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On Probation Another Month. ‘the police court ‘morning City and Oliver Ritchie pleaded guilty to intoxi- | cation and paid fines and costs of $9.60 each. The probation term of Gladys South- increased another month, m bation Oficer W. C. flk’”‘ . dition noted, with a iizo give advice aad help City's Health in Good Condition. City Health Officer Dr. W. P. 8. Keating reports that the city was sin. gularly free from contagious diseases during the month of July, with the measics. Nindteen cases Monthly Change fo Beats. The regular monthly change of the patrolmen’s beats is now in effect, Of- ficer Manley doing day or traffic duty, Officer MacArthur 'upper Main street, Officer Enander the center beu. Jaulhus Jackson street Grady the Sodom beat. Now Is : Your Chance TO OWN A ‘Officer Caught Finger on Right Hand. Edward Wood, employed by the J. M. Tatem Handle company, was treat- londay. for an accident sustained while at work at his occupation. Wood was tending a machine When one of the fingers of his right bhand was caught between two pleces of Nememllmbmkcllnflmm- braised the young fan got bis hand free After the wound had been flra-ed he_went back to work at the factory. Special Prices .~ FOR A FEW DAYS. OBITUARY. Ofon 8. Chaffee. Olon S. Chaffee for many a well known manufacturer in Mansfield, died at his home in Chaffeeville about midnight Sunday, after a long iliness with heart trounie. He as a native of Mansfield, born Nov. 855, son of Orwell S. and Lu:lnd-. (Con-nt) Chaffce. He aitended the public schools for a time, and later went to the private School of Dr. J. C. Fitch at Norwalk. He then returned and went to work in his father's factory, going through all of the departments, until at his father's death in 1388 he assumed full charge of the business. In February, 1902, the Dbusiness was remeved to Montville and increased. About two years ago Mr. Chaffee retired and re- turned to Mansfield. The deceased was a republican in politics, representing Mansfleld in 1882 in the gereral assembly, and the 2ith district in the senate of the same body in 1903 He was a member at one time of the Hartford club and the Putnam Phalanx, and was well known through- out the stat There survive one brother, Col. Dwisht Chaffee, of this nephews and a niece. Telephone FUNERAL. Daniel Connell. HIRAM N. FENN . The funeral of Daniel Comnell was INDERTAKER and EMBALMER,|Reld from hie late home, No. 82 Church St, Willimantic, Ct. | fotiowes oy, saqoiom w0 inE; church, at Murray's Boston Store WILLIMANTIC, CONN. SILK SWEATER COATS N Emmmmuwenumédfwmw cation, whether you go to the or seashore, get a KNITTED SILK SWEATER COAT. We have them in dif- :ferent styles and a large variety of colors and shades. A J. cty, two ing Specialty Willimantio blue and green| At $7.50—Rose, with black and white without beit. borders, belt and cuffs to match. | At $589—Changeshle gold and white| S8nd. With black and white border " " and green and white with belt | eIt 8nd cufts to match. ~ Solld colors with belt, rose, gold,|At $1250—Pure Fibre Silk, changea- Belgian blue, cardinal, sand, -emerald ble Belglan blue and -and Copenhagen biue. belted. THE H. C. MURRAY CO. courteous service, rtness and hb‘ffll‘t‘y in dealing, and a n % { own aflurs. chmcte ONAL BANK, chh aims thereby to f,x. .;mm: with customers relations that shall m twwmuy permanent, pleasmt and Mrs, to Willimantic to be the *| triends. Plerre Mathis part: of his vaca Miss May M: is In New Haven for the remainder of the week. Miss Bdna Loulse Vandermsn is spending a week in Wallingford. Albert Richards, who spent Sunday In this city, left Monday for Hartford. Rev. Mother Tharsilla and Sister l[. thum spent Monday in Hartford. George Hanks is entertaining her niece, who lives in Canton, Mass. Mr. and -~ Mrs. H. C. Wiggins are guests of friends on Long Island for three weeks. Mrs. Elmer Simmouns and daughter Mr. a%%?:% A. Spicer has fiéfi#« Whtfi. er_ two years while Teturned Monday to their home | to Evelyn in Hartford. ur and Mrs. O. E. Sweet have re- turned to Hartford after a few days' visit in this eity. Local people who went to Fartford Monday were John Reilley, John Mulli~ gan and A. P. Benner. Mrs. A. T. Trobridge and daughter are in ch‘pun for a week, visiting Mrs. Trobridge’s mother. George Huntington of Shirley, Mas. has returned to his home after a fort: night spent with relatives here. Mrs, Burke returned Monday from Mo where she hll boen the guest of her son, Thomas Burke Rufus Worden of South wmlnnon awas in this city uenm S hls parents, Mr. and George Miss May Shepard, who has been spending three weeks with friends in Sterling, returned to her home in this city Monday. Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Grim Edward, Jr., of New Yotk l-re at Rack of Ages cottage, at Lake Waugambaug, for two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Cotter of Boston, who spent the week end and Sunday at Lake Waugambaug, left Monday for their home. Several members of the Dunlevy family, Miss Agnes Nelligan and Thomas Moriarty have returned from an extended stay in Canada. Willimantic Clmp Ground |3 Tri-County Fhld Day to Be Held Next Week—News of the Campers Gath- ered Here and There. ‘The tri-county field day and annual field meeting of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of New London, Tolland and 'Windham counties will be held on the Willimantic camp ground Thursday, August 12 at 1.30 p. m. A 5 |80ld medal contest, chorus solos and duets, with other attractions will make this one of the very best of field days. The date of the field a postponed to the day previous, mmdy Thursday, August 12. Here and There. Mrs. W. B. Bean has returned from nockvm Frances MacIntire has gone to vlsu friends in Suffield. Mrs, Mary D. Taylor friends in New London, Charles Prentice is visiting friends in New London for a few days. Howard Dolbeare of Norwich is vis- iting his cousin, Percival Harwood. Miss Jessio Smith of New London is spending a few days at her cottage. Ernest Weller of Providence spent Sundny and Monday with his family. is visiting H.:Adams has returned from a vmx Wwith her daughter in Groton. Dr. W, H. Gane and family, of Wil- limantic, spent Sunday in their cot- Mh. Dorothy Wheeler and Miss Marion Sponsel are visiting in Provi- dence. Miss Nettie Devon of Highland park has arrived at her cottage on Haven avenue, Miss Martha Bothwell of Hartford has arrived at her cottage on Janes avenue. Martha A. Nichols has gone guest of Mrs, H. N. Lillie and Miss Helen Dunford of New London were recent callerg on the ground. A service e held in. the Niantic|L. house Sunday at 7 p. m. Capt. H. M. led the meeting. Rev, ¥, C. Baker and family, of Ar- nold’s Mill, B L, have arrived at their cottage on Haven avenue, Mrs, W. S, MacIntire has returned to her home in New Bedford after a montiry stay at her cottage on Havén 'W!nmu Davis, m- Anna D.- fll and Marion Bishop, of Coram, L. The Way They Weave - the Yarn elose weave weed to you bearing tion through received hy the farmers with much whlnh ‘were fimfl ln thls town and Lisbon is '!'u over $1,000. Auto Travel Heavy. Sunday there was the usual MM! of automobiles over the state and as usual there was in many :a.-u H::lle regard paid to a mcderate speed it. An Interested Main street residen’ suggests that the town ao whn one western Connecticut town last it would apply to .vewen City bridge with telephone connections be- tween the two. A speeding automobile or motorcycle at one gate would find itself stopped at the other end by o gate across the road. Hen Thisves at Work. Hen thieves are again busy in town. Last Friday night eight fine fowls wero stolen from Wililam Robertson’s coops on Mechanic street. Saturday night several of the owners of fine poultry on that street were on watch all night and the marauder as assured & warm reception on any and all subsequent visits, Investigated Sheep Losses. Sunday First Selectman James Il Shea was called to the farm of James ‘erry to investigate his sheep loss by dogs last week. His fine flocks have been visited twice within & few days all k! has been six valuable sheep. iill the two that were so badly tled as to be Suffering with no hope of getting well. It §s not known who owns the dogs. Mr. Terry’s boy hit one Saturday, a small yeliow cur, with & charge of buckshot bur. it got away. Personals, Howard Campbell of Bayonne, N. J., 1s spending = few days with his fath’ o, B8, Campbell of Lisbon. Miss Dorothy Burleson returned from Bast River on Monday. She was t | accompanied by Oine Flo Brower of Bast Orange, N. Miss .ve.nn Burle.on is vldfln‘ her cousin, Miss Anita Raymond, m Now Block Tsland for & week. Mercury at 92. Jewett City has just passed through its most heated term this summer. For four days the mercury ranged from §6 to 92, with very high hu- midity. Heavy showers Monday Drought a litle, reliet, STAFFORD SPRINGS Local People Attended Old Home