Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-09-14
Local Laconics-


Miss Elizabeth Seelye of Boston is
visiting in Westerly.
Frank Alien left Westerly Monday
to enter Worcester acaderay.
Bush p. Chapman and son Harold
of Hartford are visiting relatives IN
Westerly.
Miss Mary Keleher of West Broad
street has returned to her studies at
the Rhode Island normal school.
The Acme Broom company is be-
ing reorganized and soon operations
will be resumed in the local factory.
In less than a month the senator
and representative from Westerly to
the general assembly will be nominal
ed.
Norton F. Wheeler of Mystic. grad
uate of Westerly high school, has en-
rolled at Phillips academy, Andover'
Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Senior of 70
Mechanic street will celebrate the
golden anniversary of their marriage
next Saturday
The assessors and the town clerk of
Westerly are making the annual in
spection of real estate for the pur-
pose of taxation.
In her eighty second year, Mrs. Abb
by Farnum Harris died Sunday at her
home in Charlestown. She was widow
of Nathan X. Harris.
Misses Catherine and Julia McNa-
mara. who have been spending vaca-
ton in Pawcatuck, returned Monday
to theirs home in Elizabeth. N. ].
Ex-GovA. James H. Higgins will de-
liver a lecture on Robert Emmett, in
Hibernian hail. here, on the one hun
dred and sixth anniversary of the
| death of the Irish patriot
Mrs. Jane Gordon Sartori Perrin, who
committed suicide by shooting in Lon
don, Saturday, was well known in
Philadelphia and Baltimore society,
and was a summer resident at Watch
| Hill.
Twenty bridge builders arrived in
| westerly Monday and commenced
work on the construction of a new
| railroad bridge just west of the rail-
way station, over the Pawcatuck river.
to take the place OF the one now
there.
Mrs. Orville Barber, Wanton r.
Hoxie. and other building owners on
| leased land on the west side of Bay
street. Watch Hill, will make strenu-
Gus effort against being disturbed in
their business by the proposed sale OF
the property now occupied by them
In order to have a vote on the Ii
quor license question in the town OF
| Stonington, over 220 signatures are
required to the petition 20 the select
men. over $50 signatures have been
obtained. and therefore vote will be
taken on the question at the OCTOBER
election.
There will be a vote en- the license
question in Westerly at the Novem-
Der election as required by law. Over
. | DO yNafifinnC in PirpIl1 L.
ton to get sufficient Number of sig
natures for the town of Stoningtor
1 to vote on the question. The chances
are against license in both places.
1t is said that the removal of the
old shacks in Bay street and the gen.
eral Improvement of that section Of
Watch Hill will not be accomplished
for several years. Bones will be is
sued to raise the money for the pur-
chase and additional bonds will be is
sued to make the proposed improve
ments.
According to new regulation
adopted = the postoffice department
letter carriers are not required to de
liver mail at residences where vicious
dogs are permitted to run at large
Persons having such. must get thei
tmail matter at the postoffice. This /
pleasing to at least one letter carrie
in Westerly.
Judge John w. Sweeney of West
erly will attend a meeting of the re
publican state central committee il
Providence today (Tuesday). Afte
the meeting the members will be give
dinner at the Crown hotel by Ger
Charles r. Brayton. national commit
teeman from Rhode Island, who ha
lust returned to his home in Provi
4 dence. after a two months stay a
. Watch Hill.