The Press., 1908-05-13
NEONRnN.

Miss M. s. Chapman has moved
 from the Beach house to North Mon.
 son.
 The Lanigan house has again been Iquarantined for diphtheria, a family
 upstairs having the disease.
 Herbert H. Hall has moved his
 family to Palmer. where he has for
 some time been engaged in business. Jonas Thompson has moved his goods into the house on North Main street recently vacated by Herbert
 Hall.
 Earl Gallup of the Connecticut
 Agricultural college has taken a posi- tion as overseer of the W. N. Flynt Granite company's farm.
 Oecelia Bowden, infant child of MT and Mrs William Bowden, was buried Wednesday afternoon in the Catholic cemetery. The cause of her death was marasmus
 The board of engineers of the fite department have organized with D, B Needham, chief; M. O. Howe, first assistant, clerk and treasurer i; F. J. Entwistle, second assistant and superintendent of the fire alarm
 Professor Morrall was pleasantly surprised on Wednesday evening by sudden ringing of the door bell at Oushman Hall Upon anwsering the call he found handsome May basket. Of course, he caught the young ladies. He reports a good time
 Mrs. Mary E. Doyle, aged 69. died in her home on Green street Saturday, the 2d, after few weeks illness of heart trouble. She was born in Ken. more county. Wexford, Ireland; and was among the first of the Irish settlers in the town. coming here nearly sixty years ago. Mrs. Doyle is survived by five children. Wm. J. of Boston, Frank s. of California, Richard P.. Mrs M. J. Welsh and Margaret E. of this town. The funeral was held in St. Patrick s church Tuesday morning. with al solemn high mass of requiem. Rev Thomas O'Keefe was celebrant: Rev. F. Lane. deacon, and Rev. Wm. FOran, sub-deacon. Burial was in the family lot in St. Thomas ceme. tery, Palmer. Rev. J. H. Riordan of All Saints church, Ware, officiated at the grave.
 Myron Pike, 55, we'll known locally, where he had been a carpen- ter for many years, committed suicide by shooting himself in the left tempt. at the home of Miss Etta Soper in where he had been board. ing, about 15 Wednesday morning Mr. Pike had been living in fIamn- den for the past five weeks He was out of work, and went to that towp from Monson in the hope of finding l to do, but had been unsuc. cessful. He Lad no money, and ha0 borrowed a small sum from his landg ! lady to meet some small expensesi l being still further indebted to hey Tor his board since he had been in | aampden. While the family wak 3 ,ting breakfast about 2 o'clock MT: Pike was pacing back and forth in the kitchen in a dejected manner, and he was then heard to go upstairs. A lew minutes later Miss Soper heard pistol shot and the fall of body. l She went to his room, and found him lifeless, with bullet wound in his left temple. He had taken the 32e ,aliber pistol from Miss Soper's bureau drawer, where she was accustomed to zeep it loaded. Dependency was no loubt the cause of his act. Medical Examiner E. A. Bates of Springfield vas notified, and viewed the body fbout 10 o'clock here Wednesday morning. MT. Pike was we'll known lere, having worked here for several ,ears in the straw shop. He leaves wo daughters, Mrs. Frank Perry of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Mrs. Lester Vaterman of Monson, and one son, Jharles L. Pike of Palmer. He also caves Q brother, Sumner l.. Pike of and one sister, Mrs. Henry