Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1917-06-22
CONNECTICUT
STATE BRIEFS

JceFES h9es5 aEEa > aae AAAnA As4
In pool near bis home on Hsga
street. Terryyiile
Out Of 200 Yale underestimate
500 are already in the service ami
500 are drilling
Allan Mather, a farmer 70 years
old was trampled 70 death b. horse
In his barn IN Hartford
Governor Marcus IT. Holcomb visit
ID his home n sopthiugt6n cansH8eH
ably exhausted D. the exercises 81 tie
week bat be vas able to par Tn tQo
hours hoeiue his own potato patch
Twelve wooden bulls were aRar8ei
by TIE Government 70 the Gr0tan iron
Works Noauk Il promised to deliver
TIE Hrst huH IN FIVE months after
receipt Of lumber Tor keels and one
hull every fortnight thereafter.
Two wooden hulls viii be built Tor
the Z. S Government By the ship
Construction & Trading Company
st8nIngton. IT. fFsl is 70 be delivered
b. Feb Y. 1918 and second a month
later.
a radical change in the school year.
due 10 difficulty in getting coal Is
under consideration b. the Bridge
port school authorities. TIE proposal
IS to close the schools during fHe
winter months and = keep them open
during the summer.
Broodine over "a love affair Of more
taan a years standing ia which she
discarded d former lover because sae
believed him 10 be a Stacker Miss
Theo PARK q years old daughter
Of DR. Charles Z. Park. a prom nent
physician OF New Haven committed
suicide by lying upon kitchen table
and nhalIng Illuminating gas The
girl VAS a great fay0rite among the
members Of Troop A, Connecticut
Cavalry.
Miss Esther Wittemore OF Peace.
dale Il +. has been appointed the
new librarian of the Peqnot library
IN Southport Misc Whittemare has
been the librarian IN Peaeedaie for
d number Of years. Southport h4s
been without a librarian for the last
several months.
Information as to food conservation
may be had from the Hartford County
League No. 45d Asylum street Hart
ford, and through the East Hartford
womens committee on food conserve.
ton.
An endless chain bridge has been
formed By Mrs Howard n Wakemau
Of Southport for the benefit OF the
Surgical Dressings committee This
IS something new in the line OF raj
ing money and is proving to be
grea2 success.
M'ddletown members OF the River
Patrol Division ot the Home Guard
arc wondering when they are to re
cei.e their pay The local men were
the first in the state TO be ordered
ont starting IN during the month of
April Some OF them are Obliged 90
lose their pay whom they leave their
other jobs 70 90 on duty, and il was
the general expectation that they
would receive the stipend allowed
them by the state at least once
month II is understood that the men
have prepared protest which they
have sent TO Captain William b.
Douglas
compromise in the case OF Miss
Eloise Bauer against the Connecticut
company was made Ia the superior
court, New Haven, and judgment for
S. 500 In favor Of the plaintiff was
tled. Miss Bauer WAS seriously injured
IN a trolley collision.
Professor WIam North Rice. for
nifty yeas a memh % tho Wesleyan
University faculty Ia Middletown an
nouneed his retirement effective one
wear hence Ills chair Is that of geology
and natural history His appointment
in 1857 was followed hy years study
abroad
Following raids ia Ans0nia by the
state pollee. where three places were
entered whore alleged Illegal liquor
selling was in progress, the officers
turned their attention 20 Derby ana
raided John n. Gradv's saloon ana
arrested Mr Grady and faftF treqaeu
ters.
In the effort 60 win q beg That he
could swim across the Pequenuock
river bridgeport Hugh peYaney of ne
known address, gave UP his life before
be had made hair the distance.
Fire destroyed d barge barn belong
ing to Edward II RIDER. near the Fair
grounds. Dauhury, resulting iu a loss
estimated al $4,000. partly covered by
insurance. Several head Of cattle. an
automobile and two wagons were des.
troyed
Charged with attempting 20 aban-
don her 70 day old infant which she
left in front OF a summer cottage at
as Baldwin avenue. Fort TrumbGll
beach. Aida Bridgeforth. who gives her
address at s5l Madison avenue, Bridge.
port was arranged In the Milford town
court.
Nine enlisted men and First Lieuts.
Arthur r. Weed and Charles W. Com
fort, Jr.. OF the First Connecticut Field
Hospital left New Haven for Fort
Oglethorpe, Georgia. where they will
attend a medical department training
camp for three months.
community canning club has been
started at New Haven and all ladies
OF the town who feel interested In the
latest method OF canning fruits and
vegetables are invited 10 join. The
club will be divided into groups OF
eight members each and the work VIII
be done under the direction OF an ex-
pert