Putnam patriot., 1916-09-08
Connecticut
 State Briefs

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 Owing to the prevalence of infan- tile paralysis the opening of the Wal hngiord schools has been deferred for three weeks.
 Guy MoulJon defeated Dr. J. D. Me Gaughey iu the finals for the Walling. ford country club golf championship by a seore of to |
 The body Of Evelyn Tucker. aged F years. daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Clifford Tucker of Tari1ville. who died of infantile paralysis was taken for burial in the Granby Cemetery.
 The cold weather gave the tobacco
 ITS of Sdtield a scare and most
 -mers spent their Labor Day
 crying to get as much to-
 fpossible under cover.
 bass, weighing six and
 bounds, was pulled from Lake
 baug by E. C. Diggle, of Hart s nOm liter a fight that lasted fully 50 imseJes.
 ion sere was a slight frost in Granby
 the mercury made farmers feel -an dous. There is considerable eqkt. eqk oal' 0i 'O0As'0 'O 0s H4fss''su / New houses are daily being started 'along the beach, from Fort Trumbull Beach to Walnut Beach. It will not be many years before there are cot tages on all of the meadow land north of the trolley tracks.
 More than 5000 Slovaks. represent ing important cities in every state of the Union. marched in the large dem onstration held in Bridgeport as the opening feature of the seventeenth convention of the First Catholic Slo- yak union
 The MeMullen Co.,, which has the contract for the building of the new S250,0 900 bridge over the Housatonic river between Shelton and Derby. ex- poets to have the temporary bridge in position by Oct. l at the latest. The work of driving the spiling for the temporary structure is progressing well by the Wardwell Co., of Stamford.
 Mrs. Mary Van Buren, who went to New Haven from New York during the summer and rented an apartment house in York street, died in a hos pital as the result of swallowing poison with suicidal intent. She was about 50 years of age. Nothing is known about her in New Haven. She lived alone and apparently made no ae- quaintances.
 From a fracture of the skull and lacerations of the brain, suffered when kicked by a horse, Alberr Lazrous, 10 years old, of Sport Hill, died in the Bridgeport hospital. The boy while playing in a field near his home was kicked by a horse. For an hour he lay unconscious in field until dis covered by William J. Seeley. who lives near the Lazrous home.
 The autumn program of the New Haven Boy Scouts call for many events of interest On Saturday, Sep. tember 30. the State scout meet will be held at Meriden. On October II there will be an exhibit and field day and many of the troops are preparing for thls event.
 Mrs. Melissa Wellman, of Chicago, recently engaged by the Civic Fedora ton of New Haven to aid in handling the girl delinquency problem and as- sist generally minors who have not
 .the advantages of the best homes, ed %n New Haven and started peor task g. getting acquainted with Tor future wois,.
 twthe State Plumbers Association at
 Annual convention held in Man onaLter voted 10 endorse woman sui f be.e and to send a delegate Charles this In. the vice president of the as . e. Ation, to New Haven to commu- ,ha te to the state organization the ,reat 5n a aas elected president. rist,he Connecticut fair opened to a Id of crowd at Charter Oak park, Hart the the attendance by being estimat- andamong the tens of thousands. The
 -ather conditions were the pest the association mas ever experienced. me exhibits in all departments were the best ever. the display of stock Eege- tables. fruit. flowers and poultry De- ing unusually good
 The poor of County Down, Ireland, will receive S100.000 by the will Of Patrick Murray, il was learned when the inventory of Mir Murrays estate was filed in the Probate Court, New Haven. Mir. Murray left small be- o,,asts to dozen charitable institu-