Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-08-08
Connecticut
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not run on regular schedule, they
are seldom more than fifteen minutes
apart.
Jules Richard, nine years old, was
killed by an automobile near his home
In Torrmgton when he ran In front OF
the car while rolling q hoop. The
driver OF the car, Joseph Di MARITIME OF
Harrington, was not arrested.
Daniel Fitzgerald died at a hospital
In Springfield, Mass, as a result of be-
ing run down and injured by an auto
mobile at Sufield, driven by Raymond
Farquahar OF Suffield Fitzgerald was
fifty years old and lived In Sufield.
Alderman Vincent S. Whitney from
the Twelfth district, Bridgeport, will
retire from the Board of Aldermen,
to become superintendent of the de-
partment OF health and charities
building at Main street, Madison and
Washington avenues, at a salary of
1880 a year. The appointment was
made by Mayor Wilson.
To fill a demand created by the large
number Of mechanics in Bridgeport
technical room will soon be opened at
the Public Library. Librarian Henry
n. Sanborn has decided that the work
of installing this needed feature can
not be postponed much longer because
of the great call there is for books and
periodicals on mechanical subjects.
Timothy J. Sullivan, one Of the best
known Irish jiggers in this state, who
has taken prizes in the now-to-be re-
vived art of jigging many times when
this type of dancing was at the height
of its popularity, will be in charge of
the prize jigging and dancing at the
patriotic field day of the Knights of
Columbus at Lighthouse Point August
Is.
Preliminary reports of registration
figures at Yale University show that
more than 300 freshmen have enrolled
in the academic department and more
than $50 for the Sheffield Scientific
School. Last year the former had 326
freshmen and the latter 252. APP
parently the operation of the selective
service law has not acted as deter
rent.
Fishermen recovered the body of
LeopoIdine Hecktor, the twelve year
old girl of Newtown who was
drowned in the Housatonic~ river
while wading in hesriver at the ford
ing place with several of her younger
cousins. The body was found four
miles below the spot where it went
down, on the opposite side Of the
river.
Nearly al of the Bethel students who
are taking the summer school course
at the State Normal School have been
offered positions. The course afforded
an excellent opportunity to young girls
who were DESTROYS of taking positions
in country schools of the state, and
many local teachers took advantage of
the lectures by noted educators to inn
prove their theories of teaching.
Joseph A. Holland, thirty-eight, of
LA Coleman street, formerly manager
of the employment Office at the Rem
ington Arms plant, but at the present
time employed in the same capacity
for the American Sugar Refining Com
pany in New York city, was arrested
at his home in Bridgeport by Detec-
tives Malone and Gerrity, charged with
embezzlement of $500 from Kosta S.
Melligon. He was released under
bonds of $1,000 for his appearance in
the City Court.
Unofficial reports state that the
executive session" inspection Of the
entire Bridgeport police, held in the
yard in the rear of the Police and
Charities building on Fairfield ave-
nue., was not the success that it might
have been. The only reason to be
| given is that some few reporters
whose duties are to gather the news
were barred from witnessing the af-
fair while some hundred civilians
were unmolested while the proceed
ings were going on.
The Democratic State Central Com
mittee will not meet now before the
10Th Of the month at the earliest.
Many members Of the committee are
| out of the state, and it has been impos-
| sible to bring them either to New Ha-
ven or Hartford before that time, so
State Chairman David E. FITZGERALD
says, and arrangements will be made
to get them together here by then. At
the meeting plans will be made for the
fall campaign, headquarters will be es-
tablished and the preliminary formali-
ties arranged.
Mechanics directly connected with
! locomotive repairs in the New Haven
shops of the New Haven road are now
on a daily schedule of nine hours with
| Saturday afternoons off, a reduction
in weekly working hour schedule of
from go to so This schedule is to be
maintained this month, unless emer-
gencies arise, and is for the purpose
of allowing the men a shorter working
day during the heated period Work in
their lines is reported as being well
caught up through overtime" and the
regular hours during the past four
months.
After finishing a months artillery
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