Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-27

Local Laeonies.
Mr.. and Mrs. ], William Tucker OF
Carolina were in Westerly Wednesday.
The midyear examinations began
Wednesday In the Westerly High
school.
ter day. the thermometer registering 30
in the shade.
Walter Snyder, after three weeks of
sickness. has returned to his work in
the Nash store.
James II. Church of TaftvilIe has
purchased OF William A. wilcox a
farm of Is acres in Wyoming, r. /.
Ralph B. Lawton of Norwich IL IN
Westerly ON a visit to his mother,
Mrs. Peieg Lawton, who 10 seriously i'll.
Representative Langworthy has In
| troduced an act creating q board OF
highway commissioners for the town of
| Westerly.
Samuel NJ. Anderson, general mama
ger of the Shore Line Electric Railway
company and it's divisions, was in
Westerly Wednesday.
Salvation Nell" of New London
made hsr periodical visit to Westerly
Wednesday and, as usual, disposed of
her supply of the War Cry.
Westerly has more than its quota of
patients at the state hospital for the
insane. The town has also furnished a
large proportion OF appendicitis pae
tientS.
Ernest n. ozanne ana Angie NJ.
Gomena were married Tuesday night
chanic street, Pawcatuck, by Rev. r.
Stewart Kinley.
The fire alarm bell. the clock in the
tower Of the old town hall and the
whistles Of the several factories and
at the quarries all vary in the an
nouncement OF the noon hour.
A state charter has been granted the
with these incorporators: Vincent De
Pietris, Demetrio Turano, Joseph A.
Guarino, Michael ]. Turano and George
Montalto.
John Allen of Westerly, the escaped
state prisoner, was given food at a
farmhouse within four miles of here
Tuesday afternoon. He wore the pris-
on garb and carried the stolen double
barreled shotgun.
Work Is progressing in the improve
ments at The Rhode Island. That part
of the Dodge store taken for an Office
Is now in the hands OF workmen and
others are engaged in the installation
of the first hotel elevator in the VIII
lage.
The special committee appointed by
the Westerly fire district to consider
the matter of purchasing a motor
driven fire apparatus for the Alert
Hook and Ladder company viii make
its report to a special fire district
meeting.
A bill has been introduced in the
Rhode Island general assembly for the
creation of a state pension commission
and providing for monthly payments
for the partial support of INDECENT,
widowed or abandoned mothers, with
dependent children.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McWeeney of
Providence, who have been conducting
boarding house at Pleasant View in
the large cottage of Mrs. Michael Hig-
gins, have awarded the contract for a
new hotel building at Pleasant View.
1t will be on the beach front and near
the extension of Crandall street.
Nathan Mott, proprietor of the Ad-
rian hotel at Block Island, died Tues
day afternoon. He was born on the
island May 16, 1916, was reared on his
fathers farm, which has been owned
by the Mott family since Rhode Island
was settled in 1851. He is survived by
Mrs. Mott and daughter, Mrs. Cassius
c. Ball.
If a bill presented in the Rhode
Island general assembly becomes law.
cats over six months old must be IL
censed at fee Of 25 cents a month.
one-fifth to be retained by the town
clerk and the balance to go to the state
treasurer. One-half Of this sum will
be for the spraying Of trees and the
balance for the preservation and pro-
lection of birds