New Britain herald., 1916-12-04

and informed the members of her family of the attempted attack. Armed for immediate and positive action, male members of the family at once went out to look for the marauder but although they searched the neighborhood carefully they were un- able to locate him. Several trolley cars going in either direction were stopped and the conductors asked if they had picked up any man answering to the given description, but they had not. No official complaint has been made to the prose outing authorities, but res idents of that section of the town are on the alert for any unWelcome visit Ors, and assure him a warm reception should he attempt to force his atten- tiOnS on any of the female residents again.
 Will Distribute $1O,0OO.
 Clerks at the Plainville Trust com pany are busily engaged in preparing the Christmas club accounts of the various depositors who will be given their savings in lump sum on De cember 15, ten days before Christmas During the past year there have been 400 people who have taken advantage of this Christmas club department of the Trust company, and these people, who have made their weekly deposits all year, have ranged from the mini- mum account to the maximum. When the last payents are made this week and the Christmas checks are given out next week the sum of $1O,- 900 will be disbursed among the 400 club members. Various stores in Platnville and also in New Britain have made preparations to cash these Christmas checks for customers.
 After the Christmas holidays the Christmas club department will again reopen for the coming year and it is expected that the number of deposit OTIS will be even larger than in the past Bank officials state that this proposition is one of the biggest suc> cesses that have taken place in any banking circles in many years. It encourages savings on the part of the people, it assures them of a tidy sum with which to do their Christmas shopping and withal they do not feel the financial drain during the year owing to the small size of the weekly deposits It also increases the popu- larity of the bank and. increases the business of the institution.
 FIagman Badly Injured.
 c. R. Riley of Waterbury, a flag man employed in the local freight yards, had a narrow escape from death at midnight Saturday when he was hurled from the top of a box car at the transfer station. Riley was on top of the car and was unprepared for any shock, when the car suddenly collided with another Car and jumped J,n m # 1agman to lose his balance, but with presence of mind he leaped out ove- the edge to avoid being thrown be- tween the two cars and possibly under the wheels. He landed on his feet, but with such force flat both of his ankles were badly sprained. It was al first feared that the man had broken both ankles. He was taken to Dr. Tanner for attention where a careful examination showed that instead of a break it was bad sprain which, how ever, may cause the victim to be laid up about as long as would be occa- stoned by a broken bone.
 Post Office Advice.
 With the rapid advance of the Christmas holidays, Postmaster Prior is making careful preparations to han dle the big influx of incoming and out going Christmas mail. In this connec- tion posters are being prepared to ask the cooperation of the public in securing efficient service. The posters will request all persons sending pack ages through the mail to make sure that they are neatly and securely i wrapped in heavy paper and that the l name and address of the sender Is plainly marked. Care in these little ] details will save much confusion. The 1 posal authorities also advise people to ] send their Christmas packages that 1 are going out of town as early as possible, as around Christmas tune