Connecticut western news., 1916-12-14

In the fourth week of the laying contest at Storrs a New York pen of White Leghorns owned by A. r. Rob- insOn of CalvertOn won first place with margin of five eggs over the next best pen.
 Charles W. Loomis of Manchester Green. one of the best known we'll dig gers in Connecticut, was instantly kill ed when he was drawn into the ma chinery with which he was working at Homestead park.
 New Haven is the cOstliest place in the country to buy foodstuffs at retail and Kansas City, Mo-, the cheapest, : C. cOrding to table of statistics submit ted to the city council Of Chicago by Alderman Nance.
 Sergeant Gleason of the district at- torneys office, New York city, relieved the New Haven authorities of the cus- tody of John J. Kearner, wanted in that city on a charge of abandoning three small children.
 Burns that resulted fatally were in- hicted upon Maria Cesterine, three and One-half years of age, of New Haven when her mother. Mrs. Peter Cesterine, left the child playing in the kitchen of her home.
 An automobile reported stolen in Hartford some time ago was abandon. ed in New Haven and turned over to the police department. The machine was the property of John Seider of 50 Elm street, Hartford
 Patrick S. McMahOn. moving picture proprietor of Hartford and New Brit ain, was fined $50 and costs in the Der lin town court by Judge George G. Griswold for neglect of his animals on his farm in Kensington.
 Preparations are being made by the committees in charge of the twenty third annual state convention of the National Association of Letter Car riers, which will be held in New Brit ain Washington's birthday.
 Governor Marcus IT. Holcomb has formally accepted the invitation to the inaugural ball in his honor to be given by the First company, governors foot guard, at its armory in Hartford on Wednesday evening, Jan. 3.
 Herbert T. Fisher of Thompsonville. who makes his home with his sister, Mrs. Guy F. Bushnell, returned from hunting trip in New Hampshire and as trophies of the chase brought back two fine deer, shot by himself.
 Edward Slattery, Henry w. Welch and John Cavanaugh, all of Bridge port, are held criminally responsible for the killing of Nathan Garon by shooting in his store in a finding made public by Coroner John J. Phelan.
 Alderman Stagg. chairman of the lamps committee of the Bridgeport common council, introduced a resolu- tion calling for the extension of the white way lights on State street from Broad street to Courtland street.
 Following Wlllimantic's recent $15O,- 900 fire, charges are now made by ex- perts to the effect that the failure of the fire alarm system at the time Of the fire to ring in promptly and prop erly was due to neglect of the system.
 Asserting Mrs. Agnes A. Grifiths of South NOrwalk has failed to pay him $20O in fees now past due, William A. Griffin, q Norwalk attorney, has brought civil action i'll the court of common pleas to collect $500 damages
 Residents of Fairfield county who de- sire passports to foreign countries now engaged In war must submit evidence to Naturalization Clerk Michael ]. Flanagan to prove that their cOntem- plated visit abroad Is absolutely imper- ative.
 Possible fracture of the skull and left shoulder blade, besides numerous
 
 consequences to Michael Paglfo, aged ten, of New Haven of being hit by an automobile driven by Arthur Berman of GA Eaton street.
 Electing Alderman Primrose of tho Ninth district president to succeed Malcolm McFayden, the Bridgeport i common council at Its reorganization meeting authorized an increase in pay of practically all members of the fire and police departments.
 Dorothy Padmore, the f1fteen-year old New Haven high school girl whose mother, Mrs. Florence Padmore of i Hartford. found her after a twelve years search, is to remain with her