Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-14

The Ice King in a single night cov-
 ed the Pawcatuck river from It's ttafce Werden's pond, West Kingston. 3 it's mouth in Little NarraganSett dly with a thick coating of foe There s74ay be some old men hereaboutS who a.1n recall when the Pawcatuck river vas frozen over in a single night, but ..1ey were not idling in the streets of westerly Tuesday. Where the river meets with tidewater at the Broad street dam. and where usually there is a heavy waterfall, was completely covered with ice, for a period, but dur ing the day there was clear water for a few feet at that particular place. Those who are weatherWise declare that there would have been even thicker ice but for the strong. cold wind that pre- vailed.
 At the pamping station the ther- mometer registered 2 below zero at noon Tuesday and below at in the morning. In Westerly village the re- liable thermometer of Dr. E. R. Lewis recorded below zero at o'clock in the morning. while at Quarry Hill the temperature was below and out of door work was suspended The ice supply ponds are all frozen over and a day or two more of this sort or weather will bring big harvest, but probably no change in price to con- s1nlerS.
 There wilt be bill presented at the present session of the Rhode Island general assembly urging the extermi- nation of the English starling. These birds have become so numerous in the state that they threatea to. drive out all others, even the English sparrows, as the starling is even bofder and more hardy than the sparrow. The starling was introduced in one of the New York parks in 1889 and the spread of these undesirable birds over the northeastern 1A 1anfTal Sf2tRG has hAAn raDlG. Connecticut, New Jersey and Vermont have laws permitting the killing of starlings without limitation. While many of these birds are in Westerly and vicinity there are but very few at the present time in WilcoS park.
 There was not starling in Rhode Island four years ago and now there are thousands. Flocks are nesting all over the state and the birds do not migrate, thriving here in winter as well as at any other time of the year. It is difficult to distinguish the starling from the blackDird at a distance, but when near it can be readily seen that the starling is mottled black and brown, with 8 shorter hill than the blackbird.
 The censtftutionsifty of the Rhode Island bankruptcy law has been Gues- toned in regard to the purchase of Bankrupt stock by a Norwich woman
 
 formerly & dry goods dealer in Arctic, for a dischar--- from bankruptcy in the United States district court Monday was opposed by Boston creditor. During the course of the hearing the constitutionality of the state law re- lating to the sale of the assets of 8 bankrupt in bulk was raised The point was made that the law was unconsti- tutional because the state had no right 10 pass such & law, and that similar law had been held to be unconstitu- Massachusetts The law reads fraud ulent and void.'' whereas the other laws on the subject read null and void" Counsel for creditor did not state whether hs based his objection to the law because of the word "fraudu- lent.'' Judge Arthur L. Brown contin- usd the hearing for a week that coun- Sel might look up decisions for pres entation.
 De Nomme was declared to be bank rupt March IF, 1913. and st that time scheduled assets were nominal at s4,- 530. Charles W. Littlefield was elected trustee of the estate and dividends amounting to per cent. were paid creditors. It Is alleged in the objec- ton to the discharge that De Nomme sold the contents of his store at Arctic to Mrs. Frank J. Stanley of Norwich, Conn.
 Rev. John Purtif1, of Davenport. 1eWa, a brother of the brideqroon,. celebrated the nuptia1 mass and per- formed the marriage ceremony in the Church of the Immaculate Conception Tuesday, when William Purtill and ,NH a. Yl,-isy,