New Britain herald., 1915-04-19
F. W. Stearns Honored,

and are very popular with the neigh bors.
 F. w. Stearns Honored.
 At exercises proptious to the oc- casion, E.. w. Stearns of Worthington ridge was made the recipient of d handsome past masters medal Sat urday evening at the Past Masters Night of Washington lodge. No. S1 of Cromwell. The presentation was made by former School Supervisor Garde, who also is a past master of the lodge.
 MT. Stearns held the office of mas ter in the lodge from 1887 to 1888 when but twenty-six years of age He has a large number of well wishers in the lodge.
 During the exercises Saturday even ing the third degree was worked on Harold Clark of East Berlin.
 Spooncr Speaks in Bristol.
 H. H. Spooner of Kensington, sec- retary and treasurer of the Connec- ticut Temperance federation, ad- dressed a meeting of the Baptist Brotherhood in Bristol yesterday noon, speaking on the temperance measures that the general assembly has under dC present..
 Much Damage by Forest Fire. A forest fire which ragged about the Shuttle Meadow mountains last even- ing destroyed over a hundred acres of valuable wood on property belong ing to Judge Willard I. filling and, but for the heroic work of big gang of fire fighters, would have done con- sidera ble more damage. The blaze burned over about ninety acres of land inside the Kensington line and over approximately the same amount of territory in Southington.
 Fire Warden William J. Ritchie was notified by telephone late in the af- ternoon and summoning Deputy War den Henry Austin and Jack" Fitzsim- mans, he started out for the scene of the confagration. Selectman James J. Fitzsimm kindly gave tlic party the use of his automobile and l he delivered the local fire fighters at the fire in short order. ;"
 Decapitated Body on Track.
 While walking along the railroad tracks towards the Berlin passenger station Saturday night, a foreigner in l the employ of the Standard Brick com pany discovered a decapitated body l lying between the rails. Further along he came upon the head of the body. >
 He made kncwn his gruesome dis coyery at the Berlin depot and Med- 1 ical Examiner Roger M. Griswold WAS summoned. He found that life had probably been extinct for a few hours and. that besides the injury to the 1 head, the left leg was broken be tween the ankle and knee. The doc tor was Of the opinion that the un- fortunate man was foreigner, ap- parently q Pole. Nothing could be assist in identification. Tn the pockets 1 of his coat were found three pennies and a box of burned matches. l Although the exact manner in which the man met his death could not be l ascertained, the medical examiner felt inclined to believe that he was struck by an express train, the position of the body indicating flat he fell in his tracks. Although the clothing was burned the body was not mangled.
 The medical examiner gave the B. c. Porter Sons of New Britain per mission to remove the body and pre- pare it for burial. | Brickyard worlSmen who saw the severed head as it lay beside the
 tracks thought they recognized the features as those of George Godszk, foreigner who formerly worked at 1.-the American Brick company. They