Connecticut western news., 1916-11-16

The labor scarcity has become so ap- parent in the more common grades of work that East ,ristol contractors have had tu refuse to take some jobs. Iiggers and tr#ckmen are especially scarce.
 During October the rural mail car rier at Forestville handled 9.c02 pieces of mail, of which 5.4OO pieces were first class, 3,1O0 newspapers, and the balance was parcel post aLd third class matter.
 Nelson Hayes of Riverton has a clock which has been in the Hayes family for more than eighty years and. still tells the correct time. It has wooden wheels and was made by Case & Gill bert, Winchester.
 Seven cases of smallpox have been reported to the health department of Waterbury. One of the patients. a fifteen-year-old girl. was taken from her bench at the Scoville Manufactur- ing company's plant.
 The Methodist church of Portland has purchased the pipe organ former ly owned by the Universalist church in Middletown from Central lodge. I. O. O. F., which purchased it when the 1 lodge bought the church building. It has come to the knowledge of the liquor dealers at Bridgeport that plans are under way to have introduced at 1 the next session of the general aSScm- bly, bill increasing the liquor license fee from $750. as at present. to $1.0O0. Meriden high school pupils in the ! commercial department are entering l factory offices and business houses for l intervals each day in pursuance of a 1 plan of Dr. David Gibbs. school super l intendent. to give them actual expert cree.
 The Peck X Young Mam facturing company of Forestville is building an addition to its factory. In common with the factories here. the company has beeh very busy during the past year and has run part of its works all night.
 A petition has been signed by twen- ty-nine citizens of Glastonbury for highway starting about 250 feet east of Stony hill, on the Great Swamp road. and running north about one fifth of a mile to the East Hartford town line.
 St. Johns Episcopal church of Wash ington. Conn.,, is going to have most imposing new elifice. The structure will he 100 by B feet, with a tower 20 by 20 feet and 90 feet high, and ris- ing from the tower will be a thirty five foot spire.
 Meriden shortly will boast of a new '. NJ. c. A. building comparing favor ably with any in this state, for after seven day campaign S200,000 has been raised. Of this amount S5,000 was pledged by the Women's auxiliary of the Y. NJ. C. \.
 Chief of Police Charles B. Bowen, one of Meriden's best known military men. who led Company l. in the Span ish war. has been elected president of the Eaton Guard Veterans ussocia- ton, composed of former members of Company l of the national guard. 
 John F. Sheridan. who recently bought from Edward ]. Holl the lot corner of North Main and North School streets, Manchester. has chang ed his plans somewhat. and in addi- tiOn to building n business block he will erect a moving picture theater. That another well known secret so- ciety will be established in Windsor now seems assured, as the committee which has been working to form a Rebekah lodge reports that sixty-fve are willing to join. X petition for a charter is to be made. and it is hoped the lodge can be instituted in Decem- Der.
 Increased assessments in regard to water rates for street sprinkling have been voted by the Hartford board of street commissioners. This year the city has spent $4S.G00 for this pur- pose There will be an increase of 1 cent over last years rate. This year the cost is .O42 per front foot. Last year 1t was .032.
 Business continues to increase in many of the factories of Southington to such an extent that the officers have called in their salesmen. as the orders l Nnra heinz rncAiynd mnch fnstnr thnn