New Britain herald., 1918-01-12

ated from Sacred Heart school in 1910. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Casimir Gill
 lends it on the ground that the in- VeSugatlng committee is responsible to the common council and as such is in duty bound to make it's first report to the council rather than to re- porterS and the press. Yet look back five years to the time when the mayor was the greatest little investi- gator the city ever had! Did his in- Vestgation committees shun publicity? No, the reporters were invited to all the investigation meetings, even to that famous one wherein Investigator Quigley produced a real honest-to- goodness "deteckative" to expose the Town Home management The coun- cil was entitled to exclusive reports then as mulch as now
 From the Herald of a quarter of century ago:
 January 6-Paul Leupold was elected president of the Turner so- ciety last night. F. H. Davison was chosen regent of New Britain Council Royal Arcanum last evening. Bicy- cling is beginning to show some en- thusiasm among the wheelmen and W. c. and w, B. Rossberg are getting ready for their spring trade. w. J. Rawlings received his commission as second lieutenant this morning.
 January 7-Thcre was but one real estate transfer in the city last week. A team collided with horse car at the corner of Main and Church streets {l,ic, I,,4 <1 age done. Councilman P. J. Egan is sick at his home on Beaver street. Every body having a box at the post office received mail in it this week in the form of a bill for rental The fire commissioners met last night and appointed William Frey as a regular at No. ? house.
 January S--Sunday.
 January 9-William Delaney was elected president of the f. M. T. A. &, B. society last evening. James Moffitt fell Saturday night while at tenn pting to jump onto one of w. J. Dunlay's teams and broke his knee cap. C. J. White has secured the controlling interest in the c. J. White Clothing company and has leased the ground floor facing Main street of the Y. NJ. c. A. building.
 January 1O-C B. Hance of the High school class of '95. to the great regret of his class, has decided to leave school to accept a position of- fered him at the office of Landers Frary & Clark. There were 353 deaths in New Britain last year. One of IT. R. Walker company's trucks cOlided with one of Smedley's eX- press wagons this noon. Mr. Swift of Chicago has sent rare Colum bian half dollars to each of his employees in this city. Miss Margaret Leghorn took the white veil at St. Joseph's convent in Hartford this morning and in religions life will be known as Sis ter Ienatius The failure of Rollin c. Wooster to pass his bar examination last week has caused considera ble will take the examinations again in June The total deposits of the New Britain Savings Bank are s2,547,S77.
 January 1.-The city is now in the grin of a cold spell and the mercury registered above today. H. J. and C. D Ellis returned last night from fishing trip to East Hampton with a large string of pickerel. Peter Crona, formerly employed at William Martins barber shop, will open a shop in the small store in the D. C. Judd block on Arch street. The Do- lice commissioners met last night and although no action was taken there