Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 17, 1912, Page 2

SOLDIERS’ MOTHERS WANT THE CANTEEN, Sign Petition to Congress for Its Res toration in Army. Washington, Jan. 16.—A petition urding- the restoration of the army canteen was presented to congress to- ¢ by Representative Bartholdt of issourd, mere mothers and wives of army men. costended that “the moral and physical heéalth of the soldiers requires th establishment of the canteen.” New Britain.—George M. occupy with Mrs, Judd homestead on Main stree ng remodeled. It bore the signatures of than 300 physicians and 8? Landers, farmerly mayor of New Britain, has taken a sulte of apartments at the Ho- tel Heubleln, Hartford, which he will Landers while the New which Mr. Landers now owns, WILLIMANTIC What Is Going On Tonight. Ll?;.‘-tern Star Lodge, No. 44, A. F. and Francis S Lon ¢ oo & g Woman's Rellef Moving Pictures at the Bi ro Wl ad he jou and Jolly "Phil Maher at Loomer Opera House. £ t 1 JEWETT CITY GIRL Persuaded to Return Home—Mary nted Stepmother’s Disci- Tuesday Chief of Police . H. Rich- mond recelved information that a i young girl had run away from her Murray's Boston Store WILTIMANTIC, CORN. Sheets and Pillow Cases bome, in Jewett City. After a search he. found Mary Rome, aged 14, allas Mary Robertson, at the home of Mra, John Flippen, 28 Walnut street. Mary bad been there since last Saturday evening, arriving in Willimantic by trolley. When she came here she en- deavored to locate a former girl friend from Jewett City who is work- ing in this city, but being unable to. do o and as the temperature was| very biting she Clippen household. The girl’s father is Anthony Rome, employed in the bleachery at Jewett C Her stepmother, ghe says, abus- ed her, and as a result she decided to leave home and make her own way in the world. took refuge in the |w (an limantic late Tuesday afternoon il d escorted Mary back to her home. Special Town Meeting Called. A special town meeting has been called by the board of selectmen for Saturday afternoon for the purpose ot ratifying by ballot the action of the special town meeting held Monday evening relative to appropriating $20,- AT A REMARKABLE SAVING |00 for highways. The holding of this DURING THE CLEARANCE | rejating to the appropriation of § ,000 SALE. Full Size ces 39¢, 45c, 50c, 60c and 70c. Sheets—Clearance Sale meeting is in accordance with the law or more, A. M. E. ZION CHURCH. Three-quarter Sheets — Clearance]| Plans for New Edifice to Seat 150— Sale prices 50c and bbe. Crib Sheets—Clearance Sale price SPREADS Full size Bed Spreads, Spectal at 89c. Full size Bed Spreads, cut corner|®&nd parsonage. ! and fringed, hemmed—Sale price $1.68{ 18 to be 65x30 feet, with an ell 20x30 BLANKETS Good quality Cotton Blankets grey with colored borders—Sale price B0c pair. All White and Grey Blankets—Sale price 89¢c palr. Full Size Blankets, grey with blue borders and white with blue borders —Sale price $1.25 pair. Full Size Merino Blankets, white with blue borders, worth $2.50—Sale price $1.89 pair. : Woolnap Blankets, as soft as wool, in grey, white or tan, with colored border of blue and pink, worth $3.00— Sale price $2.20 Wonl Blankets, full size, white with pink and blue borders, and grey with blue borders, all silk bound. Sale price $8.29. Fancy Wool Plaid Blankets, worth $4.00—8ale price $3.29. California Wool Blankets, the best blanket made for the money, white with piak border and grey with pink and blue borders, all silk bound, and worth $6.00—Sale price $4.25 pair. The H. C. Murray Co. Agents for Ladies’ Home Journal Paper Patterns. FREE With 1 Pound of Pure Baking Powder A FEW OF THE ITEMS BOYS' and GIRLS’ SLEDS 10 Qt. BLUE and WHITE ENAMEL.- ED KETTLES BLUE and WHITE ENAMELED TEA and COFFEE POTS ENAMELED KETTLES with COVER LARGE GALVANIZED TUBS ENAMELED WATER PAILS BLUE and WHITE ENAMELED OAT- MEAL COOKERS HEAVY ANTI RUST TIN DISH PANS LARGE JARDINIERS (98¢ value) CHINA DISHES and PITCHERS PRICE OF PURE BAK!NG POWDER 50 Cents a Pound THE T. R. SADD C0. Willimantic, Conn. 5 cent Ink and Pencil Tablets 3 lor 10 cenis Sk JAMES HARRIES, tic, Conn. DR. F. C. JACKSON, Dentist Painless Extracting and Filling a Specialty 762 Main Street, Willimantio ‘Telephone ELAORE & SHEPARD, (Saccessors to Sessions & Elmore) vy and funeral Lirectors, 60-62 Prflh Street. LADY ASSISTANT, tone connection. 