Connecticut western news., 1917-04-12

The Pennington Gardens company, composed of I. Ward McManus. Joseph Battaglia and J. J. Costello, have pur- chased a tract of land on Farmington avenue from J. J. Donahue.
 Fire Chief Norton of Bristol has ap- pointed John Hayes, Joseph Massack. Fred Fletcher and Oliver J. Bailey deputy fire wardens in the respective localities where they reside.
 Five more smallpox cases were placed under quarantine in the Dodgingtown district of Newtown, making a total of twenty-six cases reported since the dis covery of the disease there.
 William l.. Merwin of Milford. one of the veteran rural mail carriers, has re- signed his position to go into "other work. His place has been filled by the appointment of Richard Heating.
 Two hundred and twenty pounds of Americanism enlisted in the home guard, Bridgeport division, at one jump. He was James J. Callan, twenty years of age and six feet in height.
 Four cars of an eastbound freight train were derailed at Grove Beach on the Shore line branch of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, blocking traffic on both tracks for six hours.
 The Bridgeport branch of the Red Cross has received $2O0 from the sur plus of the collection taken at the pa triotic mass meeting held by the Slo- walks of Bridgeport, March 3, in the armory.
 Four Highwood young men are with the regular army in Texas. They are Joseph Landino, Michael Del Grego, Michael Cassells and Frank Mastra- chic, we'll known among the younger element -
 At the meeting of the Hartford Dem ocratic town committee George Ulrich was reelected town chairman, and he accepted the position for another term. Mir Ulrich has been chairman about six years.
 Lewis J. Daniels, a native of Wind sor and resident of Poquonock prac- tically all of his life, died at the Con- nectieut Hospital For the Insane in Middletown. where he was taken a short time ago.
 A meeting of the Pennington home guard was held in the town hall re- gently Herbert Knox Smith was nom- mated captain, and the ieutenants were to be nominated by five men cho- sen By the captain.
 Manufacturing concerns of New Brit ain have extended their yard lighting systems and have increased their force of watchmen with the view of better protection. Unusual protective meas ures have been taken.
 William H. Avis of New Haven has placed at the disposal of Connecticut and consequently the government Il plot of land the area of which is five acres located on Mount Carh.el. over 75O feet above sea level.
 The trustees of the NeWtoWn Savings bank have declared &pmiannual divi- dend at the rate of per cent per an nun, making the one hundred and twenty-third consecutive dividend to be declared by this bank.
 Cornelius Vanderbilt. Jr.. who is at tending a preparatory school in Nor walk, joined the home guard. Because of previous experience in military tram ing he was made lieutenant ill charge of company of fifty men.
 For the purpose of encouraging home gardening among its employees the LawtOn Mills company of PlaintieId has posted notices at it's plant offering to provide tracts of land for the use. free of charge, of its employees for such purposes.
 Several owners of automobiles in Fairhayen have received commmica- tions requesting them to enlist ill the home guard auto squad and to tender their automobiles for service for trans portation should they be needed by the military authorities.
 Traffic on the New York, New Haven and Hartford road was delayed nearly six hours when journal on one of the cars of a southbound freight broke, re- sulting in the deraiment of eleven cars, tearing up the roadbed for con- siderable distance at Berlin.
 k. Dyer Hubbard of Hartford has