Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-28
WESTERLY

with the lease of Bliven Opera house, l as to the legality of the notice served | on defendant and tfN Jurisdiction of ] t% court in the case. Attorney Cur | ran of Providence, argued for plain | tiff. David Novograd, and Attorney l Agard repre- -ented the defendant, | Samuel V. Grand The plaintiff claims | he took lease of the property but was never in possession, while the defend ant also claims he has lease. is legal l ly in possession. and had TO transac- ton with plaintiff in regard to the lease. Judge Williams reserved de- cision. No testimony was introduced, 1 except such authorities as were in troduced in the arguments.
 The case of Louis Marine against William D. Steadman to recover on two notes of $200 each at twelve per cent. interest was heard, with Attor- ney Ledwidge for plaintiff and At torney Rathbun for defendant. Ma rino testified that he loaned St0ldman $2OO last February and $20O more III March, and the notes were shown as proof of claims. Marine testified that he had made demand that the notes be paid by December 1, but had re- ceived no paynt>St. Judgment was given plaintiff for $400 with interest of $26.S2, and costs of suit
 Three of the horses .suffocated in the Champlin barn fire, Christmas day and owned by the Adams Express company, were survivors Of the Noss barn fire last August. The other five horses that died from the same cause Champlin & Son. Horses owned by N. F. Tuckerman. who was Jesse of the Vose barn. were in the basement Of the Champlin barn and were easily rescued as the blaze was entirely in the front section of the barn. A lot Of harness, hay, barn equipment, two automobiles, an undertakers ambu- lance, fire carriages and seberal other vehicles were burned. Mir. Cbamplin who held the lantern. which caused | ignition that resulted in the fire when gasoline was being poured into an au- tomobile tank, was severely burned. | The large barn is owned by Charles l H. Crandall It is said the losses are | covered by insurance.
 Charles F. Fuller, of Wyoming, chief 1 of police. arrested Tony Smith on | Thursday night at Hope Valley, and
 placed him in the lookup, the arrest i being made upon complaint Of Mrs.
 Smith who declared that her husband was drunk and threatened to do Ner 1 bodily harm Chief Fuller brought ! Smith to Westerly Friday morning and 1 into the superior court. Smith was i charged with being drunk and disor
 derly. He pleaded guilty, was ordered to pay the costs and was placed on ] probation. Mrs. Smith and son were
 in court and were desirous that the | husband and father be released as or dinarily he was soberd and industrious
 and a good provider for his family. | VI Iy, attended a meeting of tho executive committee Of the re1ubl can state central committee in Providence, Fri day afternoon to arrange for a eau GUS of the republican members of the legislature, to decide upon candidates for speaker, floor leader, steering i committees and president of the sen
 ate,
 Captain Herbert M. Knowles. super
 tatendent Of the Third Coast Guard
 6-trict. states that practically the entire crews of the Nara @ansctt Pier io75 Fishers Island Life Saving sta
 tinus are i'll with influenza and activi-
 ties at both stations have been sus-
 pended. Scr Of the men. are sick tat their F0mes and others are i'll at the stations. which have been Quaran- tined. The well men at the stations
 are caring for their mates.
 Captain Knowles says that one of tie crew a. the Watch Hill station is also i'll and it is feared the disease will spread Q the other members of the
 crew So far as reports indicate the
 other stations in the district are free free from the disease.
 Charles Brown. of Westerly, slip
 ped and fell on the sidewalk in Dia-
 nond street Providence, late Thurs
 day night and sustained q fracture of the skull He was taken to Rhode Is
 land hospital and his condition was
 considered serious. He is brother Of Thomas [. Brown, chief of police
 of Westerly.
 A memorial service to Joseph
 OZanne, who died in the military ser
 vice at France, will be held in the
 First Baptist church Sunday after noon, the special exercises having beer arranged by the pastor, Rev. F. Stew art kinley. Fourth company, Rhode
 Island State guard, and Company c
 Third regiment, Connecticut State
 guard. have been invited to attend, as
 has also the local Grand Army men ; and Brucker camp of United Spanish War Veterans.
 The steamer JuIiette, purchased by Block Islanders, to run between Provi- dence and the lSle-in- the Ocean, ir order to maintain daily connections ] with the mainland and which the loca' board of government inspectors said was not adapted to passenger traffic ] during the winter months may after
 all be utilized for the purpose pur- chased. Exception was taken to the decision of the inspectors. It was decided to make a personal test of the
 sea -orthiness of the craft, and, Steve
 Brodie like, Captain o. G. Haines, su- pervisirg inspector of the Fifth dis
 trict, and Captain R. E. Clark, local
 steamboat inspector, took a chance and
 made the trip to Block Island and re- turn Christmas day. A strong nor'-
 easter prevailed and kicked up a vicious cross-chop sea, just the kind for a test of the seaworthiness of the Juliette. The little steamer behaved well in the really bad weather an6 opinion prevails that the inspectors will reserve decision, after this test
 and permit the steamer to carry pas
 sengers. Since the withdrawal o1 steamer Block Island the only regular route to and from the island, summer and winter has been from Providence Miss Margaret Pickering, 32, regis tered nurse, graduate of Rhode Island , hospital and graduate of Westerl, \ High school, class of 1908, died Wed A