New Britain herald., 1915-09-02

by the selectmen to special town
 meeting ncld for the purpose of pro-
 vidiEg for the emergency.
 Said board shall have power to
 make transfers of unexpended bal ances from one appropriation to an- other.
 Fined and Placed on Probation.
 E. Scaffone who gave his age as IS years and looked much younger, was found guilty of stealing $S from Carlo Sezzela on Tuesday morning in the town court this morning and fined
 S10 and costs, totaling $29 and placed on proba tiol for six months, by Judge George G. GriswOld. Because of his
 youtn the court was inclined to DC
 lcnient, and rather than impose a Jall
 sentence, fined Scaffone.
 According to testimony furnished,
 Scaffone has only lived in this town for month. He is practically alone
 in this country having only brother
 in North Haven. Scaffone declared this morning that he was not positive
 whether the relative was his brother. He has been befriended on numerous occasions by Sezzela, who roomed at the same boarding house with him.
 Sezzela s.,mpathized with the youth d
 boy. Scatrone stole the $S from Sez-
 zela's valise by prying it open and
 then left Berlin. He was trailed to
 North Haven by Prosecutor William
 Fl. Gibnev, Constable N. l.. Beckley,
 and Officer Polo Ricco, where he was
 arrested while asleep at his relatives
 house. The boy broke down, and all
 though warned that anything he
 would say would go against him he made complete confession of the | crime.
 When offered the opportunity Of mending his ways, he promised to re- turn to his work at Carbo's brickyard
 and pay his fine.
 Scafrcno had spent $3 of his i'll got ten gains.
 Home From Texas. Mrs. Grover Stock of Port Arthur,
 Texas, returned to the home of her
 parents, MT. and Mrs. Charles Ander-
 son, of Main street, Kensington, last evening. She was unaccompan1ed, her husband remaining in the Lone Star state.
 Mrs. Stock, who before her mar rage was Miss Marion Anderson, re- lates some thrilling experiences dur ing the recont disastrous floods which destroyed her home in Port Arthur, Texas, and necessitated her coming to Kensington.
 Purchases Viets Property. Ida B. Edgar Of New York, through James J. Fitzsimons, assistant treas urer of the Berlin Savings bank, has purchased the property of John J. Viets. The sale includes the build ings, farm implements and practical ly everything on the farm. The Viets' property is considered to be a valuable parcel of land and includes about fifty eight acres. It is reported that MT. Viets Is contem- plating removing his family to Nebraska but this could not be con- l flrmed. It is said that the purchaser l will take possession of the property l this week.
 Prayer Meetings Tonight. Mid-week prayer meetings every 1 Thursday evening at the Berlin Con- gregational church will be resumed l this evening at 7:45 o'clock. Rev. 1 Samuel A. Fiske, pastor of the | church, who returned from his vaca- l ton at Madison yesterday, will be in l charge.
 A prayer meeting will also be held this evening at the Kensington Con- gregational church and Rev. Carleton Hagen will speak. A regular meeting
 of the church committee of the
 church will be held this evening. Local Boy Arrested. Adolph c. Kunchick of this place,