The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-13
Litchfleld County News.
Sent to Refornaatory.

| H. B. Lewis, a New Milford youth, pleaded guilty to arson in the superior court, at Winsted last week, and Judge Gager sentenced him to the re- ting three fires in New Milford with in the past few months
 Old Fashioned Spelling Bee A revival of the old fashioned spell ing bee, which created much prof1ta- hle amusennentt in the towns of Litch- field county six years ago, has broken
 out again, and this time in Harwtnton It started at church supper at the Congresational parsonage Friday night. Albert Bentley and c. $. Birge, who in former days had been known
 to spell everything in the dictionary and then some-were selected as the
 leaders of the sides which were chos-
 en in the good old fashioned way. For
 an hour the contest waged, and at the end Bentley won the match. Then a new set of words was selected for the spelling down process, and Mrs. Arthur Hunt remained longest on the floor. There is already talk of chaI- 1enging the granges of the county to an orthographicaI match for the
 Championship of Litchfeld county
 Thornaston.s Election.
 Thomaston is all at sea over the judge of probate question. Governor ]
 Frank w. Etheridge issued a warrant ordering a special election to fill the vacancy. Democrats and Republicans
 are equally unprepared for the cleo is believed that an effort will be made . to have Governor Baldwin postpone the date of the election as neither par | ty has had a- caucus.
 Charges Against Lawyer
 The case of George A. Sanford, the former Winsted lawyer. who previous to his sudden and unexpected leave taking had taken active part in the church and political affairs of the town, came before the superior court
 at Winsted, Friday, in the form of
 charges preferred against him by the i grievance committee of the County Bar Association Judge Gager named the first Tuesday in April the day for the hearing. There are nine spec 1 fife charges in the complaint prepared by the grievance committee, eight of which have to do with collections that
 he is alleged to have made and con- verted to his own uses. These collec- l tions are given as fol1ows: From T. Callahan for J. M. & G. A. Se1eck of Salisbury, $61.74; Canaan Mercantile Company of North Canaan for Della no, Potter & Co, Of Boston. $5s. T i: Katherine V. Thompson and Mary T.
 Hall for George w. Kilrner, all of Winsted, S63.17, of which it is said
 he paid Kilmer only s25; Otto Berger l of Brooklyn for H. F, Won of Bark
 hamsted, $50; Goodwin & Kintz Co
 of winsted for Western Clock Co.,. 1 s120; C.. Guilmart & Son for National Adjustment Co.,, of Cleveland, o., 1 $83.20; W. T. Buswen of Winsted for
 Smith Lockwood Manufacturing Co.,
 of Westfe1d, ss2.25; s. o. Bartlett of
 winsted for L. A. w. Novelty Co, of
 Springfield, Mass S41.98. In another
 case Sanford is alleged to have ren- dered a false account to the probate court. He served as administrator
 Of the estate of Homer s. Allen and after his account had been accepted | it was found that money that he was
 supposed to have paid for a burial lot
 and other expenses was appropriated | for his own uses.
 Smashed by Mistake.
 A gang of workInen sent by Barnett Miller, a Waterbury junk dealer, to break up an abandoned steam road roller which he had recently bought and which had been left by the road side in Campville, made serious mis- take. They found a steam shovel which had been used by Louis Longhi