Norwich bulletin., 1910-08-05
MYSTIC
Walter J. Webb's Goods Burned in Freight car-costeIIo's Repair Shop BursIarizsd-Matinee Bridge at the Country Club.

At o'clock Thursday morning an
 alarm for fire was sounded and prov ed to be at the Mystic station. A box car loaded with household goods be- longing to Walter J. Webb. who has
 gone to Halifax, N. S., and had left his goods there to be shipped. Through some misunderstanding the goods have been at the Mystic station for over two weeks MT. Webb .was>-in the insur-
 ance business while in Mystic and had left for Halifax to engage in the pie ture business. With his brother, he had sold his place and left his goods here to be shipped as soon as he had arrived at Halifax. The cause of the fire is not known. but is supposed to
 have been caused by a spark from 2,
 piano which were in the car were a complete loss, with no insurance. The possibility that the railroad company will not pay. owing to the conditions in which they were lying there. makes
 a bad case for MT Webb Thursday
 evening the railroad fficials were in town trying to find the whole cause
 and to see what might be done: but,
 according to their story. Mir Webb's
 chances are slim for getting any com
 pensation for his loss. Watches and JeweIry Stolen.
 Thursday morning at about nine o'clock, when Luther Morgan came
 down to his plate of business in Cen
 tral hall, where he has an office on
 the second llOOr, ne was SufpFtSeu LO find that some one had broken into the office of Cornelius Costello. who has a jewellers repair shop. Mir Morgan notified George Costello, who came to
 the office. and found that burglars
 had entered by saving Into the lock
 They had taken all the watches and
 iewelry in the place. H. Costello. who
 works for R. NJ. Buddy in New Lon
 don. was at once notified of the rob
 bery. came to Mystic, and said that
 he believed s20O or $500 worth of goods
 had been taken. Most all of the goods
 taken were repair work The bur
 glary took place about the same time as the fire. As MT. Costello was in his place at 1 o'clock, it looks as if
 the same party might be charged with both crimes.
 Mrs. Ann Heavy and grandson
 Charlie Carson have returned from a two weeks visit in New York. oil for Highway. The oil for the streets on the west
 side arrived in town Tuesday and ing under the auspices of Supervisor of Street Commissioners Elwin Haley. and a coat of oil was started at the
 Mystic drawbridge and will be con- tinued over all the macadam road t.
 Noank- Now that the main streets of the town are oiled 1t is hoped that the town will take up the matter of oiIing the rest of the streets. ! Newsy Notes. Mrs. George Higgins of Waterford is the guest of her sister, Mrs. John
 Maynard.
 Henry Miner is critically i'll. Miss Emma Bowen, Rose F Hit.
 Elsie Fuller. Helen Murray and Jen nie Lichtenstein or Providence are
 spending a week at Nayaug at Camp Rough House.
 Miss Edith Needham of Meriden Is
 the guest of MT. and Mrs G. L. FairbrOther.
 Albert Duhaime spent Thursday in Providence.
 A. B. Minor spent Thursday with
 Boston friends.
 is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Frank Buckley.
 Dtvid Gallup of New York is in town.
 Mir. and Mrs. S. B. Echols of Hart ford are staying at Nauyaug in Takit- . ezy cOttag ge.r
 Mrs. Peleg Briggs of Providence is the guest of her parents, Mir. and Mrs. Manning Miner. Tea and Bridge at Country Club. The tea given at the Mystic country club Thursday afternoon was well at tended. The ladies played bridge from of Miss Elizabeth Mallory, Mrs. L. NJ and Miss Edna Wheeler. Godfrey are visiting Mrs. Elizab beth -t1f.rr7 ic ncrfn