Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-26
Local Laeonics.

LOcal EaGonlcS'
 Walter M Slocum and son of New London visited in Westerly Sunday.
 MT and Mrs. Harry Holmes of New London were visitors Sunday in Westerly.
 Pete Clemens of the Lowell baseball team spent Sunday at his home Tn Westerly.
 The Westerly Catholic club will have an outing at the Wequetequock casino Labor day.
 Charles B. States of Stonfngton has sold to William A. Wilcox about eight acres of land to the west of the vil- lage of Pawcatuck and which has been owned by the States family for over century.
 Steamer Westerly carried full com plement of passengers on the excur- sion trip to Ocean Beach Sunday.
 A car of the Groton- -Stonington road was pressed into service Sunday to accommodate travel to Watch Hlll, Pleasant View and Atlantic Beach.
 Mrs. Mary Albro. 84. widow of Stephen Albro, died Saturday after- noon ct the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harvey Hoxie, in Pierce street. The granite to be used in the con- struction of the new marble postoff1ce building in Westerly from the grading line to and including the watertable will be brought to the Granite City fron Rockland, Me.
 Rev. Joseph L. Peacock supplied the pulpit of the Seventh day Baptist church Saturday. The pastor, Clay ton A. Burdick. Is attending the gen. eral conference of the denomination at North Loup, Neb.
 Dean William M. Groton of the | Philadelphia Divinity school preached at the Sunday evening service in Grace Episcopal church, New York. Rev, MT. Groton was pastor of Christ Episcopal church in Westerly for many years.
 Westerly division will be represented at the biennial convention of the An cient Order of Hibernians to be held ! in Providence Thursday. Thomas J, Mathews of Providence, formerly of Westerly, is the state president and will preside at the convention.
 John Tanner, an old-time printer, aged 70, known in Westerly and all over New England, was sentenced to two years in the state workhouse from Providence Saturday. He said he had no relatives and quit the case 15 years ago on account of poor sight.
 The Dixon house dining room is closed to patronage, and next Satur- day at midnight Louis H. Eddy will retire from the management and turn the property over to the owner. VII liam Segar. The hotel will then be opened under new management.
 Arthur Riley has succeeded Charles J. Donovan as superintendent of the work of railroad improvements in Westerly, representing the Ryan -Keon Construction company. Mir. Donovan has gone to Clinton, Mass. to take charge of work there for the same concern.
 The annual convention of the Cath olic Total Abstinence union of Con- necticut is to be held in New Londor today and Tuesday The old St. Mi chaels society that was connected with 1 the union for many years has gone out l of existence, and therefore PawcatucI will not be represented at the conven- ton.
 The bell that formerly summoned pupils to the old Palmer street school house, recently destroyed by fire, has been placed in the tower of the Con- l gregational church in Pawcatuck. Tn, bell taken from the church tower was placed there 50 years ago and has been cracked and discordant for the past 20 years.
 Anthony Kennedy and Mrs. Kenne. dy, the sketch artists, sailed Satur- day from New York for New Orleans where they have an engagement O. 1 several months in the Greenwall thea. ter. MT. Kennedy is a native of Nor. Wich and his legal residence Is Paw catuck, where he is known to almos every residentw with equal acquaintance on the Westerly side of the Pawcatucl river.
 John M. Senecal, a freight brakeman and resident of New London, had { close call Saturday morning near tn, Westerly station He fell between twc ears of moving train, but kept hi. head and managed to get out of tn, predicament without serious injury He fell sideways and managed to keeI his legs away from the car wheel an, craWled to safety. His right arm wa sprained and his hip severely bruised