Connecticut western news., 1917-05-31
NEWS BREUT|ES
 CF CONNECTICUT
Happenings of Interest From
 Around the State.

Around the State. Events of All Kinds Gathered From Various Points In the State and So
 Reduced In Size That They Will Ap-
 peal to All Classes of Readers. Frank H. Thompson, civil war veteran, died at his home in Fitch vile.
 ! Emil Passerine of Centerville has joined the regular army at Fort sam Houston, Tex.
 Harold Olson, son of MT. and Mrs, Olaf Olson of New Britain, has enlist ed in the navy as a machinist. Brewster Platt of Westville is plan ming to leave soon for the Camp Dew ey naval reserve camp on the Thames ! river.
 \ Charles J. Byrnes. aged forty-six, b died at his home on the West Suffield ' road of pneumonia after q few days ' illness.
 Thomaston coal dealers have decid- ed to sell their coal for cash only, and < the customers have been notified to that effect.
 Peter M. Byrne, son of the late Peter Y and Catherine Byrne died at his home of illness : heart trouble.
 z Henry F. Hinman of Terryville has been appointed conservator for Clar- x ence Fenn, to succeed Ard Welton who has resigned.
 George Clark of Mansfield, aged six N ty-five years, died at Dr. l.. l. Maon # private hospital, Mansfield, after long illness with carcinoma.
 Dr. E. K. Root of Hartford was M elected president of the Connection N State Medical society at the annua & convention in New Haven. ~ Captain George Beckwith of Clinton . caught sixty-four shad in his pond
 which was the biggest catch at on' - haul for a number of years.
 City Clerk Thomas B. Steele, Bristol ! has reuuisitioned supplies from tn county clerk for the taking of the reg
 istration in Bristol on June ,. Daniel J. Kelley of Montville, forty one years old, died from injuries It < ceived by being struck by a New Ha ven road train in New London. Gordon Holloway of Hazardville
 who recently enlisted in the heavy al h tillery,, has been transferred from Fol
 Slocum to Fort Sam Houston, Tex. Miss May c. Rowe of Fair Have
 has been elected secretary of the Wes
 ern Connecticut association of tn
 Women's Foreign Missionary society. Two business and dwelling block
 of frame construction were burned = Westbrook. The loss is estimated { NA ' Francis c. Clark, one of the leadin citizens of Chester, dropped dead whi { at work at the rear of the home 4 William McC. Smith on Sawmill hi z Chester.
 The asparagus season in Bolton wi < be short It was the middle of tn I month before any was cut on son z beds, and last week the crop was hal S hit by frost.
 Frederick W. Lathrop, son of Re W. G. Lathrop of the Mount Carm B Congregatfonal church, Hamden, h.
 sailed for France to join the America . ambulance corps
 Mayor Clifford B. Wilson has SCI
 a cordial invitation to the Italian a1
 bassador in Washington to have u
 Italian mission visit Bridgeport duri1
 its stay in this country.
 A building on Shippan Point Stal
 ford, known as the Casino, and sever
 bathing houses adjoining were burne
 with loss of about 5000. The eau
 of the fire Is not known.
 James P. Kelly, lien clerk of Bride port, died after a short illness.
 had served as representative in t
 legislature of 1914-15. He was thirt
 three years old and married.
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