The Press., 1917-12-06
Mrn. Ferrr Shoal, O.F RaIIou.

A
 Mrs. Joseph Ferry on last Sun
 day afternoon about o'clock. at her
 home on Chestnut Hill, West Stafford, fired three shots at Ore F. Ballou.
 Two of the shots took effect, one bullet went through the fieshy part oi
 Ballou's right arm and dropped to the floor The other bullet grszed his
 head on one side making a slight
 wound. The third bullet went into the ceiling of the room MT. Ballou
 was seated at the supper table at the time and Mahlon Avery, u neigbor,
 who was making a call at the house, grasped the woman around both arms aud wrested the revolver from her
 hand A telephone call was sent to this borough and Officers Hayes and
 Helm aud Medical Examiner Dr. c
 P Bard went to the house Mir. Bal lou had run for safety to the Fuller house near by He was given medical treatment and taken to the Johnson hospital He is not considered serious ly injured
 It seems that Mrs Ferry recently deeded her farm, which she considered worth $3OOO. to Mir. Ballou in con- sideration that MT and Mrs. Ballou should care for MT and Mrs. Ferry during the rest of their lives. Mrs. Ferry had regretted her action and claimed i'll treatment and lack of suitable food. Shs had recently sent complaint to the state Humane society and Mr Reed had visited them that day, arriving just as they. were about to eat their dinner. After Investigating he reported that she was we'll cared for and had no grounds for complaint. He left before the shoot ing took place
 The officers brought Mrs. Ferry to this borough and placed her in the local detention room for the night. Friday morning she was taken before Judge Hesld charged with assault with intent to murder. She pleaded not guilty and was bound over to the April term of the superior court, be- iug placed under s, 900 bonds. Iu default of bonds she was taken to the Holland jail. Mrs. Ferry is said to have many peculiar characteristics and there will be plenty of time for her mental examination before her trial.
 Miss Anna Gilligan spent the week end in Palmer, Mass.
 MT aud Mrs. E. F. Engley spent Thanksgiving in Wailingford at the home of their son, Frank Engley.
 The Leonard district school has been opened with Miss Dorothy Samp- son of Huntington, Mass, as teacher The school committee could not obtain anyone to transport the scholars, so they were obliged to open the school.
 Mrs. Rosa H. Daniels, 60. died at tho Johnson hospital last Friday from the effects of parslytio shock The body was taken to Coventry where the funeral and burial took place on Mon- day. Mrs. Daniels had lived here for nineteen years and for the past two years had been housekeeper for Mioheal Corcoran. Her husband, F. W Daniels, died in Coventry about twenty years ago. She leaves three brothers, | Frank Robinson of Southington, Chas 1 R Robinson of Coventry and Delno | Robinson of Marlboro, Mass.
 The regular meeting of the W O I. U will be he'll in the auditorium of the CongreRatioul church next W eduesday at o'clock The topic, '' Temperance teaching in the public " will be discussed by Prof. | wm Meloher and the county super intondent of scientific temperance | Mrs FH Plumb. Music solo by Mrs. O. H Moore, with Miss Ethel Moore, orgauist The state prize essays for high school and grades are to be read by members. The public is invited.
 Little known facts and authorative interpretations of events in the greatest of all wars will be told at the war rally to be held in Comique theatre at 8 o'clock Sunday evening. The speakers will be Hon Charles Phelps of Rockville and Sergeant Arthur Glib. bons of Hartford. Both of the men are we'll qualified to bring to the people who attend the official message of the State Council of Defence to the people of Connecticut. They will tell what the war means to every Connecticut citizen and what he can do to help America win. her fight against the Prussian menace. There | will be liberty chorus by the Stafford Choral union. Freeman F. Patten | will preside and an inspiring meeting is assured. Both men and women may attend this rally