Norwich bulletin., 1914-10-20

NORWICH E cheerful and happy and long live to enjoy the blessing of this land and see them vouchsafed to your home, and purchased such a patrinony by his bold and uncompromising devotion to his country in her greatest trial. Elk cuse this written in much haste. You can write to John Kilburn, Providence, R. l., or if going to Providence, they can call as he bequests at office Of age. I shall write Mir. Kilburn your location and at any time I will do for you in this direction what I can with much please. Truly yours.
 E. B. PENDLETON, Postmaster. Postmaster Pendleton, was father of Miss Helen Fitz Pendleton president of Wellesley college, Charles H. Pendle- ton, Eugene B. Pendleton and James M. Pendleton of Westerly, and Colonel Edwin P. Pendleton, U. s. A., retired. The record of Benjamin Franklin Underwood, as appears in Who's Who in America is as follows: Author; born New York. July 6, 1889; son Raymond c. and Harriet E. Booth Underwood; educated Westerly (R. Io academy; married Sarah A. Francis, Sept. G. 1862; private Fifteenth Massa- chusetts Volunteers: wounded and captured at Bells Bluff, Va, Oct. 2l,
 1s61; exchanged 1882; became nrst lieutenant and ~adjutant Rhode Island
 Heavy Artillery; was correspondennoa no Newport (R- I) News: lecturer 30 wears: especially widely known 1S1o- S5, as a representative of biblical reig- ious thought, meeting in pubic deoaIe' before audiences of 1000 to 5000 lead before the evangelistic Alliance, com posed of 400 orthodox clergymen- open ed a discussion on Evolution and Evange1istic Theology, in which Pro1s. P A. Phadbourne and Asa GrGay were the other disputants; business man ager and co-editor of Boston Index, organizer of Frer Religious assocla- tion 1S60-6; open court, Chicago, l8o!; editor Illustrated Graphic News, Chl- cago, 1888; Phiosophic Journal, organ chairman congress of .Evolutionists: secretary Psychical Science congress Chicago exposition. 1893: editor Quincy Journal since 1897. He is honorary member Nineteenth Century club. New York: member American Free Trade League and Grand Army of the Re public Author: Influence of Chrisi. anity on Civilization. 1871: Essays and Lectures, 1874: Letters of JUnius, 1876: Spencer's Synthetic Philosophy, 1891; and many magazine articles.
 Many of the friends of Joseph A. Boaie attended his funeral Monday afternoon from his home in Mechanic street. The service was conducted by Rev, William F. Williams, rector of Christ Episcopal church. There were numerous floral en1Dien1s, fnciud- ing a huge spray of yellow chrysan- tfemunas from the Westerly Light and Power company; a large wreath Of red Killarney roses with stand Of Easter lilies. white chrysanthemums and roses
 <Nf 4t,A .Tcvf1f and Power company; and large spray of white chrysanthernums rom a group of friends and marked "Jim." " Burial was at River Bend. The bear CTS were John R. Johns and water Taylor representing the knlgnts oI Pytfias, and Maxwell G. Thorn and Samuel Fyffe the Caledonian society. Durinu the severe storm of early Monday morning the convent building of St. Michael's parish, in Liberty street. Pawcatuck, was struck by lightning. arousing the household and causing much excitement for a brief
 period but. none of the Sisters Of
 Mercy were injured. The lightning struck the chimney, sending bricks flying in all directions, and tore shin ;ries from the roof. but did not en- ter the building. The lightning struck the convent at about 3:30 o'clock and at that time there was an unusually heavy rainfall.
 The bond welding car Of the Shore Line Electric Railway company made it's initial visit to Westerly Monday and attracted considerable attention The track bonds are the copper wire which connects the rails, and when they become weak or disconnected there is a waste of electrical power. These defects are discovered by a. device known as bond-detector that readily locates the weakened bonds and records the same. but has no con- nection with the bond-welding car: This car Is sent over the road and Is equipped to make the repairs. In three minutes the copper bonds can be brought to white heat and readily welded to the rail, and all by cleo tricity. The work is necessarily slow ing blocks must be removed to get at the bonds and are, of course, re- placed when the welding is completed.
 New bonds were placed on the rails fin several places in Canal and High streets on Monday, and similar work will probably be done in West Broad street today. The car came to West erly from Norwich. It is about a third of the size of an ordinary trolley and is a mass of electrical machinery and man and two other employees Th,s bond-welding car is practically a new
 invention and just as soon as its praeticability was established 1t was added to the equipment of the Shore Line Electric Railway company, which also controls the Norwich 6 Westerly Traction company.
 Local laeonies
 Bliven opera house has been engaged for the night before election no-license
 rally. Rev. Sam Small is to be the principal speaker.
 Rev Roger L. Marble of Brown uni- versity has been engaged to supply the pulpit of the First Baptist church