8 Qt. HIRAM N, FENN DERTAKER and i2 Chureh 8t, Willimantic, Ct. cpnone Lady Assistant ntce vartety of Fresh Fish: alse £ ullops, Oysters and Clams, at STEONG'S FISH MARKET, 28 Notlh St. E. H. SPRING, Piano Tuner hemmed—, in | the auditorium at a point five feet ana EMBALMER Parsonage Adjoining Churches to Aid in Work. Other Tuesday the plans and specifications for the proposed mnew A. M. E. Zion church and parsonage drawn by Ralph W. E. Carpentér, were sent to the con- tractors for bids by the pastor. The plans show that the nroposed edifice will émall churches in other towns, the structure to be a_combination church The building proper feet. It is to be of wood, plain con- struction, with a Gothic roof and a wrought iron belfry. will be 48x30 feet, with a seven foot vestibule at the entrance and a chan- cel of ten feet in the rear, with rail- ing extended crescent like out into eight inches into the room. The pul- oit will be situated in the center of ithe chancel, and there will be a cholr loft 9x9.6. The seating capacity of the audito- rium will be 160. The lighting will be furnished by 32 electric lights, in- cluding two chandeliers, each contain- ing & cluster of eight lights. Accord- ing to the plans the accommodations for the pastor are ample, as nearly ane-half of the entire building will be psed for the parsonage that is to be laid out with nine rooms, including a hall in the rear of the church 14 feet wide and 23 feet long and extending | the entire length of the ell. There is to be a study 7x9 feet, three bedrooms, one 9x9feet, and two 12.8x9, a bath room 9x6, a pantry 9x6, a kitchen 10x 12x9. The five last named rooms will be situated in the ell The outside trimmings are to be of white pine and the covering is to be of upright shingling, while the interior finish will be of cypress. ‘will be maple and varnished, and the sawed spruce. White maple flooring Will be used in the parlor, first story hall, study and dining room, while comb-grained Georgiar pine will he used in the pantry and kitchen. The foundations are to be of native stone. There will be a roomy cellar, with a concrete floor, The structure is to be heated with two Glenwood hot air furnaces, and will be wired for electricity aad piped for gas. The new church s to be built on Chestnut street, near Summit, as soon as the contract is awarded. ' Rev. 8. BE. Robinson said that as soon as this was done the figures would be made known to the public. The committee of pastors of the local Protestant churches are working with Rev. Mr. Robinson and the building committee in the endeavor to raise funds to complete the church and par- sonage each one being assisted by a layman from each congregationa. Rev. W. S, Beard and BE. G. Hathe- way, fiem the First Congregational; Rev. L. M. Flocken and W. C, Lyman, from the Methodist Episcopal; Rev. J. H. Townsend and Lorenzo Moses, from 8t, Paul's Episcopal, and Fayette Goss from the First Baptist church consti- lutel the committee In charge of the work. Officers of Die Besserung. Die Besserung at its regular week- Iy meeting Tuesday afternoon carrled out the following programme: Read- ing, Trevor Buckingham; piano solo, Miss Agnes Egbert; reading, Miss tette, These officers were elected to serve for the balance of the year: President, Miss Helen Huntington, ’12; vice pres- ident, Miss Helen Packer, '12; secre- tary, Miss Pauline Backus, '14; treas- urer, Maurice Leonard, '13. DEPARTMENT COMMANDER Officers of Tyler Camp. A. C, Tyler camp, No. 8, U. S. W. V., has received official notice that De- partment Commander Robert D. Cha- pin of Hartford will be persent at the camp's regular bimonthly meeting in Grand Army hall, Thursday evening, to install the newly elected officers. Francis 8. Long post, No. 30, 0. A, R., has been invited to be present to Does Every Woman Long To Be Beautiful ? (“Esther” in Household Helps) “If you want light, fluffy and lus- trous halr, don't shampoo with soap and water, which leave the hair dull and brittle. To make a dry shampeo, put a cupful of corn meal in a fruit jar, add the contents of a small origi- nal package of therox, and shake well. Sprinkle @ Ilittle on the head and brush out thoroughly. This makes your hair clean, soft and silky and heightens its color. “If you wamt a fine complexion, with soft and lovely skin, use a sim- ple home-made preparation made by dissolving an original packase of may- atone in a half pint of witch hazel, Apply to face, neck and arms in the niorning, rubbing gently. “To reduce swelling, allay inflam- mation, te stop ache in back or joints, to relieve pain from sprain, bruise or ‘any canse, Mother's Salve be- :orz retiri ot Plobing. 