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WEDNESDAY, JULY 15th TR 7 B TMAT OGRS T BT 2R ™ VoS AT IO NTTE. BROKEN LOTS AND SIZES OF LOW SHOES Ladies’ High Grade Patent Leather Gun Metal Russia Calf and White Duck Pumps ! - and Low Shoes at 95¢ $1.45 Misses’ and Children’s Patent L.eather and Gun Metal Strap Pump Shoe with Elk Skin Sole for Vacation at 9ac Boys’ and Youths’ Oxfords and Little Gent’s Scout Shoes with Elk Skin Soles at 9ac $1.95 s. Russet Outing Wide. C, $1.45 §2.45 49c Men’s White Canvas Leather Sole Oxford. A Strictly High Grade Shoe. Wide. = Regular Price $3.00, at D and E e £ Men’s High Grade Russia Calf and Gun - Metal Blucher Oxfords, A, B, C and D Regular $3.50, $4 and $5 Shoes Men’s, Boys’ and Youths Tennis Oxfords in White and Brown only, per pair LETTERS FROM BULLETIN CORRESPONDENTS JEWETT CITY Vital Statistics For June—Rare Pur- ta, James' McArthur and Roode. Botanists Find Purple Loosestrife. Edith N. ple Loosestrife Found by M Purple loosestrife, (Lythrum Sali- Adame—8ix Tons of Hay From One/caria) has been discovered on the Field. point below the ruin of the old mill. Its handsome blossoms are one of the The vital statissd most conspicuous of the mid-summer Griewa o ootcs for the fown of |y weracais loest Somer Tovsc' Have John Wel Stne are: made diligent search for it in_this section for vears but have never found it. A mile north of Danielson on the east side of the railroad track there Zight Deaths. ‘Thomas™ Chrystal Tucker, chronie ephritls; Mariha Ella Reynolds eac |18 @ low meadow bordering a small tSthtis; - Delina Graveling, ootebesl e i nh ol Slow Wi meningitis; Timothy ~Shea, arterlo| % peautiful plant, thero is move thun schrosis: Douglas P. Auclalre, acute|f: 5]l a¢te, A party went from here indigestion; Kazanis Guozds, prema- B 1S oSl suag o Sae ture birth; Hattie Bmeline Oldershaw, Ty Daniction hows i o . the Quinebaug, it is the opinion e Dut liy that the seeds came down the Bertha Rose Ella Gravelin, Carlos v and were thrown into the edd Montague Brown, Helen Mafgaret it was found Monday. There Dawley, ——— Denome, Helena Mil- | are seven big bunches now, in three ka. John Peter Zarebavier, Joseph| years the whole ppint will be a beau- Howard Leonel Pepin, Edward Golace, [ {iful sight. It came from England. Kasinus Gwozdz. The botany locates it anywhere from Nova Scotia to Delaware. It may be Three Marriages. Alfred O. Palmer ‘and Lillian M. Sawyer, Leon Banaka and Bertha Ga- 3 X = lhitfemores Shoe Polishes LARGEST VARIETY seen in the perfection of its beauty at (Danielsom. The credit for its discovery here goes to Miss S. K. Adams. Expects Big Hay Yield. L. M. Carpenter is cutting one of the finest piecgs of gr: in Griswold He expects o get on East Mnain street. Borough Small Notes. Workmen are shingling the roof of the belfry tower on the Ashiand new mill. Tt is a dizzy job as they are 100 feet from the ground. Miss Adelalde Burdick is a few weeks in Woonsocket, R. L Mrs. A. M. Clarke and son, David, and Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Hiscox were among the visitors at the Y. M. C. A. Camp Kilkare, Niantic, Tuesday. Mrs. F. D. Ballou will entertain the Ladles’ society of the Congregational church at a Jawn social on Thursday afternoon at her home in Sylvandale. Miss Ethel Fiske is spending a week at Gales Ferry STAFFORD SPRINGS The Rev. Felix J. O'Neil of Stafford Springs has been the guest of his cousin, J. T. O'Rourke of Vine street, Bridgeport, form with sponge) - Iy e Worcester Hotel Company Bankrupt. s fleans, BUCK, WUBUCK. | Boston, July 14.—The Worcester fi:‘ s s ey rornd White cakes | Hotel - company was petitioned into some, large aluminum boxes, with sponge, 25c. does ot rp ity ke WHITTEMORE BROS. & CO., 20.26 Albany Street, Cambridge, Mass. The Oldest and Largest Manufacturvers of Shoe Polishes in the World. bankruptcy by creditors in the United States district court today. The peti- tioners, the People’s Coal compan: Maxwell & Berg and George Pads-. all of Worcester, claim that the hotel “cester Brewing company A high-grade, speedy, single-acting jack. Con- venient to and operate. Height down 11, inches; 4%, lbs. Will lift any touring car. Delivered to any address in Connecticut on re- ceipt of $1.50. ; THE C. S. MERSICK & CO., ; : State-Street, . New Haven, Cenn. S | the parlors of the Second Congrega- | | tional church. Miss Virginia Tanner | of Boston, who has charge of the pa- | { Eeant, was present and addressed the | six tons off his lot | spending | company gave preference to the Wor- | Adell. Automobile Jaeck raised 16/, inches, weight CHARLES B. WHEATLEY DEAD. Prominent Real Estate Owner and Leading Citizen of Danielson—Was of Norwich Ancestry, trict Deputy Vi —Pastors to Note Cmunmali Dani July 14.