Connecticut western news., 1917-01-04

Dr. W. G. Steadman, Jr., of South ington, who is d medical officer in the United States navy station at Mare Island, has been tra,'S"c: rcd as a med fcal officer to the armorrd cruiser Mil waukee.
 The mangled body of a man, belie;ed from letters found in the clothing to be that of John Menherp, thirty-nine years old. of Bridgeport. was found strewn along the railroad tracks near Fairfield
 One of the first coasting accidents of the season occurred on tho Maple street hill, HaZardville, when Miss Annie Thompson of South street. grammar school pupil, was hurled against d wire fence.
 Judge Marvin in the probate court a Hartford dismissed a petition of Jus tus H. Churchill for the removal of his father as administrator of the eS- tate of the petitioners mother. Sara w. Churchill.
 According to Tax Collector Howard F. Smith, between 7.00O Ald 5000 ad- ditiOnal names have been added to the personal tax list of Bridgeport during the past year, bringing the total up to nearly 10000.
 At the age of seventy-One years Pat rick J. Kelly of Bridgeport. a member of the Hawkins Zouaves during the civil war, died at his home, ITS Island Brook avenue. He had been sick for about three years.
 Diamonds valued at$1 300 were stolen from the jewel shop of Taylor X Greg Ory, Derby, by a man who Snatched all irOns box containing the loose stones |, from the hand of one of the clerks and dashed from the store.
 In accordance with Superintendent Reiche'S plan to notify Bristol parents that the work of their children is such as to make it seem probable that they may fail of promotion in June, 346 such
  Mrs. Sarah A. Phillips, seventy-five years old, and George Metcalf, seven ty years old died suddenly as the re- suit of exposure during the recent hard snOwstOrm, the one i'll the town of i Durham and the other in Middlefield. ,,l- i tween 100000 and 500.000 Christmas postcards passed through New Haven in twenty-fOur hours, an estimate l which indicates the greatest sending of Christmas cards that has even been 1 seen there.
 The newly appointed aldermaniC con- mittee of AnsOnia, which consists of Aldermen Kelly, McGrath and Adam son, has decided to have q map of the : fire alarm telegraph system made. and . the work is to be done by City Engi- ] neer Clarke.
 Two firemen were killed and several ! other trainmen more or less injured in a head-on collision on the Central New England railway, between an east l bound regular freight train and a west bound extra freight, about a mile west | of New Hartford.
 Dr. Leonard $. Sugden, formerly | chief surgeon of the Canadian north western mounted police. explorer of the : great north and big game hunter, will 1 lecture at the annual meeting of the Automobile club Of Hartford at the AL 1 lyn House, Jan. 10.
 Francis C. Sturtevant. q veteran of the civil war and for many years en- 1 gagged in business on Stateistreet, Hart ford, died at q private sanitarium on Vine street. He had been in failing health for several years with com l plication of troubles.
 A dog that showed every symptom 1 of rabies ran amuck in Hamden, at tacking two men, biting a girl nine years old and killing twenty-siX chick ems before it was caught by Constable Sturtze, assisted by Constable Dresher, | who shot the animal.
 Following a two days illness, during which he suffered great agony, Elmer w. Griswold of 426 Orange street, New Haven, a former member of the state legislature, died in the New Haven hos pitaI of anthrax, bacterial disease which rarely affects human beings.
 A large crowd was attracted by the spectacular blaze and firemen were called from New Haven, Westville and | xvbay, tha ctprahn1Sn Of fhp