1 wolL a most sondertul d ‘healer,” Jewett City physician came to' compare favorably with ' ‘The church itself | 8, a dining room 12x10, and a parlor| The flooring | timbers in the building will be of mill | Pauline Backus; selection, male quar- | Coming Thursday Evening to Install | It hl enjoy the informal smoker to follow. socfal hour and FUNERAL. Miss Margaret E. Shea. The fuheral of Miss Margaret B. Shea was held Tuesday morning with requiem high mass at 9 o'clock at St. Joseph’'s church, celebrated by Rev. John J. Flemming. During the service Miss Kmhgrine Kennedy sang an Ave Maria and Face to Face. The bear- ers were Martin Shea, William Tim- mins, John Murphy and John Shea. Burial wag in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Dislocated by Fall. Mrs. Willlam F. Gates of Lebanon, | mother of Andrew F. Gates, of Hart- | ford, fell and sustained a fracture of | the house and in stepping ! kitchen fell to the floor. A local sur- | | geon was called and reduced the frac- | {ture. Mrs. Gates is T4 years of age| {and is now being cared for by a graduate nurse, | Smoker at Board of Trade Rooms. t The rooms of the Wilfimantic board jof trade were open Tuesday evening ,for the first of a series of infomal . ! smokers. Judging from the number ot ' | members present the innovation was i { appreciated, and if the attendance for | the next two iweeks increases the weekly smokers are destined to be- | come permanent. Tuesday night there | was a couple of closely contested bi d games and some talk of a tour- nament among the members was ex- changed. i | To England on Business Trip. Malcolm Curry, mechanical engineer | for the American Thread company, | left Tuesday morning for New York. This (Wednesday) morning he will | take passage on the steamship Baltic for England, where he will spend a number of weeks in the interests of the company by whom he is employed. Town Getting Good. There was no session of the police court Tuesday morning. Personals. William Van Horn spent Tuesday in Eartford. A number of sleighing parties made the night merry Tuesday. Mrs. Charles Olin is visiting her son, Charles F, Olin, in Bristol, for a few days. W, F. Cotter left Tuesday morning on a business trip to Hartford and New York. State Policeman Robert T, Hurley of Hartford was in Willimantic Tuesday morning, and called on Chief BE. H. Richmond. Miss Anna Hageerty of Bristol, R. I, is visiting at the home of her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. James Haggerty, 117 Main street, _ Andrew F. Gates, who has been vis- | iting his father, Willlam Gates of Leb- | anon, returned to his home in Hart- ford Tuesday morning. James D. Haggerty, who has been visiting his parents, Mr, and Mrs.! James Haggerty of 117 Main street, left on the 4.07 express Tuesday after- {noon for his home in Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew M. Litchfield | of Chaplin, who have been visiting their daughter, Mrs. Ronald E. Mey- er, in Brooklyn, N. Y., the past fort- night, returned home Tuesday fore- noon, Tuesday morning an exploding lamp caused a smal] fire at Dr. Louis 1 Mason’s hospital, resulting in damage | of several dollars. The loss was re- ported to a local fire insurance agen- cy and adjusted. The public library has recently add- ! ed a fine flve volume work on Ireland | and Her People, Three of the vol-| umes are biographical and the other' two historical in nature, dealing with ancient as well as modern phases of life in the Emerald Isle, JEWETT CITY John Gill Found Dead in Bed—Holy Name Rallies for Polish, English and French Speaking Parishioners— Lodge Interests—Defeat for New London Basketball Team. John Gill was found dead in bed Tuesday morning, it being supposed that death resulted from a shock or heart disease. He has lived with his son George in East Main street and was about 70 years of age. Mr. Gill Was a veteran of the Civil war. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs.4Thomas | Grogan, and four sons, John, Jr., Wil- liam and George of this place and Jo- seph of Worcester. Holy Name Rallies, Holy Name rallics were held at St. Mary’s church on Sunday. Two hun- dred and fifty men were enrolled in the Holy Name society. The rally for the Polish speaking people was held at 1.30 and for the English speaking peo- ple at 3.30. They were addressed by Father Grochowsky of New York. The French speaking rally was held at 7.30 and was addressed by Father J. H. Stapleton of Taftville. Reliance Lodge Instailation. The Installation of the officers of | Reliance lodge, No, 29, L. O. O. F., was | heid on Monday evening with a large i number present. The work was done by D. D. G. M. Harry Hirsch of New 1 London, Warden J. A. Peck, Marshal | W. E. Mayo, Recording Secretary E. F. i { Kinney, Financial Secretary F. M. | Green, Treasurer A. M. Betting and Grand Chaplain ¥. M. Green, all of { Norwich. The officers are: N. G., John Potts: V. G., H. C. Webste A. A treasurer, Lewis M. Carpen- | ter; warden, H. W. Dawley; conductor, W. Scott Roode; L G., Henry G. Davis; 0. G, G. W. Robinson; R. S. N. G. E. W. Blake; L. S. N. G., Samue] A. Thompson; R. S. 8., Francis Campbell; L. 8. 