Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-25
SUPERIOR COURT AT WESTERLY
Jury Selected for Suit of Collins Dr. H. J. Johnson Auto
 mobile Accident Westerly Mystic Light & Power Co., Gross Earnings $15O,3O3- Burial of Walter A.
 Wedding Anniversary Celebrated.

electric light and power, which went into effect Jan. 1, 1916.
 The company, according to Treas urer F. B. Wilcox, closed the year in excellent financial condition, as it had no floating debt, and all bills were dis counted throughout the. year. Twenty six thousand five hundred dollars par value of the company's first mortgage bonds were certified and sold during the year, and since Jan. 1, 1916, S5,500 par value of the first mortgage bonds have been retired, making a total of $27, 900 held by the sinking fund and leaving $419,000 outstanding at present in the hands of the public
 Walter A. Brown, son of the late Charles A. and Mrs. Sarah Brown, for merly of Westerly, died in Providence about three months ago, and the body was placed in vault at River Bend. He was a member of King Hiram lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Water bury, and at the request of that lodge the funeral ceremonies were performed according to the Masonic ritual by Pawcatuck lodge Monday afternoon. His father years ago was employed as ola cksmith at Westerly quarries. He moved to Groton and died there a member of Groton lodge. Burial was ir River Bend, the committal service being in charge of Pawcatuck lodge.
 In a small house in Farley avenue. off Liberty street, in the village of Pawcatuck, there resides an old wom- who prefers a lighted lantern to the modern new fangled artificial lights. She left the lantern in a closed room and soon it began to smoke, as the wick had not been turned down. The smoke gradually became dense and found its way between the cracks of a board partition. A window was opened to permit the smoke to escape ono Gnd rrT1G fire and sent in an alarm from box 66. The motor apparatus of the Peleg =. Barber Hose company made quick run to Farley avenue. with a fair sized working crew of firemen. but there was no need for their service. No damage resulted.
 Mir. and Mrs. James J. Murphy oh- served the tenth anniversary of their marriage Monday night As their cosy home in Walnut street was not large | enough to entertain but a small pro- portion of their friends. they held | reception in Unity hall. There was vocal and instrumental music. cards
 and dancing: real wedding feast | was served. Besides many local friends | of Mir. and Mrs. Murphy, there vas
 large number from out of town. The new cruising houseboat Lonado, | The first of her type in Rhode Island, | | Nock's shipyard, East Greenwich, for | Dr. Frederick T. Rogers of Providence, | Ormerly of Westerly. Dorothy Louise | POgers. the two-year-Old Eranddaugh- | 'er of D.. Rogers, christened the craft. | It is the plan of the owner to use | he boat during the summer for cruis | ing along the Atlantic seaboard and | n the winter for trips to the south
 Equipped with powerful engines and a | wireless outfit. she is regarded as fit | Q any kind of service
 | The launching was held at no O.
 lock, nearly 200 being present. About
 '00 of these were guests. who are in
 Providence for the marriage of Dr.
 Rogers daughter this evening. The
 ~edding party were prominent in the | eStiVities.
 The boat is painted white. is 67 feet | ong and Is feet wide, and draws 3 | 'eet 8 inches of water. The interior
 s of colonial design, finished with | white and ivory. The saloon is pam | He'd in ivory below with silver gray | nurlap above and blue hangings. In
 me corner is an open fireplace.
 The railroad officials as we'll as Dr. | Michael H. ScanIon, medical examiner ! or the town of Westerly, are extreme | anxious that every possible effort be | nade to decide positively whether | ;ergeant Scott was burned to death | the railroad wreck at Bradford
 here have been many rumors in cir | ulation concerning the sergeant and | 'ch have been traced to nothingness | still there is reason to believe that \ 70 was a passenger on the ill-fateC | ~ain, and as he has not reported fol \ 7uty at Fort Wright, the beliei | .rengthens that he is a victim of tho \ greck. It is barely possible that the | Cdy of the sergeant, if burned, may | ave been almost completely cremated
 ut there is hope that some smal
 Ortion may yet be found, that in .
 Heasure will be a satisfaction to hi
 eIatives, to the railroad company ana
 3 all others interested.
 As the bodies of four victims have . been identified beyond question, ana . as Sergeant Scott is the only passen' l, ger missing, if any human remaini 7 | can be found, it is but reasonable tt . | suppose that they are the mortal re. = object in view, and with tinge of be z lief that perhaps some small part O the body may have been buried in tn = debris it has been decided to make . l minute and thorough examination O. ' all that remained of the burned ca, ,s and its contents, the ashes of whicl | have been scattered on the surface O ;, used as a i'll beside the newly-laiS ' | tracks.
 This material will all be gone owe :, today under the direction of the medi 4. cal examiner aided by representative ss | of the railroad company. All this ma . terial can be readily located and ev cry ounce of it will be scrutinize 1T with the greatest care. In one plac
 quite a lot of the material has bee covered over and at this place ther - was more or less debris that had no - burned to ashes This place will b n the first to be investigated, and 1t i u believed that if anything that ma l. lead to identification will be foun <, there, if anywhere.
 t Local Laconics.
 a The new telephone system will be 1