Putnam patriot., 1910-07-29

I from visit in Meriden.
 Miss Emma Kinney is spending a month at Pleasant View, R. 1.
 Timothy Taylor and wife are spending this week at Crescent Beach.
 Miss $. D. Milnef of Springfield, was with friends in Putnam over Sun day.
 Miss Katherine tThayer has been spending few days with relatives in 1 Danielson.
 Mrs. W. H. Taylor and daughter Grace returned from their trolley trip through massachusetts, on Monday.
 Judge F. F. Russell and family spent Thursday in Woodstock in hon. or O. the s0th birthday of the judges mother.
 -Dr. J. J. Russell and samily left the city last Friday for an automobile ] trip to Johnstown, N. r., where they will visit relatives.
 Letter Carrier Henry N. Benoit is | spending the week in Hartford and New York. He will return the last of the week and next week leaves with party for Canada.
 A meeting of the Republican state central committee will be iheld at the Union League Club, New Haven, on Friday, August 5, at II 80 a. m., 10 fix the date for the state convention.
 Forty couples made up the social dancing party given by the ladies of the Eastern Star at Wildwood Park last Friday evening. Music was fur nished by the Cargill orchestra. The funeral services of Dr. II. l.. Hammond of Dayyille, who died in Texas last week, while en route to his home from California, were held in Niles, Michigan, Saturday, where the interment also took place.
 List of letters remaining in the Putnam post office for the week ending July 18th: Gentlemen, F. (. Brooks. K. c. Bushnell, Kanouse Mountain Water Go. Ladies, Mrs. Christina Berglund, Miss Jennie Lanson, Mrs. J. A. Warner.
 rThe ends of the high board fence that separates the driveway from the footway on the Long Bridge are being cut of on slant, so that persons on either part of the bridge can see those on the other side when nearing the end, making it less dangerous. Connecticut post-offices :are receiv- ing their first supplies of the new postal card issue, which, while it still has Mckinley head on the stamp part, is of different design and color scheme than the old. The new card, which is now on sale is printed in blue on white.
 ". l.. Kennedy lost one of a va- luable pair of horses last Sunday. The horses were let to draw hearse 10 funeral in Eastford. On the return journey one of the horses was taken sick and died on the road just East of Deputy Sheriff Henry Holbrook home in Pomfret. MT. Kennedy was communicated with and sent another horse to the place.
 The horses on the Woodstock stage l became frightened last Thursday eyen- ing near the Long Bridge and got be- yond the control of the driver. The stage struck carriage driven by a young lady from Woodstock, and child that was riding with her was thrown out. The stage horses freed themselves as did the carriage horse. Fortunately no one was hurt. Some damage was done to harnesses and wagons.
 The body of William Hatfield, who died in a tenement in the upper part of the city last week, from aleo- holism, was unclaimed by relatives and was buried at the expense ot the town. Hatfield had not drank drop for eight months. He started in drink ing the day the Wild West show was in town. and when he did so he re- marked to an acquaintance that II would be the end Of him. and he spoke truly.
 The wiilimantic Chronicle gives what if claims is a Washington census report of the population of our, town and city, showing a decrease in each' The records of the enumerators do not support this report but show a gain. Unfortunately for Putnam someiof the census takers were derelect Tn their work, part of which was investigated and corrected. In one Ward where ahout twenty dwellings had been erect ed in the past decade, the census taker renorted decrease in population. The .;,v has never had greater increase in buildings and industries in the past ,h,ae decades. The Chronicle fails to ,anort the census of it's own city which snrely ought 10 be of greater interest 10 it's local readers.
 Frank ,Goyette, 3, was rounded mn by Captain Murray Monday afief- noon upon information received from l Sneeial Agent Carroll of the Consolida- ,sd road. Some cars were broken into in Webster, and a description Of the
 man was sent to the focal police Cap ,.,n Murray took . turn down the