Putnam patriot., 1916-04-28
Coast Artillery corns.

Coast Artillery corps.
A shortage OF about 25 per cent
in track laborers, employed in pulling
up ties, etc. has resulted in much
Inconvenience and considerable delay
on the Hartford division of the New
Haven road
Rev. Oliver Hart Bronson. assistant
pastor of Center church. New Haven.
read to the members of the eangrega-
ton the letter announcing his resig-
nation from the church. and his &C
ceptance of the charge of the Taber-
nacle church at Salem. Mass.
Clarence Burbank IS having his
large tract OF land at Thompsouville.
surveyed for building lot purposes.
and may sell to Boston people or
develop the land himself. The land
IS located south of the Spring street
baseball grounds.
William Smith. a lifelong resident
OF Manchester, died at his home. after
a six days illness Of pneumonia He
was a sign painter and NH be re-
membered by the older people as
prompter of countrywide repute when
square dances were in vogue.
Judge Frank L. Wilder of the City
court declares that ten years ago
there were onlv $500 arrests in
Bridgeport for breaches of city ordi-
nances, while it is likely that the
number of this year will be close to
1000.
The steamer Naugatuck of Bridge
port, started regular daily trips to
New York. The steamer goes on an
early schedule because of eengested
freight conditions in the city, it being
able TO transport more than any other
boat on the line.
Mrs. Anna MeAuliffe. wife of Police
man Dennis McAuhffe. died in New
Haven hospital where she had been
taken following being burned when
She started to light a gas stove at
her home. In trying to put out the
fire on his wife's clothing, Mr.. Nc
Auliffe was badly burned.
Captain Barnard Smyth-Pigott. de-
tailed by the British Government as
an inspector of munitions of war
which are being made at New Haven,
for the Government died following
an operation for appendicitis. Cap
tain SmythrPigett came from Eng
land last fan
The floating Indebtedness of the
town of Fairfield amounts to about
100000. at various rates of interest
averaging about four and half per
cent and it is believed that by means
ef refunding the indebtedness the
rate of interest can be reduced to four
and quarter per cent.
After suffering five days with deep
burns which covered his entire body,
Lorenzo Lauriello, 26 months old son
of Martin Laurielio. of New Haven,
died at ST Raphaels hospital The
child tueged at its mothers skirts as
she was carrying a cauldron of boil
ing water.
The body of Louis H. Wolter who
attempted to kill his wife. Mrs. Cora
Mathew Ames Wolter, at Bridgeport,
and who afterward sent a bullet
through his brain which resulted in
death. was buried beside the woman's
former husband, Frank l.. Ames, also
a suicide, in Mountain Grove Gene
terry.
Fire started by sparks from loco
motive swept nearly 100 acres of
brush land in the northern part OF
Torrington. Fire Warden F. II. Bald
win was unable to secure men to
fight the fire, as all whom he APP
preached refused to do the work for
twenty cents an hour, the rate fixed
by the state.
Things have changed in respect to
farming at Mapping. Now it is all
tobacco. Probably less than ten acres
of tobacco remain unsold. And all
has been delivered except a dozen
lots, some of which Is not taken down.
No tobacco damp has occurred for
seven weeks-a most unufual situa-
ton.
The mild weather brought out the
iitneys al Bristol which have been
laid up since last fall. They made
irregular trips, transporting passen-
gers between Bristol and P1ainville and
Terryville. On account of the high
price Of gasoline it is not believed
that they will be as numerous dur
ing the coming season as they were