—Charles B, the most prominent son, one of | | | Wheatley, | The | special school investigating|men of Danielson, died at his home committee has nearly completed IlS|on Broad street, Tuesday night at 9.55 work. It probable, however, that | s | after an illness of one week following the special town meeting for the pur-|a very | pose of hearing the committee's report | ya1e 3 will be called before the end of this month. serious illness of four and a years ago. Mr. Wheatley been in a precarious state of health, : but had been able to be about until Visit from District Deputy. | within a few days and to give atten- District Deputy R. W. Hewitt of| Middletown made an official visit Mon- | day evening at the regular meeting of | Pequot council, R. A. f Preparing for Pageant. | A meeting of all those from all parts| of the town who are to participate in | the pageant parade of Stonington cen- | tennnial was held Tuesday evening in | meeting. Monday | a session of the pageant committee the home of Mrs. E. P. York. fiernoon there was ! it f | | Churches to Ngte Anniversary. In response to the request of the | Stonington battle centennial committee | j that all the churches of the township | hall hold patriotic services on Sunday morning, Aug. 9, favorable replies have | been re thus far from the fol- St. Michael's Roman Cathelic, o Congregational, ond' Congregational, bor- Mary's Roman Catholic, bo: - | ; Calvary ~ Episcopal, borough; | First' Baptist, borough; St. Patrick's Roman Catholic, Mystic; Methodist, | Mystie, and Congregational, Mystic. Police Regulations. | CHARLBS B. WHEA | The executive celebration commitice | has arranged with Deputy Sher: | F. Broughton and Sherifft W, H. C; | to have charge of the police during | August celebration. <€ver 30 men, | clusive of the railroad detectives, will | |be the detail assigned from nearby | towns and eities for the occasion, About the Borough. The biweekly meeting of the Ston- | st TLEY tion to his many interests. His phyesical condition w such, however, that little hope was entertained for his recovery since he became suddenly and seriously ill last week. Mr. Wheatley was one of the own- j€rs of the Connecticut Mills property and of other miil property on Schcol street and a holder of much other real {ington W. C. T. U. was held Tuesday | €State in Danielson and Wauregan. He | afternoon_at the home of Mrs. T. W.|Was very much interested in the de- Hy e O, Bitn strace. | velopment of Danlelson and was al- The Holy Ghost society, a religiois| Ways one of the foremost and most | fraternity among the Portuguese, is | !iberal in aiding the promotion of pub- planning to hold its first annual gath- | lic énterbrises, fering soon after Aus. 10. Charles B. Wheatley was born In | The Stonington troops of Boy Scouts | Norwich, Conn., Dec, 22, 1§35, and re- met Tuesday evening and practiced |ceived his education in his native city. drilling for the coming celebration. ! When he was 21 he entered the paint- Mr. and Mrs, F., D. Simmons of ing business,{in which he continued Providence were recent guests of Mr. until February, 1839, in Norwich, That and Mrs. ‘Richard Wilkinson, |year he removed to Wauregan, where Mr. and Mrs. H. F, Thomas have he followed his-‘trade gnd, In_April, moved from the Smith house on Cutler | 1861, he enlisted in Company B, Sec street to the Gates house on Water | ond Connecticut Volunteer infantry street. ang participated in the battle of Bu Dr. and Mrs. C, Wesley Hale and| Run, being discharged in August, 186 daughter Fiona of North Stonington ThLis _enlistment was under the first were guésts Monday of Dr. and Mrvs.