Cel- ebration at Wales — Interesting Notes. Dr. A. O, Comins is spending a two weeks' vacation in Toronto and other Canadian cities. Miss Mabel Webber of Springfield s the guest of Miss Carrie Comins. ‘Several Stafford people attended the Old Home celebration in Wales on '0od’s band of the Springs William H. Jenkins. The body of William H. Jenkins was brought from Springfield to Stafford Springs Saturday evening and the fu- neral took place from the home of his brother, George Jenkins, in Stafford ‘Hollow, Sunday afternoon at 2.30. Rev. B. Curtise of the Baptist church officlated and burial was in the Staf. ford street cemetery. Besides his wife, the deceased leaves three brothers, Thomas of Stafford . Springs, Secces ana Hugh Jeokins of Stafford Notes. Work is_being rushed fn dation for‘the new bloek lor ufl » W, Stengle on. Main street beputy Bherift Louls Heim has been qulu"fll for several 's With pneu- ‘mon! George H. Call, who is summer at his cottage at oln Narragansett bay, was here for a s visit Monday. arroll Allen has returned from & yacation spent at beaches about Boston ‘Massachusetts. Migs Vianie B. Shaw returned Mon- @ay from a visit at her home in Wor- cester, Chatles . Dayton, who has been at . E, Labelle's Dayville store, has transferred to the Danielson Mr. and Mrs. Frank Leach and son Mass., are guests gt lr. B. Wheatley of the ‘Wi Rev. W. D, Swaffield of the B-.m church will preach at a union service in-the Methodist church next Sunday morning. Mrs. W. W. Woodward, who has been visiting with relatives in Philadelphia for & ‘month. pest. I8 expected here within a few Miss Florence Danielson is spen: a few weeks at Woodbury, this state. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney P. Marland are removing from Broad street to River- view. Rermmn D. Fred Kenworthy, Ralph Young, Frank L. Bennett, George Wfllhnu Irank Wood and Willtam B. Harrington are to be in session of this week. Rev. and Mrs. Lawrence L. Barber of Greens Farms are to motor here tomorrow from that place for a briel visit with Rev. Mr. Barber's parents, Rev. and Mrs. Clarence H. Barber. Principal and Mrs. Ernest Ross War- ren, Wwho were married at Knoxville, Tenn., the latter part of June, are ex- pected to return here this week. They were at -Manchester, N. H., Monday. Friday WEDDING. Doyle—Grimes. At _St. Joseph's church in Dayville Monday morning Miss Annie Grimes, whose home is in Pomfret, but who has been employed here, and John ‘Doyle of Maple street were united in mar- riage by Rev. Ignatius Kost. The at- tending couple was Miss Agnes Grimes, sister of the bride, and Henry Dubuc of Danielson. To Teach at Killingly High. Paul Swaflield, brother of Rev. W. D. Swaffield, has been elected a mem- ber of the faculty of Killingly High school and will teach history and some of the sciences. Mr. Swaffleld has been teaching during the past school year at Colby academy in Maine. He will, in a degree, act as an assistant principal; Mr. Swafleld is a fine ath- ete and will undoubtedly prove a great acquisition in advancing the interests of school athletics as an Incident of his work at the local institution. Fined for Stealing Milk. Huget Ishma was before Judge W. F. Woodward in the town court Monday morning to face a charge of having stolen a can containing elsht quarts of milk. He was aiso Peaisiing Gopstabje Harbert Jomss of ‘Williamsville, where he was put under arrest. Ishma pleaded guilty to steal- ing the milk, not guilty to resisting the officer, though the court found him g;l‘ ilty on this charge. The fine on the t count was $3, on the second count $2. the costs bringing the total that Ishma paid for his release up to $21.04. Claims Work Unsatisfactory. One of the few civil cases ever heard in the town court of Killingly was tried out before Judge W. F. Wood- ward Monday forenoon. It was one in which the plaintiff, Wiltred Briere, of Dayville, sought to recover the sum of $21.50 from M. Goldwater of this place for work done in repairing Mr. Goldwater’s automobile delivery vehi- cle after it had been ed in a collision with another machine near Labelle’s building in Dayville. Mr. Goldwater, represented by Attorney Charles L. Torrey of Putnam, claimed that the work done by Mr. Briere was unsatisfactory and that he afterwards had to take the machine to a Putnam garage for further attention. Judge Woodward found in favor of Mr. Briere. Attorney Torrey filed an ap- peal to the superior court. TO REDUCE BOARD OF SELECTMEN. Killingly to Have