Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-04

court, and the average lawyers services
 per hcur cost more than any three | skunks in the county are worth. Coun | 1 ty Game Warden Harry E. Battey of ]
 East Killingly discovered the alleged vii olation of the law by Tetreault, who has 1
 employed Attorney Charles L. Torrey of |
 this city to defend him,
 ] Members of his congregation and num-
 erous other friends in this city predict a 1 brilliant future for Rev Boynton Merrill,
 pastor of the Second Congregational
 church, who is leaving here November 1, 1 to become pastor of the Old South church, Boston.
 Rev Mir Merrill combines with an ex- l ceedngly attractive personality unusual
 ability and marked oratorical powers. He
 is yet so young a man and has gone so far along the read of success that his friends do not hesitate to say that as | associate pastor of the Old South church,
 one of the most famous in New England,
 he will be so placed as to open the full
 est possibilities fvr a notable career.
 The Second Congregational church of
 this city is fully sensible of the loss it
 will sustain through MT. Merrilps de
 parture, but it's members rejoice that he
 has been selected to fill such an import | dul pldCe All dSSOCldle pdSlOT OL lIlt
 Old South church the burden of admin
 istering it's affairs will fall chiefly on ths
 shoulders of Rev. Mir. Merrill, who is to
 have as assistant pastor. Dr. Gordon.
 the pastor, is of advanced years
 Rev. MT. Merrill came to Putnam soon after completing his services for the na-
 tion during the World war, during which he served as chaplain on the U. S. S. Pennsylvania. His pastorate here has been marked by enlivened activities on
 the part of his congregation by the for mation of Mems club which has been of much value by the renovation just completed, of the interior of the church and by much special work for which he >- $ entitled to great credit.
 : Putnam's net indebtedness, as shown by
 the annual town reports which came in 7 to the hnads of citizens on Monday is l $19O,473.S9, represented :n bond issues q maturing from time to time. This is an f increase of a little over s3,000 over the in
 debtedness in 1920, when the figures were $1S7305.25.
 V The total bonded indebtedness of the town is $21f,6OO, but against this here . are offsets which Include a cash balance . of s12,715.19 on hand, S912 in United s States War Sacings stamps and S7,00O f in Libert bonds these latter two items in 7. a sinking fund.
 ! Nearly half hundred persons will be s brought to this city tomorrow (Wednes- : day) morning to plead to criminal
 charges that have been filed against f them. The array of prisoners will be the l. largest seen at a session of the superior y court in this city in many years The l. charges against many of the prisoners ar l. raigned are held at Brooklyn jail. Oth- t CTS are out under bonds, but will be in 1t court to plead. Those at the pail will be J. brought here in motor buses and will be IT in charge of a squad of deputy sheriffs g All are men with one xception-Miss It Rena Gray, who will be charged with y abandoning her infant in the town of IS Thompson a few weeks ago. Miss Gray's home is in Westboro, Mass. D The estimated expense of running the $ town of Putnam for the current year e the figures prepared by the selectmen, is Q s125,150, of which s6O,0OO will be for schools and s5,0O0 for highways. 't Rain during Monday, which was annua r: town meeting day in the towns through. Il out Windham county, cut down the num- e Der of votes east in practically all of the T. towns. There was lively interest il '- Putnam, but this was not true cf the U towns in the outlying district. le Announcements that dancing schools
 are about to open Is indicative of the fac le that the fall season here.
 IS Construction of the new state highwa! h from West T-rmpson to Grosvenordalt ic will not be undertaken until the coming le spring, but will be completed by the early Us fall of next year.
 g Attorneys Charles L. Torrey and Chas In E. Searls will be in Hartford today (Tues
 day} to argue cases in which they ar, n interested before the supreme court g. Ivan Kempton of this town was drive g. of a light motor truck that figured in e. serious accident on the state highwa. le near Dayville Sunday evening.
 Many of Putnam's women voter braved the rain Monday in order to cas a. their votes in the town election. F., The New Haven roads new winte g. ing as inconvenient to Putnam in man ) ways as it is to other towns.
 ' KiIlingIy town meeting Monday ar v propriated $400 for the maintenance i
 the name of that town of free bed g - the Day Kinball hospital in this city | =. which KilinEly sends many pati,Eh TT in the course of a year.
 ,e As a result of his attempt to comm 4 r. suicide at the Brooklyn jail Saturda
 morning Salvatore LaRossa died at tf institution early Monday morning as tol ,r in the Danielson news this morning. l.;
 Rossa was awaiting trial for a felonioI u assault on John Murray, railroad polit = officer of this city, and was to ha1 e been presented in the superior court he :. Wednesday. The body was taken ,.r charge by a dansielson undertaken. S Serious accidents that occurred ott towns htreabout Sunday as the result
 the operation of motor vehicles tn were not showing any lights has set | 'p demand for drastic punishment of sut L. eilN1is, one ol mnoiA pa.u "l.n ms II d., Ii": nI: I~.-.i1-- ao,.",oN- T., 4 . .-..:- .,,. oe ,,r oa -+a.. L;-- - ways and proceed to spend a foolish ho se during which not light shows on the ,1 machines to the danger of all trah E over the route.
 am In the town election Monday, u od- reBuhlicanS made a clean SWeeD of {