Connecticut western news., 1917-09-13

| men constituting the Eighth districts ] second 1 per cent increment for the new army.
 According to the government report just issued, Connecticut is called upon to double it's yield of rye. This means that there must be planted between now and Nov. l 16,O00 acres of rye in this state
 Statistics made public through the secretary's office at Yale university show that 560 Yale men have received commissions in the United States army as a result of their work in the first officers training camps.
 The New Haven Republican city con- vention will nominate Mayor Samuel Campner for mayor. This has been ab- solutely settled, and the choice will be unanimous. All other candidates in tho field have withdrawn.
 Banjo signals and bells have arrived and will be set up at the Wintonbury avenue crossing north of the Bloom field passenger station on the Central New England railroad to warn high way traffic of the approach of trains.
 Henry G. Wright, eighty-six years old, died from injuries received when he was attacked by bull at his farm in Goshen. He represented Goshen in the legislature in 1878 and had held every town office except that of clerk.
 Members of the Bridgeport Medical association decided at a recent meeting | to give one-third of all the fees collect | ed from patients of the doctors in the service of the United States to their families or to the doctors themselves. 1 Dr. Jeremiah B. Sullivan, one of the most prominent physicians in New Ha- ven, has received a commission as first 1 lieutenant in the medical reserve. He 1 will be stationed at Fort Benjamin | Harrison, Inriana, until sent to France. i Giles Atwood, fifty-three years old, was killed by falling from the back porch of his home in Stamford four stories to the ground. He had been i'll, and it is supposed he was taken with a dizzy spell while walking on the porch. 1 The officers of the Granby Agr:cultu- ral society are planning to make the I Granby fair this year larger and bet | ter. They also promise good racing as well as a large number of ether amuse- ments. A large stock exhibit is ex- pected.
 The auditors of the town of Canton have finished the work of auditing the town books, and the data is now in the hands of the printers. The report shows that the total amount of orders drawn by the selectmen during the past year was $15, 5,23715.
 It has been discovered that the old oak at the Congressional church, Ken sington, was struck by lightning dur ing one of the recent storms. It is feared the injury Is rather serious. It is a tree well known throughout the state, as its age is over POO years.
 Captain J. L. Wertenbaker of New London, for the past two years station ed at Fort Wright, has been promoted to major and has received orders to proceed to Aver, Mass His orders state tthat he will be a commanding officer in one of the heavy artillery departments.
 Spreading rails caused the derail- ment of twelve cars of heavy freight train between Brookfeld Junction and Hawleyville recently. Tracks of both the Highland and Berkshire divisions were blocked several hours. A wreck ing train from Waterbury replaced the cars on the rails. No one was injured.
 Announcement has been made of the promotion of First Lieutenant George Cockings of Company M, Bris- tol home guard, to captain of that com pany. He succeeds Clarence A. Wood ruff. who was formerly captain, but who has been recently promoted to major.
 The recent order of the commission CT of domestic animals to the effect that all of the dogs in the town of Plymouth must be muZzled does not affect Bristol. Several dogs with rab- bies made their appearance in Plym- outh, but so far none have come across the Bristol line.
 Two women and one man were killed and more than a score of other per sons were injured in a collision be- t-een a crowded trolley car on the Connecticut company's line and a re- pair car near Derby, Conn. Defective brakes are believed to have been the cause of the accident.
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