Connecticut western news., 1917-10-11
CONNECTICUT
 STATE BRIEFS

| home in New Haven and vii take up his duties as professor at Yale shortly The State Civil Service Commission | for the first time in its history, will give an examina tion for State milk in. spectors on Oct. 22. Four or more in. spectors are to be appointed from the eligible list. The salary is $4 day and expenses.
 Mrs. May Myers of No. 10 Putnam street, Hartford, was one of the many who applied tor hunters license in the town clerks office in the Municipal building. Applications for licenses have been coming in rapidly in the last few days, and 325 had been grant ed up to noon.
 Residents of the Griswoldville sec ton of the town of Wethersfield have had that section posted against hunting and trespassing.
 A certificate of incorporation of the H. K. H. Silk company of Watertown was recorded at the office of the Sec retary of State. The amount of capi- tai stock is $2,5OO,0OO, divided into e5,000 shares.
 The new department of child vel fare of the State Board of Charities was opened in the office of the board at the capitol, Hartford. Work for the year was outlined and the problems and obstacles connected with it were taken up. Miss Mary G. Harris, of Pittsburg, who is chief supervisor of the work, will have her Headquarters in Hartford.
 The appointment of Rev. Elnathan Fisher, superintendent of the trades department of the Connecticut Insti- ute For the Blind, was announced He will take charge of the department Oct. 15, succeeding Ralph E. Colby, who had been with the department for about twelve years.
 Announcement was made at Middle town of the election of l.. E. Williams as captain of the Wesleyan track team for the coming year. No election was held last spring. Williams has been member of the track team for three years.
 Edwin H. Barnum, of New Haven, at hearing in chambers before Judge William M. Maltbie, of the superior court, was appointed receiver of the Harry F. Hills Lumber company of Manchester, as successor to c. Will bur Carey, of Hartford, who previously had been appointed temporary receiver.
 The Hartford bowling quintet is set ting a fast pace in the northern di- vision of the Connecticut State league, being tied for the top position with the Bristol team, with three victories and no defeats.
 Henry Andrus of Manchester, was found lying in the small brook near dead He had started to walk home, going up the railroad track, 1t be- Ing a short cut. He must have fallen from the bridge into the water and, being unable to get up, was drowned. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Fargo of Parker street.
 Representatives from all the Rock leys this week to make preliminary plans for forming an industrial league.
 License carried Killingworth by 23 votes, a slightly smaller majority than last year, when license won out by 34 votes. The vote was GA yes to Al no Last year the vote was 70 to 36 in favor of license.
 Old Saybrook voted wet, 149 to 78. The vote last year was 165 to A The Republican ticket also won out without any difficult.
 The Republican ticket made a clean sweep at the annual election in Wind sor Locks.
 At short intervals since the Wood ruff dog in Plymouth Center went have made their appearance about Terryville and many dogs, some valu- able, have either been ordered killed or requested killed by their owners. It is the intention of the local author ities to run out this epizootic, If pos sible.
 More than a score of the friends of Miss Maud Geleini, formerly al registered nurse in Norwich, and 8 graduate of the St. Francis's Hos pital Nurses Training School, class of 1912, gathered at Union Station to bid her farewell on her start for Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Ga. She will go into the Red Cross service there, and will proba blv later go to France for active work in the field.
 Simsbury's Home Guard Company, officially known as Company K, en- joyed a field day, when 1t was enter tained at Senator George P. McLean's farm. Senator Mclean and Governor Holcomb, who had expected to be present, were attending Congressman Hills funeral Judge Lucien Burpee of the Emergency Board, was present and made short address to the com pany as did Colonel Charles Burpee,
 The Colt company has acquired the Meriden plant of the New England