Putnam patriot., 1917-03-02
CONNECTICUT STATE BRIEFS

That Chester has been hit by the high cost of living as fe.t in other sections of the state can be judged by the following prices: Potatoes are selling for s1.25 a peck. flour s11 a barrel, onions 20 cents a pound, beans l6 cents a pound and milk Il cents a quart
 The firm of J. c. McManus X Sons has acquired title to the property at No. 546 MaIn street, Hartford, winch 1t has occupied as tenants since May, 1887, the granlors being Ced-ic R Boardman and his sister, Mrs. Dorothy B. Lockwood of Newton, Mass.
 Progressiyeness landed knock out blow to conservatism in Groton when the watch dogs of the borough treas ury voted to spend s15,000 for fire ap- paTatus and s1.0Oo for the collection of garbage.
 Governor Holcomb has sent let ter of reorganization to Selectman Benjamin l. Miller of Avon which town was the first whose census re- turns were received complete at state headquarters.
 Baby saving week will be observ- cd in Hartford this year from May 5 to May 12. The central exhibit will be held in the old City Hall as last year. and one of the features will be the awarding of $200 in casn prizes.
 Two new cases of smallpox have appeared in the home of Charles Whit ney on Whiting avenue, Torrington, the patients being Walter and James Whitney, aged 12 and 16 years, re- spectively. Walter is pupil at the Center School, and James is employed as a pharmacy clerk outside of school hours.
 Hartford's factory acreage will be increased by 175,000 square feet, &C., eording to plans given out by the Royal Typewriter Company. These plans call for three new buildings similar in material and design to the buildings now occupied by the com pany.
 The Rev Dr. Samuel Hart, dean of the Berkeley Divinity School, died at Middletown, after an illness of four and one-haif days, aged Il years.
 Frank Stewart 40, farmer of Hartland Hollow, while under the in- fiuence of liquor threatened the lives of his wife and five children. three boys and two girls, the oldest 12 and the youngest 3, and then took his own life by blowing the top of his head off with a shot gun.
 Joseph G. Woods, New Britain, act ing for Nicholas Cozy, administrator of the estate of his son, the late Michael Cozy, brought suit for $l0,- 900 against Special Policeman Isaac Kroopneck of the Hartford depart ment The plaintiff alleges that Mi chael Cozy was shot by Officer Kroop- neck.
 Evidence of the benefit of the Boy Scout training was given when nearly 1000 scouts from troops all over the state to Hartford at noon, scur- ried around for lunch down town, paraded through the streets to the places where the lines formed, and repaired to the State Armory for two hours ot athletic competition.
 Connecticut now has a state de- partment of the National League for Woman's Service, a nationwide or ganization in which women are band ed together for service along lines of constructive patriotism. Mrs. W. E. D. Scott of Greenwich Is temporary state chairman.
 Judge Lueien F. Burpee handed down his decision in the Hull divorce case at Hartford. Mrs. Sarah A. Hull was granted her freedom from George W. Hull, on the grounds of adultery, and was given 1925 per month and 2O,0O0 alimony. Mrs. Hull also gets the custody of the two children.
 Potatoes in Windsor retailed at s1.25 a peck, while early in the fall some were bought at retail at $l.26 a bushel.
 Gasoline leaking from an equalizing tank in the engine room of the Hughes & Chapman Monument Works, Bridgeport, exploded by coming in con- tact with a spark from the engine. One side of the .lding was blown out Forta L. Chapman, member or the firm. and Edward Decarter. 6 stone cutter, were blown through the opening in the wall and seriously burned.
 Speaker Healy appeared before . committee hearing to tell of poor rail- wov servfce betwen Hartford and his home town, Windsor Locks.
 Potatoes in Bridgeport last week were A bushel.
 It costs more to be buried In Salem because the undertaken has to De brought from one to the neighboring cities.
 Willis Wooden. Danbury young man. secured a divorce from his young wife, Marion S.. Friday at the hands of Judge Bennett. The allega- ton was desertion.
 But 800 names have been sent in to the census enumerators In Hart ford from Plainville, while it is esti- mated that there are at least 1000 to be accounted for.
 William J. Nicholl. who was struck by a Valley Branch railroad train while walking on the railroad tracks between Arno,ds and East Haddam, died at the Middlesex Hospital as result of his injuries.
 At Windsor a petition asks for an appropriation not to exceed s6.000 and ....l1 tho ca1actnap tn hny a fire