Kennedy for the defendants.
The total number of
births in the borough for the year ending March
31, 1897, was 404 and the total numbers for last
year was 311, which shows an increase of 93 over
last year. As against this there were 169
deaths in the year ending March 31, 1897, whereas
there were only 124 the previous year, or an
increase in the year just past of 45. There were
60 marriages during the last year and 63 the year
before. The number of births is unusually
large and the number of deaths during the year
also quite large.
Charles S. Hamilton,
a well known New Haven lawyer, broke his right leg
just above the ankle Wednesday and will be
incapacitated from his duties for a week in
consequence. When he does get out, he will be
obliged to use crutches, says Dr. Sanford, the
attending physician. Mr. Hamilton was
examining a boat, which he is building in the yard
of his residence, at 28 Norton street, when he
slipped and fell, breaking the front bone of the
leg. The fracture was set without
difficulty.
Naugatuck Daily News, April 9,
1897
[Transcribed & Contributed by Nancy
Piper]
City
Briefs
John Brennan of
Long Island is the guest of relatives in
town.
Mr. and Mrs. I.
L. Trowbridge returned from Jacksonville, Fla.,
last night.
H. H. Scholfield
has purchased a pair of handsome dark bay horses
to use in his grocery business.
Jacob Barker of
New Jersey, who was employed at the Woolen mill
here about 20 years ago, called on old friends in
town yesterday.
Mr. Bliss, who
was to conduct the prayer meeting at the Parish
hosue last evening, was prevented from being
present by the illness of his wife.
Charles E.
Satterthwait, who has been stopping at W. T.
Rodenbach?s for a few days, has gone to Middlebury
to take charge of H. B. Tuttle's 'Biscoe'
farm.
G. F. Kreamer,
employed at Dillon's grocery, sprained his right
ankle quite badly yesterday afternoon while going
down a cellar stairs with a bag of
potatoes.
J.H. Dunn is
building a cellar under the carriage shop of
Rowland brothers on South Main street. He is also
building a cellar for a barn for Richard Neary on
Anderson street.
Naugatuck Daily News, April 10,
1897
[Transcribed & Contributed by Nancy
Piper]
The administrators on the estate of the
late Peter Coneway made their final report in the
probate court this morning. The estate was thought
to be insolvent but the accounting showed that it
was solvent. The St. Kazimer society of
Waterbury, of which the deceased was a member, put
in a bill against the estate for $379.50 for
funeral expenses. Judge Benton considered
the bill exorbitant and allowed $217, the amount
which the society owed the deceased fro
benefits. Attorney Neary appeared for the
heirs of the estate which was valued at $608. The
administrators were S. D. Bingham and Charles
Urbane.
Naugatuck Daily News, April 10,
1897
Transcribed & Contributed by Nancy
Piper
Borough
Court
Martin Macaka, a Wife
Beater, Fined $10 and Costs by Judge
Hungerford.
Judge Hungerford has
no use for wife beaters and when any of the class
of men who disgrace their manhood by striking
their wives are brought before his honor he
usually deals harshly with them.
This morning a
Lithuanian named Martin Macaka was charged with
wife beating and committing a breach of the
peace. The testimony was taken through
Interpreter George Ackerman.
Macaka's wife
testified that her husband had told her to pack up
the articles in the house and they would move to
another house. She did so and her husband
started after a team to move them with. He
returned late in the afternoon, and said he could
not get a team. He became quite angry at his
wife because she had got the household goods ready
to move, and he proceeded to sooth his anger by
punching the defenseless woman. She was
obliged to seek shelter at the house of a
neighbor. The wife gave her testimony this
morning with apparent reluctance, but admitted
that her husband had often whipped her, and that
when her baby, which she carried in her arms, was
only two days old the brutal husband had whipped
her while she was unable to leave her bed.
She said her husband was not drunk when he abused
her ? he did it out of pure meanness. She
did not know why he actes so, and denied that he
was jealous of a male boarder in the house.
She said her husband earned from $7 to $9 a week
and that he divided his earnings with her.
The couple have only one child living. Two
of their children died in the old
country.
The man who boards at
Macaka's house testified to seeing the prisoner
strike his wife, and said she ws obliged to run to
a neighbor's house.
Macaka said he did
not care to testify. Judge Hungerford found
the prisoner guilty of assault on his wife and
fined him $10 and cost amounting in all to
$21.93. Judge Hungerford told Macaka that if
ever he was brought before him again on a charge
of wife beating he would send him to jail. The
fine was paid.
Naugatuck Daily News, April 10,
1897
[Transcribed & Contributed by Nancy
Piper]
State
News
Think Impure Milk
Poisoned Him
Edward A. Tracy, a
member of the sophomore class in the academic
department at Yale, has been removed from the Yale
infirmary to his home at Island Pond, Vt.
The doctors think he was poisoned by impure milk
and that he cannot recover.
The New Haven harbor
commissioners met last evening and approved of the
plans for a new drawbridge over Mill river.
