Connecticut western news., 1917-01-18

Methodist enterprise in New Haven and other towns of the state is Cn the increase instead O! the decrease. ac- cording to the Rev. Arthur E Good enough, pastor of Trinity church. New Haven.
 Search through the principal facto- ries and places of employment in Bridgeport for Joseph \. Christ aged fifteen years, missing from his home in Windsor since July 9, 1916. was fruitless.
 Henry J. Simpson. forty-1ve, died at his home in North Windham of pneu- monia. He was a farmer by occupa- tiOn and native of Windham. He leaves his wife. two daughters and three sons.
 The Rev. Howard w Benedict. pas tor of the Methodist Episcopal church of Bloomfield, has beeen appointed chaplain of the house of representa- tives of the general assembly by Speak CT Frank F. Healy.
 Night work of women in Bridgeport munition plants is to be called to the attention of organized labor in Con- necticut,s 1t was stated by Julius c. Stremlau. president of the Connecticut Federation of Labor.
 A delegation of members of the Ted Men will visit Senator Klett and Repre- sentatives Hall and Covert to ask their cooperation in the enactment child labor legislation at the present session of the general assembly.
 The establishment of a definite pen sion system for employees of the Hart ford water department after twenty years of service received favorable con- sideration at the meeting of the board of water commissioners.
 The census department in a new bull etin just issued gives New Britain an estimated population of 53.749. The city directory, the city voting list and other bases for estimates show over 55, 900 population in the city.
 The city fire committee. fire chief and board of fire engineers of Willimantic met in the office of Corporation Coun- sel Thomas J. Kelley and placed an order for d motor driven fire pump and wagon. at a cost of $S,4OO.
 Word has been received in Berlin of the death of Mrs. Gertrude Washburn N, ton on Christmas day in Salt Lake City, at the home of her son. Wads- worth Washburn Norton. Mrs. Norton was q resident of Berlin many years.
 Cattle Commissioner J. O. Phelps has received a letter from c. O. Thompson, health officer of Pomfret, stating that COW had been bitten by mad dog in that town. The head of the dog has been sent to Professor Conn to be eX- amined.
 Edward Garrity of Berlin, switch man in the employ of the New York, New Haven and Hartforo railroad, lost his right arm and suffered inter- nal injuries, in the local freight yard. His left aVm was cut off in a previous accident. ;
 The total fire loss of New Britain in 1916. according to Chief Danes fig ures. was $4S,S63 and for the year pre- vious it was $57 .9S9. But for the three serious fires in the last month the loss would have average less than 15 cents per capita.
 Professor and Mrs William Lyon Phelns returned to New Haven after spending the holidays i'll the souLn, here Professor Phelps made twelve speeches for lale at meetings Ci tAe alumni in New Orleans, Birmingham and Atlanta, Ga.
 In his biennial report which Tax Commissioner w. H. COrbin has sub- mitted to Governor Holcomb the com missioner gives the grand list of the state at S1,174, ,551, ,713, an income of $1O9,419,973 over the list of 1913, or about 10 per cent.
 George c. Arms died at his home in Bristol, aged eighty-nine years, fol- lowing an illness with the grippe. from which complications set in. MT. Arms was selectman of Bristol for a number of years and was very prominent in the affairs of the Advent church.
 Congressman James P. Glynn of Winsted reached Washington for the first time since the Christmas holidays. He had been detained at his home re- covering rom d IutneI severe attack of tonsilitis, with which he was strick- en few days before Christmas.