New Britain herald., 1916-07-05
PlainVille News !BUT FIVE APPLY TO
 TAKE P. |. EXAMS Dearth Of Candidates for Places
 on POStmaSter'S Staff TORE OFFICERS CLOTHING
Richard Cafferty Locked Up After Tusslc With Constable Marino- Eyes Injured by Powder-Repairs to School BuiIdings-Briefs.

According to Frank Hohbein, local secretary, only five applications for permission to take the civil service examination from which is to be com piled a list of eligibles for clerks, and carriers at the local post office have as yet been filed. The examination will be given Saturday at the post cffice in New Britain.
 Seemingly the call for candidates for places On the eligible list has not created a great deal of interest, but few inquiries having been made re- garding it.
 The dearth of applicants is probably due in a measure to the fact that there is nothing to indicate any vacancies in Postmaster Prtors staff in the near future. The force at the Plainville Cffice, as far as regular clerks and carriers are concerned, is complete and until there are some resignations the candidates have but little hope of appointments.
 The new list of elgibles will be iH force for at least a year and possibly two and should there be any vacancies in the staff, the postmaster will make bis appointments from it.
 The matter of appointing a rural carrier to succeed Rupert S. Mercy has not as yet been settled. Tenn porary Carrier Reaney continues to cover the route and is giving satisfac- tory service. It is probable that civil service examination for this position will soon be called for and a perma- nent appointment made from the eligible list resulting.
 Tore Officers Clothing.
 After a hard struggle during which both officer and prisoner were badly used up, COnsta ble Philip Marine suc- ceeded at an early hour this morning in putting Richard Cafferty in the lookup on charges of intoxication and resistance. The accused will be given a hearing before Justice A. H. Con- dell late this afternoon.
 According to the officer Cafferty was sleeping off a jag on the steps of the Russell building on Central Square. w. N. McEnroe complained 10 the constable and the latter reused the man from his slumbers. He at tempted to get him to go home but he declares Cafferty instead of complying became abusive towards him and he placed him under arrest
 When Pierce street was reached the prisoner resisted and struck the officer marking his face with his knuckles. The policeman called on a Iasserby for assistance but no atten- tiOn was paid to him. To subdue the prisoner alone he had to use his club and as a result there were many dis Colored spots on Cafferty's body today
 Officer Marine declared that never before in his experience as a con- stable had he found it necessary to use his club on a prisoner but in this particular case it was his only means of defense.
 Got Powder in Eyes.
 Clinton Potter, son of Mrs Sarah Potter of Canal street. was taken to the New Britain hospital this morn ing for treatment The boy was in- jUred yesterday afternoon while cele- brating the Fourth He had set off a firecra cker and when the piece failed to explode he picked it up to investi- gate with the usual results The