Putnam patriot., 1912-05-03

George :. Bradley has purchased Buick runabout of the local agent, M. R. Joy.
 Attorney R. w. Botham of New York, spent Sunday with his parents, T. P. Botham and wife, Oak Hill.
 Miss Caroline Borhauer of Lynn has been the guest of Miss s. Elizabeth Clarke.
 Mrs. George Taft of Uxbridge, spent Sunday with G. Harold Gilpat- ric and wife.
 Peter Suzio, of the Connecticut Contracting company, New Britain, was in the city Monday.
 Miss Laura Phinney of East Hart ford, spent Sunday with her aunt, Mrs. G. A. Hammond, Oak Hill.
 At meeting of Putnam Nest of Owls last Thursday evening, candi- dates were initiated and Is applica- tions for membership were received.
 Among the list of patents issued to Connecticut inventors last week, was one to Greene Huling, Hampton, for a lock device for dump carts.
 William Drummond and Anna Myers, both of Putnam, were married here last Thursday by Attorney How ard C. Bradford, acting as justice of the peace.
 -Alphonse Dumas and Miss Della Cournoyer were married in St. Mary's church Monday morning at 6 o'clock. After a wedding trip they will reside in Putnam.
 List of advertised letters at the Putnam post office, April 30, 1912.
 GENTLEMEN
 T. F. Mullin.
 LADIES
 Miss Euretta Baker, Mrs. s. Weltman
 An alarm of fire from box 36 called the department to the corner of Church and Providence streets Tuesday morn- ing for a chimney fire in the Farley house. The damage amounted to about Sl0.
 Mrs. Geoege w. Child of Putnam has presented the East Woodstock li- brary the history of Windham Coun. ty by Miss Ellen D. Larned, as a me- morial to her husband, who was presi- dent of the library from its founding until his death.
 senator Geo. A. Hammond states that all arrangements are made for the stay of the Connecticut delegation at the Republican national convention to be held in Chicago in June, and that no delegation from any state will be any better situated than that from the Nutmeg state.
 The Woodstock Agricultural Soci- ety and the Windham County Agri- cultural Society have voted to jointly offer premium of $50, or trip to Washington worth $50, to the young man under Is years of age who raises the best acre of corn in Windham county.
 CARD OF THANKs-The undersigned wish to express their appreciation of the kindness and sympathy shown them in their recent afiiiction, the death of their son and brother, Fred Murphy.
 MR. and MRS. w. o. MURPHY
 ToM 0. MURPHY
 On Thursday evening of last week Jennie Evelyn, daughter of Mrs. Cath crime J. Five of Worcester, formerly of Putnam, was married to John Henry Bettencourt of Boston, the ceremony being performed by Rev. Allyn King Foster, pastor of the First Baptist church. The couple will make their home in Boston. awarded to the Wheaton Building and Lumber company the contract for the construction of the new barn at the Children's Home, the bid of this con- cern for doing the work being $3,2S5. There were three bids for the contract. Work on the structure, which is to be completed by July l, will commence in few days. Chairman Goldfogle of House Com- mittee on Election No. 8 has called a meeting of that committee for Friday, May 8, to consider the contest between Representative Higgins and Raymond Jodoin. Both parties to the contest 1 and their attorneys have been notified 1 to appear on that day, when the man. ner of recounting the votes will be de- cided.
 -Several hundred pounds of copper wire belonging to the Grosvenordale company was recently located by Cap tain Murray in focal junk shops The agent of the company came to Put nam and made the rounds of the deal- CTS with the captain. Two men in North Grosvenordale are under suspi- cion for stealing the wire. The deal- CTS who purchased ii are believed to have acted in good faith.
 A library institute will be con ducied by the Connecticut public Ii brary committee in the Normal school, Danbury, from July 5 to July 19. The morning sessions will be given to in- struetion and practice work, with es- pecial reference to small libraries, the afternoon sessions to lectures on sub- iects of general interest. The only ex-