Connecticut western news., 1917-02-01

peal to All Glasses of Readers.
 A bill has been introduced in the leg islature for dormitory for the State Normal school at Wilimantic.
 Eighty candidates of the Yale foot ball eleven reported for registration at n smoker given at the University club.
 Mrs. Mae Melin. while at work at the residence of l.. c. Clark in Plantsville, fell down flight of stairs and sustain ed a fractured collar bone.
 Among the many bills offered in tha Connecticut senate was one providing: for a S360,0o0 appropriation for sea side tuberculosis sanitarium.
 The Rev. Henry Mette, pastor of St. Paurs Lutheran church, Terryville, has been elected secretary of the Connecti- cut Valley Lutheran conference.
 At a meeting of the State Bar associ- atiOn in Hartford a movement was ad- vocated to make the term of judges of probate eight years instead of two.
 Owen H. Williams of Mystic was kill ed when he fell into blaming machine at which he was working in a local ma. chine shop. His skull was fractured.
 There was a flood of bills and reso. lutions introduced in the Connecticut senate and house in the last week in which new business could be offered.
 Fourteen horses were burned to death in a fire which destroyed barn on Center street. Bridgeport, owned by Susman & Fur, provision wholesalers.
 After an illness of but little over week from grip, Police Commissioner Joseph c. Kelley, siXty-tive, died at his home, B Shelton avenue, New Haven.
 Officials of the town of Newington met with a special committee of New Britain and discussed the proposition to annex part of the town of Newing ton.
 Dr. c. E. Atkins was elected presi- dent of the Bridgeport Dental club for 1917 at the annual election and banquet of the members, held at the Algonquin club.
 The members of Plainville grange have made plans for the celebration of the twenty-sixth anniversary of It's ex- Istence in the Grange hall the coming month.
 The estate of the late Mayor Frank J. Rice in the will filed in the New Haven probate court Is given as less than $10,O00. The estate is left to tho widow.
 George Talcott, president of the First National bank of Rockville, celebrated his ninetieth birthday. The directors of the bank presented him silver lov- Ing cup.
 Henry Papineau, twelve years old, of Waterbury was struck and killed by an automobile operated by Ambrose B. Scott of Naugatuck. Scott surrendered to the police.
 The dwelling house of Joseph R. | Dunbar in Newfleld' was destroyed by 1 fire. causing loss of several thousand ] dollars. The fire started from an over heated stove.
 Joseph E. LaBreck. forty-one, was [ struck and killed by Il trolley car on l the Elmwood line. He was running across the street to board n moving | car when hit.
 George Augustus Rich, for over forty years a blacksmith In West Rocky Hill, died after weeks illness of pneumonia. He was born in Haddam ! Aug. II. 1S44.
 Postmaster Frank c. Warner of Rocky Hill has bought the building for several years past used for the postoffice from former Postmaster WI. liam F. Pratt.
 James H. Murray, letter carrier of Stamford, waived examination when : urraigned before United States Com missioner Wright in New Haven charg ed with robbing the mails. An estate valued at nearly $2OO,O0C was left by Louis A. Mansfield, tho well known lumber dealer, according 10 the will which was filed in the pro bate court at New Haven.
 Of the more than 1000 postofflces iT the United States putnam's is one oi the 113 that is shown in recently is sued reports to have postal savings de posits in excess of S100,000.
 Sheriff William ]. Mckee of Bran ford returned from Boston with Car