Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-14

origin is not known.
 morning did not prevent Chief of Po-
 lice Brown from making couple Of
 liquor raids. The chief was accom-
 panied by Policemen Chase and Cur tin and Special Officer Thompson of
 Bradford. The home of Michael Ros-
 so, 61 Pierce street, was first visited
 and a search resulted in the seizure of
 one keg of beer, six bottles of beer,
 six empty beer kegs and 100 empty beer bottles.
 on the Bradford road, near Peckhaln Hollow. was visited Here the officers
 seized one barrel of ale on draught,
 gallon jug partially filled with wine, a bottle partly filled with whiskey, and eighteen bottles of ale.
 The accidental opening of gas jet terbury, where $ohn T. Francis, of Westerly, was boarding, resulted in the asphyXiation of MT. Frances Friday night. He had been at work in Wa
 terbury for some time, and identffica-
 ton was by a Moose membership card. His mother, Mrs. Ellen Francis, resides
 in Wequetequock, and his wife, who was Miss Barbara Mckenzie, and their daughter, reside in Friendship street.
 Westerly: His two brothers. Harry
 
 Westerly. The body arrived in West erly Sunday.
 Rev. Varnum A. Cooper, widely known Methodist clergyman, who Vis ited Westerly frequently years ago, died Thursday at his home iii Rox- bury, Mass, in his eighty-first year. He served as chaplain of the Eight eenth Connecticut Infantry in the Civil war and was a prominent mem h. -,cN II lie. He was born in East KillinSly, July s, 1855, a descendant of John Cooper who settled in Cambridge in 1885. He received his preparatory ed uCation at the Rhode Island Select School at RiverpOint, going from there 1 became q member of the Providence conference of his church, holding his connection until 1871. Since 1874 he had been a member of the New Eng land Conference. At Foster on April p, 1856, he married Elizabeth F. K. Bucklyn, who died in 1894.
 His first Dastorate was in South Somerset. Mass, and since then had served in South Glastonbury, Conn; Colchester, Mass; New London, Mys- tic, Nashua, \. H., Worcester, Lynn, Chelsea, Boston and Providence. From
 1886 to 1907 he was superintendent of the New England Home for Little Wanderers, during which period he cared for 1000 children and supervised the building of the first horne. Since that time he had been endowment
 agent of the New England Annual Conference of the Methodist Episco- pal church.
 Bremen are interested in the an
 nuaI convention of the International
 Association of Fire Chief Engineers which is to be held in Providence the last three days of August and the first day of September. Chief Samuel G. 1 COttren of the Westerly department with the assistant engineers will at tend the sessions of the convention, and Westerly ffremen will mingle with tiremen from all sections at the exhi- biticns of matters pertaining to fire fighting and also will witness the tests
 of fire apparatus. The executive com mittee of the association composed of
 Chief Weekes of Providence, Chief McFall of Roanoake, Va, Chief Mars ton of BrocktOn and Chief Honeymore in Providence last week arranging
 plans for this annual meeting. The big exhibition in connection with the convention will be staged in the large drill shed of the state armory. On Wednesday, Aug. 30, on the training ground at the armory there
 will be tests for the various kinds of eNtnguishers, hose, and in fact every thing that is modern in the fire fight ing line
 The endurance trials of pumping machines will be held on the City wharf. The engines will be reuuired to pump for a period of twelve hours beginning at o'clock in the morning and concluding at in the evening" under the direction of experts, com | petent to determine the actual rela- | tive worth of each contesting engine. l ANL,a1ia- r 1 William York, died Saturday morninq | at her home on the Anguilla farm | surviving her husband and daughter,
 Mrs. Abel H. Stanton, but a short time. the three deaths occurring within l the past two months Mrs York was i born in Stonington, Nov. 10, 1S43, the ! daughter of Elam B. and Mary Clark l Wheeler. She is survived by an only son, Courtland B. York with whom | she resided, and an only brother, Wal | ter s. Wheeler, of Westerly. In child | hood, and for eight years, she resided | with her parents on the AnguiIla farm i where she died. Mrs. York was a type 1 of true womanhood and was respect l ed by many acquaintances. She was | a member of the First Baptist church | in Westerly
 MT. and Mrs. John A. CrandaII an nounce the marriage of their daughter, Miss Ideila Catherine Crandali and Fredrick William Harvey. The cere- l mony was performed in Mystic Friday ! morning. Feb. II, at 10 o'clock by the 1 Rev. ". B. Dunnack of Grace Meth od1st Episcopal church. Both young people are well known in Westerly 1 which is their home town
 Miss Crandall has been employed for
 the past three years as clerk in the 1 St Clair store. MT. Harvey Is a mem 1 Der of the P. s. Barber Hose company | of Pawcatuck and is a plumber en1- | ployed by the Mary Maxwell company Following the wedding ceremony a luncheon was served at the home of | the bride. 130 West Broad street 1 Westerly. MT. and Mrs. Harvey left town in the afternoon by automobile for brief wedding trip. On their re- 1 turn they will reside with the brides 1 parents.
 Local Laconics.
 The house by a vote of T2 to 1T passed the act increasing the state tax upon cities and towns from g to l2 cents for one year all fba addIfio,o,1