The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-10
OUR NEWT0WN
 NEWS LETTER
(specia1 to The Farmera

: NeWtowny Dec. =10-Despite indictment weather and the bad roads a large number Of the grangers attended the annual meeting. Tuesday night. The following officers were elected: Mas ter, Mrs. Edith ". Mitchell; overseer, H. N. Tiemann, ST.; lecturer, Mrs. Lydia A. Glover: steward. Wallace
 Mitchell; assistant steward, Allison F. Smith; secretary, Miss Hattie M. Nor throp; treasurer, Miss Ruth Runel1s; chaplain, Charles M. Beresford; Ceres, Mrs. 1T. N. Tiemann; Pomona, Mrs. A. E. Brinton; Flora, Miss Anna Ruff fe11s; lady steward, Miss Alkaline Hurd; gatekeeper, A. Fl Brinton, plan ist, Miss Hazel Smith; trustee for three years. w. B. Glover. A pro gram of activity in grange work was outlined for the coming year. and 9 renewed effort will be made to re- Juvenate enthusiasm in the work of the order, which has seemed to have waned since the fire from which the order suffered greatly in regalia. last April. The members have been pre- sented by gifts of dishes from friends, and other courtesiee shown them which they highly appreciate, and these tokens Of public good will have greatly encouraged the members.
 A P. smith was chairman and As sistas1t Town Clerk E. s. Pitchler was secretary of the special town meeting at tIle town hall Wednesday after noon. As forecasted in these columns, the voters accepted the estimate of the D. B. Beard company of shelton, and voted to give them the contract for the Mile Hill bridge for S750. The specifications call for a concrete fac ing to each abutment, raise of four feet to the same, the construction of steel re-enforced concrete bridge, and the building of Y-shaped retain- Ing walls for the grading to the ap- breaches, and the grading also to be done by the contractors. In the mat ter of the bridge abutment at Han over Springs, the se1ectmen were au- thorized to advertise for bids, and power was given the se1ectmen to award the contract to any one found suitable to then- The meeting was harmonious.
 terbury notified Sheriff B1akeman yes terday morning that he was bringing to town five prisoners to be tried here for compIicity in the affair of the broken-into car in HaWleyvi11e few weeks ago. The sheriff, accompanied by Constable T. Carlson, went to Wa terbury and met them They were brought before Justice F. H. McCar- thy at once. One of the prisoners was represented by Attorney Thomas F.  Devine of Waterbury and Attorney William J. Reecher's services were deemed necessary Judge Beecher re- turned from Bridgeport on. an early train and was soon on the scene. Ev- cry effort to connect the prisoners with the depreciation in Hawleyville proved unavailing, so it was decided to try them on the charge of unlaw- fully attaching themselves to a car. One of. the suspects was able to prove his innocence on this charge and was acquitted, one youth of14 years was paroIled, and three were found guilty. These later were fined $2 and costs. which were settled. The officers are on the lookout for several more train riders with the hope they may round up the guilty ones in the car-robbery case The railroad officials Geem de- ternined to break up the illegal riding on cars and trespassiHg on their property, and Newtown is a bad place