Putnam patriot., 1908-07-24

thursday, for trip to Nova Scotia.
 Miss Fannie Eddy of Pawtueket k. l., is the guest of her sister. Mrs. F.. H. Payne.
 Miss Jennie Wheeler of New Ha. ven is visiting her cousin. Mrs. Hiram N. Brown, Oak Hill.
 l Miss AnnieCutler and Miss Marion Litchfieid are spending few days at | Crescent Beach.
 Herman C. Carver and family have returned from weeks outing at Mys- tic, Watch Hill and Norwich.
 Frank Foster of Toledo, Ohio. W as the guest of Mrs Mortimer Gascoigne and family the past week A. W. Bowen has bought of W. Il. Mansfield house on South Main street formerly the Putnam Creamery.
 MT. Percy Waterman took MT. E. (. Rogers party, in his automobile, to Providence, on Wednesday. Time:- about an hour each way.
 Reuben Sykes is to move his fami- ly from Florence street to the house on Bradley street recently occupied by Jere Emery.
 Miss Mary Johnson, Grove street i, is entertaining Miss Viola Collins of Hartford, former teacher in the Is- rael Putnam school.
 -G. Byron Morse and his brother. Milton S. Morse, made q record catch of bass at Webster lake Tuesday They caught 2s fish the two largest weigh ing } l-2 and 1.2 bounds.
 Miss Edith Foster, with her broth CT, Dr. Harold II. Foster, of New York, and friends from Fall River, New York and Montclair, \. J., are spending q few weeks at Pemaquid Point, Me.
 CARD-Tbe undersigned wish to re- turn their heartfelt thanks for the sym pathy and assistance rendered them in their recent afiiietion.
 MRS. II. +. HURLBCT,
 II. RAY HURLBIr.
 Mrs. Arthur NJ. Clark has been en- teftaining her sister from Franklin, Mass, Miss Eldora Alderman, and her sister from Woodstock, Miss Alice AL derman, and Mrs. Payne from New ' ofk.
 Isaac ehampeaa and J. P. Gagne are remembering Putnam friends with souvenir post cards. They are now in Quebec. haNing made the visit to the Canadian eits ds side trip aftef at= tending tine Eiks, convention atpalias, Texas, as representatives from Putnam lodge.
 Judge Roraback has handed down a decision Tn the eases of Peter Massey vs Minnie Yarrock and o. Koininski, overriding defendants demurrers. The defendants demurred on the ground that they could not be joined i'll one action Torrey X Geissler for plaintiff, Searls X Russellffor defendants. The action is one of tort for the fraudulent sale of horse.
 MT. Robert Smith, Vice President ol the New London Wash Silk G., and Samuel Rich, Treasurer Of the Hampton silk Company, were regis tered at the Ocean House Watch Hill, last Tuesday. Mir Rich makes Mr. smith embroidery and knitting silks. They report greater activity in their line.
 pr. Neil Macphatter, Miss Holt, and Mir. and Mrs. C. A. Hammond, made q party to Watch .Iiil, by sleam- CT Block Island, from New London, on Tuesday, spending the day at the Ocean House They met the Hon ltd- win Miner there, his home for the sea son, who took the party to Westerly in his Thomas Flyer auto. NIT. liam mond also met Col Frank w. Cheney, of Cheney Bros. ,lkings of the SIX oa- siness, Manchester, Conn.
 a-Electrie storms in this part ot the State, have been quite frequent tor few weeksi past, the lightning do- ing damage in various places, In tue storm last Saturday, a bolt of lightning struck the Whittemore house on fafk street, opposite the Fair grounds now occupied by Peter Duryea. The iight- hing tore large hole through the rooi, knocked out window on the front oi the; house, and ripped of the clap boards on the side as if they were not fastened. The building did not take fire. and none of the inmates were in- jured. Those W ho saw the disaster rom the outside say it was terri1c slgh'- a binding flash, loud roar ana shower of splintered wood, as the light- ming flashed through the building.
 Miss Rosanna Daigle, aged i'i the daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Joseph Daigle, died Monday evening Al hef home on Harrison street. Death ioi- lowed brief and peculiar Illness that was in way indicative of spinal men ineitis. Miss Daigle was out III lAe fields and woods a week ago sunday and was taken ill almost immediately aflerW ards. her condition gradually growing worse. Her illness may have been caused hy 4 sansffoke, a- the day ,y,s xfreplelv hot. She was very popuIar young lady and death caused widespread sympathy. Funeral sefs ices were al Ii. Mary $ church tai, Thurs .a.... n,nrnin.t- The faEal oiieIInEs