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Putnam patriot., 1912-08-02
Improvements at the Chickering House

John T. Mcclellan, new proprietor Of the Chiekeriag hotel, has now advanc- ed the many changes that he is mak- ing in the house to point where they are becoming very fayofably noticed. The last change has been leading to- ward the abandoning of thefpresent kitchen for very modernly equipped one, 10 be located in a little annex on the same level as the dining room. August MT Mcclellan is to replace the American plan of dining room ser. vice with the Ia carte system. His plans, nearly completed, contemplate d high grade ia carte service, some thing that Putnam has not had in it's hotels, though the restaurants have gone into il to some extent. Mr. Me- Lellan ,has found that many of the travelling public appreciate this, and will eater especially to this class, as well iss to the local trade. The dining room at the hotel has undergone a radical change during the past month, and is now about in the form that it is expected te keep it.
Putnam patriot., 1912-08-02
Freight House Extension.

Work on the ls0 foot entension 10 the freight house in the local railroad yards has been commenced. It is ex- pected that the new part will be eon- pleied and ready for use in about six weeks. When it is ready and the con templated arrangements are in force the work Of handling tranfer freight in the Putnam yards will have been so expedited as 10 save one fuIi day in the forwarding of shipments 10 their destinations from this point, and Put lm will have one of the most efficient freight transfer points On the New Haven system. Under the present system, transfer freight arriving here after D. m.. lies over here until the next night before being forwarded, but with the new facilities and A night crew at work this freight will be handled immediately and sent on its way before midnight. Twenty eight truckers are now employed in the local freight station, and they are generally up 10 their neeks in work, as is about everybody else connected with that dc partment of the railroad business in this city.
Putnam patriot., 1912-08-02
Canned Fish to Blame

Thomas Fitzpatrick, known as "Steeple Tom, has been very ill at St. Josephis Hospital, Willimantic, for about week. The doctors told him it was a stomach trouble. He was at a loss to find out how it was that he should be so i'll when ihis stomach had hardly ever troubled him before. He has received a letter that has given him an inkling as to the cause of his illness. He was at work recently at Southbridge on steeple. His board ing mistress has written to him ask ing if he was sick. She said that sev- ensof her boarders, who were at the house when MT. Fitzpatrick boarded with her, were very sick and that the doctors had traced the illness to pto- maine poisoning caused by canned salmon, which she had used in mak- ing a salad one night MT. Fitzpat- rick ate some of that salad the day be- fore he returned home, so that now he feels certain that his illness is due 10 the canned salmon.
Putnam patriot., 1912-08-02
Young Berger Innocent

lt has been reported and also pub- lished in several newspapers that
 Archel Berger, age 1s, w1o was af- rested some time ago and plead guilty 10 stealing money frcm the home Of
 Honorius Magnsu gas arrested again few days ago charged with theft Of pocket book containing a sum Of money from Peter St. George and again placed on probation. This re- port is erroneous and it seems only fair 10 the boy that the facts be made known.
 Berger was iding with 5t Georgc, whostopped to give child a penny. Taking out his pocketoook for tLis puf- pose he never saw 1t again and thought that Berger had taken it. The boy was not arrested but WAS taken to the office Of the Captain Of Police and was close fy questioned for some time. The pro- patton officer was notified and he too questioned Berger and also made a thorough investigation of the ease and found not the slightest evidence to con meet the boy with the disappearance ol the pocketbook. Berger stoutiy de- nied that he had taken it but said he saw person pick up something in the street that from distance looked like a pocketbook. The boy is not of normal intelligence but since he has been in charge of the probation officer he has led an exemplary fife so far as the officer hasobseryed and acertained. There was not bit of evidence to con. meet the boy with the loss and the of- Gcers believe that he is absolutely in- noeent Of any guilty knowledge Of how the poeketbook disappeared.
Putnam patriot., 1912-08-02
George Phillips Has Become Insane.

