Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-30
Winter Quarters for Steamer Watch HiIl-License Vote Close This Year Borough May Go Wet--Smah Fire Saturday Nght--Stony Brook War AH..a....an. ------L --------- !.

oaturuay NIgnr-Stony 1rook war
 Maneuvers. The Watch Hill season closes today (Monday) when the ferry between Stonington and Watch Hill and the express and baggage contracts are dis continued. The Westerly will proba- bly, be placed in winter quarters at Westerly. Capt. H. Hobart Babeock and family Will close their bungalow on Water street and will move to their winter home in Westerly.
 Speculation on License Vote.
 It is expected that the contest for license will be close this year in the town of Stoningtdn. A. factor that will have its influence on the license question and which will tend to place the vote in considerable doubt. is the number of new voters that were made Saturday It is understood that ma- jority of the new ones will be in favor of license and possibly be enough to throw the vote for license this year, It is alsoNthought that the borough will go license by quite majority, and the vote in Mystic will be close, In Pawcatuck, it is thought the east end of the town will bring out majority for no license.
 Miss Ann Atwood and MiNs Dolly Wha1ey, who has been Miss Atw0Od's s guests, have returned to Detroit Miss Maud Spencer is confined to the house by illness.
 Miss Anna Hooper has returned to New York after having been the guest of Miss Atwood.
 TheodOre Dewhurst spent Sunday in Newark, N. J.
 William c. Robinson has traded power boats with Albert Butler from | the Connecticut river Captain Rob- 1 inson is now the owner of the old Bessie, formerly owned by Benjamin | Brown.
 Miss Susan c. Durgin of Providence was visitor Sunday.
 Motorman Returning to Nova Scotia. | John White, formerly motorman on .he Groton and Stonington, will return ] rsr.., week to his home in Nova Scotia, r. '. Joseph spent Sunday in Bos- | ton.
 Miss NJ. .. Hawkins spent Sunday in | Brooklyn.
 On Saturday evening crowd gath cred in front of the postoffice and lis- tened totan interesting speech by James k, Carey in the interest of the | socialist party.
 PdTu on Flro.
 At 7.30 Saturday evening, an alarm
 was sent in to the steamers for a firs in the barn on the marsh. The hose
 company responded and extinguishet
 the fire.
 l Whe%e Stony Brook Is. Tha Stony brook mentioned in con
 nection with the war game in anG
 around Stonington is the stream O.
 Water coming, from the north and pass.
 ing to the west side of the Thomas
 w. Palmer place in the Road distric'
 and running in Sylvia pond. then be.
 coming brook again and passing be
 tween the Zappe place and Machipsaf | and out into the salt water by way O
 the Vargas ice~pond and the first GOV
 west of St. Mary's cemetery. It i
 thought the troops will camp on tn
 old Post road which rifns betwee,
 Westerly and Old Mystic, which i
 ? 12 miles north of the borough. Tn
 location of the brook Twas obtaine,
 from old maps, Wednesday and Thurs day are the days set for the maneu
 vers, October 2 and B. On Sunday members of the Roa } Congregational church listened to a t eloquent sermon preached by Rex 3 Herbert N. Gessner of Atlantic City , N. J.