The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-27
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Special to The Times.)
 Newtown, Aug. 27.---The funeral of Michael H. Costello, son of former Selectman Timothy Costello and Ellen Mccarthy Costello, took place Sun day afternoon from St. Roses church where Rev. Father Sinnott read the funeral services in the presence of the family and many other friends The deceased was unmarried and was s61 years old. For the greater part of his life he was a journeyman painter and worked in various towns and cities in Western Connecticut, till about two years ago when he settled in CentervNle, near New Haven, where he died last Friday after a short illness of some heart affection. He is Survived by three brothers and three sisters, Miss Mary. A. and Henry A. Costello of Newtown, Mrs. Stephen | Collins and Miss Nellie Costello, Will ] liam and Charles Costello of Bridge port, and many nephews and nieces residing elsewhere. The Costello fam | fly was among the pioneer Celtic group of the towns population, and both highly respected and influential in their day and generation. The pallbearers were Martin Kelly, Thos. J. Corbett, Michael Kilbride and Mi chael J. Carroll. The interment was in the family plot in St. Roses cem- etery. The bDdy of the deceased was brought Saturday on the Il a. m. train to the undertaking parlor of E. w. Troy, Sandy Hook, who conducted the funeral
 | AnnT INF PncabS ca@ CI1 = 1 toners, Matthew Colgan of Walnut ternoon after an illpess of two years duration which made him a helpless invalid most of the time under the watchful care of a devoted daughter Mrs. Henry Lang. The deceased was a veteran of the civil war, a soldier in Company E, Seventeenth Regi- ment of Connecticut Volunteers He enlisted for three years, was a pris- oner of war for more than one year in Libby prison, where he contracted the disease which eventually ended
 his life. After the war he was a val
 ued employe of the rubber works un- til score of years ago when he re.
 tired to his farm. Besides his daugh.
 ter, Mrs. Lang, he is survived by foul
 grandchildren and two great-grand
 children. The funeral occurred iron
 St. Roses church yesterday morning
 at 9:3O, interment being in St. Rose!
 cemetery. At the time of his deatl
 he was the oldest member of St Roses parish, being one of the orig
 inal founders in 1859.
 David H. Glover of South Cente
 returned Saturday, exulting over tn pleasures of a two weeks visit spen with Shelton. Waterbury and Nev Haven friends.
 John J. Lyons, superintendent o
 the Brooklyn Rubber Works, was
 week. -end visitor at the home of hi { daughter, Mrs. w. J. Mclaughlin o Main street.
 About D Republicans of high ant low degrees held a clambake on tn grounds of the Newtown Inn last Fri day afternoon. Of this aggregation fully one-third were incumbents of l number of minor political and semi f political sofe snap offices held b. : them. Another third was the hungr , contingent looking for the jobs of tn more fortunate ones, and see-sawin : together to oust the latter and enjo LlO pUNdlIS lISIllStINeS IHS IOS I were high privates in the rear rank l of tn party In town sensing the sit nation and wondering what there wa in it for them. The only but-of-tow f notabilities present were High Sheri1 Simeon Pease, and his coadjutol
 Jailer Scott of North avenue. If tn ' present country sheriff atfer fou r, years of office thinks he has a stron Il county party machine back of him i his coprs of deputy sheriffs, he is de II luding himself. Of the score or mor
 of these potent personages in a pel sonal machine, such as "Syd' Hawle
 or Sheriff Clarkson in their days hat
 only one unit showed up, Deput
 Sheriff Morris D. Beers of Newtowl
 There was hilarity galore: but as
 adding strength to the Republica
 party of Newtown, this gustatory eN
 hibition put on by the local Republ
 can club in the opinion of more tha
 one present, did not further the ir