George Phillips who few weeks ago was hurt while getting of railroad train and taken to St. Joseph's hospi tai WIlimantic, is insane and was taken to the insane hospital at Nor wich. Phillips was working in Put nam and one night he took the last train out for Pomfret intending to visit his sister there When the train pulled In at Pomfet station he got off while the train was in motion. He fell strik- ing his face on the depot platform. He was dazed and was carried into the baggage ear, to be taken to Williman- tic. At Hampton, Phillips regained consciousness and when he arrived in Willimanti6 was taken to the hospi- tai. It WAS said the next day that Phillips had received some cuts and bruises and that he would be able 10 return home in few days. It soon developed though that there was some thing more serious and now the man has become insane because ot the fall he had that night at Pomfret.
Putnam patriot., 1912-08-02
Fire Destroys Bowen Homestead.

Woodstock The old Bowen home. stead, occupied by Mrs. Charles League of Galveston, Tex. as a sum mer home, was burned with It's con tents. Mrs League and young wom- an Of New York City, who was visit ing her. were forced to jump scantlly attired. from the roofof the veranda to the ground. In the jump Mrs. League was slightly injured. The place was owned by Herbert W Bowen. former minister to Venezuela. and had been leased by him to Mrs. League. In 1t were a library and a collection of sou yenirs gathered by MT. Bowen from all over the world. The loss on the house Is estimated at about 8. 300. The loss on the library and collection is not estimated. The fire is thought to have started from an open fire place Mrs Leagues guest II was said, is a relative of Mr. Bowen.
Putnam patriot., 1912-08-02
APPLE TREES
 RUINED BY DEER
State Has to Pay For Damage
 to Crops and Orchards.
ONE FARMER RECEIVES $500
Law Forblds Killing the Animals Be fore fef7-Entlre Orchard Of Rich ard Woodruff Destroyed by
 Herd at Guiford.

Guilford That tho present law fer bidding residents of ths state to Kill deer before 1917 will work havoc with crops, trees and shrubbery. and that the state will have some huge bills 10 pay as A result of ft. Is clearly demonstrated by the experience of one farmer Of this town. Richard Wood ruff. ex-selectman of the town. who has one of the large and prosperous farms Of this section, had an entire orchard of young apple trees practi- cally pnt out Of business a short time ago by a herd of deer camping in this vicinity. and the state had to pay him s5G0 as result Of the depreciation Good authorities say that that $l,00O would not have any more than made Mir Woodruff good for the loss he met with. and one of the men who ap- praised the loss said that he was in favor of that large figure Mir. Wood ruf's orchard is on what Is known as the Long Hill road and covers eight acres. He had nearly 400 trees on the land and they were in d fine state Of growth, being ready to bear in a few years Great efforts were made to keep the orchard in good shape, so as 10 get some fancy fruit from it. Bur lon ". Bishop of this town was recent ly paid 920 by the state for damages on account of deer The problem Of how 10 deal with the situation that conlronts tbe farmers is a big one for the coming General Asse mbly Take of the law. the farmers say and then the state will not pay for dam ages Scouting parties will be needed to project the crops for a long time "a come II ia feared
Putnam patriot., 1912-08-02
City May Figure in War Game.

Putnam may figure in the war game planned to take place in Connecticut next month. This was not anticipated, nor has il been officially announced, but some official inquiries that have been made in certain sources here in- dicate that there is something in the wind, as they say in Bull Moose cir cles. Whether or not the railroad fa- cilities here are such as to permit the efficient handling of army horses, wagons, troops, etc., has been inquired into, it is understood. The facilities for handling such business are ample, so if there is nothing else to hinder Putnamites may see some troops in S few days.
Putnam patriot., 1912-08-02
MIX Dealer Was Prosecuted.

was tried in police court at New Bri- tain on the charge of adulterating milk, which he sold. The accused. who is 22 years old. told the court that he did not put any water in the mil k, but there was ice in the cans, and he sup 1t melted The ice was put in the cans by Mir Kilbourne, from whom he got the milk Mir Kilbourne. he said. told him that the ice would make the milk good He admitted to the court know ing that there was water In the milk. He was fined Sl5 with costs.
Putnam patriot., 1912-08-02
lii hY Trolley Car.

