Norwich bulletin., 1912-07-10
Local Laconics.

With MrS. Foster as surety.
 Local Laconics.
 William Marr has purchased from James Bishop building lot in Fair View park
 William A. Wilcox has sold the Ma tale Lidestra college in Liberty street to Chritiszio Orlando.
 There was an enjoyable and profit able lawn fete on Calvary church grounds Tuesday evening.
 Miss Maude Mordaunt of New York, moving picture artiste, is the guest of the family of J. Irving Maxson in Elm street.
 Mrs James Murphy, organist of St. Patrick's church, Stonington, resident of Pawcat,lck, is spending the week at Atlantic City,
 Rev John 6. Dutton off1ciated at the funeral of Alphonzo Nichols at White Rock Tuesday afternoon. Burial was at River Bend
 Tramplng through the dusty path way from the railway station 10 the street has increased the business of local shoe sinners.
 William Snyder, employed at the C. B. Cottrell & Sons company plant, had two fingers of his right hand severely injured Tuesday, by being caught in the chain to a travelling crane.
 Thomas McGowan. for thirty years in the employ of the Lorraine com pany in the weaving department, has resigned to enter the employ of the Jenckes Spinning company in Paw tucket.
 There has been more or less vexa- tious and unavoidable delay in trolley schedule on the PaWcatucl1 Valley road due to lack of power. This will be ob- Viated as soon as the substatiOn near Mistuxet brook is completed.
 The commission on public roads and highways were al Watch Hill Tuesday for the purpose of issuing licenses for autos owned by summer residents Such as do not apply will receive the attention of the Westerly police.
 With the thermometer indicating ninety-s six above in the shade in front of Nash's, Tuesday noon, it was the hottest day of the season by several degrees. In consequence there was very little of even hot air stirring.
 Frank J. Clinton, factory inspector for Rhode Island. is at Watch Hill for 8 couple of weeks During his stay he will inspect the local manufacturing plants, with special attention as to the employment of children under the age cf sixteen.
 Frank Wilcox has sold a lot in Grove avenue to J. Frank Segar, who pro- poses to build a cottage thereon, The barn on the premises has been razed purchased by Max Lahn, and the ma terial will be used in the construction of a cottage at Pleasant View.
 The fellow that caused the fashion that man should wear a coat ought to be electrocuted." was the remark of young man in Dixon square Tues day. A policeman standing near put the query How about us fellows that must keep our heavy regulation coat buttoned to the neck?'
 Because Bliven, the fshman, has been ordered to Yacate the premises he has so long occupied in Main street, there was a rumor to the effect that the old structure was to be razed to make way for addition to the adjoining mill property. It is authOritatively stated that there is no foundation for the rumOr.
 The Rhode Island Anti Saloon league, through it's legislative commit tee, will ask to have Memorial Day added to the three besides Sunday when it is not legal to sell intoxicat- ing drinks. The Catholic Total Absti- hence Union of Rhode Island will urge that Good Friday be included in the prohibitiye list
 Capt Cyril Wells of the Fourth com pany, Coast Artillery Corps, Is on mili- tary duty at Fort Creole for two weeks. He is superintendent of con- struction of the new Westerly town hall and court house. During his ab- sence the work will be supervised by William Williams of Providence, con tractor for the building.
 At meeting of tfA Bristol, R. l., school committee, Miss Alice J. Will Hams was appointed as teacher of grade six on yearly salary of s426. Miss Williams was graduated from the Westerly high school, 1909, and from the State normal school the present year. She succeeds Miss Wilhelmena a school in Plainfeld.
 The bill of Walter H. Barney of Providence as attorney for the town of Westerly. in the suit brought and won by Courtland P. Chapman, which Ndb pAGHCllLCh SCNSAcll WCCho eOJ Adlo not yet been acted upon in open meet ing of the town council. It is under stood that the bill is considered ex- cessive and that MT. Barney has been asked to reduce the amount.
 Work Is progressing rapidly in the l excavation for changing the grade of Canal street, so that traffic will go un- der the bridge and thus eliminate the grade crossing. The incline will be on five per cent. grade, but there Is nothing in the agreement between town and railroad as to whether there shall be retaining wall on either side or sim ply terrace of earth. It is probable that when the roadbed Is completed the granite pavement will be continued to the curve In Canal street