Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-01
POULTRY SHOW AT
 WESTERLY ARMoRV
Exhibitors from All Over New EnsIana Thomas Wills Injured by Rig Saw Funerals of Mrs. Charles P. Chap man and Mrs. Edward N. Dodge.

I -Thomas Wills Injured by Rip Saw i Funerals of Mrs. Charles P. Chap II man and Mrs. Edward M. Dodge.
 The annual show of the soutE l County Poultry association opened
 Tuesday in the state armory in Wes- terly and the drill shed is none to9 large to conveniently accommodate the great number of high bred birds that are exhibited. There are eighteen {; classes in competition for Its prizes that aggregate in value about $L.o0o and it is conceded that this poultry show is the leader for Rhode Island It is open to all and there are com i petitors from adjoining states and all i oyer New England. The keenest com petition and largest exhibits are in tha t single-comb Rhode Island Reds and
 single comb White Leghorns, there ! are fOrty-nine singles and five pens in the former class and forty five sin | gles and five pens in the latter. There l is also a large exhibit in the bantam 1 entered by w. H, Congdon of ProVd- | dence. There are also varieties o9 ducks and geese. but the only turkey in the show is a big bronze gobbler which is to be given to the patron of 1 the show that guesses nearest to the /! weight of the bird.
 ! Secretary Herbert P Clark and as- i sistants have been busy for some time : arranging for the show and the work 1 increased with the opening of the shoVE. i! The judges are A. B. Atherton. of Bos- i ton. secretary of the Boston show; D. l J. Lambert of the Rhode Island state l college, and A. 4. Mowli, of the pouI- {, try department of Farmholne, Ston-
 ington. Mir. Atherton judges the
 Rhode Island Reds, the English class 1 and games. MT. Lambert judges th6 American class except the Rhode ls- 1 land Reds, also the Mediterranean
 class. Mir. MoHn is judge of the ban tams, water fowl and pigeons.
  ! Thomas Wills, employed at the plant i of the Isaac Sherman company, was i seriously injured while at work with ] steam rip saw, Tuesday morning. The piece of wood he was saving : slipped and his right hand came in ! contact with the S-w. The forehngeE
 was nearly severed near the knuckle l and the thumb was also nearly cut 1 through. pr. M. H. Scanlon was called
 and gave temporary Urea tment. He | was of opinion that with hospital at 1 tention there was possibility of saw ing the thumb and finger and. upon
 his advice. MT. Wills went to the Rhode Island state hospital in Providence.
 :, The petition of Frances c. and Rod. man Greennan setting forth that GIss-
 rnent A: GrlseoTn. who owned 4a-s.sls reat es- l tate at Watch Hill. died at HaFerfords 1 Pa, and therefore asked that an ex- l emplided copy of the will be filed and recorded in the Westerly probate court ! was formally received at a special 1 session of the court Tuesday after noon, Judge Edward M. Burke preslo- ing. Judge John W. Sweeney explain
 ed that it was essential that the will
 be recorded in Westerly to make com I plete the record and title in the prop erty. The will was ordered recorded ! There was large attendance at the funeral of Mrs. Edward Nj. Dodge
 which was solemnized at her late home in Elm street Tuesday morning, the service being conducted by Rev. Vii liam F. Williams, rector of Christ Episcopal church. Burial was in River
 Bend cemetery. The bearers were pr. J. Howard Morgan, Alexander c. Thompson, William Segar and Eugene B. Pendleton.
 The funeral of Eliza A. Chapman, widow of Charles P. Chapman, was I attended by many friends at her late home in High street Tuesday after 1 noon. The services were conducted by ' Rev. J. w. Ford D. D., pastor Of First | Baptist church, and Rev Joseph P: i Brown of New London paid tribute of ] respect to the memory of the deceased. MT. Brown is now in his e2d year and l was ordained pastor of the Charles 1 town Baptist church 65 years ago He said that Mrs. Chapman was a mem Der of that church at that time and l had never severed her membership MT. Brown accompanied the remains to River Bend cemetery and took part in the committal service. The bearers l were John R. Wilcox, Howard Wilcox Herbert Wilcox, Thomas W, Coy and
 Herbert Coy.
 The storm of Monday did consfSOr- able damage at Quonocontsue beach, the sea wall at East beach being in~ Il jured and washed away for a. distance Il Of 40 feet Great havoc was wrought | to the cottages along the beach. One | owned by Mrs. Jane Francis of Pitts | burg was carried to sea, the cottage of Mrs F. M Swartmont of Troy com | pletely demolished and that of Carl II Barrett of Providence was moved II from its foundation and dropped to the beach. One who knows declares it to have been the most severe storm on land and sea combined that has pre- vailed in that section for 45 years. Local Laconics.
 The customary watch service was
 omitted at Grace Methodist church on
 Tuesday night.
 In common with all other posto1nces
 the one in Westerly is ready for the beginning of the ~arcel post service.
 Emilus Russell Nye and Mrs. Ida May Edward were married Tuesday
 evening by Rev. John G. Dutton- They | were attended by H. Leroy Richards and MisS-Nellie Edmond.
 | Michael T. KeIeher left Westerly | Tuesday for St. Augustine. Fla, to be- l come head porter at the Ponce de Leon hotel for the 27th successive season. l He will have assistants these l Westerly men, James H. Mahoney, | Augustus Farrell, Charles Ryan and | Stephen Pickover.