Connecticut western news., 1918-07-18
Connecticut State Briefs


 Company announce that they have added 50 new men to the forces of the Bridgeport lines. This is regard ed as a good showing in view of the conditions prevailing in the labor mar ket and the many corporations Dld- ding for men.
 Because of war conditions William Woodhouse, the new steward of the Greenwich Country Club, who former ly held a similar position at the Wyka- gyl Club In New Rochelle, has engaged girl waitresses from New York city to take the places of men walters at the Greenwich Club. The waitresses began their duties Sunday.
 Thieves entered the First National Bank, post office and New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad station at Suffield during the night, obtaining so far as a preliminary inventory showed, loot of an aggregate value of not more than $200. In each case en- try was made by prying open win dow. No attempt apparently was made to open the safes either at the bank or post office.
 Fire, caused by combustion in the drug dispensing room on the first floor of the main building at Grace Hos pital, New Haven, resulted In an ap- proximate damage of $500 shortly after midnight It Is believed to have started when a bottle of combustible drugs fell to the floor. Besides the loss of quanties of expensive drugs, the walls and floors of the drug room were badly charred.
 There will soon be a motor service between Danbury and Windsor. Be ginning at Danbury 1t will go through Newtown, Sandy Hook, Southbury, Cheshire, Milldale, Plantsville, Farm ingtOn, Hartford and from there to Windsor. The schedule follows: Leaves Danbury 5 80 a. m. and ar rives in Windsor at 12 m.; leaves Windsor at 12 :15 and arrives in Dan- bury at 6 :45 D. m.
 There Is one place in Middlesex county where business is poor and from reports is growing poorer every day. This is the county jail. Sheriff Bert G. Thompson reported that his boarders had fallen off from 40 year ago at this time to only 14. About a week ago there were only nine prison CTS at the jail, the smallest number that has ever been there, so far as rec ords indicate.
 In order to meet the demands to supply qualified nurses for our mfli- tary plans the Connecticut State Board of Examination and Registration of Nurses will hold a special examination for registration at the state capitol, Hartford, on July 30 and 31. Every eligible nurse should avail herself of the opportunity to get into line and file her application at once with the secretary, Miss R. I. Albaugh, Con- necticut State Library, Hartford.
 The State Council of Defense asks that all dealers, producers and con- sumers of farm crops preserve the containers, boxes, barrels, bags, bas- kets, etc, so they may be used again. There Is 0 shortage of containers which Is becoming worse every day, with not much prospect of alleviating the trouble in the near future. To
 
 advised to make a reasonable charge for containers and to redeem them at the prices charged.
 Seized with cramps while swimming in the Housatonic river at Milford, H. Herbert Sherbourne, twenty-four, of Reedf1eld, Me, was drowned before help could reach him, although there fhrnn n wit feet. The man sank after he had ut tered a cry and did not reappear. It was not until five hours later that A. V. Barber, P. E. Burr and others who were using grappling irons were able to hook on to the body and bring 1t to the surface.
 Representative and Assessor J. Henry Blakeman of Stratford Is being actively boomed for the nomination as state senator and at the meeting of the delegates from the towns of Sratford, Shelton, Fairfield, Westport, Newtown, Easton and Weston Is ex- pected by his friends to carry off the honors and to be the candidate. There are other men looking for this nomination, Elmore s. Banks of Fair field, Fred Salmon of Westport, the present holder of the office, John Dill lon of Shelton and George Johnson of Newtown.
 A hailstOrm hit Centerville hard, the corn and other vegetables above the surface being ruined. Just north of the railroad bridge near Sanford { street is one place where the arge hailstones landed heavily and did most damage, and 1t was one of the sights that attracted the attention of curious visitors and passersby up to a late hour. The storm lasted for nearly an hour and not alone caused damage to crops, but windows In the houses near by were broken, while others were | loOsened in many cases. Centerville 1 residents living near the bridge claim that they have never before experience ed anything as violent In the way of a l storm.
 Fairfield's bird sanctuary or Area