The plans were drawn by City Engineer Kelly of New
Haven and call for a bridge with a 75-foot
swinging draw. The width of the bridge wil
be 50 feet, which will give enough room for the
double tracks of the street railway, with a
driveway and footpath on each side. The
bridge will cost about $150,000. The plans
will be sent immediately to the war department at
Washington.
Five children of A.
T. Stickels, ages ranging from 2 to 8 years, were
sent to New Haven yesterday by the selectmen of
New Britain. The children are charges on the
town of New Haven and will be sent to Springside
Home temporarily.
Naugatuck Daily News, April 10,
1897
[Transcribed & Contributed by Nancy
Piper]
City
Briefs
Mr. Loomis, a
traveling salesman, was the guest of his daughter,
Miss Elizabeth Loomis yesterday.
The 3 year old
daughter of John Swanson of Hoadley street fell
Saturday and broke an arm.
Virgil Bird, a former
Naugatuck young man, was granted a divorce from
his wife, Mary E. Bird, Friday by Judge Robinson
in New Haven. The couple were married May 20,
1891. The divorce was granted on the ground
of desertion.
Samuel Spring, who is
traveling for James O. May, is in
town.
Mrs. W. J. Neary and
daughter are visiting relatives in
Meriden.
Bert Webster will
leave tomorrow to resume his studies at Mount
Herman school.
Mr. Sullivan of the
laundry firm of Strong & Sullivan of Ware,
Mass., was in town Saturday.
Mrs. William Hopwood
returned from Colchester Saturday where she has
been visiting relatives.
Peter Paul is in New
York purchasing goods for his Water street fruit
store. Mr. Paul will put in a stock of ice cream
next Saturday.
Frank Hollywood,
William Stapleton and Michael Ashe rode to
Bridgeport on their bicycles yesterday. They
returned last evening.
Philip Rubin is in
New York today on business. He expects to
move his family from Water street to James Grant?s
house on Oak street in a few days.
Mrs. Lydia Morse, who
has been in Florida all winter, is expected home
this week. The other members of the party
will not return until about May 1.
Dorothy, the 6 year
old daughter of F. F. Schuffer, celebrated her
sixth birthday Saturday by giving a party to about
20 of her friends. The guests greatly
enjoyed themselves.
James M. Griffin,
bartender for F. D. Thomas found three young
wood-gray foxes in woods at Bethany
yesterday. The foxes were captured while the
mother was away. They are quite small and are
about six weeks old. They are now on
exhibition at Mr. Thomas' saloon.
Tramps
Shoot a Woman
A shooting which may
possibly result in a murder occurred at Cold
Springs on the Newtown and Bridgeport turnpike, a
mile and a half north of Botsford station
Saturday. The victim was a housekeeper for J. W.
Tuttle, a farmer. Two tramps called at the
Tuttle house, bought some eggs. They settled
for them, but as they were leaving stole another
dozen. There was a dispute, and in the
trouble one of the tramps fired at the woman,
wounding her in the head. She is now in a
precarious condition. The tramps have not
been caught.
Coroner Brown is
investigating the mysterious death of William
Daly, aged 35, a tugboat fireman who died suddenly
in Groton Wednesday at the home of his sister,
Mrs. Bridget McCarthy. Mrs. McCarthy's
husband died last fall in the same way. The
funeral was stopped Saturday and the man's stomach
was sent to Prof. H. E. Smith of Yale, state
chemist, for examination.
Naugatuck Daily News, April 12,
1897
[Transcribed & Contributed by Nancy
Piper]
City
Briefs
There is almost an
epidemic of measles in Union City
Water Payne of New
Haven is visiting relatives in town.
George T. Wigmore is
having electric lights placed in his house of
Highland avenue.
The 11 year old
daughter of Mrs. Lyman of School street, Union
city, is quite ill.
M. F. McCabe is
recoating the sidewalk on the Neary property from
Maple street to Page & Co's
store.
A child of James
Hearns of May Park is ill with diphtheria.
The family has been quarantined by the health
officer.
Miss Emma June, who
attends the normal school in New Britain, is
spending her vacation at her home in
Naugatuck.
Another case of
scarlet fever in the Ziems family in Prospect has
been reported. The makes six cases in that
household.
Micharel F. McCabe
will open a butter and egg store in the vacant
room on the lower floor of the Salem house.
His many friends will wish him
success.
Miss Florence Warner
of Poughkeepsie, who is visiting relatives in
town, fell Sunday, dislocating her shoulder.
She is getting along all right now.
The Citizens band
serenaded Andrew Zwick of Railroad avenue last
night, the occasion being Mr. Zwick's 61st
birthday. About 30 were present and a delightful
evening wa spent by all. Toward the close of
the festivities Mr. Zwick made a short speech in
which he complimented the band on the playing and
expressed himself as being very fond of
music. Mr. Zwick has been a resident of
Naugatuck 32 years and has worked in the foundry
27 years. The party broke up at an early
hour, all present wishing Mr.Zwick many more years
of happiness.