8, William T. Jackson; R. S. 1 | her left hip Sunday morning. She was | ! returning from a shed connected with |pleachery. He was driven to Dr. By- into the | ron Sweet's hame, where the arm was l V. G, Fred L. Whalley; L. 8. V. G, ! Willlam_ Johnstone; 8. P. G, H. C. | Wakefleld; musical director, L. M. Car- | penter; marshal, G. A. Haskell; D. D. G. M., Han Hirscl committee for visiting sick, H. C. Webster, John N. Lewis, G. A. Haskell, Francts Camp- bell; relief committee, G. A. Haskell, ‘W. Scott Rood, William Johnstone; finance committee, H. W. Dawiey, S. A, Thompson, Louis J. Bacon: recep- tion committee, H. C. Webster, L. M. | Carpenter, B. M. Tarbox, F. L. Whal- {ley, Francis Campbell; trustee for one | vear, J. P. Gorman: two years, A, R. Young: three vears, E. M. Blake. An oyster stew was served after the in- stallation and a smoker followed. Mrs. G. A, Haskell has apncinted as I'the general committee from the Ladies’ society of the Consregational church who are to servé the supper for the 0dd Tellows on Jan. Mrs, F. E. Willlams, Mrs. F. E. R W. H. Gane. Mis, A. F. E. Paul. Mrs. C. E Spi B. Xeen. Court Griswold Has Fat Treasury. The financial standing of Court Griswold, No. 101, F. of A, show the receipts for 1911 to be §930.73 and the expenditures §$828.28. The amount in the treasury is $2,445.32. The mem- bership of the lodge is 129. About the Borough. Miss Martha Payne is threatened with pneumonia, home on Anthony street. Men from New York are putting in very ill, at her mantic, Danielson and Putnam NN EEEEGARRENS RSN NASRR RN A RA RN RGO R AR RN witness the installation ceremony and | a metal ceiling in the bank, in all the rooms on the first floor. There was a month's mind mass fo Moses Salois at St. Mary's church on Monday. H. E, Paul W. H. Brown, Miss Alice A. Brown, Miss Elizabeth Beardwood, Mrs. R. W. Dearnley, Mrs. A. M. Brown, and Mrs. ! J. E. Phillips attended the Bonci con- cert in Norwich Tuesday night. New London Defeated. New London was again defeated at basketball by the Jewett City team in the Bijou Monday evening. The score It was a fine game was 11 1-2 to 11 and a good crowd was in attendance. Broke His Arm. ‘William Brennan, Jr., broke his arm and put it out of joint Tuesday after- in Aspinook poon while at work set. Dave Jack Has Close Call. A Bridgeport paper says: A trolley car and the horse ambu- noon | vesterday at Wood and North avenues. The ambulance came through the or- deal withont a scraich, but sustained The fender of the car n, where the ambulance ran lance exchanged greetings at a little joit. wag, bro¥ on and ever it. The horse embulance was on its way to the Eridgeport hospital with a p: vate patient. While crossing North Dri: ose to his right. the Jack whipped up crawled on to the fender. In speaking about the close shave, Driver Jack said that it was nothing very much to brag of, but then such accldents do occasionally happen. He said that years ago at Main and John | streets, when he was crossing Main car caught the rear wheel of the ambulance In the case yesterday he said that the patient did not know anything of the street. the fender of a troll and it pushed the vehicle around. near-accident. DAMIELSON Sleighing Parties Out—12 and 14 Inch lce Being Cut—Funeral of Bernard Potter— Reckoned Clark—Death of Charles Plainfield Trade to Be With. John Fournier has returned to his home on the West Side after spend- ing ten days with relatives near Mon- treal. Representative {llness. John Aylward and family of High street are to occupy the Waldo house on Academy street, Frank A. Farrell of Providence vis- |ited friends in Danielson Tuesday. Mr. and ‘Mrs. Charles 8. Francis en- tertained the members of the Nadel Arpeit at their home Tuesday eve- nirg. Memorial Mass for Former Pastor. At St. Joseph's church in Dayville Saturday an anniversary requiem high Joseph formerly pastor of the par- mass will Grenler, ish. be sung for Rev. Mr. and Mrs., Frederick B, Bitgood of Broad sireet are entertaining Mrs. Bitgood's sister, Mrs. ton