Putnam patriot., 1916-08-25
Connecticut State Briefs

aaz abandoned owing t0 t4e iafzntlle paralysis epidemic.
 Tae annual oauug of the Ausouia Chamber 0t Commerce as M5maaa ia caused almazt complete shut .awu ot al ol line business places.
 Announcement is made thai the nei receipts from the parish picnic Of st Francis church at Fair Haven. amounted t8 nearly sL1aa
 Petition are being drawn by IT -m befs Of ne Yale BatteEes al Toby hanna. Pa asking that they be d. lowed to go to che border.
 Francesca EsposItD. aged GO 2 patient jumped from q third story window of st BaBhaefs Hospital Ee# Haven. and was killed
 Work was begun on tbe eight-acre fraet of land which is 10 b. deyeieped = the WelbarsHeld Country Cinb for golf links, tennis courts and for gen eral club purposes.
 The members Of the West Haven board Of education after having talk ed over the matter 10 some length de eidea to postpone the opening of the schools from Sept. to some future date not yet fixed.
 The Liberty Hunting and Fishing club of Pittsburgh have 5rosen camf and have returned to their homes af ter a thoroughly successful visit oi two weeks at Branford.
 For violating q Meriden health ruie which Wa made to assist the officer. in protecting the community againsi lnfantile paralysis Joseph Shilyano Fiteh. a new factory worker. was fned s50 and costs
 James w DunnIgan. Of Bridgeport an ampieve ef the Remington Arm. and Ammunition campa has in vented Fhat he terms 2 burglar ans weather proof mall box which he vii submit to the L. g. government f9i ifs approval
 A commissioner ef motor vehicle. will be among the new offices created at the next session Of the legislature Each day the need for such an officer grows greater and the secretary o' state ought to be relieved Of the du tles Of hearing cases of autoists whf violate some section of the law.
 Tie huge growth in Bridgeport's post office business is calling foi sweeping and extensive improve ments The fact that the increase 1T fine number of letters handled fol the year ending March 3l 1916. al against the previous twelve months E only q i5tie short Of 5 eeaa o00 shows the extra work Involved in de livery
 The eleven boys. who were held uf ny nfantlla paralysis inspectors or tha New London Ilae steamer from NeW NaIk were allowed later ta pre- cod ta thHr destinations, eaml Dewey Eiteuaue Most of the hoY came frdm New Jersey.
 Just now nearly all the hotels aioni the Brauford shores are handling al guests thty can and in some casei overflow houses are not adequate tt care for the hordes of summer people who ara crowding into our shores from the cities. This hotel prosperity promises to continue to the middle O next month.
 A warrant issued at Waterbury ant turned over to the police for service calls for the arrest Of Attorney Johr r. Tobn. Embezzlement of $500 be longing 10 NIT. Grace Martin is charg ed Lawyer Tobin is also facing dis barment proceedings.
 It cost Charley Weiss. of Savir avenue. West Haven. five dollars il the town court because in violation of the Sunday laws ho was exhibiting for pay large Jersey coast sharh at the Rock expecting 10 reap a har vest in cash from the curious
 Health officials and the police art doing their utmost to enforce tho present infantile paralysis epidemic rule barring New York children Gun der the age of sixteen yearsl from entering the city of New London and most other points in Eastern Con nectieut It Is almost impossible now to get a child from New York Into New London or Norwich by train
 Several of the aldermen of New ItdNEA aHHifNAAlanE AUt eti ltdNHFnn O the situation In lnfantile paralysis draftes resolution to be presented to the board of health, asking that body to exclude from the city all ehil dren under fifteen years of age comins into fhe city by the various arteries unless
 Branferd is watching with great Tn terest and sympathy the case of Tvar Van Haaften, the young man iron East Haven who holds so responslhl, a position with the Malleah!e Irol Fittings company in Franford who il being held under Sl000 bonds on { charge of manslaughter On July 2l Mir Van Haaften. while driving hi ear struck and injured Timothy Cal lahan. of New Haven. Mir. Callahan died st the hospital on August 2
 With the mortgage of sS4000 or the Bridgeport public library building paid off and the property free O encumhiances. members of the lhrar' board Will turn their attention to sell ing the property The last instalmen of the mortgage was paid off recently leaving the building free l. Is tht consensus of the board that the build ing should na{ be sold under S25o.00D
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