Putnam patriot., 1910-04-15

ter in the West.
 II. D. Billings of New York was in Putnam Thursday, called here by the death of relative.
 pr. James NJ. Kent of New York has returned home after visit with his parents on Church street.
 Mrs. Edgar Clarke has been visit ing her daughter, Mrs. F. E. Guild, Windham.
 M. NJ. Dwyer was in Danbury Sat urday to attend the funeral of a nephew.
 A Pullman car attached to the Fri day morning boat train, carried Con- gressman Washnnrn and family, of Worcester, en route from Washington to their home.
 Mayor Archibald Macdonald will be one of Governor Weeks guests at a luncheon, to be given at the Allyn House, Hartford, on the afternoon of Thursday, April 2l, when plans for sane and safe Fourth are to be dis cassed.
 A meeting ef the board of direct ofs of the public library WAS held in the library "Wednesday evening al o'clock. Owing to the absence of the president, J. C. Johnson acted as chair man. Bills were read and approved. The board discussed new books to be added to the library.
 Many people in this city have fol- lowed with interest the now famous Russell will case, that took ll5 days, before the probate court, East Cam bridge. The late Daniel Russell, over whose half million dollar estate the contest arose, was at one time a Direc- tor in the Putnam Woolen Company: Attorney Howard C. Bradford, as a justice of the peace, filed a decision Saturday in the case of A. w. Barber of Putnam vs George Potvin of Moos- up, which was tried before him in this city last week. The verdict is for the plaintiff to recover $50 and costs. The case grew out of a sale of soda foun- tain, the parties being at issue as to whether the sale was conditional or sale upon warranty or, on the other hand, an absolute sale.
 -Ofiicers In this city were notified Friday that a colored man had hired a team at livery stable in Webster, to go to Putnam, and had not returned. A team, with the officer, was taken and some of the surrounding country secured He had just returned when word came that the man they were seeking had returned from whence he started.
 Philip J. Sullivan, State President of the A. O. H., will visit Putnam on Sunday, April Huh, in the interest of Hibernianism, at the A. o. H. hall, on Pomfret street, at 3 p. m. MT. Sullivan is well known in the southern part of the State as fluent speaker, and 1t is expected that every Division of Wind ham county will be represented. The members of the A. o. If. and Ladies Auxiliary should turn out in large numbers on this occasion and give MT. Sullivan warm reception.
 The following officers were nomi- nate at the Danielson borough caucus, held last Friday night:
 Warden-W. I. Bullard.
 Burgesses-W. A. Burrows, H. E. Back, B. C. Hopkins, J. Moss Boalais, Ludger J. Moran, C. A. Hyde.
 Cierk-W. Wilson.
 Bailifi-G. NJ. Filling.
 Tax Colleetor-E. $. Carpenter.
 Assessors-W. Wilson, A. B. Wood ward, Thomss Bradford.
 Library Directors-Three years: k. Robinson, +. P. Preston.
 The Cheney Brothers, because of their public spirit in engaging in many undertakings to promote the prosperi- ty of their town and the benefit of their fellow citizens, have swon an honored place in the hearts of the people of their community and the State at large. 1t is by such unselfish deeds that their memories will be reyered for all time as benefactors to their fellow men. To insure a better and larger water sup ply and to replace the havoc that has been caused to the forests about Man. chester, the Cheney Brothers are hav- ing planted about 5000 young pine trees covering about 40 acres. A force of men is now engaged on the work.
 Last Friday the Putnam Cemetery Association held a meeting in the cem- etery chapel to discuss the work to be done, during the coming year, to im- prove the grounds: The aim of the As sociation is to keep the entire grounds in perfect order-the care of the streets aIonecosting $i00, moving the grass on all the lots $50. It is visited every fair day by citizens and strangers, and should, therefore, b- kept as clean and slightly as possible, the revenue of the Association being devoted 10 that pur- pose. A new feature was adopted at the meeting that will insure better care of the lots at thesexpense of their own CTS. A section Of the cemetery, em- bracing 20 lots is set of, the purchaser of one of these lots, after paying for it, will be required to advance at least t2O0, to be deposited in the savinss bank, the interest from which to be used for