of Central Falls, R. L Had a Sleighride. Members of the Sunday school of | the Methodist church enjoyed a sleigh ride through villages in the north part of the town Monday evening. William Curran will take a num- ber of his friends as his guests on a sleighing party for bachelors Thurs- evening, visiting Wauregan and day Brooklyn. Thirteenth Company Inspection. The annual inspection of the Thir- teenth company, C. A C, béaa reg- ular army officer is set for Saturday | evening of this week. 12-Inch Ice. Twelve-inch ice for C. H. Pellett is being harvested on a pond on the Cutting was also going en West Side. at Quinebaug lake Tuesday. Letters Not Called For. Letters addressed as follows are unclaimed at the Danielson postoffice | this week: Joseph D. Plant and Bro, William A. Rivers, Edward Stone and ! Martha Son, Armand Trahan, Hopkins, Mrs, Joseph Methe of Webster has been called here by the serious iliness of David Methe, whose recovery was in doubt Tuesday. At the Theater. The Hired Girl pheum theater Tuesday evening. afternoon. Milk dealers who make a practice of storing a quantity of ice each year! are now busily at work harvesting ! from emall ponds and the rivers in the towns of Killingly and Brooklyn. Tn the wate 14 inches. FUNERAL. Bernard Clark. Bernard Clark, who died in on Prince street, but which a few years ago. Mr, member of St. James' church. tive of the deceased. to Danielson, Mr. time lived in Wauregan. The body was brought to Daniel sen from Taftville on the 10.11 train in St| Tuesday morning for burial James' cemetery. OBITUARY. Charles Potter, The body of Charles Potter, who died in a Providence hospital, where he went to receive treatment for a | was brought to| Mr. Potter lived | in East Brooklyn, near what is known The deceased was about malignant ailment, Danielson Tuesday. as The Pines. F7 years of age. He i3 survived L his wife, who was Miss Ellen Titus. The Putnam Water company’s plant and proverty, soon to be taken over by the city of Putnam, is owned by much the same interests that have import. ant holdings in the Crystal water com- rany of Danielson, Elbert Wheeler of | Eosion being treasurer of both com. ranies, LAINFIELD TRADE Constantly Increasing—Going to Dan ielson and to Norwich. There is a dawning Danielson that Plainfleld village i coming to be of very first importance as u feeder of trade into surrounding business centers, and the proposition that now presents itseif to local bus- Harry K. Potts of Manchester, N. H., has been a guest of his sister, Mrs. er Dave Jack was obliged to slow up a bit on acceunt of a team that was Then he looked to the left he saw the trolley car bear- ing down on him, but stopping. Driver horge just enough to clear the tracks, go that the | fender of the car would not hit the legs of the horse and break them. The car came to a 8top just as the vehicle Frank P. Warren, also warden of the borough, is com- fined to his home on Broad sfreet by John Reming- was the amusing | comedy atiraction staged at the Or-| Milton S, Warren will have the | members of the Ladies’ Art club at her | home for a meeting this (Wednesday) smaller and sheltered bodies of some of the ice is as heavy as 8t Joseph's hospital, In Willimantic, was for many years a resident of Daniel- son, living in a home that he owned | he sold foilowing the death of his wife here Clark was a Miss Mary Cawden of this town is a rela- Before coming Clark for a long realization in to Norwich and morth to Danielson are avenues of travel that are to car- ry a big percentage of the out of town trade from Plainfield and the direction it takes will be largely de- pendent on the inducements offered to attract it. When the new mill is em- ploving hundreds of additional people that Lusiness will be very valuable. Previous to the building of ihe trolley lines Danielson had the call on Plain- field for trade, but today this trade has a tendency to find other markets. Fourth Quarterly Conference. At the close of the revival meeting at the Methodist church, Tuesday eve- ving, the fourth annual conference was held, with Rev, J. H. Newland of Norwich, district superintendent, pre- elding. The church has had a pros- perous year. Luther Piiling, super- intendent of the Sunday school, has Leen elected by the church delegate to the lay electoral conference to be held at the annual session of the southern New England conference in Providence in March; Gordon A. Johnstone has been named as reserve delegate, Fewer Tramps This Winter. That unworthy type of humanity generally described as hobo