Connecticut western news., 1917-10-25
(-.i771IRT 1CTICU'l' STATE BRIEFS

town of Windham were little more this year than the year before, due to the fact that the supplies for the almshouse and outside pooE cost more and because labor and teams on the Highway cost considerably more. The total expense of the town one year ago was $9O,631.79. This year it was S73,913.80, borrowed money not being included in either total.
 A number of Hartford men. invited by Charles B. Whittlesey, met at the Hartford Club to consider raising a sum of money for the Hartford men at Camp Devens. The proposed plan was for Hartford to contribute $10,0OO, New Britain $5,000, Waterbury $2,500, and so on, and to raise in all $45,0OO for the benefit of the men.
 Every day the labor conditions are becoming worse at New Britain, ac- cording to contractors. Outdoor labor is at a premium, with no indication of a change for the better. The sewer department of the board of public works has started work on in- stalling a sewer in Hart street and there are only three men on the job, including the foreman. There should be twenty men working there to com- plete the job in reasonable time.
 The annual convention of the Chief of Records Association of Connecti- cut will be held Saturday, October 13, at Savin Rock, New Haven. Coroner Stephen B. Davis, of Mid dletown, filed his finding in the death of Samuel c. Stevens of Cromwell, exonerating Franklin Allen, the Hart ford young man who ran down and killed MT. Stevens near his home in Cromwell. The evidence was some what conflicting in the case but the coroner found that MT. Stevens was confused and stepped in front of the automobile. Allen is a member Of the machine gun battery at Niantic. A certificate of incorporation of the Norwich Woodworking Company of Norwich was recorded. in the office of the Secretary of the State at Hartford. The amount of capital stock is $30,- 900, divided into 300 shares. The in- corporators are J. c. Turner, ]. A. Currey, L. B. Conroy of New York and Nelson V. Porter of Norwich.
 There is a possibility that Mrs. Gill ligan, whose execution date is Nov. 6 may not be hanged.
 The first drive in Connecticut in the campaign to raise $1,O00,0 for libra ries for the soldiers, sailors and air men in the United States service has started with a rush. Subscriptions have already begun to pour in. Near 1y all the towns in the state are or ganized, and each town is working hard to furnish it's quota of poney for the work.
 Stray dogs picked up ip Bridgeport and other cities in the State, to be killed by the dog wardeEs. are to be shipped to New Ha7er, where they will be subjected to government tests with new poisonous gsSAS, which later will be used against fNn Gor:nai3 in the trenches of ths European battle
 fields.
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 Ccn1;';on3 west of New Iarsr, as fal as Madison, indicatc that me 5et 1T those wate-s may be quite god. Bed: between New Haven anu N.:I-..-a.A Tis . ited several days ago .:.I oot show up nearly 5s we'll as t;:ose east of tht . city.
 The United States Government vii . lose four of it's young meG of draf age because the State Of Coane Iticu . has decreed that they must be exc cuted for murder. They are Josepl Castelli, A years old, and Trancesc, Vetere, 25, both deaf mutes. who kill ed Castelli's wife, and Carmine Ian zillo, "A, and Carmine Pisaniello. 21 who killed Morris Goldstein. peddle in the town of Orange
 Norris L. Bull and Theodore Cool of Hartford found the bones of a com plete skeleton of an Indian and bone of the part of another skeleton on tn t shore of the river near South Wind sor. The bones were found on tn high bank near the breakwater. few scattered bones were found at tn foot of the bank near the river. an after a search the men found almos enough bones to form complete ske eton. After cutting away some of tn {. riuar hank tn geek for rnnre hnnes