Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-19
DANlELson
Barn Burned on DanieIson Farm In.
sured for s50o-Lighting Company
Responsible for Death of Harry
Smart-Auetions of Country Clubs
Furniture. NAtI

w. p Hatch OF New York has been
a recent visitor in Danielson.
Henry B. Hazen of Midway, Mass,
has been the guest of Danielson
friends.
Mrs. Ellen Moore of New York is
visiting relatives in Daniefson.
@. A. Hamilton and John Gordon
have been named as janitors of the
new central fire station
Arthur b. Harwood of Providence
visited friends in Danielson on Mon
day.
At Convention in Mystic.
Rev and Mrs. d. J. Nelly, Mr.. and
Mrs Frank I. Preston and Miss Grace
Spaulding are at Mystic attending the
Baptist state convention.
Clifford Starkweather spent Sunday
with relatives at Mills, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Woodward are
at North Stonington today CTuesdav)
to attend the wedding of Miss Alice
Woodland of West Hartford.
Miss Lillian Wetherall of the Wilt
mantle normal school was at her home
in Danielson over Sunday.
Teacher to Live in Norwich.
Mrs. George Cole is to teach at the
Valley school house in East Killingly
in place of Mrs. William Vaughn, who
is to live in Norwich
IIClAIN L. OClIl VI w OTCeSteE WAS at
his home in Danielson over Sunday
Students from the town of Foster,
R. l., are attending Killingly high
school this year.
A meeting of the officers and the
teachers of the Congregational church
was held in the vestry on Monday eve
ming.
The meeting of the ladies' auxiliary
of the Y. NJ. G. A. is to be held in the
M Con oh
tomorrow wednesday, evening.
Instructor ]. NJ. Clarke of the DAN
ielson Y. NJ. c. A. is to have charge
of classes recently formed for physi-
cal culture at the Congregational
church in Putnam.
Insured for $500.
The barn on the Edward Danielson
farm that was destroyed by fire on
Sunday evening was insured for $500.
1t was an old structure and stood on
the east side of the Williamsville road
opposite the dwelling house,
Had a Close Call.
There came close to being an acct
dent at the Main. street crossing Mon
day about noon when a man evidently
in from some part of the surround
ing country drove his team on the
tracks just as a freight train which
was switching backed down upon the
crossing. The gates were out of COM
mission and the man did not see the
flagman.
Responsible for Harry Smart's Death
Danielson people who knew Harry
Smart, motorman, recently e1ectrocut-
ed in Danbury, will be interested to
learn that the coroner has made a
finding of criminal negligence on the
part of the electric lighting company,
whose wire caused the death of Mr..
Shirt. Smart is said to have stopped
his car and left the vestibule to pick
an electric light wire from the track
where it had fallen because of defec-
tive wiring. AS soon as he touched
the wire the current passed through
his body and he was dead in a few
minutes. The coroners investigation
of the vicinity of the accident showed
that the light company's wires were in
poorly arranged condition.
Hearing in Bankruptcy.
There was hearing at Willimantic
Tuesday before Referee Andrew j.
Bowen of the bankruptcy court in the
case of Horns Brothers of Moosup.
This firm has conducted a dry goods
business at that place for several
years. Their liabilities are given as
$S.272 and their assets at $4.525.