Connecticut western news., 1917-09-06

who Jolneu the coast ueIenSe SefN1ce Ill May and was called for training July 1, has been assigned to his ship and has left for the navy yard, Brooklyn.
 Mrs. Irene Clark, East Granby, has heard from her grandson, Olin Turner. He writes that he has been promoted to corporal of the Twenty-first field artillery, which is at Leon Springs, Tex.
 Former Congressman Thomas l.. Reil- ly has been appointed by Mayor Cooke chairman of q citizens committee to arrange a big sendoff for the Meriden boys who will leave to join the new national army.
 New Haven has sold 1900 tons of ice this summer to the poor. The supplies at Springside and the Newton ice houses have been exhausted, and a SUD- ply is being bought from Meriden firm for $225 ton.
 United States Senator George P. Me Lean has been at his home i'll Farming ton for some time. He has not been really i'll, but his condition is such that his physician ordered him away during the hot weather.
 Southington farmers are now prepar- ing their cattle and farm produce for exhibition at the fairs to be held this month. Many entries from Southing ton are expected in the Charter Oak and Berlin fairs.
 Miss Marguerite Goode of Westville has taken the place of her brother, John F. Goode, wlfo is a rural mail carrier in Bethany and has been obliged to leave his duties here for the training camp at Birmingham.
 Amos A. Browning, aged sixty seven years, of Norwich died at Oak Bluffs, Mass, of acute Indigestion. He was prominent in legal circles in Con- necticut and was corporation counsel of the city of Norwich.
 Captain George B. Conner of Mount ParnasSus, Middle Haddam, who is well known in Willimantic, is coming l home from the arctic circle with the MacNIillan party after having spent nearly four years in the frozen north. One hundred and nine cooks, bakers, men with military, engineering or med Ical experience will comprise the first per cent of Bridgeport's quota of conscripted men that will entrain on i Sept. for Camp Devan at Aver, Mass.
 Miss Julia w. Els, for some years assistant town clerk ill Terryville, cash fer of the Terryville Savings bank and clerk of the Terryville probate court, has been appointed to a responsible po- sition with the Bristol Trust company in Bristol.
 The steam yacht Ansantawae, loaned to the navy department by Wilson Marshall of New York city for the use of the Yale naval training unit, has re- l turned to an Atlantic port, after com 1 pleting its summer cruise for instruc- l ton purposes.
 Broad Brook farmers have had their 1 hail cut tobacco adjusted by the insur- ance companies and are very busy har- vesting it now There bre several crops that are not going to be harvest ed, but most of it is going into the sheds. Help is scarce.
 The Connecticut women's committee l of the National Council of Defense re- ceived acceptances of chairmanships of local committees from the following: Mrs. Albert Chase of Norwich, Mrs. Frank A. Corbin of Orange and Mrs. Paul Wilcox of Durham.
 Major Cyrus l.. Ryder, commandant of Battalion D of the Connecticut home guard, announced that he has appoint ed I. F. Terry of Bethel adjutant on his staff. MT. Terry, who is a corporal In the Bethel company, will now have the rank of first lieutenant
 Colonel Calvin Cowles, who was head of the Fifth United States infantry, but who is now instructor at the Yale camp, New Haven, has ordered a num- Der of Springfield rifles thrown away. They have been used for a long time and are "shot out" New rifles will be supplied in place of those discarded.
 Sergeant John S. Risley, Jr., of Con- pany G, One Hundred and Second Unit ed States infantry, has received an honorable discharge from the company to allow him to return to the farm of his father, John s. Risley of Lydall- vile, and finish the harvesting of crops. The sergeant's father is incapacitated