Putnam patriot., 1913-09-19
MASTODON FOJND
 IN FARMING
Animal Ii9e1 Between i5.0C0 and 20.Gl0 Years Ago
YALE Lra DIGGING IT OUT
Workman Hit His Spade Against One ef .hc Bones on the Pope Estate rinst Skeleton sf Species East
 of Hudson River.


 es7ecal Hartford correspondenceJ
 Ea-f- ord What Is declared By scientists to Be one of the most Yaiu- ale scoYerlss ever made is that Of a skeleton Of a mas odon ou fhe Pope estate in Pennington r is the first skelet6n of a nlast0c0n ger HHearthed eakt cf the Hudson River and Lake Tfamplain
 The discovery aas made D. work man. Rho. with other iaborers, was aiqFl8z ditch through the estate. Tds shovel Of The workman struck a hard substance which at hrst he thought Q be piece of wood. He dfex Inc substance from the clay and shoa ed l. to Allen Cooke. sHpeFinten- dent Of the estate Mir Cooke ap rrtzciated the fact at once that a "a ta- able discovery had been made and he directed the men 10 proceed with their s1Igglng cautiously ia an effort to dis inter other traces Of the giant Their efforts were successful and in a short lime they had secured sufficient number Of bones to justify Mir Co0ke's ordering them away from the spot. Professors at Yale university were communicated Wtth and immediately She scientists Hooked tO the spot and were oyerioyed bg the fruits of their 8atur It is expected that before the work f digging Is concluded the acIeutfE+s viii uncover a complete akeIefeE
 Shore of Vast Lake.
 Iudglng bn the size of the bones areads secured the scientists say the animal vas IS feet in length 1t is estimated that the bones have been resting in that same spot over l5040 years and as The bones Of the feet Wsfe found imbed3ed in glacial sur face their estimation Of the age of the lUaps is fully borne out The maste- don Is thought to have become hired 5n The clay and to have died before it ruald extricate itself The land where she bones were found is thought to have been the shore Of q vast lake. The mastodon. it is believed. was in @hp water short distance from the as1g. oi the lake when it became apped
 New London Suicide.
 with a bullet wound in the right emple. the body of Jerome II Cary. years old. of Monson. Mass. was saalna near the home of Ezra J Hemp cad al Quaker Hill Beside the body assas q note written in pencil on ordi. nan writing paper. II was addressed aa sAfoth CT" As far as deciphered the 11ufs read. Don't look for me, not responsible for myself"
 Dies Of Stab Wounds.
 An1onio yenucehio. who was stab bed D fight in an Italian club house afiss 1t the Bridgeport Hospital from hfmorrhaRes induced by his wounds. which extended from his throat to his hssa His assailant Giovanio he s7osa, was arrested in Rochester and sln be brought 10 Bridgeport by State H-n6reman Vireli Five others who ssugaged in the hebt are held by the z3oifee charged with being accessories
 Forces Engineer 10 Leave Cab.
 nldle walking through his yard at Bis home on Valley street. Williman- aic. Philip Cheney an engineer em- 73lUytSl by The New York. New Haven and Hartford railroad stepped on an apple and fell to the ground hurting ais ltYf leg Later he went to the sgJ1Hdhouse to get his engine to take he live o'clock train out 10 New Iia- ven Tho pain in hls leg became more saCl6F ard he had to leave his engine. 8Ie wls taken to his home where 1t eaas 61oDd that his leg was badly prahted
 Naeai Mjlitiamen Home.
 Fhe Naeal Militia of the Second Di. isian. ( \ G. from Hartford New Haven aH4 Bridgeport, who have been s3n aI 5en days practice cruise south 50 tnmihon Bermuda. on the [ s. g N8ac8hs returned and were dis snissea fo their respective homes The aei,izsa sailors reported an interesting 5aud profitable trip All returned in zlhe b.ssi oi health and spirits
 s,4ma Of in Front of Car
 F Johnson. conductor on the .North Main street. Bridgeport, llle. s0r some alnknown reason swung him. sell Tpo3n ahe inside of his ear about mianigh sad was struck by another ear and Knocked 10 the street, re. scelsiug injuries from which he died in a leu minutes The accident hap. sosaed near Si NinceRt's hospital and medical aid was al once summoned From there. but Johnson died while be dng placed on a stretcher His skull F.as fractured.
 rry to Wreck Train.
 What ofhcials Of the New Haven road say was bold attempt to wreck rshe midnight express due in New Ha- yen from Rostos al .l0 occurred in h. morning, ia half mile east of the aasnlsgrore, R. l.. station. when the frEsn struck an empty automobile. There nas no one in the motor car whioo was stolen from Walter L. Paw. Aosss of Providence The automobile NNxs rhrovn on top Of rhe engine by shs fHlpssCS and practically demolished. Ths trsiA Was delayed considerably. q . -