Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-10-31

the noisy demonstration in Dixon
square.
The annual course Of lectures and
entertainments under the auspices of
the Westerly Teachers club and the
Memorial Library association will open
in November and terminate in March.
sThe committee has arranged the course
as follows: Frederick Poole the orien-
tai traveller and lecturer. whose sub
ject will be The New Celestial En-
pire, illustrated with still and moving
pictures: Alton Packard cartoonist,
humorist and versatile entertainer; the
Chicago Glee CLUB, with trombone
yquartette, reader and inIpersonator; DIR.
Samuel Parker Cadrnan, who will lee
ture on 1Y1e Puritans in Two Worlds;
A. Foxen Ferguson. concert lecture on
Folk Songs and Folk Lore of the Land.
William n. Holmes, Jr., superintend-
Ont OF westerly schools, was elected
president of the Rhod5 Island Insti-
tHte of Instruction at the closing Ses-
sion in Providence Saturday Of the
sixty-sixth annual convention, succeed
ing Walter y. Ranger, school commits
sioner for the state of Rhode Island.
This honor is appreciated by the many
friends of Mr.. Holmes in Westerly.
Silas It. Nye. a Westerly teacher, was
elected TO tho board of vice presi
dents.
The SuIlys, owners of the largest
summer place at Watch Hin and known
oY al in Westerly, have won in the
Hsdit brought by Tiffany of New York
to recover $5,192 on the ground that
Mrs. Sully agreed to pay for the arti-
cles bought.
Mrs. Sully said she was in Tiffany's
the day her husband failed and didn't
know he had failed at The time. She
said that jewelry worth about 100000
which she had owned was returned to
Tiffany to be held pending the adjust
lnent OF her husbands account with the
firm and that she had no opportunity
TO prevent such action. The jewelry
was merely pledged with the firm, she
said, and her husband has the option
20 repurchase the jawelry within
specified time. She denied that she had
ever said she was willing 70 have the
jeWelTy pledged because under the
cH'eUms tances I would not are to wear
She jeyelry until Mr.. Sully was out of
his difficulty"
The testimony showed that this jew
elry was part Of certain colIaterals
delivered by Sully to insure the pay
ment of a percentage OF his indebted
ness Of $4,000 to Tiffany & company.
Itc had one year in which to buy back
the property.
John M. Murphy, a resident of Paw
catuck, died Saturday at his home on
Garden AID Downar street, aged so. lie
was - blacksmith by occupation and
was s.; the employ Of the Smith Gran
tie company for seventeen years and
.o~ ten years was employed in the en-
-,rcer department at Fishers Island
government reserva ton. He is sur
-'ved by Mrs. Murphy, three sons and
7~ea daughters. lie leaves five sis
ors. Mrs Mary Lynch OF Philadelphia.
Nies Ellen Murphy of Norwich. Mrs
Micic@l Rurke and Miss Katherine
Narnhv OF Westerly and Mrs. Nora
Vcrmon Of Springfield, and a brother
Tennis. Of Westerly.
councilnnen Burdick and CuIey, the
police committee of the town council
Of Westerly are keeping the police Of
hcers busv making liquor raids more
being made under their direction than
in any like neriod. and the edict has
been issued that work will go forward
uninterruntedly until their term of Of
fee ends next June. There was raid
Saturday evening and another Sunday
morning
The officers visited the premises of
Patrick Hal.ev in Franklin 4treet Sat
urday and seized half a barrel of ale
on draught. Il was carted to the police
station to await court action.
Sunday the premises IN Pierce street
occupied by Arthur Benvsnuti were
raided and the officers seized and con-
veyed to the police station half bar
rel Of ale. a key OF lager. four bottles
OF ale and a quart bottle half filed
with whisk ey. The officers also found
evidence of sale of liquors.
Raymond j. Jodoir. tie democratic
nominee for CONGRESS- from the Third
Connecticut district was in Pawca-
tuck Sunday stra tightening the posts of
hfs political fence. He was escorted
through the village bv democrats OF
prominence and gave the glad hand to