New Britain herald., 1916-06-06
PlainVilLe News
U 4&zHAM v 1HE~ V~ 0 MORSE WANTS TO BE
 MOREY'S SUCCESSOR
Assistant Postmaster Would Take
 Rural Carriers Place :.
C0NLON VACATES HIS APPEAL

C0NLON VACATES HIS APPEAL
 Of Transfer-A. F. Wright Has
 Three Fingers Amputated-Local
 Masons To Confer Degree-Briefs.
 From assistant postmaster to rural lowed by Clinton J. Morse if the civil service rules permit, of such a change, Mir. Morse having made application for the place to be made vacant on June 10 when Rupert s. Mercy sev- CTS his connection with the local post office MT. Morse has expressed wish to be transferred from the office to the carriers route and Postmaster PT1Or has written to Washington for permission to appoint him to deliver the mails in the outlying districts.
 While the rural carriers position pays little more than that of the assistant postmaster, the former has to furnish an autom obile for use on the route and his net income is con- slderably less than that now received by Mir. Morse. Nevertheless the latter is anxious to get an outside job and he is willing to sacrifice a part of the compensation he is now receiv- ing.
 The assistant postmaster is paid! $1,l0O year and if business at the office keeps increasing at it's present rate, there will be raise of s100 In his pay when the salary list is again compiled. The rural carriers com- pensation is $1,152 and if the change in the route proposed by the postal department goes into effect next month the salary will be made s1,252.
 Besides MT. Morse there are other candidates for the appoin tment. Should the department rule that the assistant postmaster is not eligible for the selection the other applicant will have to take 8 civil service examina- tlon, although the postmaster is per- mitted to make temporary appoint ment pending the compiling of a 1isr of e1igibles.
 The department has advised the postmaster that William Cassidy can't be transferred from the substitute city carriers position to that of rural car rier. Substitutes are not eligible to transfer in this fashion and as a con- sequence MT. Cassidy cannot be con- sidered as a candidate.
 Loses Three Fingers.
 Albert F. Wright, a we'll known resident. lost three fingers on his right hand yesterday afternoon when he was injured on a press which he was setting up in the Edwin Hills fac tory, where he is employed as fore man. The hand was so badly crushed that Dr. J. N. Bull and pr. L. H. Frost who attended him, had to amputate three of the fingers near the second joint.
 While he suffered excruciating pain from his wounds Mr. Wright showed considerable nerve and refused to take an anesthetic during the opera tion for the removal of the fingers.
 His many friends are very sympa- thetic in the time of his misfortune.
 Conlon Vacates Appeal.
 Thomas F Conlon of Pierce street, has finally decided against making a fight in the superior court to upset the decision of Justice A. H. CondeH whereby he was fined S25 and costs several weeks ago for intoxication and DIodtn O1 the peace. me accused, through his attorney, has vacated his appeal and Justice Condell this morn ing received a check for $36.65, the amount of the fine and cost.
 When before the court Conlon put up a vigorous defense and after his conviction threatened to fight the case to a finish, permitting it to go to the supreme court of the state if neces- sary The case was put on the dock ct for trial at the June term of the superior court, which opened this aft ernOOn but Con1on decided to settle before it was time for him to be put to plea.
 The only other PIainville case list on the docket is that of Jack O'Hara. who was bound over from him as a common drunkard. If O'Hara is will ing to enter plea of guilty it is ex- pected the states attorney will ask the court to commit him to the farm for inebriates. O'Hara is an offen sive character whose only enemy seems to be drink, and the local au- thOrities have recommended the stata farm as the place for his attenpted reclamation
 To Confer Degree
 Plainville masons will go to New Britain tomorrow night to confer the master masOns degree at the meeting