Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-13
Local Laoonics.

Miss Alma Bauck of Norwich was
a visitor Tuesday in Westerly.
Quartermaster Louis Babcock of the
! Morgan line Of steamships is spending
. short vacation at his home in Avon
/ dale.
Since Rev. J. w Ford became pas
tor. there has been rapid growth in
membership of the First Baptist
church
Chief of Police Thomas E. Brown
was In Putnam Tuesday, as a witness
| In the superior court il the Douglass
HargraNes case.
The effort TO form a Country club
In Westerly has been temporarily
abandoned, as the project received but
| Nttle couraseInent,
The new tug Westerly is expected
to be engaged in the towing business
| IN The Pawcatuck river before the END
! of the present month.
At tie annual meeting of the Rhode
| Island AntI-SalOon league. Rev. Sam
uel II. Davis Of Westerly was elected
memter Of the legislative commit
/ tee.
Henry r Segar. now On a western
/ trip. is disposing of his landed inter
ests in Westerly. ana is said to con-
! template change in place Of resi-
! dence
Miss Ethel F. Potter. in her 18th
year. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Potter Of Pleasant street, died Of
pneumonia, Monday after four days
! sickness.
Ii s practically settled that Frank
| lin lodge OF Masons will officiate at
4 10 Of
! the new town building and courthouse,
next month.
Already one hundred men have sig
niied their willingness to become
members Of the new social club that
is to have quarters N the Brown
/ homestead in High street.
/ President Howard Edwards Of the
Rhode Island state college was the
speaker at the Broad Street Christian
church, Tuesday evening His subject
was The Life That Now Is.
Z Westerly will send delegates to the
Estate convention that VIII select dele
/ gates 10 the national republican con-
vertion who are favorable TO the re-
nomination Of President Taft
1t is said that the end is not yet in
the prosecution of a Canal street liq-
uor dealer and that another form of
complaint is to be introduced at the
next meeting Of the Westerly town
council
Mrs. James P. Sisson. who has been
Of late with her sister, Mrs William
+. LouGon Of Pawcatuck. left on Tues
day for Los Angeles, where she will
reside with her daughter, Mrs Charles
+. Willard.
Bennie Benson, once known as the
Bad Man Of Pawcatuck. recently re-
leased from the Norwich Jail, has been
sentenee1 t. thirty days in the New
London jail for vagrancy Benson is
! thoroughly accustomed to Jail life, all
though breach Of the peace and intoxi-
cation are his most serious offenses.
A man who from unnatural cause
lost control Of lis pedal extremities.
| staggered against a large plate glass
window in the Barber Memorial build
ing, Monday night. He was taken in
/ by the police for intoxication. An
| insurance company will pay for the
window damage and the man paid the
usual PENALTY foi Intoxication.
Half-nakcd. dirty and delirious from
| the excessive use of intoxicants. a
homo has been offensive to the resi-
dents Of White Rock for the past two
days. At the request of the superin-
tendent of the White Rock mill the
fellow was taken into police custody
/ Tuesday morning and conveyed to the
| Westerly police station. He will be
arraigned in the Third district court.