Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-02


 Fowler asked as to the reputation of the place, and immediately there was call for police information. When Chief Thomas E. Brown arrived, in to queries by the councilmen he said he had received several com plaints against Nofal last year inti- mating that beer was being sold on the premises He visited the place and found empty beer bottles on different parts of the house Nofal resented the visit. threatened to have the thief ar rested for injuring his reputation and business, and took the matter up with local lawyers, who advised him and not to proceed.
 Councilman Thorp said he visited the place recently and saw crate of emp ty bottles.
 Councilman Fowler stated that he had heard that Nofal sold Bevo ana not beer and he also heard to the contrary.
 Chief Brown stated that he had found beer in the place a year ago, but it was difficult matter t0l get proof sufficient to warrant prosecu- tion. It might be claimed the beer was for his personal use or for his help and not for sale. When Nofal was locat ed at Watch Hill, the chief said com plaints were received by the police de- partnent and investigation made.
 Councilman Fowler believed it ad- visable to defer action, or refer the petition to a committee of three with power to act, after consultation with Mir. Nofa1 and an investigation of his business. MT. Fowler said Pleasant View was now a clean place and it ought to be kept so.
 In answer to a question from Pres ident Flynn, Chief Brown said he did not approve of the license nor he did not consider Nofal as a proper per son Nofal had threatened to do bodily harm to a man when he suspect ed he gave information to the police a year ago, although the man threaten ed was entirely innocent.
 On motion of Councilman Fowler, seconded by Councilman Haswell, it was voted not to grant the petition of MT. Nofal.
 Nathan Saunders presented bill of S76.s0 for damage done by dogs, which was approved by Appraiser William H. Nichols. It was claimed that a flock of forty young turkeys and six valuable breeders had been killed, and that the damage claim would not cover the actual loss. Coun- cilman Robinson said that blame was often put on the poor old dog, for dam age done by the fox and like ravenous animals. President Flynn said that Appraiser Nichols had informed him that it was the work of dogs as evil denced by the surrounding conditions, and that S1e dead birds were then to be counted. Councilman Fowler said that the fox would take the birds away a'ngly, while the dogs would kill the turkeys, not for food, but just through pure cussedness and the play there was in it.
 During the debate a story was told of a North Stonington farmer who col lected for damages to sheSp done by dogs in two towns. The selectmen of the town received the dead sheep and appraised the damage. Then the same sheep were taken over the bound ary line into Ledyard, so the story goes, and the selectmen were called in to appraise the damage. According to the story the owner of the sheep was recompensed for his loss by two towns.
 Tavern licenses were granted Frank Spooner and Catherine McWeeney at Pleasant View, F. B. Langworthy >t Weekapaug, and H. A. Little6eId at Watch Hill and Frank NasL m Main street. Seven milk -Gfanses were granted Druggists Aquor licenses were granted tH :. Leo Higgins and Louis A. Barbour. and a. club liquor licenee ras granted to the Misquami- -ur Golf club. The bills for the month of June were approved and or dered paid, including s46S.70 for uni forming the Westerly Sanitary corps
 pr. Samuel C. Webster's report for June showed courageous diseases ir 37 cases as follows: Chicken pox ? measles 26, Liberty measles 1, humps 1, scarlet fever 3, typhoid fever 1.
 Police Chief Brown reported il ar rests during the same period as fol- lows: Intoxication 4 theft 5, and one each for insanity and bastardy.
 A communication was read from Jeremiah J. Desmond, mayor of Nor wich, inviting the town council tc Norwich July Fourth, for the celebra- ton of American Independence. A vote of appreciation was passed and the clerk was requested to acknowledge receipt of the invitation, and to inform the mayor that due to other engage ments the town officers could not at tend in body.
 An ordinance was adopted whict provides that the owners of vehicles left standing within ten feet ofz 3 hydrant, within the limits of the West. HoIo tn . and prosecuti ton. The chief of police was ordered to enforce the ordinance Tn the business center curbing will be painting to mark the prescribed dis tance on either side of the hydrants.
 Stephen J. Casey of Richmond is en. deavoring to seek relief by applying to the supreme court of Rhode lslanc for an injunction to restrain John Dunn of Westerly, secretary of the state board of agriculture, from en- forcing an act passed by the last gen eral assembly to regulate the sale o1 milk Under the act no person, firm or association or corporation shall buy milk or cream without the state iron producers for the purpose of shipping the same to any city for consumption or for manufacture, unless such busi ness pc regularly IIduSdCIeu at all Ol' fee or station within the state, anC unless such person, firm or corporation
 or association be duly licensed by tht state board of agriculture.
 Mir Casey bases his request for al injunction upon the ground that th' act is unconstitutional in that it de nrives a man of his property withou due process of law; that it impairs tn, obligation Of existing contracts whicl the milk dealers have with the pro ducers, and because 1t imposes hard shtps upon the milk dealers in tha they are not permitted to furnish req l estate bonds.