New Britain herald., 1915-04-29
PlainVille News
MRS. ATWATER DIES
IN old HOMESTEAD
Well Known Resident SuCGumbS to
Pneumonia After Weeks Illness.
CkRTER'S COND.. / IN UNCHANGED

Fear Complications in Representa-
tiye's Case-Mrs. Stoutenburgn's
EuneraI-Lord Suit Occupies Attep-
ton of Court-Briefs.
Mrs. Sylvia, wife of Louis r. At
water and we'll known resident of
the Flanders district, died last night
at her home after an illness of several
days with pneumonia. While her con-
dition had been critical for nearly
week, hope had been held out for her
recovery and her death came as a big
shock 70 her relatives and friends.
The funeral will be held Saturday
afternoon at ? o'clock from her home.
Services will be conducted at the
house and the burial will be in Oak
Hill cemetery, SouthingtOn.
Mrs. Atwater died in the house in
which she was born. She was forty
six years of age and was a lifelong
resident of this locality. Besides her
husband she leaves two children,
Marion and Leslie. Others who mourn
her loss are her father, Il sister. Miss
Nav r Hart of plainVille, and two
brothers, Arthur Hart of SOmcrs,
Conn. and Roswell G. Hart of this
place.
Mrs Atwater was a woman of low
able character and her sunny DISPOSE
ton made friends of all with whom
she came in contact Her passing will
be genuinely mourned by her rela-
tives and a wide circle of acquaint-
ances.
Carter's Condition Unchanged.
Bulletins from the home of Repre-
sentative E. T. Carter, issued today,
show that the condition Of the strick-
en- manufacturer remains unchanged.
Mr.. Carter is suffering from pneumo.
mia and for the past few days he has
been delirious most of the time. Dr.
j. n. Bull, the attending physician,
reports that the patients temperature
was somewhat lower today, but he
could not announce any improvement.
It was said that complications are
feared and the anxiety of his relatives
and friends is increased as a result
Mrs. Stoutenburgh's Funeral.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ida Stout
enburg, who died Monday, were held
this afternoon at o'clock at the home
of her sister, Mrs. Moody of Ledge
Road. Rev. J. w. Denton. pastor of
the Advent Christian church, was the
officiating clergyman.
The interment was in West ceme-
terry.
Lord Suit Still On.
More testimony was presented to-
day before Judge E. L. Smith in the
court of common pleas concerning the
suit of Frank and Matilda Lord
against the estate of the late Patrick
Coughlin. The case came up for trial
Yesterday and while many of the wit
nesses were heard it was necessary to
continue it to today for the purpose of
getting additional testimony and CIV
ing the attorneys an opportunity to
argue the points of law involved.
Mrs. Lord seeks to recover sS67.S0
while her husband wants to diminish
the value of the estate by $170.40.
Their claims are for services which
they allege they rendered the eccen-
trio old bachelor for several years
before his death and for which they
were never compensated. They claim
they cared for his property, furnished
him with food, did his washing and
also looked after him in many other
ways. In return for their work, the
plaintiffs told the court Coughlin had
promised to leave certain real estate
to Mrs. Lord when he lied.
The old man failed to make will,
however, and his estate, which is
valued at about $4,000, is to be divid-
ed among some twenty nieces and
nephews.
James Cray, administrator of the
estate, disallowed the claims of the
plaintiffs the suit resulting.
Judge w. j. Malone and Attorney
Newell Jennings represented Lord
and his wife, while Judge w. l.. Canty
is looking after the interests of the
estate.
Close Evening Schools.
That the evening schools, introduced
here a few months ago, will be
brought to q close in the near future,
proba bly, next week, is the opinion of
at least one member of the school
committee and when that body meets
again it is likely that action towards
this end will be taken. Most of the
night schools throughout the state
closed before Easter but as Plain
Vile was late in getting started the
term had to be heightened.
While the attendance did not
come up to the figures presented to
the voters when the matter of estab-
fishing the school came up for con-
sideration, members Of the school
board declare that the plans worked
out successfully and they are we'll
satisfied with the results obtained.
The pupils registered have attended
the sessions regularly ana seemingly
w Into IN
work.
The attitude of the school commit
teemen would indicate tnar the school
,,il1 he continued next wear