|call for troops for three months' ser- | Charles O. Maine. vice. He was the first man to enlist Mr. d Mrs. John Young have re-|in this section. FEarly in the war he turned \after visiting in Willimantic, was elected captain of Company B, 8th Capt. Samuel B. Pendleton of the U, Connecticut volunteers, and though he engineer department has returned |drilled the company at Hartford and i to Hyannis, Mass., after a brief visit ati prepared it for the front, circumstan- his home in the borough. } ces prevented his going fo the seat of Will Move from Lynn, | war with the command, Leon Jarvis of Lynn. Mass Mr. Wheatley returned to Wauregan tered the employ and in the spring of 1862 opened a hine company. He left town Monday ! boot and shoe store in ahat village. for his home in lynn to pack his!To this he added ut different pertods household goods and will take up his | groceries, clothing, hats, caps, mil- residence in Stonington the latter part of this week. B Darrow York “after spen and varied ‘business 18, has en- of the Atwood Ma- | s returned to New . Bridge, Miss Amelia Cumningham and ding a few days at| Walter Cunningham of Pravidence. Cove Lawn. his summer home. / | Miss Margaret Wentworth has re- C. E. Pike of Pittsfield, Mass, ‘is|turned to Washington, D. C., after a making a visit to his summer home at | visit to Dr. and Mrs, James H, Weeks. | Wamphassett Point. { There was an atfendance of %8 at Mr, and Mrs. Themas J.- McCormick | the - Hecond - Congregatio Y have as guests Miss- Lillian - Me- Fschool Sundegs - ° ¢ - { i had | T | linery, dry" goods, furniture and other | lines’ and’ eventually came to own and | conduct one of the largest general | stores in the eastern part of the state. His stock was a very valuable one {and he conducted a business that was very profitable. Mr. Wheatley became wealthy before he disposed of his busi- ness a few years after he moved to Danielson, in 1895 In that year Mr. Wheatley acquired a site and constructed on Broad street here one of the most beautiful homes in the borough. He soon came to take an active part in important borough |affairs ang during the past few years ! the citizens came to know how valu- | able a citizen he was and to what lengths he would go in backing im- | portant profects for the public good with his time and money. As the { vears have gone by he has proved to |De a real public benefactor of Daniel- | son. Mr. Wheatley was of colonial stock, the first of the name in this -state being James Wheatley, who settled at Wethersfield in 1635. Mr. Wheatley s the son of Joseph and Maria (A s) Wheatley her’ heatley e . 1860, to East Killingly, was born a son, of ch, ative city as first married fiss Lydia Pray, nd of this unton Willie Winslow, who during the early vears of his manhood {was associated in business with his { father in Wauregan, afterwards con- i ducted the store, and now makes his whic his_mc v home here. Mrs, Wheatley died Jan- uary Ist, 1905, Mr. Wheatley was again married in 1500 to Mrs. Luella Miller, of Milford, { Mass. by ywhom he is survived. | Mr Wheatley was a prominent mem- ber of fraternal organizations, having been identified at the time of his death or at times during his life with the Masonic societies, the Odd Fel- lows, A. O, U. W., O. U. A. M. He was a member of the G. A. R, Mr. | Wheatley was a member of the Con- gregational church. As a Mason Mr. Wheatley was a member of Moriah lodge of Danielson, Warren chapter. R. A. M., Montgom- ery council. R. S. M. also of Dantel- on, Columbian Commandery, K. T. Norwich. Allepo Temple of the Mystic shrine, Boston. He was also prom- | inent as an Odd Fellow and was active vears ago in forming the branches of this order at Central Village. Oxygen For Insanity. A new and extraordinary use for oxygen has just been found by Dr. Toulouse, chief physician of the Ville- valuable aid in the treatment of mad- ness. Dr. Toulouse makes certain that tne oxygen in the steel cylinders in which he recelves it is pure and free from | nitrogen; ‘then he fllis small glass flasks with it. A rubber bulb enabics him to regulate the pressure In the flaskls, and a rubber tube connects these with a fine hypodermic needie. Through this 250 cublc centimetres of oxygen are injected under the skin. A physician who has watched Juif Insane Asylum. He finds it a most | the | GOING TO HEADQUARTERS When Jack was called “Jackie” and | was looking for his first job as office boy he absolutely refused to see any body except the president of the com- pany. He politely declined the jwof- | fered service of the stenographer and | then of the office manager. saw the president come out he walk ed up to him. So Jackie got the job. Naturally, as he became older, grew into the rule of mnever seeins any one but the highest in authorit; He said it was a good rule, and he usvally got what he wanted. When the telephone was out order, instead of arguing with operators he wrote the president. When he wanted to purchase a half dozen