Stanliss Gleniski, a
Polander residing in Union city, received a visit
Saturday from his step-brother, Stanliss Ariski of
New York. Of course, Gleniski was glad to
see his relative and he did all he could to make
his visit a pleasant one. The New Yorker
suddenly disappeared yesterday at about noon and
about three hours afterward Gleniski called on
Chief Kennedy and said that $85 had been stolen
from his house and he suspected his step-brother
of taking it. The step-brother could not be
found, however, and it is thought that he returned
to New York with his little 'grab.' Gleniski
can't afford to lose the money and in future will
probably hesitate for some time before allowing
out of town relatives to visit him.
State
News
Fire in Norwalk
yesterday afternoon did $7,000 worth of damage in
the paper box and wood case factory of Trowbridge
& Son. Fully insured. The 60 girls
employed in the factory fled in
panic.
The mystery which has
surrounded the shooting of Mrs. Caroline of
Botsford has been cleared up by a statement made
by Mrs. Booth that J. W. Tuttle, the man who lived
with her, committed the crime. Tuttle was enraged
because Mrs. Booth had advised her daughter who
had come to visit her, not to stay as it wasn?t
safe for her to be with Tuttle in so lonely a
place. When Tuttle returned and found the girl
gone he became violent and shot Mrs. Booth.
He then seized her and choked, and forced her to
swear that she would tell the story that two
tramps who had railed shortly before had shot
her. Tuttle had violently assaulted her on a
previous occasion and broken two of her
ribs.
Naugatuck Daily News, April 13,
1897
[Transcribed & Contributed by Nancy
Piper]
Naugatuck Daily News
(Naugatuck, Connecticut) Wednesday, April 7,
1897
New
Electric Road
Nearly 200 men
commenced work yesterday on the construction of a
new electric railway between Torrington and
Winsted. The road is to be a link of a
system which will eventually connect Hartford with
Western Connecticut and it is the first road to be
built under the recent charters granted by the
legislature. It is expected to have the road open
to travel to Winstead by June 1, and afterwards
the work of building the extension to Harwinton
and other points eastward will be commenced.
The power house is to be located at Burville and
work on this structure will be started within a
few days.
Naugatuck Daily News
(Naugatuck, Connecticut) Wednesday, April 7,
1897
In Walcott yesterday
afternoon, Frank Root was bound over to the
criminal superior court by Justice J. R. S. Todd,
under $500 bounds, on the charge of burglarizing
the house of William Barnard in that place Monday
night. Root carried away $200 worth of booty
from the house. Yesterday Deputy Sheriff Rigney
was notified and he scoured the woods in Wolcott
and the final search finally led to the discovery
of the stolen goods.
Catherine
Cull
Naugatuck Daily News
(Naugatuck, Connecticut) Wednesday, April 7,
1897
Catherine Cull, the
oldest woman in Middletown died yesterday
afternoon of infirmities. She was 96 years
of age and never married. She came to
Connecticut from Ireland and was for many years
employed in the family of the late Commodore
Cauldwell Colt at Hartford.
Naugatuck Daily News
(Naugatuck, Connecticut) Wednesday, April 7,
1897
Will Not Move the
Union City Post Office
The item recently
printed in the Waterbury Sunday Globe regarding
the Union City post office has just come to Mr.
P(?) attention. He wishes to state that
providing he received the appointment of
postmaster he has no intention of even suggesting
the removal of the post office from the East
side.
Naugatuck Daily News
(Naugatuck, Connecticut) Thursday, April 8,
1897
City
Briefs
Mrs. Richard Sullivan
of Beebe street is dangerously ill.
A son was born last
night to Mr. and Mrs. Nils Olsen of Hillside
avenue.
George A. Lewis and
family are expected home from Aiken, S. C. next
week.
There were 33 births
in the borough last month, 18 of which were males
and 15 females.
Dr. Payne, a graduate
of the Pennsylvania dental college, is visiting
his cousin Dr. Gorton.
Clarence Currey, who
left for the Pacific coast last week, has returned
to Naugatuck. He decided not to go
west.
Thomas Trainer, who
has been in Italy for the past four months,
returned to Naugatuck last evening. He
greatly enjoyed his visit to his former
home.
George Waite and
Edward Parise collided while riding bicylcles on
Church street this afternoon, but fortunately
neither riders nor their wheels were
injured.
Mrs. W. H. Miner met
with a painful accident this morning at her
residence on Hillside avenue. She was
descending the cellar stairs when she missed her
footing and fell to the bottom of the stairway
striking her head on the concrete floor, cutting a
deep gash in her face and dislocating her
shoulder. A physician was called who
attended to her injuries and she is now getting
along as well as can be expected.
Naugatuck Daily News (Naugatuck,
Connecticut) Thursday, April 8,
1897
Hoadley-Chapman
[Contributed by N.
Piper]
MEN
OUT OF WORK PARADE
STREETS OF NEW
HAVEN
NEW HAVEN. Conn..
.Jan. 27 The first demonstration resulting from
unemployment occurred in the city today when about
300 persons out of work marched to the city hall
carrying placards labeled 'We want. Work' Many of
the men wore red bands around their hats. There
was no disorder. Mayor Fitzgerald promised them he
would do what he could for them and the paraders
dispersed.
Friday January 31, 1919 Rock
Springs Miner
[Contributed by Marie
Miller]