Duetro Stero, a Greek IS years, was struck by trolley ear at North Gtos. venordale Tuesday evening receiving a compound fracture of the right leg. He was taken to St. Vincents hospital
 Worcester, in an automobile. The young man crossed the trolley track just as bakers wagon came along. He stepped back out of the way of the wagon and was hit by the car. II was thought at first that he had n>- ceived internal injuries, but an exami. nation proved that this was erroneous.
Putnam patriot., 1912-08-02
OFFICERS FIpD
 TY9H0II GASES
Physicians Urge Citizens to
 Boil all Drinking Water.
THEY FEAR AN EPIDEMIC
Expert Who bnsIyzss the Water Monthly Has Reported 1t contani- nstsd-clty Authorities Have Been
 Warned of Dangerous Conditions.

Especial Hartford correspondenee.)
 Hartford. .-Dr. C. E Jenkins. acting city health officers, said that Williman- tie medical men expected an epidemic of typhoid fever. This week four eases were reported 10 him in one day and two others another day. Dr Jenkins said that the people of the city ought to boil their drinking waer, as pre- caution. In each of the six cases the physicians have been unable to trace the cause of the disease All of the eases are people who have 10 eonnee- ton with one another whatsoever. For the past several months James II Neulandg. who makes the monthly analysis of the city water. has report ed that the city drinang water sup ply was contaminated and he has re- peatedly urged that drinking water should be boiled and that the authori ties should do something relative to the water supply.
Putnam patriot., 1912-08-02
Trade School to eulId House.

H. R Reynolds. an instructor at the State Trade School, at New Britain, called upon Building Inspector August Bergstrom and took out an application on behalf of the school for a permit to erect a three.family house in South Stanley street for Charles k. Hare of Newington The work is to be done by trade school students The size will be 2s by 46 feet and the estimat- ed cost Is s4.50O. This will be the first building to be erected by the trade school. and the experiment will be watched with great deal of in terest
Putnam patriot., 1912-08-02
Police Department Prohe.

A determined effort has been start cd to cleanse the police department of New Haven. The effort is admittedly attributed to the report Of the assault upon Ella Blau. the pretty little Chest nut street girl. by patrolman in uni form. who is still a member of the force. Two high city authorities said that the Blau case had been the means of exposing situation of which they little dreamed They had no idea af. fairs were 30 bad until the agitation of the Blau case started the deepest probe of this department in years.
Putnam patriot., 1912-08-02
Dog Follows Master.

The police found such difficulty In trying to drive out of the lookup a white terrier dog which had followed his master, who was charged with drunkenness, that they finally gave up the job and booked the pair as Dan iel Kavanaugh and dog KaVanaugh is a man about 60 years old and has q wooden leg. He was arrested on Mar. ket street and the dog trailed along after him and the officer into the po- lice station
Putnam patriot., 1912-08-02
Mrs. cronin Drops Dead.

Sitting by the bedside of her bus band. who was dying at St. Franeiss Hospital. Mrs Nellie Cronin was stricken with heart disease and died within d few moments. Patrick Gro nin, her husband. has been in he hos pitaI since he fell from | third-story yeranda in the rear of his home at No. 85 Wadg8orih street t vas thought at first that GroniH had nothing more serious han broken wrist. but he has continued 10 grow worse and t was believed that he is internally in Jured and will not recover He was delirious and unconscious of his wife's death.
Putnam patriot., 1912-08-02
Mrs. Lawrence Transfers Home.

Bridgeport to the terms Of a warranty deed filed in the Fair field town clerks office. Mrs, Julia Watt Curtiss Lawrence has conveyed to Luther L, Kellogg. who was her lawyer in her recent litigation to ob- tain the discharge of her conservator. her handsome home at Sasco hill. The place is said to be worth $50. 900. Mrs Lawrence paid a brief visit there . few weeks ago, and her son Keith Morris, has only recently returned to New York City. taking with him his personal possessions.
Putnam patriot., 1912-08-02
identify Body Found in Woods.

Danbury The body of man found on the outskirts of this city was iden- tifed as that of William Sehell, hat. Ter, 47 years old. who disappeared from his boarding house here two weeks age. The man had been out Of work and Respondent The finding Of q laudanum bottle near the body leads 10 the belief that the man committed suicide.
Putnam patriot., 1912-08-02
Clerical Appointments.

Bishop John J Milan has assigned the Rev Andrew J, Pmnkett of Wind sor Locks. who has just returned from Europe. to St Bernard's parish, Shar- on. The Rev Joseph Clement Martin Of Bristol. who was recently ordained. has been assigned as an assistant at St Josephs Cathedral in this city.
Putnam patriot., 1912-08-02
Want Frank Peabody.

