Putnam patriot., 1918-01-04
CONNECTICUT STATE BRIEFS

Dr Jacob L Ganrbef WIS held al Waterbury for the superior court on the charge of responsibility for the deuth on November 2I el Frederick Weaving. aged seven years Al tine conclusion ef the sfates side of the ease in the city court no witnesses being called lay the defense. Judge John r. McGrath announced that ho would hold the accused for the higher court under bonds of SJ00 II WIS charged by the state that Dr GaHehef had been negligent iu the operation of his car, failing fo see the Weaving boy. who was standing In lhe slreet One Of the automobile headlights struck the child. causing aeatIt
 Mira Mary l.. Woods. 70 years old, died at her home at East Windsor Hill. She was the widow of pr Wii- lam Woods collector of birds nests md egLz His life accumulation of Huch articles Is now at the Morgan Memorial and is said 10 be the finest of it's kind in America Mrs Woods was the daughter of the late Erastus Ellsworth who built the Hartford IDfbioSis Al AtibiHhi4 III ipFt III " hld- sor, which hns long been vacant be cause Of the removal If the seminary headquarters to Hartford
 The appointment Of Edward BrOm- age as county detective by States Al toruey Hugh NJ Alcorn is pleasing to lhs host Of friends iu ThOmpsonNille During his term of chief at West Springfield Bromage has always kept his legal residence in ThompsouHille md his fnmiiy has always remained there. He hns been police officer for 20 years and held various offices tn connection with this line ef work. lis work has always been satisfactory. and he is expected to taake good in his new position.
 Mrs EdWin N Fairehlh. sixty years old. wns burned to death and her hus band seriously burned by the explosion Of an oil stove iu their apartment in Stamford Neighbors who beard thc explosion sent Il call to the police and fire depafimeats When The police III. rived they found Mrs rairehfid dead, her husband helpless and the room in Eames It k expected that MT Fair child will recover The damage to th" room was slight The Fairehfds were} using the on stove because of the scar } ~ty of coal.
 Fire caused by nB overloaded stove Gid damage estimated nt Sioe0 to three story frame building Oil Main street. Wlnstcd The lower floor of the building was occupied by inc Phoc- nix Garage. William Thibenult pro prlctor. and the upper floors were sscd ns tcnements by cnlared families There were several automobiles II the tzlrnge when the fire was discovered. sut they were safely driven out
 Chemists and engineers are being selected to take up the work of lnves ngnting the special kinds of waste, such IN iron. sill md paper, which 20 to polhte streams in the state. accord ing to the monthly bulletin of the state department nf health They are going to make chemical analysis of these wastes for inc purpose of determining economic and efficient means of re- ssamation and disposal
 \ fire, thought to be of mecndiprv origin, burned tobacco shed contain ing the crnp of one and a half acres, at Windsor The shed was the prop erty of L. l. Bedorthn md the to- baceo In tt belonged 10 Joseph in. duka The total loss k estimated at S3oo0 This fire started unother in the tobacco shed owned by William II Filley. hui this was put out without any great loss
 Rev Thomas R. McGarry Of Putnam Was appointed eurate of St .losephs Church. Meriden. hy the Right Rev Bishop Milan to succeed Rev. James i McGettriek. who returns 10 hls home in Dauhun heeause of i'll health. Father McGurry 0bo has hecn pre- feet of St. Thamass Seminary, was ordained and sang his first solemn high muss Christmas dny at St Mary \ Church, Putnam
 The factory of the Bon Ami Com pauy nt Manchester shut down for ,sGct becuuSe ot the inability Of the company to got feispar. which k nee essurs in the manufacture ot their goods Most of thl> comes hy freight lut because thc cars are In demand for the carry Ing of coal and other pur poses it l~ hard 10 get the raw mate rlal resulting in Inc shutdown.
 Theodore C WUleR af the Hartford Couraut who enlisted in ,he United States uu few months ago aud who Is now landsmon for ycoman at Newport is spending short fur tough nt his home in New Britain. He will soon go to New York under m or der transferring him tu the cable cen sorship office.
 With the second month af no H. eense at an end. the figures of the number or cases before the Ranches Ger town court would seem 10 indicate there was failing of In the amount of liquor consumed in that town by big percentage
 Sweeping changes in method ct daily living. se as to conserve as much as possible the rapidly diminish ing supply of coal were recommended by the Committee on Fuel ConserVa- tion of the Connecticut State Council of Defense in session at Hartford
 Charles Lloyd of Windsor, a veteran of the Civil War who lived alone in \ house near the Faunington river was found dead there wacp found inc
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