Putnam patriot., 1917-03-09
CONNECTICUT STATE BRIEFS

fixed the amount of the loss at the Madison Beach hotel fire at $4.500 and this has been accepted by the proprsetors. who will begin reeonstruc , tion at once.
 Detective Edward Lawler arrived from Hartford with John H. Budding formerly of Bridgeport, wanted there on a charge of having taken furniture , purchased on the instaIlment plan out of the the city.
 The new fifty-room hotel at Will iamsville is completed.
 The Derby women as we'll as those in the neighborhood have signified their willingness to render all possible assistance in the work of the Red Cross, and the women of Shelton and Derby are at work
 Hamden milk dealers are worrvine about the increased cost of doing busi- ness. It is a fact that the small mar. 0fn of profit in the dairy business hard lv pays for the large investment of capital.
 Charles Dresser, Of Providence. ar. rested. charged with various thefts from Yale dormitor:es. was held for a hearing in city court at New Haven.
 A child playing with a box of match es in the home of Anton Adorniffe at 125 Clay street, Hartford. set fire to the curtains on one of the kitchen win dows and a fire resulted.
 It was announced that the Rev. War ren F. Cook, pastor of Trinity NJ. F. Church, New Britain, had been select. ed as chaplain of the Senate to sue. ceed the Rev. pr. Fennell who died.
 The board of education has voted to raise the salary of the teachers at the Middletown High School s1o : month.
 Connecticut Is the first state in the Union to take military census The task is an enormous one. New Haven Is among the leading cities and ex. peeted to make the best showing in the way of speedy response.
 The town of Vernon and the city Of Rockville will be important factors if the United States needs any help from industrial towns in case of war The United States could call on the town of Vernon to make cloth that would clothe hundreds of thousands of soldiers
 The New Haven roads plans it's new transfer yard vest of New Haven to be located on the Derby line within three miles of New Haven The tract of land to be taken over will cover 160 acres and the purchase price, the cost of development and the cost of equipment will make the transfer yard cost $3.000,000
 The probability of Yale College hay ing a new freshman campus was made known when arrangements were made to rage. in the near future, all build ings in the block bounded by Elm, York. Library and High streets, ex. cept Peabody museum.
 Word has been received at Middle town that James A. Devlin. Jr. a mem- Der of the junior class at Wesleyan University. arrived safely at Bordeaux, France.
 At the meeting of the selectmen and town treasurer, held at the Rec ords building at Glastonbury, orders were drawn on the treasurer amount ing to $1,12210 to defray the current expenses for the month of February.
 James F. Service, who has been act ing as special watchman at the Capi- tol, Hartford has resigned to accept perr anent position in New Britain
 Edward A Butler. of Waterbury, who was arrested Tn Torrington by Officer Elsensohn and sent to Litch- field Jail on charge of intoxication. is found to have escaped from the New Haven county jail.
 The price of the New York Sunday papers at M'odletown is 70 cents. an increase of cents over the old price.
 Practically 5000 names Cn which complete information has been secured for the military census, have been forwarded to Hartford by Chairman Louis DeK Hubbard, from Middletown but there still remain about 5000 names to be forwarded.
 The New Britain Rifle Club, stands for preparedness in practical man ner, thirty rifles arrived in the city for the members of the club making a total of eighty.
 Like every other city in the state. and cities In other states for that mat ter New Haven housewives have been gouged of real money for their table u,,ppt;oe uptt1 they revo1tAH
 It is probable that plans of the state highway department to short en the trunk line between Hartford and Waterbury. should they become effective. would be of great advan- tage to Terryvills.
 One man at New Britain filled out his census report blank in the approv- ed manner and in fairly legible hand, but his physical disability gave reason for a laugh, for he wrote "yes, sour in de stomach"
 The pupils in the Middletown schools have commenced a campaign against the house flies and have destroyed 7.759 of the earliest to appear. This figure is considered remarkable when it Is realized bhat it is only March. The work of destruction is also being carried on against the tent caterpillar and 1884 have been destroyed.
 If old Diogenes were still alive and still in search of an honest man. he would probably go direct to Mid dletown. for an inspection of the re vised grand list of the town of Middle.