shirts or a dozen handkerchiefs or a new rug for his room he wrote the head buyer of the particular de- partment and made an appointment By this audacious method Jack went of the serenely through lifp and never real- ized that there anything worth while below the calm and quiet sur- where he dweit. Katie. face of hfgh authority All this was before he met There was something about Katie that puzzled him as well as charmed him. Katie looked for bargains, and said that she'd infinitely rather be in the hubbub of sale than closeted with the general manager, beca ise she had so much more time to pick and choose. Although Katie didn't like serenit a very long letter, telling of his pros pects and of his hopes. cult communication to write. Jack was tired when he had finished It. With an anxious heart he carried it over to Katie in order that she might read it and mail it herseif. “Oh, but,” Katle's tone was tragic- ally soft as she spoke. “I havent : sald Jack, in_agony, | bedause he had hurt her. He felt | that he would better write her moth- er, then. So he carried his letter | home and rewrote it, making it more | personal and not so businesslike. | Such a letter as a mother would be | pleased with, he felt. Then he went back to Katle: “Oh, Jack,” she said. “but I haven't | any—" She hesitated agan. Jack flushed. He felt cruel to remind her When he | he | a bit, somehow Jack appealed to her. Perhaps this was because the JOUng man's views were so entirely nove At any rate, it wasn't very long be- | fore Jack decided that he'd like to see her a great deal oftener than present circumstances permitted— he'd like it to be every day, in fact. And Katie, when he broached tne subject, rather shyly and demuraiy told him he'd better go to headquart- ers So Jack sat down to write an ex- planatory letter to her father. Tt was | It wasa diffi- ' operation and its effects upon patients of her loss. He hadn’t dreamed that patlents in & condition of acute mental | always felt that her peéople lived in confusion, who are always greatly im- | the country, and that she was just says the resulis are remarkable among | she was an orphan. Somehow he had ' | boanding in the city to work. Sarely | he must have misuniderstood her hint. | So he braced up, and without furs | that ado comforted Katie as best hi knew how. And when Katie had snuggled down, smiling and confl- dential, she sighed happily. “We must tell father and mother as soon as possible! Oh, I'm so very happy, Jack!” | Jack's arms relaxed. “Your father and mother?” he said, blankly. “But ou sald you didn’t have any— | " “Any stamps!” finished Katle, de- exclaimed Jack, breaking. Then he caught half hidden smile. “You did ha ac- cused ‘I was afraid you'd take too long at headquarters!” she confessed, “and, besides, I wanted you to learn how real comfortable it is to deal with the lesser things once in a while!"— Chicago News. the e light it on purpose! Engineers Decline to Arbitrat Chicago, July 14—Representatives of 55,000 engineers and firemen on 98 western railroads today declared that they would not accept arbitration of their wage differences under the Erc- man act, but would continue negotia- tions with their employe: Old Newspaper Man Dead. Boston, Jaly 14.—John Gardner Beals, founder of the New York News- paper union and at onme time part owner of the Boston Post, died from heart failure at his home here today. He was 78 years old. Each cell in New York city will be provided with a Bible. prisons FROM BOSTON —TO— LONDON, PARIS, HAMBURE Assuring Arefesl in Pasis 7 Day Palatial Steamers of the Hamburg-American Line “Cleveland” July 21, 10 AM. | B “Amerika” Aug. 1, 9 A. M. Steamers leav ‘ommonwealth Pler, South Noxton. For Information. | 607 Boylston Sireot, Bowton, Manss., or Locai Agents. few injections The excited and v tims of insomnia become calm and luetd. In the case of acute manfa, demen- ta,, epileptic fits and certain cases of | melancholia good results have been { obtained. The oxygen treatment is now being tried upon other forms of insanity—Sunday Times of Africa, proved and often cured entirely by IF IT SWIMS | Flounders; also choice Long 77U} Necks sent out on ice. The French Line steamer Virginie, which was disabled- on her vovage from New York to Havre, wes towed to Havre by_the British freighter Eto- ¥ ntan - = v %2 { A POWERS BROS., WE HAVE IT Direct from. Block Island today, Bluefish, Swordfish Neck Clams, Lobsters. Little 10 Rose Place