Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-19
BRIEF STATE NEWS

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 Waterbury. = Thirty waterburians have during the past two days volun- teered for the United States public service reserve to do shipyard work.
 NorthfieId.-The postmaster, J. H. Catlin, says that all the thrift stamps sent here have been sold. The school children have been interested in doing their bit.
 Naugatuck.-The Paulist choir of New York city will give concerts at Columbus han on the afternoon and evening of Friday. Feb. 22, under the auspices of St. Francis church.
 Branford.-Easter Monday night the Home guard will try as far as possible to take the place of the Battery boys who every. year on Easter Monday night give a ball in the state armory.
 New Britain.-Marshall Cook has been selected as temporary leader of the New Britain Boy Scouts, succeed | ing Dwight Skinner, who has left for the army signal corps training school at the University of Vermont.
 Bristoi.-Rev. J. Clement Martin. son of Patrick T. Martin of Bradley street, who since his entry into the priest hood has been connected with St. Jo- seph's cathedral in Hartford, has en- listed as chaplain in the army and is awaiting an assignment to duty.
 Ansonia.-A certificate of incorpora'- ton of the Ansonia-Derby Dairy com pany of Ansonsa has been recorded The business is dairy products. Capi- tai stock is $15,o00, divided into 15A shares. The incorporators are J
 Haritof, Jerome Converse, James F.
 Siban and A. Hanlzo of Aneonia-
 WaterSury.-Gideon L. Young. stew ard at the Waterbury Independent So-
 cial club at 99 South Main street, has
 filed a petition in bankruptcy in which
 he places his liabilities at $21, 900. MT Young is colored and the club he is steward of is one of the we'll known
 colored organizations of the city.
 Stamford.-A fitting climax to ths
 "coldest winter in the memory of the
 oldest inhabitant''. was staged in ths
 Stamford harbor the other forenoon
 when two heavy automobiles, weighing
 about 5000 pounds apiece, sped ou
 from the Shippan shore to the Stam
 ford lighthouse and back, says tn, | SIdHIOrQ AQVOCdL0.
 Berlin.-The school children of Der.
 lin devised a new scheme to rais, } money for the Red Cross one evenin! last week and conducted movie shov at the home of MT. Kingo This move , ment to raise money was the produc of their own minds, and it was pleas , ant surprise when the children turne, , over $4.15 to Miss Bassett, chairman | of the committee.
 : Madison.-Three summer visitor have died since the season closed : Andrew R. Bradley of New Haver 9 the well known candy manufacturer f Mrs. J. w. Pease of New York, he . husband being the manufacturer C
 the Pease piano, and Julian Watrou.
 a native, Civil war veteran who die 6 at New Smyrna, Fla. He will b
 buried here, where his wife is buried Q MT. Watrous was ST years old.
 CoIIinsvilIe.-It is certain that ther T will be no Chautauqua in Collinsvill the coming year in spite of the fat . that the guarantors were secured . e the close of Chalrtauqua week last yea o and that Chautauqua in Collinsvill e was a big success. Petitions two ( s them, were circulated among the guar y antors asking that they be relieve . from their guaranty and the petition
 have gone to Chautauqua headquarter T in Swarthmore, Pa. Collinsville, lii, ', every community in the country, find o itself with all that it can take cal U of in backing up the United State It government in all the moves that al l. made to make victory of our arms a s assured fact and in caring for the boy e who have gone to the front to maB Y victory an assured fact.
 Winsted.-Governor Holcomb in a6 :" knowledging letter from B. E. Moor .- who wants dogs treated as domest = animals and legislated to limite d number, says: T have long felt ths le the sheep versus dog question is n vital interest to the state. Thus f.
 every remedial legislative effort whie
 would be of any effect has been d. . feated. My own opinion is that if ,s per cent. of the dogs in Connecticl 70 were killed the sheep industry wou e revive to the great advantage of tl " state. The food question is getting be acute and the raising of shet 70 would materially help the state and l. benefit to the farmer" MT. Moo ,- has been campaigning on the dog we m sus sheep question and desires tn .a the general assembly at it's next SC Tp sion do something to restore the she ~ industry.