Three Instead of Five —Board of Relief Likewise Affected. Killingly’'s board of selectmen, through the operation of a law enacted at the last session of the general as- sembly, will be reduced from five to three members this fall. This is an end for which various parties have striven at various times through past August %6, John G. Johneon. Will Go to Westbrook. The cholr of the . en-m -m‘ fl ‘They " Bedard's oo':‘.fl Have Established Permanent Camp. | At Cnms Pleasant on the north shore ol Alenn er's )AKIA. Putnam men have mlnfllt mm) of the kind m‘.n".'m au-a-ng is one of Lt ding | miles from this city. In Kreutzer Sonata. Nance O'Neil in Kreutzer Sonata gave an extraordinary formance at the B Bradiey rs. Charles L, o Pataam He Hmu at 350 Moni ernoon. She had been in poor for about two years. Mrs. Porter leaves one daughter, Mrs, Charles L. Her husband years ago. Mrs. Porter was a native of New York state. To Observe First Anniversary. Next Sunday evening there is to be a first anniversary ol ering is to be in St. John's hall, idence street. Attorney Telesphore act covering Killingly, this town must accept the reduction. Heretofore Killingly voters have al- ways turned down the proposition that an act of the legisiature is about to force. There have been sons for this, but the vanced was the claim llingly, & Town of numerous villages, would Hot have all communities of it represented on @ board of three members. was learned Monday that the Hkeilhood is- that thers will D6 six candidates for the three places on the board; that is, after the caucuses. The republicans, democréts and progres- sives will each nomimate the number of candidates allowed each party—two —but how many candidates will strug- gle for the nominations in the party caucuses is, of course, only to be con- it this time. The reduction of the number of members of the board to thres will probably result in a small saving to the town for selectmen’s services each year. MISS CLARA BAKER HAD NARROW ESCAPE. Auto Furniture Van Crashed Into Touring Car When Steering Gear Went Wreng. Miss Clara Baker, night operator at the local telephone exchange, was one of a party of seven that had a narrow escape from injury in an automobile smashup on the Providence turnpike, between Greene and Summit, R. L, on Sunday, Mies Baker. het fxther George along the fine state road a big auto- mobile furniture van hove in sight, en route from New Bedford to ERNEST M. ARNOLD PUTNAM, CONN. % ‘s |Specialist in Inactive and each year, to serve a term of years. ‘The act under which the board of selectmen will be reduced is chaptes 1)7. vubun acts of 1915, providing tha town having a population of nm elect ~ Unlisted Stocks and Bonds Correspondence Solicited Special attention given to handling mmwlmuw LOUIS E. KENNEDY DANIELSON Undertaker and Embalmer th | be aenuine CASTORIA Auwavs Bears the Signature of In Use For Over 30 Years The Kind You Have Always Bought May Play Five Games. On account of the extraordinary en- thusiasm over the inter-city baseball ed to five in number. done the present time without disadvantage to either team, ag each has won a victory, but there geries would end with the N‘ game at Southbridge next Saturday. Visiting Clergy to Preach, ‘Three visiting clergy will at 8t. Phillip's Church a Augaet The Rev. Philip Sidney Irwin, rector month. The, Rev. C. J, Harriman wil' celebrate thé holy communion on Fri- 6, the feast of the Trans § o'clock; and every Sun. every ‘sunday &t 0. 45, except on Au- gust Sth. The present plan is to hold the an- nual picnic for the Sunday school and the people of the mission in_general, on Thursday, August 19th at Rossiand pari New Britain—Tax Collector Berna- dotte Loomis the total amount of collections during July was 3638, $70. year ago, the _collections amounted to $588,576.90. The collec- tions on Saturday alone totalled $176,- 21679, : BIRCH BEER ‘4 '-rb Let the Children Treat at Home A drink of cool, sparkling Clicquot Club Birch Beer just “hits the spot” with the kiddies on a'hot day. Get a case into your cellar and let them “treat” at home. Clicquot is honest birch beer with the deli~ cious flavor of birch bark, confectioner’s dugar and highly carbonated water drawn from the purest of underground springs. Two glasses of caressing coolness in each bottle. Made bv the makers of Clicouot Club Ginger Ale. Bulletin ° GOOD FOR Coupon FIVE VOTES Deposit this Coupon in ballot box at Deacon’ Store, Putnam. Fill out properly on space below.