Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-11-12
ACCIDENT NEAR YVES ERLY REGAL ED
Cornelius J. Farrers Case Against Westerly Trac-
ton Company Before Supreme Court in Providence
Historical Society Hears Paper LoteryvilIe George
N Marshall Held in $500 Bonds Providence Cold to
Dir. Percy A. Senior

G das. converts IN Alnss'0' next Mon
President Ethan Wilcox of the
Westerly Historical society. with a
gaveI in hand made from a piece of
| timber taken from the residence of
General Jedediah Huntington in Nor
witch Town, called regular meeting
of the society to order in the assem-
/ bly, room of the Memorial building
/ Thursday evening. The feature of the
| meeting was the presentation of a
paper entitled Old Time Lotteryville,
| by Mrs. James O. Babcock, a section
of the town of Westerly now known as
Avondale. Perhaps a more appropri-
ate name would have been Pendleton-
| vile. The owner of the lands wherein
| most of the village is located, Colonel
/ Joseph Pendleton in consideration of
| losses suffered by himself and his kin
/ dred, received from the state lottery
grant, in which house lots previously
| laid out by him were drawn. Thus the
place received the name of Lotteryville.
The land was laid out in 126 house
lots, under a grant given Feb. 81, 1749
executed by Isaac Sheffield and Elias
Thompson, aided by w. Babcock, sur
veyor. The original plan was on ex-
| hibition at the meeting, as were also
| other relics of historical interest in
connection with Mrs. Babcocks in
| structive paper.
The early inhabitants of that vicin-
| ity were farmers and fishermen, and
| then came mariners of the Pendleton
and Hall type. who engaged in the
whale fisheries, the right whale of the
Arctic and the sperm whale of the
Antarctic The storekeeper of the
place were Benjamin Barns, Nathan
Barber Gilbert Pendleton, John Frank
lin Hall, Samuel A Chapman and
George w. Stephens.
Near 1920 Rev. Benjamin Shaw, a
| minister of the Methodist Episcopal
church, came from Cumberland, r. l.,
| to Lotteryville and he enlarged and
| lived in the house later occupied by
Russell Hinckley. Meetings were held
| in the schoolhouse and baptism was by
| immersion. Mr.. Shaw remained in
Lotteryville for Is years. He then
went to Vermont and accepted the
views and practice of the Wesleyan
| Methodists. He died in 1889.
| A branch church of the First Baptist
church in Westerly was formed at Lot
teryville in 1S43, and the constituent
members were Lyman Hall, David
Pendleton, Ethan Pendleton, Jesse n.
Brown, Abby P. Hall, Sarah Pendle-
| ton, Phebe A. Pendleton and Eunice
Brown. The meetings were held in
| the schoolhouse until 184S, when a
Westinghouse was erected at a cost of
| $1,000. In the summer of 1S49 the
J branch. became an Independent body,
/
H. Matteson as first pastor, a young
i preacher who was ordained Oct. Is,
| 1S49. The deacons were Lyman Hall
and Nathan Fitch. This Westinghouse
was destroyed by fire in 1851, and a
! second one was built in 1852. Being
| without a pastor, this church on Dec.
| l, 1855, returned as a branch church
to the parent church.
Mrs. Babcock's paper was well re-
/ ceived and the members of the society
expressed appreciation by a unanim Gus
| vote of thanks to Mrs. Babcock.
| The state board of public works has
revoked the operators dicense of Ed
ward Fowler, on the ground of reck-
less driving. The car was owned in
| Pawtucket and on October "a was in
| Wexford. Four died as a result of
| the mishap, Mrs. Mary Goodall of
! Providence. John Priestly, Mrs Annie
Fowler and Mrs. Rose Ann Greenwood
| of Pawtucket. Mrs. Greenwood was
a former resident of Westerly.
| George NJ. Marshall. alias George
| Morgan, of Wyoming, Richmond eoun-
| ty, arrested by Deputy Sheriff William
| II. Casey, in North Stonington, for
| Chief of Police Fuller, of Richmond,
was before Judge Oliver H. Williams
4 of the Third district court Thursday
| in Hope Valley. Marshall was ar
rested for abandonment and non-sup-
| port OF his wire ana Two cn1lQr6n ana
| when located he was found living with
| his law, Sarah Martell, age
IA and her three weeks old baby boy.
| Marshall was charged with abandon
| ment and non-support of his family
i and the even more serious crime of
/ rape. Marshall pleaded not guilty and
wanted time to engage lawyer. In
4 order to give him time to secure coun-
1 sci, he was held for trial in the su-
perior court for Washington county at
1 the December term. He was unable
/ to furnish bail of $500 and was COM
mitted to the Kingston Jail.
DR.. Percy A. Senior evidently intends
| to practice his profession in Provi-
dence where, it is said. he has secured
| an Office and posted a sign to the effect
| that he was to succeed DIR. c. F.
an automobile trip from his office in
Providence to his home in Newport
| When DR.. Gardner T. Swarts, sec
rotary of the Rhode Island state board
/ OF health. became cognizant of DR..
4 Seniors purposed plan, the Westerly
physician was summoned before the
state board at Providence, Thursday
i afternoon, to show cause why his GER
tifcate as a. practicing physician in
| Rhode Island should not be revoked.
Some time ago DR.. Senior was arrest
ed on a serious charge, but, after trial
by a jury, he was declared not guilty
and was discharged. So long as he
frenained in Westerly the state board
of health wis disposed not to make
any investigation. DR.. NJ. H. Scanlon
was selected to represent the Westerly
Physicians association at the hearing
and DR.. Russell B. Smith and Chief
of Police Thomas E. Brown were also
summoned to the hearing
Charles Eugene Coon, of Westerly
and Miss Eleanor Morris Ensinqer
were married Wednesday evening. in
ST. Johns Episcopal church, Cynwyd
Pa, by Rev. Henry A. F. Hoyt The
maid of honor was Miss Mary j. Nc
Cornell of CyI1wyd and the brides
maids were Miss Sarah C. Pedrick OF
Cynwyd, Miss Katherine Mcdowell, OF