Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-29
Local Laconics-

Walter Snyder was on a pleasure trip in Providence, Wednesday.
 The remodeling of the James NJ, Pen dleton residence in Elm street is near ing completion
 Frank Cyril Higgins, student in St. Mary's seminary, Baltimore, spent Wednesday in Norwich.
 When completed the Thompson sum- mer home on Sunset Hill at Watch Hill will be the big house of the col ony.
 Work on the new post office building Is being rushed in order to have 1t ready for occupancy on Washington's birthday.
 Francis J. McCabe has been con frmed as postmaster at Apponaug and Genev1eve Winter as postmaster at Gould, R. I.
 By unanimous vote at the conference Of Grace Methodist Episcopal church a request will be made for the return of Rev. l.. c, Horton, D. D., as pas tor for another year.
 Information has been received that Mrs. Charles Taylor. formerly of Ash away, had been killed in a. railroad accident in Alabama. No particulars have reached here yet. The funeral of George H. Burdick. a native Of North Stonington, was held from his home in Woonsocket. Tues T day afternoon. Burial was at Pine Grove cemetery, Hope Valley. Capt. Albert Earle. a resident of New London and in command of a government steamboat with station at Newport, died in that city Tuesday night. He Is an uncle of Mrs. George A. Williams of Westerly. Senator Louis W. Arnold of Wes terly qualified Tuesday as d member 1 of the board of control and supply and pr. Asa $. Briggs qualified as medical examiner for the town of HopkInton, 1 before State Secretary Parker. ] Accompanied by his sexton, William Anderson, Rev. Dr. John Neale left l Westerly Wednesday morning for Mer- ] lden where he becomes permanent pas tor of St. Roses church. The trip was made in Dr. Neale's automobile. George Corey, who was severely cut l and bruised by falling from the top l of load of empty boxes on the truck i of which he was driver, is nakiue, unusually rapid recovery, and expects l to be able to return to work by Sat i urday.
 l Congressman Gerry has introduced q petition from the Alton branch of l the Lace Operatives of America and ] from the Quarry Workers union of 1 Bradford. asking for congressional in yestigation of strike conditions in l Michigan
 Bills to increase the pensions of Mrs Mary F. Underwood of Wakefield. Mrs. Eliza J. Main of Slocum and Hugh McInnis of Carolina and the granting of an original pension to Abner l., 1 Phillips of Phoenix, have been in troduced by Congressman Gerry.
 Representative Langworthy, of Wes- terly, introduced an act in the house l Wednesday authorizing the Crumb Quarry company to construct a rail road track across a highway in the l town of Westerly, adjacent to the
 quarry. Referred to the Judiciary com mittee.
 The trustees room in the Memorial
 building is utilized as the office of Miss Annette McColl, the social welfare
 worker. Eventually her quarters will
 be in the Dr. Morgan house, in con-
 junction with the district nurse and
 the exchange for woman's work. This
 house is being renovated and changed
 to meet the new requirements
 James E. Kennedy of Westerly. z former justice of the peace and granC juror when a resident of Pawcatuclz was in attendance at the superior court in Norwich, Wednesday. He yas l a witness in the case of John T Ed Emond against Warren Randall, an ac-
 ton to recover on a joint note unor
 which both were endorsers Mir. Ken. 1 nedy was summoned to identify tht signature of MT. Randall.