New Britain herald., 1927-05-14
Only eight of the children arc iiv.

Only eight of the children are liv. ing.
 Mrs. Baptist has been a resident of Bristol for | little less than two year. She was awarded prize in Thomaston a few years ago on the birth of a son, who weighed Is pounds.
 Visiting Pastor to Preach
 Rev. L. B. Rockwell of New Haven will be the preacher at the Advent Christian church at both services Sunday. His morning topic will be The Coming With Clouds" and in the evening Great Days in the Lives of Great Men"
 Flood Fund Oversubscribed
 The Bristol Red Gross in its na- tional drive for funds to be used to. ward the relief of the Mississippi flood sufferers raised $3,030.48 and this amount has been forwarded to Red Cross headquarters in Wash ington. D. C. Bristols quota was s2,500.
 Brush Fire
 Squad A was called out at ! o'clock last evening for a small brush fire in the rear of Franklin street. The blaze was extinguished with chemicals without damage.
 Annual Meeting of Brotherhood.
 The annual meeting of the Bro- therhood of Asbury Methodist church in Forestville will be held next Wednesday evening. May 18th. A well selected program has been arranged.
 Death of Infant.
 Roger, nine months old son of Mir. and Mrs. Albert Houle of e4 Laurel street, died Friday afternoon following a short illness with whoop ing cough and pneumonia
 The funeral will be held at 10 o'clock this morning at the homo ol the parents. Interment, in chare of Undertaken James J. Dunn, "; in the new St. Joseph's cemeter..-
 Coast Guard Nine Here.
 The U. S. Coast Guard nine, O! New London, one of the most high ly rated semi-pro clubs in the state. will pay its initial visit to this city Sunday to engage the Bristol New Departure at Muzzy Field in d., second home game of the season.
 Manager Joe Carroll fully realizes that his club will have to step al fast clip 10 gain the verdict over the team from the Whaling City. and is making efforts to strengthen his forces. Announcement was madt today that new third sacker George Kane, of Springfield. has been signed and will appear in 3 local uniform Sunday. Kane has had plenty of experience in semi pro baseball as well as having worn the uniform of the Hartford East ern LeaeuA'E.
 Sundays game Is scheduled to set under way at 3 o'clock.
 Decision Reserved in Divorce.
 Decision in the divorce action of Mrs. Minnie Elizabeth Van Meas Salg of this city against her hus- band, Joseph Salg, was reserved by Judge Marvin in the superior court at Hartford yesterday. Mrs. Salg testified that her husband. formerly a business partner of her father. had broken the partnership and left her on September 24. 1923. eight years after their marriage. She also charged that. although her husband tHwas still living in Bristol. she had not heard from him or seen him since he left home.
 Mrs. Salg was represented by At- torney James T. Mather of this city. Wire Thief Thought Caught In the arrest of Domonick Villano Of 105 Franklin avenue, Hartford, by Sergeant Henry Jeglinski on Pine street at o'clock this morning, the local police believe they have solved the theft of several hundred dollars' worth of bond wire from the rails of the Compounce branch of tho Bristol and Plain,ille Electric com pany on April 18th last. Tho theft has been under investigation since complaint was made to the police and Villano's arrest was the result of information furnished Sergeant Jeglinski by four young boys rang ing in age from 13 to IS years. vil- lano was brought to headquaFtsrs and immediately arranged before Judge William J. Malone in the po- lice court on charges of purchasing stolen goods and purchasing junk within the city limits without the necessary license. He pleaded mot guilty" and at the request of As sistant Prosecuting Attorney Robert J. Stack. the case was continued un- til next Saturday. Bonds were placed at 3c.ooo. The four boys ad : mitted to the police that they had cut the bond wire during the night hours using knife for a tool. Knov- ing that Villano made . trip to this city each Saturday they disposed of their loot to him. Section men of the Bristol and Plainville Electric company were obliged to work night and day for several days following the theft SO that cars to Lake Com bounce might be operating on Eas. ter Sunday.
 Mad Dog Bits Five Others A mad dog, running wild on Lake Compounce. yesterday afternoon bit five other dogs. two of which were in the town of SouthinStor and three in the city of Bristol. Dog Warden Thomas L. Ryan was i'm mediately summoned and killed the animal. The head has been sent to the state laboratory and an analysis showed a positive case of rabies. X checkup is being made today by Dr. B. B. Robbins. Bristol health of- ficer, Dr. I. R. Vail. Dr. W. H. Cush ing, Southington health officer and