Norwich bulletin., 1913-01-24
Local Laconios.

Bessie of Narragansett avenue are wis Iting in Providence and Boston.
 Mrs. Charles w Campbell of Elm street has returned to her home after having visited her daughter, Mrs Jo- seph H. Barber, at Wollaston, Mass. The Westerly and Pawtucket teams of the Shone Line Bowling league, who now have no available alleys in town, because of the recent fire, played at the Mystic club at Mystic Thursday evening.
 Rev. Clayton A. Burdick of Main street has returned from New York city, where he has been attending q ministerial meeting of the eastern as soc1at1on of the Seventh-day Baptist denomination this week.
 The members of the Marquarre sex tette of Boston, which gave a concert at the high school Wednesday evening, returned early Thursday to attend a regular rehearsal of the Boston Sym phony during the forenoon.
 @sNrs Eliza D. Stillman of Granite street, who celebrated her S9th birth day Wednesday,, is in good health and enjoys reading and sewing, which she is able to do without glasses, although she used them at one time
 I.iurt. Col. George W. CsetchelL T. $. A.. is to be in attendance al the ar cory this evening to give the officers
 
 tion before the annual drill and in spection woIck is to take place next Tuesday e5 ening.
 Otis P. Chapman of this town has in his possession a small book entitled Outlines Of Modern Geography which was published in Brattleboro, Vt. back in 1S27- The book is Illustrated with wood cuts and are decidedly crude to similar pictures that are published these days.
 Cornelius Murphy, who fell from staging at Watch Fill, where the R. 4. Sherman Sons company are building @ cottage, was out Thursday for the first time since the accident last Sat urday Nr. Murphy in his fall of some 25 feet is suffering from several hard bruises and a severe shaking up. In the. annual meeting of Butler hos pital in Providence the report showed that the institution had lost 3 mem bers during the past year, among them being the late Congressman George H. Utter of this town. Dr. Frederick T. Rogers, formerly of Westerly, but now of Providence. was elected to member ship.
 The West stree& bridge was opened to traffic Thursday afternoon, when the Schumacher Cons Tuction company of Philadelphia finished laying the will doubtless open the bridge to the public within a day or so. as the ap- breaches at either end of the structure are nearly ready for traffic.
 Midyear examination of the West erIy High school are to he held three days next week, commencing Vednes- day The days will be divided into two periods each It has been the custom at the school to hold examinations ev- cry. quarter, but it has been decided by the school board to hold examinations twice a. year, as is done in most of the schools throughout the country.
 The Westerly Light and Power com pany has placed a Westinghouse street flaming arc light on the pole in front ol the Rhode Island drug store in Dix on House square as a sort of expert ment. There is between three and a half and four times as much power as there is to the regular arc light, but outside of the extra cost of the lamp this rnethod of lighting is said to be much nore efficient and also more eco no1nical.