Putnam patriot., 1910-04-22

Mrs. G. Harold Gilpatric was in Boston Tuesday.
 Miss Bertha Sargent was in Wor- cester on Monday.
 Olive F.. Babbitt has sold her place on Ring street 10 Ernest NJ. Arnold.
 George Pray remains critically ill al his home on Chapman street.
 Mrs. Ralph w. Tefft is seriously ill at her home on School street.
 Miss Rita Smith Of Worcester. was a recent guest of her grandmother, Mrs, Dutee Smith.
 Mi. Israel Lindley and wife, of Providence, have been entertained by Mrs. len Bugbee.
 erbert Smith and wife, of
 -tstbeen guests of relatives
 Sargent has returned to this cit short stay at her sum- mer hom Tn Brookline, N. H.
 Mrs. A. NJ. Towne, who has been with relatives in Worcester since Jan uary, has returned to this city.
 Arthur J. Shippee, former Select man, has bought the Albert White place on Putnam Heights.
 -C. N. ThnFber and wife have re- turned to this city, from their wedding trip, arriving home Tuesday evening.
 Frank H. Cerdier, member ef the PATRIOT force, k eoniined to his home with tonsiitis and "gfip.n
 Everett Wells and family, of Rock land, Mass, were recent guests of Ar. and Mrs. John D. Wells, Grove street.
 "A. H. Cutler has launched motor boat on the Quinebaug, between the upper and lower falls.
 -Dr. F. A. Morrell has a new Frank lin Automobile, and Percy l.. Water man new Pacard car.
 position with Worcester plumbing concern.
 -J. F. $. Cain, of Stamford, return ed to that city Tuesday after spending several days with his family in this city.
 MT. Arthur Nj. White and wife, of Attleboro, Mass, were recent guests of the latter's parents, E. B. Kent and wife, Grove street.
 Invitations have been received for the wedding of Ernest Tetreault and Miss Maria Despelteau, in St. Mary's church next Monday morning.
 -The recent rains have put an end to forest fires, raised the water in the brooks, making trout fishing possible, and better still, has raised the river supplying power to the mills.
 Preparations are being made for installing water system in the Gros- venordales two 100000 gallon stand pipes are to be erected, and the water will be brought from spring.
 Rev. H. NJ. Lawson, formerly of this city, was here Friday to instruct the census. takers in their duties. He holds position in the Census office at New Haven.
 -Engineerslin the employ of the N. Y, N. H. X H. k. R. Co. were in Pat. nam Friday, looking over ground in the vicinity of the town farm with a view to making survey preliminary to eliminating grade crossing on the Midland division near that point. The crossings at grade between Putnam and Willimantic are being gradually reduced in number. The last one eliminated near here on that stretch of track was al Pomfret last year.
 Putnam has LBS telephones, &C., cording to the current number of the Telephone Bulletin. The Putnam di- vision covers the greater part of the northern end of Windham county, serving all the towns, in fact, not in- cIuded in the Willimantic, Danielson and Moosup division. The area cover- ed is in excess of that included in a majority of the telephone divisions in the state, including, as it does, all the territory in the abolished Pomfret di- vision, Pomfret, Pomfret Street, the Woodstocks and Thompson all served from the Putnam office, the Massachu- setts and Rhode Island lines being the limit of the division.
 There Is considerable interest in Putnam in the disappearance of Ed ward T. Harris, son of Dr. Harris of Providence, a wealthy resident during the summer at Putnam Heights, and voter in this town. Young Harris, suffering from a nervous breakdown has been receiving treatment at sani. tarium near Kingston, N. Y. His mother recently visited him there and he accompanied her to the train when she was leaving. He did not return to the institution as it WAS expected he would and he has not since been seen. The boy is IT years of age. Advertise ments in New York papers of Thurs day offer . reward of sl ,O00 for inform ation as to his whereabouts. The ad- vertisements describe him as quite tall and slender and Of nervous disposition. nu The published notices of his disappear