Connecticut western news., 1917-08-02

John Schugar and Thomas Egan of SOUthing ul. who has been ait Newport, +. ', for the pat MUI.Ih, or since they enlisted, are now at Portsmouth N. H. Both young men are in the lavy. 1 Harvey Brown, youngest son of MT. and Mrs. I. ID. Brown of Milford, has enlisted in the naval reserve corps of 1 California, in which state he has made his residence for the last several years. ] Michael Bora of Stamford was chok- 1 ed to death while eating steak in a res taurant \ piece of the meat became wedged in his throat and could not be removed ill time to prevent strangu- i lation.
 The well known Thompson garden and grapery at Morningside-on-the- Sound has been purchased by George : B. Scovill of Waterbury, who expects 1 eventually to build a permanent resi- dence there.
 Private Archie Easland of Company 1 D of Bristol, died in a Waterbury hos l pital of injuries sustained when he fell l from a car of the Waterbury and Mill dale tramway company in SOuthington while returning to the camp from Bris- | tol
 Tobacco in general is looking good. Although most pieces were late in be- l ing set out, the weather of the past | two weeks has been favorable for its l growth, and the indications are that the Bloomfield crop will be better than for some years past.
 Twenty out of 165 failed to pass the stringent, strenuous physical eXamina- tion ito which the members of the ann bulance company. Connecticut national l guard, of Bridgeport were subjected at the armory preliminary to being mus tered into federal service.
 1 A fund of SSUU was presented by l Danbury citizens committee to the Eighth company, coast artillery, C.. N. c. The money. raised by popular sub i scription, is designed to enable the men
 
 little comforts they may need.
 The Willimantic registrars of voters i have given notice that they will meet at the store of the J. F. Carr company on the first and second Fridays of Au- l gust from 12 m. to 9 D. m. to receive | applications for enrolment on the eau i GUS lists of the town of Windham. l A petition is being circulated which will be forwarded to Congressman ] James Glynn of Terryville requesting ,> him to support bill now before con- gross which will make the aliens of our allied countries subject to the draft. | The petition has met with great favor 1 and has a large number of signers. | The first two carloads of lumber for use in the construction of the two ships l to be built at Gildersleeve have arrived and are on the Air Line siding at the | Portland station. The work will be commenced at once. New machinery is arriving daily. Sixty carloads of | lumber will be required.
 Albert Ford has been appointed local representative and packer for J. H. Stiles of York, Pa, tobacco buyer and packer, for Suffield and has leased the 1 large tobacco warehouse of Fred Aus | tin on the Hastings Hill road for the ! sorting and casing of what tobacco the firm has already bought in Sutfield. A complete program has been an- nounced for the farmers meetings 1 scheduled for Aug. to 10 at the Con- necticut Agricultural college. Storrs. Among the speakers, in addition to i the regular college force of instructors, will be H. w. Collingwood, editor of the Rural New Yorker, and George NJ. | LanderS.
 More than 100 boys from Hartford and vicinity have joined the mos 1 quito fleet which is on duty in Long Island sound ready to report any ap- pearance of a submarine or other hos tile craft The unit started with one ! lonely scout patrol boat, but now there are twelve. all armed with rapid tirers and three pounders.
 1 At the meeting recently held for the organization of the Newtown Repub- 1 lican club the following officers were elected: President, William B. Glover; vice president, John C. Beers; secre- tary Robert H. Beers; treasurer, Clark L. Page; committee on entertainment chairman, k. C. Bevans; A. r. Smith, | \ orris D. Beers. John Hillhouse. Frederick R. Woodworth of Fort Trumbull Beach, Milford. who was gunner's mate in the United States navy, some time ago was asked by the government if he would be ready to