is hap- very scarce in Danielson and vi- cinity this winter, more so than has been the case for years. In both the town court of Killingly and the city court of Putnam, where this class cre- ates most of the business ‘there has been a surprisingly smail number presented since the cold seuson set in. r NATIONAL BANK Officers Elected at Meeting of Direc- tors Monday. At the weekly meeting Monday of the directors of the Windham County National bank, the following officers wer- elected for the ¢nsuing year: , | President, J. Arthur Atwood vice president, Timothy E. Hopkin: ier, Nathan D. Prince; teller, Clifford H. Starkweather; bookkeeper, Frank J. G. Balley; clerk, Clayton Chase. Heard and Seen. Mark Burns of Webster has been a recent visitor with his parents, Mr, and Mrs, John Burns of Mechanic sireet, George 1. Faton has sold his farm at North Sterl the Wiillam Ander- son farm, to Augustus LaJchn. Mr and Mrs. W. A. Whipple were called to Providence Monday by the deatn of a relative. Mr. and Mrs, Philip S. Maynard and son Silvio, who have been living in Frovidence the past two years, have returned to Danieison. Rev. O. E. Tourtellotte of Hannah, North Dakota, has been visiting friends in Windham county towns. Charles A. Pierce of Athcl, Mass., visited friends in Danielson Monday. T. Lajeunesse of Taftville spent Sunday with relatives in Danielson. Miss Marietta Healy of Webster spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. John Healy, John Bailey of Southbridge was with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Bailey of the West Side, over Sunday. Four-Pound Pickerel. A pickerel that weighed four pounds was in the string caught by Danielson men at North Ashford last week. Two debates were plauned for at the topsy-turvey social at the Baptist church Tuesday evening. Mr. end Mrs. Luke Gallichant, mar- ried at St. James church last week, have returned here affer their wed- ding trip and have been tendered a reception by ralatives. Mrs, Joseph Danielson was leader at the meeting Tuesday afternoon of the ladies’ missionary auxiliary of the Congregational church. Attendance at the churches in Dan- jelson was reduced nearly one-half Sunday by reason of the extraordi- narily severe weather. Neone of the churches could be kept as comfort- able as they are generally. Encouraging Young Composers. Supt. Albert S. Ames of the schools in Klillingly and Brooklyn has aroused much interest among the pupils in composition work, in which many of them are exhibiting surprising profi- clency. Their ambitions are being stimulated by the prospect, if their efforts deserve such recognition, of having what they write published in the local press. A Near-Tragedy. There was almost a tragedy for some in the announcement Monday that shipments of beer that arrived hero that day came in a frozen con- cition. The local freight did not get in Saturday night, but when the ship- ments of beer that it carried arrived kere Monday some of the liquid was frozen, all of which goes to prove it was mighty cold Saturday. Offer $1,000 for Dayville Lot. The offer of F, A. Jacobs of $1,000 for the town lot at Dayville was a top- ic of interest Monday and sets at rest w doubt that the much talked of piece of property is going to be sold for any less than that amount. There are many citizens, however, who want tu see tha town rid of it, as it repre- sents @& logg each year—in interest on the money that the town has in- vested in it, and by reason of the et that If it was otherwise owned taxes wou!d be paid upon it. The town has no present or prospective use for the land. - Accessions to Library. About 100 new books have been add- ed «t the public library, which at this rarticular season of the year is a source from which many residents draw much comfort. The new books are varied in nature, including travel, tograpny and fiction. Many of the volumes are commanding special at- tenticn in many cities at this time Included in the list are a score of bocks listed under the head of junior fiction, Miss Kellogg Seriously ill. Miss H. Ruth Kellogg, daughter of the late Rev. H. M, Kellogg of Ekonk, is seriously i1l in Worcaster. Miss Kellogg is a graduate of Killingly high school 2nd has many friends in | Danielson. Cars Hibernating. The automobile has finally been chased into winter quarters. Only a few of the machines owned in Dan- ielson and vicinity are 'in service fol- lowing the adverse conditions for ma- chines during the past ten days. The past season has been an exceptional one for cars, and most owners have driven more miles than in any pre- vious ysar, the fine weather in De- cember accounting for a heavy in- crease in mileage. 