Putnam patriot., 1910-08-19

1 -MaJor A D- Mcintyre is in New
 York preparatory to starting on busi-
 ness trip to Virginia and through the
 Middle Western States.
 John Baptist Muire, 69, died at his
 home, in the upper part of this city,
 Wednesday morning. He had been in
 poor health for the past six months.
 Peter Suzio, the contractor, who
 has charge of building the first section
 ot the sewer, was speaker at the
 Goodwin Rally, in Hartford, Monday
 night, when over SO Italians were present.
 Miss Ruby E. Morse, daughter of
 MT. and Mrs. Harry Morse, is al Alb
 ingten for stay of two weeks with re-
 latives. Ellsworth L. Morse has also
 been recent visitor there.
 Ira B. Jones of New York Mills,
 N. Y., died at his home recently. He
 was the brother of Miss Gertrude Jones,
 Mrs. W. J. Bartlett, and MT. Tom
 Jones, all of this city.
 The man who told the police that
 he had seen Luigi Restelli, the Quincy
 murderer, came near winning Sl 800
 reward-he would have got if he had 1 not been mistaken in the man.
 Up to 6 o'clock Monday evening
 all the north. bound trains on the Nor
 wich division were late into Putnam,
 because of the wreck at Groton-the trains being sent from New London to l Norwich over the Central Vermont. l The lo;30 a. m. train from Willimantic also went of the list Monday because
 of smash on the Midland division.
 "A horse belonging to Quadie man became frightened, Saturday afternoon
 near Bradway's store, on School street. The horse rounded the corner into Grove street, and when near the resi- | dence of F. W. Seward, the wagon
 struck trolley pole, and there il stood
 while the horse kept on. The only da- | mage was a smashed wagon.
 The contractors who have the con- struction of the new high school build l ing in charge, are getting along we'll, and the work is now advanced little l beyond the point it was expected to
 reach al this time. There have been
 no delays because of failure of material l to arrive. The concrete cellar walls
 are completed and the brick partition l walls are going up. About score of men are now employed on the build- l ing. ]; The people of Willimantic-or at l least set of them-were very jealous | for several years in their endeavor to | l have hospital of their own, One was i organized about two years ago, under the most econmical conditions, and |
 yet il has hadto struggle along, receiv- ing too meager support to keep out | i of debt. It's directors are trying 10 | 1 raise a mile of dimes to pay off the 1 l floating debt. It is proposed to have
 a second carnival in January next, and l with the proceeds of sl 600 or sl ,5Oo l and the $500 already in hand, the fund |
 may place it's financial affairs on sat | isfactory footing. There is a warm contest over the | selection of site for the New Haven | post office, and President Taft hassbeen l appealed to by various persons inter- ested in the several sites offered the | government. The same is likely to be l the case when the question of site for | our new post office is to be settled. It | means great deal of benefit or disad- vantage to many interests where 1t is finally to be located. There have been
 A number of fine sites offered, and one of them will have to be taken unless | the government condemns some i'm proved property. The Southbridge "Press" says the second week of business of the savings 1
 bank since il opened after being reor- ganized, has proved more satisfactory 1 than even it's most sanguine friends l | had anticipated. It suffered severely 1 from the dedication of its trusted | cashier, and was placed in the hands |
 of A receiver for several months. Ills l 1 friends rallied to it's rescue and IL is 1 again placed on sound basis, and there is no reason why it should not
 again have the general confidence of the public. We are glad to hear, there fore, that perfect confidence in the bank has been restored. More than one-tnird of the 469 Chi nese students in the colleges and tech
 nical schools of this country, many Of whom are sent here by the Chinese go vernment, are professed Christians. They will meet, for the first time, un- der the name of the Chinese Students Christian Association in North Amer iea. in Hartford, from August ls to 2S, to support a declaration recently made by their general secretary, (. T. Wang, of Yale. that of the Far East is ever to be evangelized it must be through the work of the 0rientais- A little runabout from garage al Danielson crashed into the pole at Bugbee's corner, just before o'clock Tuesday afternoon, when the steering rear on the machine became discon- necsed, and put il beyond the control of the driver, George Hall, traseiing