The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-27
OUR VIEWPOINT NEWS LETTER
(SpecialtoTheTi

ThurSdayi Shertn MOTHS U: Beers warned Timothy 'Curran to get a job within 4S hours or be arrested for l loafing under the "Go to work or go 1 to jail'' edict. Curran was inclined to be evasive at first, but soon thought better of the matter, and he promised compliance. The officer will keep an eye on him.
 1 Mrs. Thomas J. Bradley of New York is making her annual visitation with the Donahue family on Walnut Tree Hill. Her son Joseph E. Brad ley of New York came with her last Friday and spent the week end with Sandy Hook friends.
 1 Bert Ingram of the Glen who re-
 signed his position with the Premiere
 Manufacturing company recently to accept a more lucrative one with Con- tractor Blakeslee on the state road
 work at the Housatonic river, feeeiv- ed a notice from the government to return to work in the Premiere Conn pany which is doing government work:
 When Contractor Blakeslee was shown the government order he told Ingram
 to report, but demand the same wa
 ges paid him on the state road work,
 as that equally was under the aus
 pices of the government, telling his late employe, if refused the increase to
 return to him, and he would take up
 the matter with the Federal Board in
 charge of such matters, and he would
 see that Ingram would get justice done
 him. Superintendent Cole after con-
 sultation with the other officials of the | fn e.
 mand 1t is said and now Ingram Is working on his former job, with the
 increase allowed, which refusal of in-
 crease was the cause of his original
 withdrawal. The knowledge that the government will see justice done in all
 disputes of this kind gives intense sat
 isfaction to all the workers here who are employed in factories engaged In
 producing war necessities. It points | toward a general increase of wages in 7 our shops all along the line.
 The list of Newtown jurors for the 7 years 191S-19, who successfully pass l ed through the winnewing machine of the Jury Commissioners of Fairfield : county Is as follows> P, E, Abbott, retired; Alexander Allen. farmers R l T
 feur; Benjamin Bassett, farmer Thos
 P, Bailey, farmer; A. E. Bevans, far " mer; Charles F, Beardsley, real estate Charles E. Blakeman, lumber; Harry , F, Bradley, machinist; Louis T. Bris- Q co, carriage dealer; A. E, Brinton, g V plumber; Robert H, Beers, merchant ] Matthew Carroll, farmer; Charles W
 Garfield, painter; William D, Corbett t farmer; Charles W, Downs, farmer 7, Andrew ,Donlou shophand; James g Farrell, farmer; Charles D. Ferris, far, :; mer; John D, Frank. farmer. 8 Harry M Brennan, farmer; VII
 liam Cover, farmer; Arthur J. Gal
 lagher, hotel; George E, Hayes, retir Y ed; William A. Honan, merchant; W >, c Johnson, farmer; Chas, L, Jack D son, farmer; Francis Keane, machir
 list; Thomas Heating, farmer,
 Leonard Kindle, farmer; Michael J \ Heating farmer; Martin H. Lillis q shophand; Michael H. Lillis, laborer V James Lovejoy, farmer; Harry Madi 1t gan, painter; Thomas Maloney, coa J. dealer; James McMahon. farmer;
 c. McArthur, farmer; E. J. Miller - farmer; Robert F. Mount, farmer; R
 D. Northrop, farmer.
 David B. Parmelee, farmer; G. Os al car Pitschler, town clerk; Wilson N :, Reynolds, retired; John H. Sutphe1
 painter; Joseph Turner, miller; Get s F. Taylor, merchant; Edward W. Troy r' :, hotel keeper.
 " Fifteen hogs on the Winton far1 ,1I in the Guinea district of Newtown die a. this week of hog cholera, a clea r. sweep of the pens. They had nc ae been made immune by inoculation 6 1g advised by the Farm Bureau to a V. farmers as soon as the disease ar C. peared in Stamford last week. Th III use of the immunizing fluid shoul 4o be resorted to by all owners of hog J. as precautionary measure, rigi e' away.
 B. D. c. Bacon, who is 90 years of az IT, Is building a bridge-work coverin III over the street gutter fronting h 9o premises on Depot Road. He worl ,i0 with the agility of men half his az b. Months ago he gave an an order eitf m CT iron or soil pipe for the improv h. ment but was unable to get a suppl IS, so resorted to the above expedien ,rt When the covering is laid the flu 1t. length of 35 feet, it will be turfe at and Mir. Bacon expects he will hay of to do this work of grading unaide nd as there is no labor to be hired h. Newtown.
 ny Miss Dorothy Corbett of Ouet ,s street, was a visitor in the Park Ci 4i Thursday.
 1N Thomas Egan of New York city, nd new resident of Taunton district cor
 mutes daily to his place of business.
 Mir. and Mrs. Martin Keniry ha,
 received a postal card, announci1
 the safe arrival of their son, Fran in of the National army, at a post som is where in France.
 m NdIS' Cnds' MILLS ana Mrs. W. ate Glover were visiting in BridgepoI md Wednesday.
 CTS The net proceeds of the recent lav er- fete at sophie's Tea Rooms we .rly $21S, which sum was turned over
 the Red Cross. From s. Nalevky leir Huntington $2.25 was received al ons this week.
 sed The Connecticut Light and Pow nst company endeavored to spring
 scheme upon Newtown this wee in- whereby liability to replace flood not roads and relocate same as we'll ex- public bridges rendered inaccessit
 by reason of the greatly expand
 Housatonic stream when the gre mes dam across the river at Zoar Brid ing shall have been completed. Attorn
 J. Moss Ives, of Ives and Keatir
 DanbUry, representing the Pou