1 Manchester.—John F. Limerick is the néw chief of the fire department, hav- ing been elected to succeed Thomas J. Smith, deceased. A Appeal o Wives You know the terrible affliction that comes to many homes from the result of a drinking husband or son. You know of the money wasted on “Drink" that is needed in the home to pur- chase food and clothing. ORRINE has saved thousands of drinking men. It is a home treatment and can be giv- en secretly. Your money will be re- - | s benefit. Costs only $1.00 a box. Coms in and get a free booklet and let us iness men 1s how to attract a fair pro-| tell you of the good ORRINE is do- portion of that trade to elson and | ing. its excellent stoves, Troiley, Jines south ! N, D, Sevin &-Son. 118 Main, funded if, after trial, it has failed to | BAK Ab@oluiely Pure The only Baking Powder made fromRoyal Grape Creamof Tartar RO Al-li'fl!io LIME PHOSPHATE have‘w town and eity ‘hall, for the in- significant expense of $90, or less, this amount being estimated to be all that will be required to alter the old high school for the purpose for which it is intended. PUTNAM High Death Rate During December— Two Important Issues for Special Town Meeting—A Town and City L Hall at Bargain Rate. City Notes. State Policeman William Jackson of Willimantic was a visitor in Putnam Tuesday. (Geor;e C. Parmenter of Milford, Mass., was & visitr with friends in Putnam Tuesday. ¢ The lateness of passenger trains during the past two weeks is attribut- ed principally to time lost on account of inability to make Jocomotives “steam,” owing io the cold weather, STAFFORD SPRINGS Music Supervisor Resigns to Go to Norwood, Mass.—Assessors Complete Their Work. Figures contained in the monthly bulletin of the state board of health show that Putnam had the highest death rate of any town in the state during December, 26.3 per thousand per annum. There was a total of 17 deaths, none of them of persons un- der five years. Cerebro spinal fever, whooping cough, consumption, pneu monia caused one death each; diseases of the nervous system, heart disease and accidents, two each; all other dis- eases, seven deaths, One of the deaths is recorded as having ‘occurred in a public institution, Windham county towns which fe- ported no deaths in December were Eastford, Hampton and Brooklyn. Wood Working Plant Busy. Twenty men are now employed in the wood working business conducted by J. B. Tatem & Son, this business having been recently removed here from West Thompson. The plant has been finely equipped and will make a vajuable industry. The concerr. uses about 1,500 feet of hard lumber every day, and manufac- ture various kinds of handles, goif sticks, ete. J. B. Tatem, Sr., has been | in the wood working business for 48 years. He and his sons now operate four wood working plants—one here, cne in Eastford, one in Willimantie, and one in North Carolina. Hatless Exhorter Jailsd. Henry Mee, about 40, claiming Prov- idence as his home, was sent to jail by Judge M. H. Geissler from the city court Tuesday. Mee was arrested on the square Monday night after he had committed a breach of the peace, this consisting principally in an evangel- ical exhortation which Mee delivered after divesting himself of his hat, which he hung on top of a barber's pole. Miss Frieda Rand, who has been su- pervisor of music in the public schools of Stafford for the past three years, | has resigned. She asks that the resig- nation take effect Feb. 9th, as she is soon to go to Norwood, Mass, where she has been elected supervisor of music in the public schools. 0Odd Fellows’ Installation. There was & good attendance at the public installation of officers of Wau- seon lodge of Odd Fellows Tuesday evening. Officers of the grand lodge were present and advised the organ- ization of a Rebekah lodg 1911 Vital Statistics, The town clerk's office recorded 128 births, 30 marriages and 69 deaths in Stafford in 1911. Grand List $3,480,629. The board of assessors has finished its labors and the books have been handed in to the town clerk. « The grand list is $3,480,520. There are 940 dweliing houses and other buildings, 550 horses and mules, and 1,044 neat cattle. Robert L. Stevenson ¢f New Britain is visiting Mr. .and Mrs. Napoleon Poie - e g Pero. SPECIAL TOWN MEETING 1 e et To Vote on Road Appropriation and STONINGTORN. on Matter of Soldiers’ Fund. Monument | | incibles Live Up to Their Name— Gladys L. Wheeler’s Death. The