Hartford Governor Simeon E Baldwin has issued acquisition on the governor of Pennsylvania for Frank Peabody, who deserted his fam fly in Bridgeport on June 2s and who was under arrest in Pennsylvania on charge of non-support. In the requisi- ton State Policeman Frank Virell is named as the officer to bring Peabody back to this state
Putnam patriot., 1912-08-02
bow's This ?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward 10 sny.ease of Catarrh that cannot Dc cured by Halls Catsrrh Cure.
 F. J. CHENEY < co. Toledo O. We, the undersigned have known r. J.. Cheney for the last l0 wears, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business Transactions and financially able to carry out any ohlgi- tsons made hy his firm
 MALpfSe, KrSSAS & MARVIN,
 Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, O.. Hall's Catarrh Cure IS taken internally, ae- h,g directly upon the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. Testimonials sent "ee T,,cr 7se per bottle. Sold by all Druggist. Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Putnam patriot., 1912-08-02
Victim of shootlnn Dies.

Hartford Mrs. Giuseppe Amato. one of the victims in triple shooting tragedy here. died at local hospital The condition of Mrs. Camille Tas- soni the other woman shot. was re ported as critical. although it Is be- lieyed she has a chance for recovery
Putnam patriot., 1912-08-02
Sues Motoreyelist.

New Britain Miss Gertrude Car roll of Berlin through her counsel, Klett and Aling. brought suit for Sl.- 000 against Winfield Ross of Berlin. motorcycllst, on account of injuries suffered by being struck by his motor cycle. The case is made returnable before the court of common pleas in September.
Putnam patriot., 1912-08-02
State Law Needed.

The only redress for the trolleymen. fin the enforcement of the rule prohib- iting passengers from riding on the running boards. Is state law. C, (. Elwell. the engineer of the public utili- ties commission declared.
Putnam patriot., 1912-08-02

Chester F.. Child and family left this Crhursdayl morning for stay at Lords Point.
 --Mrs. Martha w. Torrey of Hard wick, Mass, is visiting her sons in East Putnam.
Putnam patriot., 1912-08-02
Fined for Lleuor selllno.

William E Smith. who was arrested on a charge of selling liquor Illegally st Black Hall. was fined $50 and costs before Justice of the Peace George Griswold al old Lyme.
Putnam patriot., 1912-08-02
Dies of Injuries.

New London Joseph Shannon of Chicopee, Mass. who was injured in a fight with an unknown soldier in lunch wagon recently. dted in local hospital.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-04-18
MAKES FINE SHOWING.
South Carolina Shows Big Gains in
Many Ways.

Statistics comparing the yield of
factory and field in the South in
1850 and 1910 we're presented by
the secretaries of agriculture of va
rious southern States at the closing
of sessions of the Southern CONNER
cial Congress, which recently met in
Nashville, Tenn Reports showed
that nearly all the States now double
and treble the output of the ante bel
lum days.
With the department of agriculture
of South Carolina created only nine
years ago, the industry of the Pal
metto State already has shown an
amazing increase, outranking all
save one State: of the older common
wealths in the percentage of increase
between 1000 and 1900 and 1910.
When the department was created
the annual agricultural production
was S51,324,000. In 1910 the pro-
duction of chief crops only was
S140, 1000, 900, an increase in decade
of 173 per cent. The 1909-1O cen
sus total of all agricultural products,
omitting the trucking industry and
live stock, was S144,397,919.
This is from a State of less than
$1,000 square miles. In textile man
ufacture it occupies second place in
the union. In the percentage in
crease of production between 1909
and 1910 the State led the union with
the exception of Wyoming and Ne
vada, rank far down in the list of
actual volume. In actual production
South Carolina, with it's small terri
tory, has jumped from twenty-frst
to thirteenth in the list.
The 1910 census showed 1861
farms in the State, an increase of 13
per cent; values increased 162 PEI
cent, and values of implements and
machinery 112 per cent. Commits
sioner E. J. Watson says the rush to
the city has been checked and that
particular energy is being concentrat-
ed on economic improvements of the
rural districts, where 1922 per cent.
of the population lives.
Among the ranking agricultural
States of the union South Carolina
stands third in value per square mile.
Illinois leads with 1922 and In
diana stands next with $4,736. No
other southern State except Georgia
reaches the $4,000 mark. One has a
valuation as low as S257.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-04-18
Physician Took His Own Life.

