New Britain herald., 1928-11-05

Compared with u year AFRO there
was loss at the maia karsry Of
40 from the adult department; Of
Is from the children's room. Tho
following branches showed q gain:
Forestvllle. 3; Endee. 1870; John J.
Jennings school. 474: Park street
school. BOG; East Bristol school. ITS:
North Side school, 172.
The circulation for the month was
distributed as follows: Main library,
adult department. 7.771; children's
room. 5.G2l: ForestvilIe, sos; Endee,
SIS: John J. Jennings school. 1,0Gc;
East Bristol. 800; Park street.. S57;
North Side. AZ.
The total circulation was CLASH
fed as follows. juvenile fiction, L..
:ea: adult fiction. 1881: general, !;
philosophy, 1855: religion, 10; So
GEOLOGY, 1872: philology. %: natural
science, 394; useful arts, 263; fine
arts. 2y2: literature, 654; history,
577; travel. Sal; biography. ais:
magazines. "a.
Included in the above are French,
IS: German. 30; Italian. II; Polish.
II; and Lithuanian, s. OF the total
circulation, 81 per cent was classed
as juvenile fiction. The total fiction
per cent is four per cent greater than
year ago.
On November 1 there were S3,-
s52 books in the library. During
October 49l were added, OF which
AZ We're by purchase. Is from the
hindeIy, and ore by gift from Miss
Ellen A. Peck. 156 volumes were
Withdrawn, including discarded, !
lost and paid for. and 1853 worn out
after having had an average circula-
ton of 81 since binding. 1873 vol
zines were sent to be rebound after
an average circulation OF IL.
The receipts at the library during
the month amounted to $500 and
the amount of bills approved at the
meeting was $l.604.55. Mr.. Wooding,
as agent of the city of Bristol library
fund, reported an income of $1e7.60
during the month.
Find Following Accident
Theodore D'Agostino OF Academy
street. Forestville. charged with
reckless driving and operating a
motor vehicle without his drivers
, license. was fined 500 and costs on
the first count andn So on the acc
ond by Judge William J. Malone in
the city court this morning.
! D'Agostino was arrested by Mo.
/ torcycle Policeman Edgar Norton
| following an accident on Broad
street, October 22nd. According to
the testimony offered in court, tho
/ accused in passing heavy truck,
sideswiped it. forcing it to crash in
1 to car parked in front of the Office
of the Bristol Brass Corporation.
! According to Officer Norton. DAT.
before he had had an opportunity
to question him about the accident.
Placed on Probation
| Arrested on complain Of his wife
who charged non support of herself
and five minor children. Frank Elk
strom of II Broad Place, Forest.
vile was placed on probation for sig
months by Judge William J. Ma.
lone in police court this morning.
! According to Mrs. Ekstrom. her hus-
band had given her only eight dol
! lars during the past six weeks.
This mornings appearance was
the third for Ekstrom this year for
non-support. He was before the
court on January and again on
March 81.
Drove While License Was Suspended
I A fine of 500 and costs was im-
posed on Kenneth Gallagher.
charged with operating 4 motor
vehicle while his drivers license was
suspended. He was arrested by
Motorcycle Policeman Edgar Norton
Saturday morning following in
formation received from the state
motor vehicle department.
! Gallaghers license was suspended
carly last week as result OF an au-
tomcbile accident on Broad street.
Badly Beaten In Fight
/ Mike Santo was 80 badly beaten
up in a fight with Dominick DiPie-
tro on Tulip street last night, ac-
cording to Prosecuting Attorney
James T. Mather, that t e cases Of
both men. charged with assault and
breach of the peace. were continued
for one week by Judge William ].
Malone In policies court today.
The two men engaged in an argu-
ment in front of DiPietro's store,
Santo from all appearances being
on the receiving end. The arrests
were made by Sergeant Henry Jeg-
lnski and Officer James Burns. San
to was attended at police head
quarters by DR. B. b. Robbins.
Case Continued
The case of Joseph Flanagan. a
storekeeper Of Park street was con-
tinued until Monday. November
eth. at the request of Prosecuting
Attorney James r. Mather.
Flanagan is charged with having
struck Mrs. Santo Nicolli, q neigh
Dor. during an argument in his
store. He was released on q bond
of $50.
Is new voters. who either reached
the age of Fl since the last session
of the board of selectmen on Octo-
Der Goth or had received their citi-
zenship papers since that date. were
made at a special session Of the se.
lectmen today. Each new voter
was given a certificate which will be
presented to the moderator Of the
district In which the voter Is to be
registered.
Urge Early Voting
Electors of the four voting districts
in the city are urged by both the re.
publican and democratic town com.
mittees to vote early tomorrow 90
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