New Britain herald., 1914-05-29


 CTS her incapable of attending to her business affairs.
 Chickens Make Trouble.
 Lawyers have taken up the guar rel of D. F. Hoadley and M. J. Fftz- gerald of Forestville avenue over the attack of wand~rlust with which it is alleged some of latter's chickens are affected and there is a possibility of litigation as a sequel to their dis putes
 According to Mr. Hoadley MT. Fitzgerald's chi ::1ens .io not stay in their own back yard.'' He claims they show an inclination to roam over his place, 1ar!aSInS his garden dur ing their wandecings.
 He has .n3aa :l Attorney F. G. Brown of 50 'th'ngton. to look after his interes $, and the lawyer has turned ove~ to Deputy Sheriff Hart for service, a notice warming Mir. Fitzgerald iron permitting the fowl to stray on u his neighboI premises MT. Fitzge "ald las retained Judge w. J Malone to look after the legal end of his case and 1t is said the dispute may have to be settled Tn court.
 Deuct Buried lIcre.
 Relatives of Louis Defet of Avon, buck river Saturday. came here this morning ard arranged to have the interment' take place in St. J oseph's cemetery.
 The rune.al VAS tu have been held yesterday with burial in -av.n nut owing to a misul. .derstanding the body had to be brought back after it was well un It's way 10 Pennington, word having been received that the church authorities Tn Avon would not permit the burial Of the rerrains in the Catholic cemetery in tkat town.
 Decoration Day Observance.
 Decoration Day will be observed in fashion There will be general suspension of business, the factories being closed for the day. Merchants have arranged to accomm odate the trade by keeping open until 10 o'clock in the morning. The stores will not be reopened in the evening. The Ma tional bank will be closed all day and the poStoffice will close at 12:SU. The post master has arranged to have the office open in the evening from to 7:30 to give people an opportunity to get the evening mail. The barber shops will be open until eleven o'clock tonight and will close at noon l tomorrow.
 Newton Manross Post and it's aux diaries will decorate the graves of the deceased veterans in all ceme- eteries and will hold patriotic cxer- cises at the center. The veterans i will meet at the Town hall at 8:3O l in the morning. With the sons ot ] veterans and school children who are to participate in the exercises l they will be marsha1ed by Past Com | mander R. C. usher. Headed by the Eureka drum corps the parade will then proceed from the Town hall tc | Broad street, thence to Whiting stree to Central Square.
 The exercises will be held at the monument plot an1 will be of the usual order. Delegations will visit the cemeteries to strew flowers on the | graves.
 After the exercises in Plainville the veterans will be taken to For estville where a similar program vii be carried out.
 Cafferty Gets Of With Fine.
 Pleading for clemency in order | that he might be able to finish the cultivation of his corn field, Frank | Cafferty this morning succeeded il convincing Justice E. P Prior tha he should not be deprived of hi: liberty and he was let off with fine of $1. the court placing him on pro bation for six months and serving notice that on his next appearance | he will be bound over as q common | drunkard.
 Cafferty was arrested yesterday b! Sheriff w. c. Hart for intoxication.
 He was released from jail about { month ago. Since that time he ha been planting corn on a field he ha under cultivation and according t' his story he took his first day off yes terday He thought the corn would not receive proper attention if h. twere sent back to the Seyms stree hostelry and his plea saved him iron a sentence.
 May Make No Protest. l Assessor George R Byington wa in Hartford yesterday to appear be fore the state board of equalization to offer a protest against the actiol of that body in increasing the grant list of the town by $250,0O0. Prac tically all the towns in the stat were given boost by the board this year and most of them sent rep resentatives to the capitol yesterda! to register a kick.
 PIainville was twenty-seventh ol the list. The local assessor waite' until 3 o'clock for a hearing but a the commissioners had finished bu four nleas up to that time, he de