Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1909-12-24

tendsd tne funeral Of Miss eovell st
North GFoseenoFdale on SUNDAY.
Elmer c. Jewett Of Norwich. fer
merry station agent In Patnam, was
In town on Saturday.
William Wright of Yale Is spend.
ing the holiday recess with his parents.
Judge and Mrs. +. G. Wright
Rev. b. F. Benoit VIII preach in
the Baptist church Sunday Afternoon
at 3-:30.
The annual meeting of the Put.
nam Thief Detecting society viii be
held at the Patriot Office. Monday
Jan. ), 1910, at : O'Clock p. m.
"A telegram from Syracuse received
in Putnam Saturday announced the
serious illness of Alfred Cox, formerly
OF Mechanicsyilie.
Justin 5. Greene, who has been at
n sanitarium near Boston for a surgi.
cal operation, returned to Putnam
Saturday afternoon, much improved
in health.
Mrs. Frank Hildreth of Pomfret
was operated upon for appendicitis at
the Day kimball hospital Saturday
morning. Mrs. Hildreth, who was
Miss Mildred Fay, was a member of
the class of '09, Putnam High school.
The weavers In the mill of the Put
nam Wooden company have given
generously to fund to be presented to
Mrs. Patrick Doran, now a patient at
the Day kimball hospital, where she
was recently operated upon for appen-
dieitis.
Mildred, daughter of Charles II.
Bowen of New Bedford, formerly of
Woodstock, was married in the former
place on Saturday, to Henry,S. Allen,
Jr., with the banking firm of Spencer,
Trask & Co., New York city.
IF. Walden Wright and f. c.
Sabin saw a silver fox near the town
farm on Friday. A hound chased the
animal over a hill, where they were
engaged surveying. They describe the
fox as dark colored, with a white tip
ped brush.
e. F. Whitmore, of Willimantic,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. +. 7. Whitmore,
who was elected Alderman at Large at
the recent election in city, was honored
still further by being elected President
of the Board of Aldermen when it or
ganized last week.
The body of Elmer Fred Knight,
after funeral services at the residence
of A. Il. Cole in South Woodstock on
Saturday morning, was taken TO Wor-
eester for burial. Services were held
in The Rural Cemetery chapel, Rev.
Percy II. Epler, pastor of the Adams
Square Congregational church, ofiicia-
ting. There was singing by the Schu-
mann quartet.
Tuesday afternoon, December IS,
al 3 o'clock, at the home of Mrs. Silas
NJ. Wheelock, Miss Ellen K. Osgood,
who is so we'll known, will give
"Christmastide in Art and Legend,
illustrated by photographs. Miss Ag-
mes Arminoton of New York City will
sing. The entertainment is under the
auspices of the ID. A. r.
The First Congregations Eccles-
iastical society of Putnam Heights
church is to hold its annual meeting
next week. The church, which has
an endowment fund of upwards OF
S. 600, and is one of the oldest in this
part of the state, has no resident pas
tor. Services are held there during
the summer months and Sunday
school throughout the year.
List of letters remaining in the
Putnam Post Office for the week end
ing Dec. 21:
Gentle men-SS. Bube, John Chafee,
Il. Edelstein, Alfred b. Neal, Francis
co Pernilinco. Chas. ii. Walker, Wal
Ter Wright. j. Henry Williams.
Ladies-Mrs. Stanton Cokey, Miss
Cora e. Frank, Mrs. Maud LenIield,
Mrs. Myra e. Wells.
The friends of Mrs. p. b. Sibley-
and she has hosts of them in this city
will regret to hear that she met with
a severe accident last week while cross
ing the railroad tracks, at Danieison,
where she resides. She tripped ana
fell on rail and cut her face, so that
she required surgeon to attend TO hef
wound.
Judgment of $3.50 for the plaintifi
has been given by Judge William Ben
nett Of the superior court in the case
OF Esther Phillips VS. Thomas Baker ct
al. The interested parties are Of Wood
stock and the case was tried.at the sep
TENDER term of court in this city. The
injunction asked for in the case was
denied. The suit grew out OF a dispute
over a pipe line on the Baker and
Phillips farms, which adjoin. the pipe
line beginning al spring on the Baker
farm and crossing TO the Phillips farm
and back 10 the Baker farm.
The case Of Inez Hoyle, executFix
OF the estate Of her husband, K. Mon
roe Hoyle vs Thomas Collins, tried be
fore Justice Richard German, has BEEN
appealed 10 the superior court. The
finding in the justices court was IN
favor Of the defendant. The case grows
ont Of the disputed ownership OF about
six tons OF hay, which was cut and