Fairf;Z, April 14.-Dr. E. G. Ad-
olson, who has been practicing medi-
cine here about six years, commit
ted suicide in his Office this morning
at o'clock by shooting himself
twice with. a So calibre pistol, one
bullet taking effect in the breast
near the heart, the other in the head.
Dependency is believed to have
been the cause of the deed.
Sending his negro servant out, he
fired the fatal shots when no one was
present. In his office to-day was
found a piece of cardboard with these
words in the doctors handwriting
penciled on it, ITO Mr.. Aull I leave
my Stoddards" 1t is presumed that
the words were addressed to Rev. W.
B. Aull.
DR.. Addison was born and reared
in Hampton county and was about
80 years old. He was married in Sa-
vannah about four years ago to Miss
Lucretia Mccullough and is survived
by her and girl child over year
old. He is also survived by his father,
Jesse Addison, a prominent citizen
and business man at Brunson, and
three brothers, E. w. Addison, one
of the leading merchants of Brunson
G. T. Addison in the drug business at
Florence, and R. G. Addison, in the
mercantile business at Brunson, and
one sister, Mrs. A. NJ. Bradham, of
Brunson. Burial will take place to-
morrow morning at Brunson.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-04-18
CAVITIES IN THE SKULL.
Room Enough Inside Ones Head to
Hide Bulky Articles.

Every one is not aware that there
is space inside a persons head for
storing away heavy and bulky for
eign articles. One man who made a
specially of burglary and jail break
ing now shows how he was aided in
his work by utilizing this human
attic storage room. He concealed a
large skeleton key and a saw twelve
inches long, cOiled like watch
spring, in the cavity reached through
his nostrils But in the London
Lancet DR.. Rushton Parker relates
a more remarkab bic case of the carry
ing of a large foreign body in that
space of the head, and that without
the victim knowing that his head
was so filled up and weighted down.
A young farmer consulted DR..
Parker at the Liverpool hospital for
a nasal abcess that had troubled him
some time. Probing the nostril, the
surgeon found that loose mass, ap-
parently of metal, occupied a consid-
erable space behind the nose and
above the roof of the mouth.
So large was this object that it
was removed with difficulty through
the side of the face. 1t proved to be
a. gun breech and an iron bolt. The
breech measured Ski XXI inches.
The bolt was three inches long. The
weight of the two was a quarter of a
pound. This mass of metal had been
in the mans head for five years,
though he had not suspected its pres
ence there. A muzzle loading gun
had exploded in his hands and shat
tered his face. The wound healed
without leaving any outward deform-
ity. His only affliction was symptoms
of nasal catarrh. The young farm
er made a rapid recovery to perfect
health with the removal of the iron
from his head.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-04-18
Bank Examiner Before Court.

Whether B. J. Rhame or Hugh
Wilson Fraser will be State bank ex-
aminer will be settled by the supreme
court.
Associate Justice Watts last Friday
signed an order requiring R: H. Jen-
nings, the State treasurer, to show
cause before the supreme court Oh
April 19 at 10 o'clock why peremp-
tory mandamus should not be issued
to require him to honor the draft or
check drawn by B. J. Rhame as State
bank examiner for expenses during
the month of March.
B. J. Rhame was dismissed several
days ago by the governor and Hugh
Wilson Fraser appointed to his place.
Mr.. Rhame refused to give up the
office. In his petition for mandamus
Mr.. Rhame points out that che is the
bank examiner of the State of South
Carolina, under the laws of said
State, having been duly appointed
and commissioned to the said office
and has been and still is engaged in
the discharge of the duties of the
said Office"
1t is pointed out in the petition
that during March the expenses OF
the office was S51.95 and that the
State treasurer has refused to pay
this amount upon presentation of the
claim.
Mr.. Rhame is represeL led by w.
F. Stevenson, of Cheraw. 1t is not
known who will represent the gov
ernor.