Connecticut western news., 1917-08-23
NEWS BREWTIES OF CONNECTICUT

Happenings of Interest From
 Around the State.
 Events of AT Kinds Gathered From
 Various Points In the State and 50
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 peal to All Glasses of Readers. Grover William and Charles Senf or Moodus caught snapping turtle which weighed twenty-nine pounds.
 The Tariffville Grocery company or which William Smith was president has filed petition in bankruptcy
 At a bazaar for the American Red Cross held at Eastern Point, New Lon- don, more than $1 600 was realized. John Chester Warner, life long ana prominent citizen of Wethersfield, dleo } at his home at the age of seyenty-t"o' John McMahon, son of Judge Danlel McMahon of Derby, has enlisted in the aviation corps and is training in Texas George HorsfalI of Pennington, who b is at Mantle with the signal corps, nas ' been promoted to the rank of sergeant Mayor Quigley of New Britain mas ? arranged to have the Pasteur treatment given free to persons bitten by infected : dogs.
 Perrin c. Galpin of New Haven mas been appointed a second lieutenant Ill < the artillery section of the ohcers reserve corps.
 Mrs. Ann M. Smith, the oldest cit1- zen of Danbury, died at her home on X the outskirts of the town at the age of ninety-eight. - George Ludlow Craig, son Of pr. x George H. Craig of WaIingford, has heen appointed a second lieutenant of the United States army.
 = sobering effects of the draft are be .s lieved by the police of Bridgeport te s be responsible for a marked decrease, II < arrests for minor offenses.
 + Cromwell residents are incensed a 4. the reckless and needless actions O T autoists and are preparing to make LII f strong arm of the law felt
 4 Dr. Julian Lee Birdsong of Hartfor' hrct HQnrpn 1 ant in the medical section of the ofn I cers' reserve corps, U. ;. A. .s I Mrs. Catharine Ghent Kinkaid, wifi 4 of Police Captain Joseph kinkald o | Middleton. died quite suddenly. Sh f leaves five sons and two daughters. f Joseph Wilson and Harry McKeon ' Kensington have been called to repor 4 one at Fort Ethan Allen, Burlington ! Vt. and the other at Fort Slocum. [ Peter Czrna was arrested at ia f tory in New Britain for failing to rel | ister for the military draft. He is b .. ing held for the federal authorities.
  | ed in Waterbury and a native of Ru f sia. who failed to register, was comm1 t ted to the Windham jail for one mont ' While at work on his automobile In + garage Nicholas Lacellas of Hartfo [ received so heavy a charge of electrl f ity that he died while being taken to i. hospital.
 I Frank Fish, catcher of the New Lo < don ball team, had his leg fractur T in A collision with a New Haven pla \. CT. Fish was removed to the NC 4 Haven hospital.
 f Leroy Wilcox, Harry Jackson & f Jacob Horwitz, all of New Erita < who have joined the regular al rny sn' + ical corps, have reported for dUS | Fort Ethan Allen, Vt.
 Mayor Anthony Sunderland Of D. burv failed to pass the federal arr test because he was seven pounds ' der weight. He has gone to the col
 try to try to pick up seven pounds
 Louie Jones and Fred 5. Troup
 New Britain have completed the s
 cial course at Dartmouth for the Ul
 ed States quartermaster corps
 have been accepted for regular SC
 ice.
 '' O. B. Cotton, for some time supe
 tendent of the Granby Creamery e
 pany, died at Granby in his sixty-ni
 wear. He was born in Otis, Mass,
 bod 1ivad in Granby for thirty