Putnam patriot., 1916-08-04
Connecticut State Briefs

Several clam that the crop may be termed a double crop.
 pr. Jacob Pattison. hIty-elght years old. died Of heart disease at A-s home in Plamdeld Up to d few months ago Dr. Pat.ison was pgacla-us physician in Stamford and Wltn an ol, ice in New York City.
 Mrs. Carter.ue Sanford Woodruff. seventy ,gbt widow of Charles Horn blower Woodruff, formerly lawyer n New York. died at Asa Grove. her country nome in Lsteh6ed She WIS a member ol tue old Sanford family.
 Word reached PlNuaeld Of the death in Prince Edward Island, where he was passing the summer. of the Rev. Frank Waraeld, hIy-ane years old He was prominent Gongrega- tionallst clergyman.
 John Roman, . t8fm hand, was kill ed at East Granby when his bicycle crashed into all automobile driven by August Leander of Granby. The aeoi- den. occurred on steep hIl near Carols corner.
 sharks frightened hundreds of bath CTS. including l hundred children. from the beach at Silver Sands, near New aaYea. Eaa Whitman attacked a shark W-th spear anu drove 1t oH EoaaQea
 Owns to the spread ai Hamdea of iu.aat.e paralysis sH the past week and tae lear ol greater spread t4e e.mml9lee Hecansly sp1naed to ean- aasH taa Gsaee r. E. panic has des caaa U cancel the H,fHe ta at,
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 Asler thorough iagess.s5sfaa 5v the stata beard sad those interested n sna movement IaH aale seha0I in liam en 1t vas the consensus tuat the propo-ilion of establishing d gTaae school III tae Liberty Cartridge com pany building would be d.saupfoVed.
 MISS Della H. Owen, clerk em- ploXei at Bridgeport. has laaal her to g50.9o0 let oy George C PafRes oi Purchase \. l.. who aIed month ago. FaHkes Was a close lEeua ot her father, the late CaFmi Dwight Owen eI Springfield, Mass
 William Il. Corbiu. State Tax Com missioner a4s asserted that tue es- tales ef George Lauder, Jrv and E. Luu4abury have been underFaluei. lie Has directed that Greenwich Probate Judse have reapprisaI nIaIe.
 Nut Plains old home day. which was to nave taken place on Wednesday, August ,, has been postponed owing to the quarantine whica has been put on the town on account of the dread. ed mianlAe paralysis.
 Palmer C. sherman, seventy years old for forty years a prominent mer- chant Of Windhan county, died in a hospital in Providence. k. l. He was for some years superintendent of the Credit National Clearing House, Bos- ton.
 Funeral services for Miss Betsy Capron were held at Mansfield. Miss Capron, who died aged 103, was one ol the oldest persons in Connecticut She was born in Thompson and had lived in Mansfield eighty years She had never rddeu in an automobile or on a trolley car.
 The New York. New Haven and Hartford Railroad company has arrang- ed for the employment at Derby Of 70 Portuguese w9rkmen. for section work The company has already built some small houses on the railroad property below Burtville, where the Portuguese will reside.
 As a precaution against the spread of infantile paralysis at East Haven and at the suggestion of r. E. Corn well, superintendent of the Sunday school of the old Stone Church, the officers and teachers have thought 1t wise to close the school for the month Of August.
 The markets throughout the State at present are but poorly supplied with vegetables and the season is most unfavorable for raising supplies. Corn sells at 30 cents dozen, which is a high price for August. But the weather has been very unfayorable for corn.
 As the result Of a "joy ride" Pierre Danscreau. aged IS, of WiIlimantic is in a hospital with fractured skull and a broken arm. Louis Francis, his companion, has disappeared and the authorities are looking for him. The automobile was owned by P. s. Mills who says the car was taken from a paint shop without his per mission by Ralph Lamoureaux.
 Robert Austin, aged 2S, a we'll known soccer player, died at the Bridgeport hospital. He learned the game in Scotland, where he played with one of the championship teams. Coming to this country. he played with Ansonia for five years and then with the Bridgeport Citys While re. pairing a roof. a few weeks ago, he fell and suffered injuries that resulted in his death.
 DEATHS
 In Putnam, July 27, sHildage Brod