Putnam patriot., 1913-03-14

rate 0f lU cenlS llHe loT IehuiHs Ho- tices.
 Miss Alice Morse has returned from A visit with her sister in Marble head.
 Mrs. Ovila Guertin entertained a party of friends at her home onChurch street Friday evening.
 Hiram Oatley has bought of Whip pie & Gilpatric the house on Provi- dence street formerly occupied by A. C. Stetson.
 Mrs. J. Harry Mann and daugh- ter, Miss Marjorie, returned Tuesday evening from visit of several weeks in New York.
 Carl Kent is attending a telephone conference of exchange managers and contract agents at Norwich today, Thursday.
 An alarm from box 36, called out the fl re department at 10:30 Sunday night. The fire was a piece of burn- ing waste on the railroad track that had fallen from hot box.
 There will be meeting of the Woman's Board of the Day Kimball hospital Wednesday, March 18th, at 3 D. m. in Odd Fellows hall. Execu- tive committee will meet at the same place and date at 2.30 p. m.
 G-The following item from Nor wich paper will be of interest here as it relaties to former Putnam people: Mir. and Mrs. Walter X. Bussy at tended the Inauguration i'll Washing ton, where they are enjoying fine trip.
 W. l.. Kennedy and Dr. F. T.. Baldwin are on western trip buying horses. It is said that MT. Kennedy will occupy the new livery stable that is in course of construction on South Main street.
 Miss Saleim, a telephone operator from New Haven, who has been sup plying at the local exchange for few weeks, has been transferred to the Wilhmantic exchange to fill vacan- cy,
 A special civils service eXamina- ton will be held at the Putnam post office March 22, to establish register of eligibles for clerk and carrier Ap- plications can be had of Everett A. Burgess at the post office.
 The lecture of Dr. North noted in the Woodstock items of this issue, is of real merit and deserves a full house. Dr. North is to speak on the advisabil- ity of agricultural courses in academy work.
 The adjourned meeting of the Eliz- abeth Porter Putnam chapter. ID. A. k. will be held in Odd Fellows hall ,Mon- day afternoon, March IT, at 3 o'clock. Board meeting at 2.30 o'clock. The Guida will be distributed at this meet ing.
 The failure of the senate to act on the sundry civil appropriation bill cuts out the prov ision for the contiu- ing of the work on the New Haven postoffice and the building at Putnam. There is no doubt that the bill will be introduced in the extra session of con- gress and passed.
 The local Nest of Owls held very successful oyster supper and entertain ment in their hall last Thursday even- ing. Among those who contributed to the entertainment were Michael Duffy, Miss Minnie Cannon, Thomas Coffey, Frank Hayes, Nellie Leclair and Joseph Forest.
 Advertised Letters, March II:
 GENTLEMEN
 Sam Kooperman, Del Wheton, John w. Graney, H. C. Lilley, Pasella Gio- vanni Maria.
 Mrs. E. Prospect, Miss Anna John- son.
 A barn owned lby Frank Hopkins and occupied by Peter Dumas, John street, was destroyed by fire about 5;oo Tuesday morning. MT. Dumas was In the barn milking and thinks that ms lantern exploded. A COW, some mems, and a goose, are thought to have been bnrned. The loss is several hundred dollars, partly insured.
 The Killingly town school con- mittee made settlement Tuesday with the Putnam town school committee for the tuition of Killingly pupils who attended the past school year. An ln- vestigation by the Killingly commit tee has demonstrated that it is more satisfactory arrangement to permit the pupils in that corner of the town 10 at- tend the East Putnam school as has been done for 100 years, than to trans- port them to schools in Ballouville or Attawaugan.