Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-19
PUTNAM
rennan-O'erien Marriage = Sunday Night Fire-City Had 2s Marriages During October.

At West Thompson Monday morning Miss Margaret O'Brien, daughter of p. J. O'Brien, a resident of 1Iechanicsvillc. and William J. Brennan of DanieIson, formerly of Putnam, were united n marriage by the Rev. J. J. Elty. pas tor at Pomfret and West Thompson. MT. and Mrs. Brennan left during the day for their wedding trip, after whi .h they will make their home in d newly furnished cottage on High street, in DanielsOn.
 The bride has long been a resident Of this section and is one of the most popular of the young women Of the parish The groom is particularly well known for his talents as a comedian, and has for years been of great as- sistance to many organizations in towns in this section that have desired to have well staked and presented anna teur theatricals. Mir Brennan's home is in Danielson. where he is now en- ployed.
 Fire on Priests Island. A late Sunday night fire destroyed building on what is known as Priests Island, across the river from the Put l nam fair grounds. The alarm startled | many citizens into the belief that the tirebug was again at work, but things that developed Monday indicate that | the old building was burned probably | as the result of some incidents follow | ing in the trail of the railroad WreciI I nearby. The island where the building l burned was once the pest territory | during smallpox scare and is away l from the fire protection system of the | city.
 33 Marriages in October. 1 The state board of health report for | October, just issued, shows that 2S | marriages occurred in Putnam during | October, this unusual number being | accounted for by the fact that maay | couples came here from Massachusetts to be wed.
 During the month of October there l were eight deaths in the town. this
 representing an annual death rate per | thousand of 9.9, one of the best show l ings made by the towns of the state.
 The deaths of infants under five years of age totaIled five, this representing
 62.5 per cent. of the total mortality
 One death in this town during October was due to an accident.
 Continue Investigation.
 No new facts developed Monday ir
 connection with the police and detec-
 tive work that is being done to deter
 mine the cause of the five suspicious
 fires that have occurred here. The off
 cials are hard at work on the eas
 however.
 Murphy to Train Here.
 Teddy Murphy, the 1O5 pound cham { pion boxer of America, is to arrive
 here about Thursday to complete hi;
 training for the F round bout that
 has been arranged for him and Tom
 my Flannigan of Boston, to be hell
 here under the auspices of the Put
 nam Social and Athletic club, Inc. Heard About Town. Excavations on the site for the new central telephone building have be q
 commenced.
 The Connecticut company benefte1 by the wreck on the steam road Sun day, getting. many hundreds of fares from the spectators who came here tt look at the pile of ruin.
 John P. McNamaFa of Worcester was
 a visitor with friends in Putnam Mon day.
 Mrs. F. F. Guild of Windham has been a recent visitor with her sister
 Miss s. Elizabeth Clarke. Dr. and Mrs Harry W. Sharpe en- tertained Mir and Mrs. Earl WinsloH
 of Danielson Sunday. Oxford High schools basketball team will be here Friday for game with thy team of Putnam High school.
 A large number of members of Put l nam lodge of Odd Fellows have ar ranged to go to Bridgeport Saturday
 to be guests of the members of lodge
 of the order in that city.