Putnam patriot., 1916-07-07
Connecticut State Briefs

A number of the farmers have com menced having and the sunshine Is much appreciated.
 St Roses new school, Fair Haven will be completed in time for the open ing of the fall term.
 4 three days convention of the Ger man organizations Of Connecticut, was held at WalIingford. About 1000 delegates were present. A parade was held.
 Despite the fact that rumor bad it that General Registrar Louis Knoll Knollmyer would make some changes in naming deputies for the Fair Ha- ven wards all four deputies were re- appointed.
 Berries are coming a'ong nicely at Branford and the growers are al last coming in for their own. Shipments have been fairly large this week and the number of piekers multiplies every day.
 The Young Peoples Socialist lea gues Of New Haven and Ansonia held joint celebration of the International Young Peoples day at Fort Hale park, Sunday July 2. O. E. Boards ley of the Rand school spoke.
 With the fixing of the date for the joint reunion and banquet of the Connecticut legislative clubs at the Hotel Momauguin, Gosey Beach, for Wednesday, August 2, political talk about the state will converge in that direction.
 The inmates of the State Masonic Home Wallingford paid their annual visit to Center lodge of MertGen. The men witnessed degree work at the Center lodge rooms and the women were entertained at the home of Mrs. Walter T. Arnold.
 From the reports compiled by the general committee of Derby ledge of EIks, the sum realized by the recent carnival will amount to nearly S6,- 900. The affair has proved the great est success in the carnival line that was ever held in the vicinity.
 Philip Brady, of Cedar Hill, chief clerk at Yaie station. who is mem Der of the militia, is postmaster at Mantle camp. Brady is kept pretty busy looking after the mail of over 1 900 men, but says it is better than marching and drilling this hot weath- er
 Business in Branford is rushing most at the telephone exchange where il is reported the heaviest traffic ever recorded is on now. There are about a dozen girls employed this summer as summer operators and all of these are kept as busy as they can be.
 Sanford Chapman, of Haddam Neck, has on exhibition at his home a black snake skin that measures seven feet eight inches without the head. The big fellow was found in the road near his home and was kill ed after a battle by MT. Chapman's son.
 The action of Compensation Com missioner Beers in denying compen- satien to the heirs of Alfonso Cris- cuolo. an employe of the Connecticut company who met his death on trolley express car in Milford July 2l, 1915, has been sustained by Judge Futile in the superior court.
 A concerted drive by seven sepa- rate squads of plain-clothes men of the New Haven police against places suspected of being headquarters for alleged lottery operations resulted in eight arrests on technical charges of gambling.
 As the result of inspection Of the engines of the New Haven road which is now in progress by federal inspec- tors 1t was learned that between S5 and 39 locomotives were condemned by the inspectors on the road.
 Postmaster Troup. of New Haven, speaking of mail for members of the militia, says it will accomplish nothing to addresss the mail to the local sta ton; il will only mean that time will be loss in sending it to Mantle. The mall should be directed in the first place to Nogales. and time will there by be saved
 Officers who were on the reserve list. and who were detailed to camp at Mantle, in connection with the training of recruits. took their physi- cal examinations. and all, with the ex= ception of Captain Carl Bollmann of New Haven, who was with Rookie