Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-24
PUTNAM
Railroad Men Say Little About Strike Jeremiah J. Curnans Calls Anna" and Gets Bullet - Delegates to Norwich s. of V. Encampment

out OI EuindlIl nave ALtle lO Say dDOut the impending strike, but, it is under stood, they will go of duty if the de- mand for an advance in wages Is not satisfactorily adjusted.
 In contemplation of the strike, pas sengers may be delayed in getting about this section of the country if it becomes effective, but it will be possible to use the trolley lines to considerable advantage. There Is a through service from Boston to New London by way of the trolley lines.
 Jeremiah J. Curnane Shot. There was lively interest Tuesday in the announcement of the shooting at Hartford of Jeremiah J. Curnane, for 1 merly of this city, where he was em- | ployed as a chauffeur. Curnane re- ceived probably a fatal wound about | II o'clock Monday night while, it is alleged, he was trying to enter a room in the house of Peter V. Sullivan on l Capitol avenue Hartford
 l Sullivan says. according to Hart | ford paper, that he first heard some | one outside his room about 10 o'clock. The man was walking about on the rear veranda and tried the window 1 several times, calling out softly the name Anna" Sullivan was in bed
 
 l dresser in the same room. SulliYan's l wife was frightened and cried out | that there was no Anna" there. Sul- | livan reached under his pillow, drew | out a '32 calibre revolver and fired out | of the window Curnane let out a | single cry, and Sullivan then heard ! him running through the yard. Cur nane was later found unconscious by d man passing through Church street l It is believed here that the wounded man, who is 2S years of age. believed l that he was calling the name Anna" at the window of the room formerly occupied by a woman whom he knew while in Putnam and who had been | occupying the room in the boarding house now leased by the Sullivans,
 Photograph of an Iceberg. In the window of the store in the ! Union block was displayed on Tuesday an enlarged photograph of an iceberg, the picture attracting great deal of ! attention A note attached states that the picture was taken from the deck l of a steamship with a kodak while the vessel was about 1.500 feet distant l from the berg, which was floating in the ocean about midway between Liv- 1 erpool and Montreal, and that the ] mass of ice was about 50 feet high and 15O feet in length. The informa- ton is signed Rev. F. D. Sargent
 Dog Owners Dlatory. Only S7 dogs have been registered by their owners with Town Clerk Da- vid Flagg. The total number of such animals that taxes were paid upon in this town last year was between 375 1 and 400. Owners have until May l to pay the regular fee for registration, after which date they will be assessed an extra dollar for the service, as re- quired by law.
 Came from Worcester to Be Married.
 Another Worcester couple came to Putnam this week and were married by a justice of the peace, of whom they requested no announcement be made of their wedding. The groom said they came to Putnam to escape publicity, so their request is being honOred, as requested, for the time be- ing Be it understood, however, that there is no extraordinary tale connect ed with their coming here.
 Letters UncalIed For.
 Letters addressed to the following are unclaimed at the Putnam pOstOffice this week: D. A. Adams, Henry Bal bitt, William Conrath, Dodge corpor ation, Mr. Graf, Putnam Investment company, Chester Simpson, Miss s. S. Evans.
 Cotton mill workers in towns in this section will watch the progress of the strike in one of the Slater mills in the neighboring town of Webster where 500 operatives have left their work because their demand for 8 fur ther increase in wages has not been granted.
 Wilt Attend Norwich Encampmsnt
 John E. Child and F. E. Robbins are the delegates from the local camp of Sons of Veterans to the annual department encampment to be held at Norwich on Thursday and Friday The alternates are Lindley Cain and E. L. Wood. Among the members who will attend the encampment from Putnam are Dr. Edward F. Perry member of the division council and pr. r. W. Darmer.
 Criminal Cases on Docket.
 There will be several criminal cases for the superior court for Windham county to consider at the May term none of them, however, of a very se- rious nature. It is expected that there will be a session of the court in Put nam on May [.
 | It is expected that the Petrossi con- pany win require about three months to complete the sewer construction work upon which they have cOmmenc- ed in Putnam All the pipe for the | sewers to be installed has not yet ar rived here.
 | It is reported that there is a steady demand for horses in towns in this section of the state this spring, and that the hOrsemen who have beer shipping from west points are meeting with a reals' sale for the l animals.
 Heard and Seen.
 George $. Bradley has new run about automobile.
 It is expected that the soldiers mon- ument to be erected in this city vii arrive here in about three weeks whiCf will give ample time to erect for ded- ication on Memorial day.
 The gale that swept Putnam all day Tuesday was a business killer. l |, drove the temperature down 10 3I 1 degrees and forced the wearing O winter clothing instead of the igh spring wraps so much worn last week
 Ray Hulburt, who went to New Orl to receive the Pasteur treatment tt prevent possible inoculation as the re suit of his having been feeding a cal that suffered with the ra bics, was re ported Tuesday as getting along well