Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-25


 headArst against a stone wall
 s5lty when a wheel ef Ats carriage
 ied, while driving to HenlziHten
 yo preside at the hfnae4al town
 ss. died at his heIae in Ashaway
 astay morning. MT Garpsnker sias-
 nsa q fracture of the sknA and his side was paralyzed. K
 r carpenter was born in Westerly .sss s. 1s42. Ills father was killed in ssi while taking down the frame of tile Potter Hill mill, which had bural- ed. and the boy, then five wears cid, was taken into the Potter family and received his early efaueatien ct Potter Hill. At the age of IS he responded to enlisting in Company D. Fourth regi- ment, Rhode Island volunteers. He took part in many engagements and was seriously wounded af tho battle of Petersburg by the explosion of mines. July go. 1864. and was sent to the field iosrsataA where his right arm was am-' Sepa, 2i, 1861. before departing for the heat with his reginsent, he was uuleed in marriage with Miss Mary 1lfuaheth Covey of Asf&way.
 Af1er eenapsetans his term In the mill itary service he engaged in general mercantile service an AShaway, From lSes until iSTa he was postmaster in the village. Dn the latter year he went to Philadelphia and represented Rhode Island and Connecticut wooden naanu- HacturexS in commission house, and unxil 1880 engaged in the wooden waste business, From 1880 to 1908 he was treasurer and manager of the Asiaway Line and Irvine company and retained 6nanc4al interest thereafter
 For years Mr, Carpenter had been f,Tes<seer of the poor and moderator for the town of Hopklnton- He served tn the town council, the board of as pDosors and from 18TS to 1884 repre- In ffEa Ia 1F1fy1Sl3- exwo. He was also for many years SsomnA1uder of John A Logan post, G. A R. For s7 years he was a member Of the Seventh day Baptist church and was q member Of the board of mana gers of the SeEenth-day Baptist Mis- sinuaxT society. He was president Of tho Ashaway Free Library and Read ing Room association
 MT Carpenter leaves his widow, son. Edward C Carpenter, of George ecyn. & C., and three daughters, Mrs. Hnxsiet Wells Van Horn of Dodge Center. Minn-, Mrs Frances Adalie RanSieiph of Alfred, N- Y. and Miss Roth Marion Carpenter of AsSRaway.
 The an.s.aI James Manning and Frsnsss Wzyiaud prires were awarded ak HFpWn university Saturday morn ing. f7se presentations being at the chapel exercises Prof Nathaniel F. Davss read the names and the prize
  and Rruf Henry Barrett Huntingdon A9,zcsK ta,ssze who w-om the James Man n9ne schclarzahp, the highest of the 7 two. are R. A PTessDn of DAniefson and Isxnnr BHRRrh of New London The boo1x selerdHd for this year were spe- caaIly bound and prirted for the uni- vers1E. xRzey were LetteEs of Thaca- cray, Wscpdr0E Wilson's Essays on the EeE9sk Lfheratnpe. and a special edd- tiun ,6 JsAn Hzy's poen2
  Stzkc ofEners of the Rhode Island brunch of the Foresters of America arrfued in Westerly from Providence at 315 Sxm1ay afternaen. aeeompfnied by RHEt Chief RanEef Lrigi Marcello and delegation fFoan ColEt Florence, of which he is a member, and also del- egations from scvera other courts in the state. A new court to be known as aenerafe Ehrico Gialdina, composed of Italian residents of Westerly, waS in- Stituted, the ceremonial baing held in Mechanics hall. The new court starts with a membership of 35. The visitors were hosrtably entertained while in WeE1aElE.
 TfD sstzts board cf public roads has given notice that ff1e Narragansett covseed brfdqe will be closed to traffic until further notice. Autompuilists and others bound to NarragansettsP Pier, Westxsfeld or Westerly from Proyi- .dence will continue on the old Post road at TaIbots corner, over Tower ETH to Wakefield. There is state mae aliam all tfe way by that route. Auto ists who use SaunderstDWn ferry from , Newport north to Haznilton taking left at reverse curve to Post road at Allen ton, and continue on Post road to Wakefield and Westerly.
 
 Some time during Friday night the generei store of John Burdfck in. Ash awoy was broken into and entered and bztween, S20 and $26 in cash taken, be- sides a. varied assortment of articles from the stock. Entrance was, made from the rear of the store, and in the usual way, the removal of pane of glass, the releasing of the catch and the raising of the window
 Postmaster Charles ]. Butler has leased his Watch Hill cottage, The Napsz to P. T. Campbell of Springfield. Mass, who has planned to occupy the cottage with his son, Mrs. Billings and son and her father and mother, also of Springfield The party are now at The Rhode Island pending changes and f1n- provements in the cottage Friday night Mrs Billings was taken suddenly amtN NR HmszsEE DAmM
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