Connecticut western news., 1916-09-28

CT company at Un,un, file. He is SUD- posed to have sliW ed from the foot path into the water.
 Waste from industrial plants rapidly is destroying the oyster industry ot Connecticut. X half million bushels of shells were planted in Bridgeport waters for this season.
 A farewell reception was given Mon day in the First church of Milford for the pastor, the Rev. F. A. Sumner. and his family, who left Milford after a pastorate of ntle years.
 George F. Savage of Meriden, one of the best known silverware manu- lecturers in the country, returned to Meriden with a bride. Miss Mildred K. Foster of San Jose, Cal.
 Professor Stanley L. Gaplin of Trin- ity college, who has been doing duty on the Mexican border, has been dis charged from duty and will occupy his chair at the fall term.
 Word was received from Chaplain Irving H. Berg of the First Connecti- cut infantry. now at Nogales. AriZ., that he will return to Hartford early in October on a furlough.
 Professor S. Stukes, a graduate of Princeton university, has accepted a position as assistant pastor to Dr. F. A. NJ. Brown of the Benedict Presby- terian church, New Haven.
 Elihu Thomas, sixteen years old, a senior in the New Haven high school, committed suicide by taking poison. Fear of not succeeding in his studies caused him to take his life.
 Deputy Secretary of State Richard J. Dwyer had printed 10000 copies of the three laws passed at the general assembly. They have been bound as pamphlets for distribution.
 Deacon Stiles Goodell, eighty years old, died suddenly of heart disease in the arms of Rev. William Ainslee just as services were about to begin in the Advent church at Hartford
 A motorcycle driven by Clarence Pe- terson of South Manchester ran into and badly injured Irene Ott. seven year-old daughter of MT. and Mrs. Phil ip Ott of Holland avenue, Rockville.
 Lathrop Risley, believed to be the oldest man of Glastonbury, is dead at his home on Main street. near the East Hartford line. He was born in the house in which he died Nov. 25. 1921.
 Fishermen have been having good luck for the past few days i'll catch ing mackerel, which are seeking Mil ford waters in large numbers. running at an average of eight inches in length.
 Dav1d Brosky. alias Vineyard. one of the six alleged pickpockets arrested among the crowds at the Connecticut state fair, was taken back to Buffalo by Detective Roach of the Buffalo DO. lice force.
 As a result of an automobile accident on the Boston post road near Green wich Frederick w. Brunner of Cos Cob was fatally hurt. Brunner's automo- bile skidded and overturned, pinning him under it.
 While temporarily insane James Ly- ons, Remington rms guard, leape.l over the altar rail in St. Charles Ro- man Catholic church, Bridgeport, and tried to take the life of Rev. Patrick l.. McGivney.
 Private Robert Lavery of the fa- nous Black Watch regiment of high flanders is in hospital in Essex, Eng land, with gunshot wound in the leg received in France. Lavery formerly was resident. of Hartford.
 School Attendance Officer Albert r. Starlin of Bristol has received notice of his appointment as delegate to the sixth annual convention of the Nation al League of Compulsory Education to be held in Newark, N. l., Oct. 9, 10 and II.
 The Hartford recruiting station for the navy in the postoffice building led the substations' in Connecticut in the number of men enlisted during Au- gust, according to a report received from state naval headquarters at New Haven.
 The body of Josiah c. Sparks of Wilmington was recovered from pond on the Elam Eldridge farm after searching party had spent several hours dragging the water. It is thought that fear of becoming insane drove him to suicide.
 As the result of the latest raid made in the Salem woods, New London, four local hunting enthusiasts cap tured a fine specimen of the ringed coon which weighed twenty pounds. The hunters were John Whideep. Allie