Connecticut western news., 1916-12-21

It was announcedvto the congrega. ton of the Union Baptist church of Hartford by the lja> tor. the Rev. C. l.. Fisher, that the su,n of $2076.47 hal been raised in the two weeks financial cam n.Iaign.
 The New England Knitting company of WinSted announced 10 per cent increase in wages to it's POO employees, effective Jan. 1. The high cost of liv- ing is given as the reason for the in- crease
 A fine of $2J and d sentence of five days in jail was imposed by Judge Ed win C. DickenSOn on George Win carswki, charged with reckless opera ton of an automobile. in Hartford po lice court.
 Henry Smith of Haddam. charged with the murder of his brother, Wn- liam, changed his plea from not guilty to guilty of manSlaughter and was sen- fenced to state prison to from two to four years.
 Past Master Alfred F. Phelps, the senior past master of Daskam lodge. F. and A. NJ, of Glastonbury, was elected treasurer for his fOrtieth con secutive term at the annual communi- cation of the lodge.
 The anti-spitting ordinance was re- called in Hartford police court when Judge Edward l.. Steele fined William F. Groenwald $2 for splitting on the sidewalk ill front of tho Hartford Aetna National bank.
 Eight hundred and forty y-five students of Yale university earned a large part of their expenses last year. and their , total earnings were $231 .S70.22. accord ing to the annual report of President IIadley of the university.
 The usual time limit of six months , has been allowed for the presentation of claims against the estate of Lemuel l.. Stewart, the well known builder and contractor of Hartford. whose death recently took place.
 Patience F., Killing says that Charles Gray of New Eanaan backed his auto mobile on to her while she stood at the corner of State and Wordin ave i nues, Bridgeport, and she wants S5,00O for the damage he inflicted. As the result of two sensational raids on rOadhouses near Brewster, N. Y.. the alleged proprietors, Mrs. Esther Stafford and Mrs. George w. Ashmore, formerly of Bridgeport, were indicted by the Putnam county grand jury. Henry A. Howard, q civil war vet eran, whose name was engraved on silver ring found on the battlefield of Cedar Creek, Va, and now in the pos session of Captain Fred G. Hastings of New Haven, died in Willimantic. | William D. Larson, the sixth man Irin the automobile which was driven by Preston OstcrhOut at Stafford Springs resulting in the instant death of five, died at the Cyril Johnson Me morial hospital in Stafford Springs.
 Joseph Salerno of Plainville. under indictment by the grand jury of tho superior court for the murder of his wife in October. has been committed to the Connecticut Hospital For the Insane at Middletown ny Judge Webb. I Announcement was made of the res ! ignation of William Spencer Murray as consulting engineer in charge of the 1 electrical operations of the New York, l New Haven and Hartford railroad. The resignation will take effect on 1 Dec. 31.
 A fine of $15 was imposed on Dom mick Cipolla. charged with operatin" motion picture machine at the Hart ford theater without q license. CipOl- Ia told the court he agreed to do the work when the regular operator be- came ill.
 l The commissioner of domestic ami mals of New Haven, seeking Health Officer Wright's opinion on the mat ter of muzzling dogs because of rabies, has received from Dr. Wright rec ommendatiOn that all animals should 1 he muZZled
 John P. Kennedy, pardoned from 1 the Connecticut state prison after serving thirty-One years of life sen l tence for wife murder, left the insti- l tuition. He had his first automobile ride and went to New York. where he had a job promised.
 The will of the late Nelson Gilman. 1 ST, of Willimantic. who was murdered