Putnam patriot., 1909-10-29

M fS. IT, r. I1oaDfSoh n fh>iNii1E HE s,n in WooDsocket.
 Miss E. E.. Osgood, of East Hart ford. called on friends in this city last Friday.
 Judge F. F. Russell returned Sat. uriay from a business trip to New York city
 Miss Lillian Drouett, of the Put nam High School Faculty, is instruct. ing class of seniors in elocution. Schools were closed last Friday tc
 allow the teachers to attend the Teach. es' Convention at Hartford. The W. C. T. U. will hold their
 regular meeting on Saturday, October
 aath. with Mrs. Mary Gardner. Attorneys Charles E. Searls and J F. Carpenter made a business trip to
 scotland Saturday in an automobile. Louis Tetreault, wife and child of
 Jewett City spent Sunday with Tmo-
 the Tetreault and family, Woodstock avenue.
 George F. Prentice attended the G. A. k. Eneampment at New Haven,
 last week, as delegate from A. c. War
 ner Post of this city.
 Miss Lillian Drouett, of lhe High
 School Faculty, will have a part in an entertainment to be given in Daniel
 son for the benefit of the Y. A. NJ. C. A. Thomas Sears, who has been in the
 employ of the Wheaton Building and Lumber Co.,, is to leave Putnam, as he
 has received an appointment ill Pro- fidence.
 The remainder of the October de-
 sotions at St. Mary's church will be
 held Tuesday and Friday evenings al
 7.8o o'clock.
 The County Commissioners will
 be in this city Monday at l o'clock, in
 their office, Court House block, for the
 purpose of granting licenses.
 Attorney Charles l.. Torrey was in
 Plainfield and Canterbury, Thursday
 last week, sitting as justice on cases brought for violation of the game laws of the State.
 An additional large steel tank is 10 be erected by the Standard Oil com-
 panv on their lot near the Putnam foundry. It will be of the same di- mensions as the present one.
 Byron $. Whitney, of Genesee, N.
 l., son of MT. and Mrs. Horace Whit ney of this city, is to go to Des Moines, lew q, in a few weeks to become di- rector in a Physical Culture Institute.
 Hon. Charles E. Searls, of this city is one of a committee of three, of the Windham County Bar Association, to arrange for banquet 10 be given at the Hooker House, WilIimantic, this
 month, in honor of Judge sllas A. Rob- inson's promotion to the Supreme Court Bench.
 MT. and Mrs. Reuben Sykes and their daughter Phyllis returned to their home on Bradley street Monday evening from New York. MT. Sykes
 received treatment for three weeks in the Cooley hospital and returns to this city somewhat improved in health. Owners of automobiles, on renew ing their licenses may be surprised to learn that the law recently passed says that all new licenses shall expire the first of January next. The tax Is based upon the horse power of the machine the higher the power the greater the tax.
 A. G. Warmer w. K. C. No. 3s, met for their annual inspection in A. 0. H. hall, Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 26. About 20 officers and members of MeGregor Corps were present. Mrs. Maryetta Wright of Norwich inspected the work of the Corps. Two new members were initiated. Refresh ments were served.
 Charles Root of Dayville, who was sent to the Day kimball hospital with an injured knee, has been obliged 10 undergo an operation in which the ln- iured member was amputated. MT. Root, who is blacksmith, was injured one week ago Saturday when one of a pair of team horses he was shoeing knocked him down and stepped on him.
 -Dr. Omer LaRue returned from Montreal, Tuesday. His trip was in part to look into the claims of two Put nam women who seek to establish nights in and to the MagdeiAine Islands. The mission was unsuccess- ful as he found that those in Montreal specially interested in the matter look apon the claims as arising from mere family legend. The islands which the heirs claim were worth <5O,OU,ooo
 were sold not long ago at sheriff7s sale
 for soo, 900.
 Rev. W. $. Beard, of Foo Chow,
 son-in-law of Myron Kinney, Center
 street, this city, has accepted the posi-
 lion of Secretary of the Middle District
 of A. B. C. F. M., with headquarters
 In New York, taking the place of pr.
 eregan, who resigned 10 take the ffes-
 adeney of a College in North Dakota
 Ar. Beard held . similar position in
 tae |. NJ. C. A. of Foo Chow, and .
 missionary from that distant city, in ! writing of NIT. Beard's departure, say