Invineibles and the Mystic Jun- jors played basketball in Muller hall Monday. The game was won by the home team, 14 to 8. John Dawgirich was arraigned in the town court held Monday, charged with breach of the peace committed on Jan. 14, A plea of mot guilty was entered and the case was continued until Fri- day, Jan. 19, at 9.30 a. m. Bonds in the sum of $50 were furnished. Death of Gladys L. Wheeler. Miss Gladys L. Wheeler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W, Wheeler, died Sunday at her parents’ home, in the Road district. The child took cold and was {1l only a few days. Miss Wheeler was 10 years old. She was a great favorite among her playmates, Defeated Mystic. The Stonington team of the Shore Line Bowling ieague defeated the Mys- tic team at Kelsey's alleys Monday evening by a score of 2416 to 2307. Miss Katherine Comstock is in New- port, R. I, for a lengthy stay, Herbert Adams has returned from the south, Notices have been issued for a spe- cial town meeting to be held in Union hall Thursday afternoon. The two matters of importance which the meet- ing will consider are to see if the town will declare its intention to ex- pend money for the improvement of highways, thereby entitling Putnam to recelve state aid in such work, and to see if the citizens will appropriate a sufficient sum to complete the sol- dlers’ monument fund, this monument to be erected near the new high school. Unclaimed Letters. Letters addressed as follows are un- claimed at the Putnam postoffice this week: D, €. Cole, Mr. Gouchy, Mr. Koutink, Edward Maheu, A. N, Potter, William Sponcy, Mrs. L. M. Chapman. William Carpenter in Boston Hotel Fire. William Carpenter, formerly engag- ed in the livery business in Putnam, was a clerk in one of the offices of the | Revere hotel, Boston, badly damaged by fire during the early hours of Tues- day morning. Trouble for Troublemen. Telephone gnd telegraph linemen heve had extra trouble to care - for during the past few days on account of the cold weather which has a ten- dency to cause lines to snap. Tonight's Bout at Webster. Fighting Joe Hyland of New York and Kid Scaler of Worcester are to go| on this (Wednesday) evening in the star bout at the Lakeside Athletic| club, Webster, and a number of Put- nam followers of the boxing game are going up to see the milling. Those who Lok closely, however, s: hat Fight- ing Joe, not Fighting Dick, Hyland, is billed to meet Scaler. NOT A SUFFRAGETTE. Midget Chiquita at 30 Weighs Pounds—Speaks Three Languages. Waterbury.—A fraternal visit will be made Thursday evening, Jan. 25, when Toantick tribe of Red Men will trail to the hunting grounds of Naugatuck and hold eouncil with Natatuc tribe. On Feb. 7 Ninigret tribe, No. 55, of Fair Haven, will be recélved and will be the bearers of a traveling tepee started on its round of souvenir gathering from South Norwalk. Loss of Appetite 1s loss of vitality, vigor or tone, and is often a forerunner of prostrating dis- ease. It is serious and especially so to people that must keep up and deing or get behindhand. The best medicine to take for it is | the great constitutional remedy Hood’s Sarsaparilla | Which purifies and enriches the blood and builds up the whole system. 3% Chiquita, the Lilliputian who was at a local theater Monday and Tuesday, told some newspaper men a few things about herself erday. She was born, she says, in Matan: , Cuba. The lit- tle woman, new about 30 years of age, weighs 35 pounds and is just under 30 inches in height. She has traveled all over the United States, M Cen- Get it today in usual liquid form or tral America and Burope, and has| chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs. learned to speak three languages— English, Spanish and Italian. i3he is not a suffragette. Her finger Tings are so small that a baby a year old. could not wear them. A Town Hall for $90. The nearby town of Webst:r has just authorized the payment of $7,000 | for a site for a new town hall bullding. Webster has a population of 18,000, approximately, but still holds exclu- sively to the town form of government. In a few days now Putnam will also RPHEOM THEATER Danig'son Thursday Evening, Jan. 18 BIG FEATURE VAUDEVILLE AND PICTURE SHOW, No Advance in Prices, PRSI A sty S THERLANY THERE 13 no advertisitag medium in Eastern Connecticut equal to The Bul latin for business results. Th‘u; I; M grg «“Bromo Quinine’’ That is Laxative Bromo Quinine USED THE WORLD OVER TO GURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. 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