Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-16

exercises. and those akin thereto. will | be held in the town hall. The aya1la- 1 bility of the place will also lessen the annual burden of expense to the local
 post of the Grand Army of the Re public. as the veterans will not be l required to hire hall for the an nual Memorial day exercises. l Local Laconics. The annual supper of the Westerly Teachers club was held at the Rock 1 haven house. Weekapaug, Saturday | night
 E. Stanley Clark, a former cottager at Watch HiI. is with his family at 1 one of the new Wetmore cottages at l Ocean beach.
 Cyrus H. Brown of Westerly, class l of 1851, is in attendance at the com mencement exercises of the Suffleld | Literary institute.
 The terra -cotta decorations of the 1 new postoffice building have arrived, and will soon be placed in position in the beautiful structure.
 The annual commencement at the Rhode Island State college at Kings ton began Sunday and the graduating exercises will beheld on Thursday. William Grant of Newton avenue, who was operated on for appendicitis at the Rhode Island hospital, three weeks ago, returned home Sunday aft ernoon.
 The members of Narragansett lodge of Odd Fellows went to River Bend cemetery Sunday afternoon and placed flowers upon the graves of deceased members.
 Considering the population there has been an unusual number of cases of appendicitis in Westerly, and it has
 been suggested that investigation of the cause be made by the state board
 of health.
 Capt. Edwin A. Roche, Twenty Sixth U. S. infantry. stationed in Tex as City, Texas, arrived in Westerly on
 Saturday evening. being called home by the serious sickness of his mother,
 Mrs. Mary Roche.
 R. J. Davey. a carver in the employ of the New England Granite works, returned from Hartford Saturday, where he had been for the week, cut ting the name of John Pierpont Nor gan on the family monument. Tine trustees of the Memorial and Library association have planned for hospitable entertainment of tHe dele
 gates to the annual meeting of the Rhode Island State Library association
 to be held in Westerly next Thursday. Tn the Saturday games of the Manu- facturers Baseball league. the Thread
 Mill team was defea+ed by Potter Hill
 by a 10 to score; Westerly Granite Workers won from Shamrock by the close score of to s, and Cottrells were defeated by White Rock g to 2. The two years contract between the carpenters and their employees has ex- pired. Under the schedule just expired the carpenters worked AS hours a week
 at 37 1-2 cents an hour. They now 1 demand a 44-hour week and an in, crease in pay to 45 cents an hour. The employers will receive official notice 1 today (Monday) of the demands of the Carpenters union.
 A slight blaze in the cellar of the | house occupied by Mrs. Patrick J. Don- ovan, in Cottage court. caused a need less fire alarm to be sent in from box 39, Friday night. The fire departmen
 made quick response but no service was rendered. The careless dropping of a lighted match on an old mattress
 caused the trouble and the fire was quickly eXtinguished with garden hose. ' Patrolman Shelby Nicholas of Paw catuck arrested John Brown Sunday morning, and turned him over to Chief Brown of Westerly, who had a war rant for his arrest Brown voluntarily agreeing to cross the state line. He is wanted by the Springfield, Mass police for breaking and entering a store in that city. An officer of the Massachusetts city will come after the prisoner today (Monday) and Brown will waive extradition rights. Attorney George R. McKenna com
 menced his new duties as prosecuting
 officer of the town court of Stoning- ton Saturday. The first case was that of Joseph Gardiner. arrested by Con- stable Kenyon in the Laurel Glen sec- tion on Friday, June 13, 1913. Gardi- ner was given into the custody of Pa trQlman Shelby Nicholas of Pawca-
 tuck, and arraigned before Judge Breed. He pleaded guilty and was fined s1 and costs. It was the first | session of the court under the new administration.