Connecticut western news., 1917-08-30
NEWS BREWT|ES.
 OF CONNECTICUT
Happenings of Interest From
 Around the State.

Happenings of Interest From Around the State.
 Various Points In the State and So
 Reduced In Size That They Will Ap-
 peal to All Glasses of Readers.
 John R. Hoyt of Centerville joined
 Company H of the home guard. Frank Wadsworth of Warehouse Point has joined Troop B of Hartford. Marshall Darach, widely known as } Shakespearean reciter, died suddenly in Enfield.
 The former Gates property in Trum- bull has been sold to Alter Rosenberg of Hartford.
 Fire in the attic of the house of John Pauza in Ansonia caused damage to tn, extent of $500.
 l sition as foreman at the Iron Ledge quarries, Trumbull.
 ! Irving Fearn, Weston, a member of the United States aviation corps, has arrived safely in France. Frank Foehr and Charles Foehr, two sons of Mr. and Mrs. John Foehr of ' Milford, have enlisted in the army. Michael Carney of Thomaston was struck by an automobile and suffered broken leg and several abrasions. The body of John Griffin, fifty-fve, was found drowned in the Shetucket river at Norwich by two boys who z were rowing.
 Joseph F. Bennett of New Britain and we'll known among the laundry ! men of Connecticut died suddenly of heart disease.
 Evert B. French, son of Captain
 French, West Haven, has passed the examination for the aviation service :. at Cambridge, Mass. Company A, Connecticut home guard F West Haven, will resume its roe [ drills on Sept. in the n naIf, when F every member IS expected to be pres II ent. - ..s -a. Frank J. Kinney of Branford has re < turned from Derby, where he attended ! the state convention of the c. T. A. U. < MT. Kinney was reelected state seere- ! tary. Moses D. Harris of Devon and Will ! bur Ford have been appointed on the l board of fire commissioners, Mr. Harris F to serve two years and Mir. Ford one ! year. r A barn belonging to William Henry . Jr., Collinsville, was burned recently i The loss is estimated by MT. Henry at ! $2,OO0, which is partly covered by in i surance. ..- -e.- James Sullivan, forty, a member of r a construction gang in Putnam, was ! struck by passenger train in the local E yard and died while being taken to a ] hospital.
 | While closing an attic window dur ! ing recent heavy storm Joseph Doro- ] cak, thirty-four years old, of Stratford { was struck by a lightning bolt and in- stantly killed.
 ! Lieutenant H. M. Cooley will be act. , ing captain of Company NJ, Torringten ! home guard, in the absence of J. Frost E Alderman, who is at the Plattsburg i training camp. E More contributions are being asked 1. by Mrs. Henry $. Glover of Fairfield E for the ambulance fund of Fairfield county. Over $20,OOO is to be collected E in four months.
 < Several of the oyster boats at Fair Haven have come out in new coat
 of paint The boats are being put in T condition for the oyster business, which | starts next month.
 ] Second Lieutenant Alvin C. Smith
 of Milford, a member of the coast ar
 ttllery corps, U. S. A, is to go to Fort
 H.. G. Wright, Fishers island, New
 York, in a few days. The winter home of Rev. Joel s.
 Ives of Meriden, in Branford, was
 struck by lightning, and considerable
 damage was done to the fireplace and
 chimney of the home. J \ Mise NoIljo MoriI1o x-1II