Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-21
JEWETT CITY
Mrs. B. F. Mahan In Auto Collision Augustus Read and Son Injured in Runaway-Caucuses in Lisbon.

An automobile accident on the Plainfeld road two miles north of the much excitement in the borough. Two automobiles came in collision. one driven by Mrs. Bryan F. Mahan of New London and the other by Anto- nio Vito of Thompson. Both cars were so badly damaged that they were lowed to Wolfe's garage and It will take several weeks to repair them The occupants were not injured ana returned to their homes by trolley. Dogs Cause Runaway. Augustus Read and his son William Read, were driving down Ben5amins Hill in Lifeon. Saturday afternoon, when six dogs came from the lots and began barking at the horse. and biting his legs. The animal was So then ran, throwing both men out at the foot of the hill. He ran to John sons barn, where he went inside the |; | building. The buggy was demolish- , ed, and the occupants were badly : bruised. They managed to get to Mrs Johnsons. and were carried home from there. The elder gentle i man was confined to his bed on Sum i day, as result of the accident. | Lisbon caucuses. | Two caucuses were called in Lis bon Saturday evening at the town
 house for 8 o'clock. The democrats
 journed to the Newent schoolhouse. l The republicans were then called to order by E. W. Corbett for the town
 committee. W, S. Foote was elected
 chairman with H. T. Wilcox as clerk
 named as follows: Assessor. F.. B.
 Cheney: selectmen. c. A. Whitaker,
 Fred Kanahan; board of relief, J. B.
 Palmer. James Broughton: tax collec- 1Iye.
 Foote: member school committee, ! Francis Johnson: grand juroIs, A. A
 Adams, sE. W. Corbett. George@H eibell. Jr., E. B. Cheney. Adam Schmitt; con-
 stables. John Wieland. M. E: Bugbee:
 Bradlaw: registrar of voters. F. E.. 1 Hyde.
 The town committee was empow-
 cred to fill all vacancies.
 | Democratic Caucus.
 At the Democratic caucus G. G. Bromley was chosen chairman and A. A. Rist was clerk. The following can didates were nominated: Assessor. G. Chas. Budeit; board of relief, A. F. I Read, Geo. Phillips;N tax collector. J
 E. Moriarty: auditor. G. G. Bromley;
 Rember Regd sr.d school ,lrors eommitsee r,teb I
 M. Read. G. G. Young. C.. H. Fitch
 ". M. Phillips; constables, Martin
 Wallace Robert Kelly, fBenjalnir
 Goldfarb. Albert Gundernnab Martin
 voters, G. c. Phillips; agents town
 depot fund, J. M. Lee, E. M. Blake. c. H. Fitch.
 Polish Mission Opens.
 A Polish mission was opened at St :, Mary's church Sunday, to continue
 during the week. Rev. Joseph Janow- ski of Erie, Penn.. is conducting the
 mission. The next week there will be . an English mission and two weeks
 later a mission for the French. Borough Briefs. Miss Carrie Chapman of Norwich spent Sunday with Miss Josephine ;, Mrs Fred Menard is suffering. from ] the effects of a. sprained ankle. caused by falling down stairs
 a Miss Vivian Fairbanks of Boston is . a guest at Miss Mary Hoppman's. ., Conference Delegates.
 Supt F. E. Robinson andhGeorge A.
 Haskell were appointed delegates to
 the Sunday school conference at Pres . ton Thursday.
 2 Miss Marguerite Thresher of Nor wich spent Sunday at E. F. BurIe-
 sons.
 n Rev. and Mrs. Samuel Thatcher had ,, as guests for the weekend MT. and ]. Mrs. Thomas Brown and daughter Ag-
 rles of Oneco, MT. and Mrs. Winthrop = Ballard and son, Leroy of Thompson, = and MT. and Mrs. Clifford Carpenter = of Ansonia-
 Receives Parting Gift. Earl Howe was surprised Saturday = evening by a visit from a number of Q tyoung people from the Methodist
 church.. MT. Howe is to go to an au- = tomobile school in Springfield this n week and his friends gave him a gold coo orf Y,ir o ray 1Trar ar,na 1n In
 dies provided cake cand Mrs. Howe : provided cake. coffee and ice cream if Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Mclaughlin en- : tertained on Sunday Mr. and Mrs. A n Mclaughlin and Miss. McLaughlin o1
 Greeneville, pr. A J. Mclaughlin and :, Miss Loftus of Providence. = The Wioman's Foreign Missionary 2 society of the Congregational church v meets at Mrs. F. B. Robinson's Tues. V day afternoon.
 The advance sale of tickets for the Library, Benefit course of entertain. U ments has been very encouraging. e Phillip Romaine is recovering from p being badly burned by steam about l. one arm and the back. e There are On exhibition four pota-
 toes grown by Mrs. S. J. Young or l- the John c. Hawkins farm. Int al largest weighs 20 ounces and ths IS combined weight of the four tubers il l. four pounds.
 e. Mir and Mrs. H. P. Morgan of Soutl l. Norwalk are guests at MT. and Mrs o. M. w. filings on North Main street
 A Record Fire Drill. 10 The following from a Worcester pa 1t per is of local interest: @ The Royal Worcester Corset com '- pany, David H Tanning, president IS has reason to be proud of its arrange al ments for the protection of employe se in case of fire breaking out in it
 large factory. Two large steel fire es it capes at the Worcester plant prove Id their efficiency Sept IF when. upol s the ring of the fire alarm bell, tn V. seventeen hundred men and wome IT. employed retired from the bi1ilding i n. perfect order in two minutes ; and te ,h seconds. using only these two fire es
 capes.
 These fire escapes are built fror . the ground, instead of being hun as from the building. Each will carr i about one hundred and fifty people a -, one time. and the stairs are wid sr S enough for three abreast to pass dow si At each floor the door to the fire es i1 cape opens outward, and no sill C IF obstruction in any way impedeS rapi