Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-26

and the value was placed aI S1o'svs Ues that the tearnster that made the deltv- | erv did not get receipt as no one was in the store at the time; that soon thereafter the receipt was suhmietea, but that none. of the Gentle 1amiy | would affix signature.
 Judge Williams ms stated saadsrd mat a,lbert saf company had some weight and would not make claim for goods not deliv- cred. He was of the opinion that tne goods were delivered and It has been shown that demand for payment has Judgment for the plaintiff to recover the sum of $10.7o and costs. Attorney Dunn gave notice of appear to the superior court.
 The ease Of Eilery Barber, oNsrsssr the charge Of bastardy. instituted by a woman named Provost, was called Town Solicitor Agard stated that he was ready to go on with the case, put that there would be no fnality before December next. Therefore he suggest ed that the accused be released on reasonable bail, as 1t would be need less expense to confine him in a state institution at the expense or the town for 8 period of three months Of more. Attorney. Ledwidge. counsel for Dean, suggested a satisfactorily secured bond of $500. This sum was agreeable to both attorneys and approved by the court.
 The court disposed of the two cases of Charles J. Butler against F. T. Campbell of Springfield. Mass. Camp bell hired the Butler cottage at Watch Hill for the season at rental of $500, paying one-haf the sum in advance. When the second payment became due Campbell informed Butler that the balance of the rental would not be . tA& p Iyr iv~ek I2v,&l Ter to balance the. account. Campbell claimed that Butler was responsible for damage to his automobile tires by reason of bad approach to the cottage and did not do many things that should have been done for the benefit n-payment and as a result Butler brought suit As there was no visible property to attach, Campbell was ar rested, and was released upon a bond of $500 and he retained Gordon, Pierce & Thornley of Providence as his att be heard on Friday, but as there was no appearance on the part of defend ant Judgment was rendered in favor of Butler to recover the amount due with costs. Judgment was also given in the ejectment case against Camp bell and AIr. Butler will obtain posses sion of his property at noon today. This judgment carried with it full costs.
 When Japitor James Maxwell ar.
 rived. at the Westerly High school
 Building, Friday morning, he found
 that the building had been entered during the night and that the intruders did considerable damage and without any financial recompense. Entrance
 was effected by breaking a. pane of
 glass from a rear window, turning the
 catch and raising The The Iou
 in the door of the principals room
 was broken in like manner, the lock turned from the inside and the door opened The desks in the room were pried open and the contents strewn
 about, evidently in a search for money Every room in the building was vis- tied and the desks of the teachers forced open and the contents disturb
 ed. So far as known nothing of value was taken.
 a fair sized jimmy was used in their opening.
 There was a stabbing affray in Canal street, north of the railroad track late Friday afternoon and the Chief Brown and Policeman Fergu-
 son and locked up in the police sta tion. William Bushee. d resident of
 Westerly, and Calvin Snyder, of North Stonington, both under the influence
 of liquor, became engaged in a fistic encounter during which Bushee stab-
 bed Snyder in the left cheek with a jackknife, just below the cheek bone and with such force that the knife remained and could not be readily removed
 Snyder was recently released from
 tho New London county jail where
 he served a sentence for intodcation
 The wound is not of a serious nature
 but the scar will remain during the
 remainder of Snyder's life.
 Mrs. Ruth c. Edwards conadon 71. wife of Deacon s. A. Ccnedon, died Friday afternoon, after three weeks illness. at her home in District No. 6. Mrs. Congdon was born in voluntown. Besides her husband she Is survived Congdon, Frederick Congdon and Mrs. Henry L. Mitchell, and a sister. Fran. ces Elizabeth Edwards. She was for many years member Of the First Baptist church in Westerly and was active in the work of the Woman's Christian Temperance union.
 Creditors of the Interurhan General Construetien company. builders of the Westerly pest office, have received no- itors held in New York city, 1t was decided that, in view of the fact that 1 preferential payments have been made l to a creditor other than a. person claiming to be a creditor and who Is
 not sub-contractor or material man,
 the concern should be put into bank
 ruptcy and particularly 50 in view of
 the insolvency of the concern, which 1 owes the following balances on con-
 tracts: Westerly. R. l.. post offce, l s1.50s 10 Wakefield. Mass, post ofice, | s513.s7 Old Town. Maine. post ofice, | Ss,5so:s1 Rochester, N. H., post Of. l flee. $24,675.s7.
 There will be payable on account Of
 Old Town contract ss,715.s0, and on
 account of the Rochester contract $26. 6.12s.3o. It is estimated that 1t will l owing to sub.contractors to Complete
 the Rochester post office. At the cred-
 itors' meeting it was voted to file a petition in bankruptcy and that the l creditors share their pro rata Of ex.