Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-26

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lily not be appointed until after the
state party returns from the Taft in
auguration ceremonies. From now on
there will be active work in the in
terests of the several candidates for
the office. In fact beneath the sur
face, the lobbying has been goinp on
quietly for several weeks, ever since
Judge Mumford made known his in
tention to resign.
Candidates for the judgeship include
Judge John w. Sweeney of Westerly,
Judge Christopher NJ. Lee, Attorney
General william B. Greenough and
John ). Murdoch Of Providence.
The Rhode Island State Temperance
leagues tenth annual convention will
be held next Tuesday, when the res
ignation of Charles ]. Dutton Of Vest
erly as assistant superintendent viii
be acted upon. Reports will be made
by Rev Albert b. Cristy as superin-
tendent, Charles J. Dutton as financial
agent. Rev Allen Brown as secretary,
Eben McGregor as treasurer, and
George w. Smith. auditor.
The annual address viii be by Rt
Rev. William McVickar, president of
the organization, followed by an adj
dress by Mrs. r. f. Livingston on
The Work of the Womans Christian
Temperance Union, q which she is
state president.
The Need and Methods of Restrain
ing the Evils of the Liquor Traffic will
be the general theme Of discussion.
There viii be six speakers limited to
discuss the following phases of the
work Need of Restraint, Rev. Jo-
seph Cooper of Newport; Method, Lii
cense or No-License, Rev. Z. s. MIN
do. DID,. of Providence; A Petition
as a Condition of a Vote, S. NJ. Clark
of Centerville; Annual or Periodic
Vote, Rev. j.. I. Lindh of Pawtucket;
The National Situation Resulting from
Local Option Methods, Rev. J. A.
Peake of Narragansett Pier; What
Should Be the Relation Of the Church.
es to Our League, Rev. Bowley Green
OF Providence.
In the superior court at Kingston
late Wednesday afternoon the jury re-
turned a verdict of not guilty in the
Point Judith oyster pond case. The
action was Oscar T. Drykster against
Aston Knowles, charged with taking
oysters from a private oyster bed in
Point Judith pond.
BY the jurys decision in the SUI
periOr court for Washington county
the case now ends, and unless some
new, case is brought later the con-
tending forces remain as far apart as
ever as to the legal rights in the
pond.
1.-THE bridge that leads to nowhere"
is liable to lead to the North Ston-
ington road, as first contemplated.
When the Norwich Westerly trolley
road built the steel bridge across the
Paweatuck river provision was made
for a public highway over the struc-
ture, and the town Of Westerly caused
a substantial road to be built to the
bridge but the town Of Stonington re-
fused to continue the highway on the
Connecticut side and this condition
has existed for over two years.
This road matter was considered at
q Stonington town meeting and reject
ed on the ground that the proposed
new highway, while beneficial to the
towns OF Westerly and North Ston-
town of StoningtOn. The proposed
lay out is on private property near
the boundary line Of the two Ston-
irgtOns, and StOnington declined 20
make appropriation for building a
road through private property, for the
chief accommodation Of non-residents,
but if the property owners built the
road according to legal requirements
the town might give favorable con-
slderation in the fo@lal acceptance Of
the road as a PUBLIC highway.
Now interested residents Of Wester-
" and North Stonington have deter
mined to build, open and give the
road to public traffic, without the as
sistance Of the town Of Stonington.
Property owners viii give the land,
others will give posts for fencing, 9TH